English is Easy?

[Mac67]

Get back to us when somebody from Argentina accomplishes something besides mass murder, atrocities, and invansions of defenseless islands in the south atlantic.

You left out cheating at football:



Hand of God my arse [:D]

[BoredStiff]

ORIGINAL: andym

Just thought i would say that the Russians fired an ICBM from a Nuclear Sub in the Barents Sea this week.Scary or what?

Why should this be any scarier than the US, France, Britain or China testing their nukes?

[Doggie]

ORIGINAL: Lützow
However, we didn't need to beat the Sovjets, which were predominant in conventional forces anyway, but rather stop them from further advance toward the West and this again could have been achieved through nuclear armament. To paraphrase it: with German missiles targeting Moscow the presence of american forces would have been obsolete.

A nuclear armed Germany would have been all the excuse the Soviets would have needed to roll all the way to the ardennes. And who besides the Anglo Americans would have stopped them? Your pals in France? Their strategy was to nuke the Soviets in Frankfurt. The 300,000 "obsolete" Americans were there to insure the only way a Soviet occupation of West Germany would happen would have been over our dead bodies.

Even the most left leaning politician in the United States would have been unable to argue against an intervention against an invasion of Germany in which 300,000 Americans and their wives and children were on the front lines.

We, and that includes me personally, were there to insure that people like you are able to thumb your nose at the people who selflessly defended your country for more than sixty years against the very same people who raped virtually every female in the eastern sector of Germany after the end of the second world war. As an American soldier traveling through some of towns whose names you see on hypothetical war game scenarios, like Hosenfeld, Huestrue, and Bad Neustadt, I couldn't buy my own beer, thanks to people who had witnessed Soviet generousity first hand.

Those people were born during the war or shortly thereafter, and they knew who their friends were, and more important, who their enemies were. I will always remember the German people who treated me so kindly while I was freezing my ass off on some mountaintop in the Rhoene, or flying through some black valley in the days before night vision goggles. I consider my self fortunate that I left a decade before the Berlin Wall came down, and was not subjected to the contempt of arrogant little Piefkes with no knowledge of their own history and the people who saw to it that they did not have to smuggle turnips out of some collective farms in their pompous, left leaning asses.,

[Cap Mandrake]

Maybe this a bit off topic but does anyone know of any good recent pictures of ARA General Belgrano. I can't find any.

[06 Maestro]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Maybe this a bit off topic but does anyone know of any good recent pictures of ARA General Belgrano. I can't find any.

LOL, tis a little sad for some, but I have a "liberal" sense of humor.

[06 Maestro]

This is really an interesting thread, but it seems to be drifting a bit. So, in an effort to get it back on track, and up and running;

UP YOURS!

English is really a versatile language, but it does have a huge amount of oddities. In time, it is possible to get used to it.

[E]

If English is so easy, why can't anyone tell the difference between lose and loose?  (They're not even pronounced the same!  ...you can lose a game if you have one too many screws loose!)

(sorry, with all the ranting going on in here, thought I'd try one closer to the topic *grin*)

[06 Maestro]

ORIGINAL: E

If English is so easy, why can't anyone tell the difference between lose and loose?  (They're not even pronounced the same!  ...you can lose a game if you have one too many screws loose!)

(sorry, with all the ranting going on in here, thought I'd try one closer to the topic *grin*)

Asa matter forr you? Of course there is a difference; subtle, yes, but a difference. One is pronounced "luze", the other would be "luuuse".

I am here for you Big E.

[E]

ORIGINAL: 06 Maestro

ORIGINAL: E

If English is so easy, why can't anyone tell the difference between lose and loose? (They're not even pronounced the same! ...you can lose a game if you have one too many screws loose!)

(sorry, with all the ranting going on in here, thought I'd try one closer to the topic *grin*)

Asa matter forr you? Of course there is a difference; subtle, yes, but a difference. One is pronounced "luze", the other would be "luuuse".

I am here for you Big E.

Now what are the odds of someone from Nevada knowing how to lose correctly? *grin*

[06 Maestro]

ORIGINAL: E

Now what are the odds of someone from Nevada knowing how to lose correctly? *grin*

If you are gunna be loose, you're gunna lose. For me, it is only a recreation which I very rarely engaged in.

[E]

I went to Reno once and lost all the money I brought to bet... $0.25 (a WHOLE quarter!) I was such a loser. *sigh/grin*

[Neilster]

The casinos are losing big time in the current climate. I feel sorry for the people who will lose their jobs but not the usually dodgy bastards who run them.

Cheers, Neilster

[06 Maestro]

ORIGINAL: Neilster

The casinos are losing big time in the current climate. I feel sorry for the people who will lose their jobs but not the usually dodgy bastards who run them.

Cheers, Neilster

Some of them are taking a beating. There is one particular one, the Venetian Hotel (stock "LVS"-the old Sands property) has gone from over 140.00 a share to 14.05 as of yesterday. Roughly, about 40 dollars of that drop was in the last month. The CEO of LVS built a hotel in Macao which opened over a year ago. He is a real champ; managed to alienate everyone in town (here).
I used to joke about owning his shares, if I did well-good, if I lost-then that SOB was losing millions. It was a win/win situation for me. I sold out over a year ago at a tidy profit.

The money that built Las Vegas mostly came from the "nickle and dime" tourists from California. Most of those people used their cars to drive here. Los Angeles is only about a 4 hour drive ( I made the trip in 3 hours once[;)]) The cost of fuel had a real impact on that particular group. The airlines have lost much business also due to higher costs, less service, and the fact that many people are sick of the absurd security procedures caused by the refusal to engage in "profiling". People are just not traveling like they used to-even those that can afford it.

All of the hotels are offering major discounts now. They even have specials for the locals. It's a good time to check the place out-just stick to single deck black jack and craps-after you studied the rules. Of course, staying sober helps also. The hotels don't gamble, they are engaged in "gaming"-big difference.

[E]

ORIGINAL: 06 Maestro

-just stick to single deck black jack and craps-after you studied the rules. Of course, staying sober helps also. The hotels don't gamble, they are engaged in "gaming"-big difference.

I went to Vegas last year (long after my losing streak in Reno). But that time I came prepared. I devised a System(tm). I took my hotel provided free chip and played one spin of roulette (which even I could understand enough to bet on red) and turned the complimentary no cash value chip into $20.00 US currency. I then pocketed and subsequently used that $20.00 to pay for the taxi to the airport when I left. *grin* (I went again this year, but was too tired/busy to even try out my no-lose system.)

[Neilster]

ORIGINAL: E

ORIGINAL: 06 Maestro

-just stick to single deck black jack and craps-after you studied the rules. Of course, staying sober helps also. The hotels don't gamble, they are engaged in "gaming"-big difference.

I went to Vegas last year (long after my losing streak in Reno). But that time I came prepared. I devised a System(tm). I took my hotel provided free chip and played one spin of roulette (which even I could understand enough to bet on red) and turned the complimentary no cash value chip into $20.00 US currency. I then pocketed and subsequently used that $20.00 to pay for the taxi to the airport when I left. *grin* (I went again this year, but was too tired/busy to even try out my no-lose system.)

I'm a mathematician who specialises in probability. There is no such thing as a no-lose system. There is stuff you can do if you have an infinite pool to play with. Got one of those?

Cheers, Neilster

[E]

ORIGINAL: Neilster

ORIGINAL: E

(I went again this year, but was too tired/busy to even try out my no-lose system.)

I'm a mathematician who specialises in probability. There is no such thing as a no-lose system. There is stuff you can do if you have an infinite pool to play with. Got one of those?

I'm not a mathematician, but I can assure you that if I only play with complimentary chips, I cannot lose any of my own money. That is a no-lose system! Granted, it's not necessarily a winning system either, but I suffer no monetary losses from gambling using it. *grin*

[Lützow]

ORIGINAL: Doggie

A nuclear armed Germany would have been all the excuse the Soviets would have needed to roll all the way to the ardennes. And who besides the Anglo Americans would have stopped them? Your pals in France? Their strategy was to nuke the Soviets in Frankfurt. The 300,000 "obsolete" Americans were there to insure the only way a Soviet occupation of West Germany would happen would have been over our dead bodies.

Even the most left leaning politician in the United States would have been unable to argue against an intervention against an invasion of Germany in which 300,000 Americans and their wives and children were on the front lines.

We, and that includes me personally, were there to insure that people like you are able to thumb your nose at the people who selflessly defended your country for more than sixty years against the very same people who raped virtually every female in the eastern sector of Germany after the end of the second world war. As an American soldier traveling through some of towns whose names you see on hypothetical war game scenarios, like Hosenfeld, Huestrue, and Bad Neustadt, I couldn't buy my own beer, thanks to people who had witnessed Soviet generousity first hand.

Those people were born during the war or shortly thereafter, and they knew who their friends were, and more important, who their enemies were. I will always remember the German people who treated me so kindly while I was freezing my ass off on some mountaintop in the Rhoene, or flying through some black valley in the days before night vision goggles. I consider my self fortunate that I left a decade before the Berlin Wall came down, and was not subjected to the contempt of arrogant little Piefkes with no knowledge of their own history and the people who saw to it that they did not have to smuggle turnips out of some collective farms in their pompous, left leaning asses.,

I think you're wrong here. Not tanks or soldiers saved us from another great tragedy, but nuclear deterrence. Regarding conventional warfare the Sovjets had outnumbered NATO forces by far and probably crossed the Rhine before your 300k soldiers even knew what happened. And yes, the Cold War was a phase of prosperity for Western Germany as we didn't need to care for our own safety. I'm thankful that I grew up during this period and considered it as irony of fate that we lost war but won peace - some kind of trade off. My reasoning here was just, that merely allied restrictions in terms of German rearmament made American presence necessary.

Aside of this I respect those GI's serving in Germany during Cold War. It was a retired US army Sergeant who instructed me at shooting range and I'm not biased toward your country at all. However, what made me upset and interfere with this thread is rather your arrogant attitude, conjuring the picture of the obnoxious American. Maybe you should contemplate before insulting people.

[Dennistoun]

ORIGINAL: Mac67

Get back to us when somebody from Argentina accomplishes something besides mass murder, atrocities, and invansions of defenseless islands in the south atlantic.

You left out cheating at football:



Hand of God my arse [:D]

Bang on, Mac!! That was an absolute disgrace!! That England side may have possibly gone all the way if that wee fella hadn't felt the need to cheat like that. Maybe he thought "how ELSE are we gonna break this superior England team down?"

[Neilster]

ORIGINAL: E

ORIGINAL: Neilster

ORIGINAL: E

(I went again this year, but was too tired/busy to even try out my no-lose system.)

I'm a mathematician who specialises in probability. There is no such thing as a no-lose system. There is stuff you can do if you have an infinite pool to play with. Got one of those?

I'm not a mathematician, but I can assure you that if I only play with complimentary chips, I cannot lose any of my own money. That is a no-lose system! Granted, it's not necessarily a winning system either, but I suffer no monetary losses from gambling using it. *grin*

OK. It's a no-lose-your-own-money system. It's not a no-lose system. All the best.

Cheers, Neilster

[JudgeDredd]

You know, when he came out and admitted that he handled the ball a few years ago, I was gutted. Everyone apart from the Ref and the Linesmen knew he used his hand...but I got YEARS of fun, winding up the English..."Hand of God my arse....it was a header...a great header and he beat you fair and square"....man...the people I used to reel in with that one!!! [:D]