From here to...well...it SEEMS like an eternity

[Cap Mandrake]

Here is the kind of stuff FDR was up against.

[Cap Mandrake]

*********January 1941, Churchill's Wartime Offices*****************

Harry Hopkins (special emissary from the President): "The President is determined that we shall win the war together. Make no mistake about it. He has sent me here to tell you that at all costs and by all means he will carry you through, no matter what happens to him. There is nothing he will not do so far as he has human power."

[Wellard]

So did Mr Bailey change his tune after Dec 7th? I suspect he did.

[mlees]

I got a chuckle from that last paragraph:

send a contribution TODAY to enable us to carry on this campaign blah blah blah

I get the same spam snail mail from the RNC and the NRA today.

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: Wellard

So did Mr Bailey change his tune after Dec 7th? I suspect he did.

I suspect his donations dried up a bit. [;)]

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: mlees

I got a chuckle from that last paragraph:

send a contribution TODAY to enable us to carry on this campaign blah blah blah

I get the same spam snail mail from the RNC and the NRA today.

Classic fundraising technique...highlight the "outrageous" behavior of one's opponent...get the juices flowing...then make your pitch. This guy seems to think that "CAPS LOCK" is an effective motivator.[:)]

[Cap Mandrake]

Admiral Richardson heads to Washington to agitate against the Pacific Fleet move to Pearl. It seems he thinks that the defenses are inadequate, especially the inadequate early warning system for attack from the North of Oahu. He was so vociferous about it I have my own theory that he may have had a mistress in San Diego

[Cap Mandrake]

Bet You thought the Lend Lease Act only applied to Britain?

[Cap Mandrake]

July 25, 1941

The Vichy Government cedes to Japan a "Joint Protectorate" over French Indochina.



Hmmm...I wonder who got to them?

[Cap Mandrake]

Whew...I was beginning to worry. This should fix everything.

[mlees]

This guy seems to think that "CAPS LOCK" is an effective motivator.

Caps Lock? On a manual typewriter?? [:D] You funny guy!
*Gives "Cap" a noogie*

His Italics Lock key was probably just broken.

By the way, if I recall correctly, Lend Lease was eventually extended to all those who were at war with the Axis. http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/l1/lendleas.asp

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: mlees

Caps Lock? On a manual typewriter?? [:D] You funny guy!
*Gives "Cap" a noogie*

His Italics Lock key was probably just broken.

there is no truth to the rumor that the document was "prepared' by the same chap who prepared the Bush national Guard document aired by CBS News [;)]

[rtrapasso]

ORIGINAL: mlees

This guy seems to think that "CAPS LOCK" is an effective motivator.

Caps Lock? On a manual typewriter?? [:D] You funny guy!
*Gives "Cap" a noogie*

There is a CAP LOCK on manual typewriter (although they called it SHIFT-LOCK back in the ancient times...)

[Cap Mandrake]

Pretty impressive...to bad there weren't enough planes to go around.

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: rtrapasso

ORIGINAL: mlees

This guy seems to think that "CAPS LOCK" is an effective motivator.

Caps Lock? On a manual typewriter?? [:D] You funny guy!
*Gives "Cap" a noogie*

There is a CAP LOCK on manual typewriter (although they called it SHIFT-LOCK back in the ancient times...)

HEY! THAT'S RIGHT! <turns off "shift-lock">

[mlees]

I remember that there was a key, that when pressed, "locked" the paper roller into a higher postion (some typewriters had such stiff keys that you needed fingers of steel to depress them hard enough), which caused the capital letter version of the dpressed keys to hit the paper/ribbon, instead of the regular lower case letter. (The old versions of the typewriter had "arms", one for each key on the keyboard, that could jam together if you typed too fast.)

I just didn't remember what the identifying word on the shift locking key was... now I do.

[Cap Mandrake]

The Internet is a great invention.

[mlees]

So, uh, you use an "l" for the number "1"?

[rtrapasso]

usually lower case L (l) - the good ol' days... [8|] [:'(]

[rtrapasso]

Early desktop computer...