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Mugwump 



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 18, 2017 12:27 am
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Haha, yup, TP, love Germany too. I spent our holidays last August in
Berlin, and the year before that in Bavaria. The Germans are a great people, and I find their terrible history, and their determination to face up to it, both terrifying and inspiring.

I also have lots of German (and French and Belgian and Russian) acquaintance-friends though business, and as I've come to understand them over many long dinners, I have also come to realise how differently they see the world in terms of its geopolitics. From those conversations, I have gradually come to see, I think, past the simplistic things we were taught, and to form a view which takes account of the various perspectives of the players. I find it a case study in how conventional wisdom is often quite partial at best, and often just flat wrong. Thanks for reading it, whether you agree or not. Cheers

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It must have been incredibly hard for Germany and Germans to get past what happened, without spending their lives apologizing for the "sins of the father."

saw a doco once on children of several of the guards, and Hitlers personal henchmen. i just cant imagine what they have been through.
maybe ill get there one day - hubby was talking about maybe going to England for our 25th anniversary, and the Greek islands, depending on the political climate, might have to make a detour!! cheers, bedtime!!

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taped something the other night, and this was on after it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elEp1L4J1QU

now im fussy, but gees the cleaner in this are really nuts! but the old woman, how can anyone live like that! such a beautiful old home too, what a terrible shame.

WPT i just cant imagine how your wife deals with hoarders, id go nuts!!

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PostPosted: Tue Jul 18, 2017 11:02 am
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What makes it impossible?
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annnnd one for swoop!!

https://www.thedodo.com/goat-stuck-on-power-line-video-1693040600.html

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PostPosted: Tue Jul 18, 2017 1:12 pm
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David wrote:

Edit: having read this, one might reasonably conclude that it's a pity we didn't lose.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/dec/25/if-germans-won-first-world-war


Shudder. If you think life would have been better under the Kaiser's Germany, and the ruthless Prussian mindset which underlay it, then I think you need to read some more history in this period. Read the history of Namibia and the Herrero and the Nama people, read about Dinant and Louvain, and consider the fact that the Germans were the first to undertake poison gas warfare, civilian bombardment from the air and unrestricted submarine warfare. There is a far greater connection between the Kaiser's Germany and Nazi Germany than you may suppose.

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What makes you think I would think life?
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 18, 2017 7:26 pm
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47 year old C rations opened, they tell me it bad when it was new, age hasn't helped it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVOIgPrDH7E

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think positive wrote:
annnnd one for swoop!!

https://www.thedodo.com/goat-stuck-on-power-line-video-1693040600.html


I shouldn't have approached it downwind.

Fully clothed would have been beneficial also.

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Well now!

http://www.thesouthkoreatravelguide.com/gangwon-do/samcheok/haesindang-park_attraction-review.html

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think positive wrote:
Well now!

http://www.thesouthkoreatravelguide.com/gangwon-do/samcheok/haesindang-park_attraction-review.html


The concept of a bunch of Korean fishermen all lined up having an uncle doug into the ocean with the aim of attracting fish is definitely a WTF.

What the hell were you googling to find that? Or shouldn't I ask. Razz

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Hehehe it was on Facebook! Yeah I stopped reading at that point, but gees that old sea-men joke!
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When was this exactly?
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Speaking of wanking robots
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From a food label:

CRUNCHY PEANUT BUTTER

Contents: peanuts (85%). vegetable oil.

WARNING: contains peanuts.

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