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Re: What's going on in the UK?

Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2015 1:18 pm
by Starkton
Henry wrote: ...while we in the US have only gratitude for another George (III, that is) for his intransigent German stubborness. Where would we be without him? :P
Indeed, and don't forget Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben.

Re: What's going on in the UK?

Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2015 1:42 pm
by Nat
Starkton wrote:
Henry wrote: ...while we in the US have only gratitude for another George (III, that is) for his intransigent German stubborness. Where would we be without him? :P
Indeed, and don't forget Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben.
The first example of Don't Ask, Don't Tell - and a largely unsung hero of our Revolution.

Re: What's going on in the UK?

Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2015 2:09 pm
by Henry
Starkton wrote:
Henry wrote: ...while we in the US have only gratitude for another George (III, that is) for his intransigent German stubborness. Where would we be without him? :P
Indeed, and don't forget Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben.
No offense to Germans---I am one myself---but I was sticking with the Georges, for the moment. ;)