Yeah, it's weird and not very well known, considering that France was our ally during the war.
I had no idea about that.
Thanks for the link, ita.
Zoe: Uh huh. River, honey? He's putting the hair away now. River: It'll still be there... waiting.
'Jaynestown'
Natter 65: Speed Limit Enforced by Aircraft
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Amy - Jan 20, 2010 7:31:06 am PST #2916 of 30001
Because books.
Kathy A - Jan 20, 2010 7:33:23 am PST #2917 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
There were several times the U.S. navy fought German U-boats, even before the U.S. entered the war.
Have you heard of the ship called the good Reuben James
Manned by hard fighting men both of honor and fame
She flew the Stars and Stripes of the land of the free
But tonight she's in her grave at the bottom of the sea
javachik - Jan 20, 2010 7:38:34 am PST #2918 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
Tommy, I've seen a movie that had the situation you mention and now I will hunt teh interwebs to figure out which one it was.
I can't discuss the cat thing.
megan walker - Jan 20, 2010 7:39:12 am PST #2919 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
The French were rather angry at the British for this.
Killing 1300 people when you're not at war will do that sometimes.
Gudanov - Jan 20, 2010 7:42:16 am PST #2920 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping
Another thing I find sort of interesting is that the British provided the blueprint for Pearl Harbor when they disabled the Italian fleet with 21 biplanes with a surprise attack in a harbor that was also supposedly too shallow for torpedoes.
Liese S. - Jan 20, 2010 7:45:00 am PST #2921 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Woo, Hardison! That`s all I got, really. Leverage will be excellent snowed-in fodder tonight.
Connie Neil - Jan 20, 2010 7:51:22 am PST #2922 of 30001
brillig
I passed my Level 2 test--thought I got 8 out of the 10 errors allowed, which troubles me--so yay!
Now I have to suck up my essential laziness and avoidance-of-things-that-test-me and pay attention to my work. Boo.
Raise (unknown so far)--yay!
tommyrot - Jan 20, 2010 7:51:57 am PST #2923 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Another thing I find sort of interesting is that the British provided the blueprint for Pearl Harbor when they disabled the Italian fleet with 21 biplanes with a surprise attack in a harbor that was also supposedly too shallow for torpedoes.
Yeah. The Japanese learned a lesson from this, but the US did not. Also, many years before the war the US Navy had war games involving aircraft carriers attacking Pearl Harbor. These exercises proved that it was possible to catch Pearl Harbor by surprise with a carrier attack.
Steph L. - Jan 20, 2010 7:54:02 am PST #2924 of 30001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Connie, that's excellent!
msbelle - Jan 20, 2010 7:56:47 am PST #2925 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I am drafting up some documents concerning a vendor. The company name is punctuated with an exclamation point, like, Company! I hate it, it looks so stupid in a contract-like document.