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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?

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?

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?

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.
