WWI Digest 2587 Topics covered in this issue include: 1) Re: SPAD Decals by "David Calhoun" 2) The frog thing - I'm sick of it, really. by "Gaston Graf" 3) Couldn't resist, was: The frog thing by Ernest Thomas 4) Re: Rickenbacker's kill total by "Bob Pearson" 5) Re: Who Said That, and When--Request for Citations by KarrArt@aol.com 6) RE: Couldn't resist, was: The frog thing by "Gaston Graf" 7) Re: RNP's reply to "Who Said That..." by "Bob Pearson" 8) Re: Orthochromatic film - an opinion by David Fleming 9) Re: Rickenbacker's kill total by fedders 10) Re: Rickenbacker's kill total by Ernest Thomas 11) Re: Decal requests by Todd Hayes 12) Re: Rickenbacker's kill total by "Matthew Bittner" 13) Re: Rickenbacker's kill total by KarrArt@aol.com 14) Re: Couldn't resist, was: The frog thing by Ernest Thomas 15) Re: Rickenbacker's kill total by Ernest Thomas 16) Re: Rickenbacker's kill total by Albatrosdv@aol.com 17) Re: Couldn't resist, was: The frog thing by "David C. Fletcher" 18) Re: sho-sho by "Len Smith" 19) Re: A most delicate subject by "Len Smith" 20) Re: Squamble the Squasta! E.von Heretic patroling near the Potomac! by "Leonard Endy" 21) Re: SPAD Decals by "Leonard Endy" 22) Re: The frog thing - I'm sick of it, really. by "Francisca e Pedro Soares" 23) Re: Albatros interior by Mike Kavanaugh 24) Re: Squamble the Squasta! E.von Heretic patroling near the Potomac! by Ernest Thomas 25) Re: Couldn't resist, was: The frog thing by Ernest Thomas 26) Re: Couldn't resist, was: The frog thing by "Francisca e Pedro Soares" 27) Re: Squamble the Squasta! E.von Heretic patroling near the Potomac! by smperry@mindspring.com 28) Re: Who Said That, and When--Request for Citations by skarver@banet.net 29) Re: RNP's reply to "Who Said That..." by skarver@banet.net 30) Thanks, was, Re: Orthochromatic film - an opinion by skarver@banet.net ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2000 14:43:51 -0700 From: "David Calhoun" To: Subject: Re: SPAD Decals Message-ID: <010701c00fa6$bab84480$c92f3ccc@oemcomputer> Hi Marc, I already have the Glencoe N. 28 kit and it does not have markings for #12 flown by Rickenbacker, it has #2 flown by Lufbery & #1 flown by ricknenbacker/Huffer, at a quick glance these look like #12 placed next to each other. I am suprised Glencoe did not include markings for this important aircraft - maybe they couldn't get the war loan poster in accurate register! Dave Calhoun -----Original Message----- From: Marc Flake To: Multiple recipients of list Date: Saturday, August 26, 2000 6:09 AM Subject: Re: SPAD Decals >Dave: > >Meteor Models had a veritable ream of PD Decal Sheet 48-008, SPADs Part >One, at the IPMS-US Nationals. I would assume they still have beaucoups >for sale. > >Also, do you still need the"12" from the Glencoe N. 28 sheet. I meant >to get back to you earlier, but life intervened. > >Marc > ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2000 20:54:42 +0200 From: "Gaston Graf" To: Subject: The frog thing - I'm sick of it, really. Message-ID: Hey Pedro, I finally found one of our Portugese friends on the Net - WOW! We have so many of you guys 'gals working here in this country but I rarely hear that they are online for the men are mostly working on house construction while the women are mostly cleaning buildings... I think you know that both of our contries share a very good relationship. So why the heck shall I say the Portugese ain't worth a crap??? Because I called the French the Frogs? Is that really sooo damn important? Mon Cher, if you knew what names the French give the Germans you would probably not understand why the French ran off this list. They used and still use to call the Germans "les boches" which literally means "the pics". And they called them like that since the war of 1870-71. I wonder why this so unimportant Frog thing made so much waves. One thing is clear, after my experiences with the nations of this world: When the Brits, Yanks, Rednecks or whoever call a Frenchman a Frog, or when we call the Germans the Huns, we certainly mean it in a less offending way than when the French call the Germans "les boches". One can still feel the antipathie everywhere when going to France, speaking German to them. I've got to confess that I am starting to get sick of this topic. Again I want to point out that no offence was intended. If I would take everything in my life that serious I would long have commited suicide. So please get the Frog thing off this list and let's have fun discussing history. If anybody wants a quarrel about Frogs and such please email me offlist at ggraf@vo.lu . What next? Shall we discuss the topic of music? Lorena MacKennit is one of my favorite female artits but I've got to confess that I mostly listen to Heavy Metal - preferrably Metallica, Blind Guardian, Iron Maiden, Therion... I love the mix of Classics and Metal like Metallica did with the San Francisco Symphonic Orchestra... Is anything else crap? Certainly not because we all have a right to have different tastes and opinions. Generalisations? Isn't it always a generalisation when talking about a whole nation? Everybody knows that every nation bears good and bad people in it. But it depends on the action of reprentants of a nation how his nation is judged by other. If 10 Luxembourgs go out to the world and behave like assholes this would be the base for judging all of us atleast in that corner of the world. Also true is that one single person who behaves badly may do more harm to the reputation of a nation than 100 good guys may restore. Thanks for your answer, Pedro. I'm looking forward to discuss other things with you ;o). 'nuff said Gaston Graf Meet the Royal Prussian Fighter Squadron 2 "Boelcke" at: http://www.jastaboelcke.de > -----Original Message----- > From: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu [mailto:wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu]On Behalf Of > Francisca e Pedro Soares > Sent: Saturday, August 26, 2000 8:28 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list > Subject: Re: sho-sho > > > Guys, > > Please forgive my dropping in on this question but i'm getting tired of > generalisations. > > Gaston, mon cher, Please refrain from saying The French, or The German, or > the Luxembugeois, or The whatever. Next thing i know you'll be saying The > Portuguese ain't worth a crap and they account for quite a percentage of > your GNP. > > There are good and bad people everywhere and here we either tell > damned good > stories (like you did about your personal experience) or we talk > about Voss > cowl or we talk about models or any other insteresting subject like Lorena > Mackennit or Jethro Tull ;-) but speaking about The this or The that will > always be a way of unnecessarily hurting someone's feelings and > even though > I know you really don't want to do it or even mean it, it's bound > to happen. > > Pedro > > P.S. Glad to have another representative from another european country on > The List. And once again, I really did enjoy your story about the train > accident. Thanks for sharing it. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Gaston Graf > To: Multiple recipients of list > Sent: Saturday, August 26, 2000 6:43 AM > Subject: RE: sho-sho > > > > Interesting... Aparently the French sometimes has good ideas but their > > problem is that they are resting to long on their laurels while other > > continue developement. This is something I noticed from the French car > > industry. Years ago they developed a great Diesel engine (Peugeot) and > made > > the world believe they are the best and only to do that but > then the Huns > > developed their direct injection Diesels (TDIs) and while the Germans > > constantly enhanced their Diesels the French did nothing. > > I live in a country where many Frenchmen and women work because > they make > a > > lot more money here than they would in France. But their problem in most > > cases is that the quality of their work is inferior to Germans or Luxies > > because their mentality is different. While the German says "I must do > > better" the Frenchman says "That's good enough". That's why > there are more > > and more German craftmen being hired by the poeple instead of > the French. > > While the Huns copied from the French they also enhanced their > version of > > the product. btw: this is something you soon may read at Jasta Boelcke > > because I am currently working on an article about the invention of the > > Frenchman Roland Garros which made it possible to shoot through > a running > > propeller. The Germans wanted Fokker to copy the system but what his > > engineer Lübbe did was enhancing the system instead of simply > copying it. > > I do not want to talk badly about the French here but nobody > can deny the > > difference. > > > > Gaston Graf > > Meet the Royal Prussian Fighter Squadron 2 "Boelcke" at: > > http://www.jastaboelcke.de > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu [mailto:wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu]On Behalf Of > > > MAnde72343@aol.com > > > Sent: Saturday, August 26, 2000 12:45 AM > > > To: Multiple recipients of list > > > Subject: Re: sho-sho > > > > > > > > > I certainly did not want to start any sort of French bashing, I > > > know about > > > the Chaut from my late grandfather, who was stuck with one in > > > 1918, and he > > > never said anything nice about it at all, he wanted to stick it ...of > the > > > inventor, and the staff weenie who got it for the Americans. It > > > was a very > > > advanced design and concept, just not well thought out; it's > > > successor, the > > > M1918 BAR designed by J. M. Browning, went on to serve into the > > > 1960s in the > > > US and is probably still in service in various small armies > even today. > > > Granddad was wounded in the Argonne, and wounded again by a Hun > > > strafer while > > > being stretchered to the rear, his comment was to the effect that > > > it might > > > have been different if he'd been ARMED in the first place... > > > Merrill > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2000 14:21:03 -0500 From: Ernest Thomas To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Couldn't resist, was: The frog thing Message-ID: <39A8189E.EF2927D0@bellsouth.net> Gaston Graf wrote: > If 10 Luxembourgs go out to the world and behave like > assholes this would be the base for judging all of us atleast in that corner > of the world. But wouldn't ten Luxembourgs represent about 1/3 of the population of Luxembourg? Flying like a demon for the friendly side of the lines.... :) E. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2000 12:09:28 -0700 From: "Bob Pearson" To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Rickenbacker's kill total Message-ID: <200008261939.MAA02994@mail.rapidnet.net> Peter writes . .. > If all that matters is who wins, why are we studying history and what > does it matter if any aircraft are shot down that alone who shot them > down? Out of six or so billion on the planet, we 238 (last time I looked) are the only ones who do so in this forum ... OTF has a readership base of around 1400 .. so I would have to say that yes .. to the majority it is just who won that matters. Bob ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2000 15:32:15 EDT From: KarrArt@aol.com To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Who Said That, and When--Request for Citations Message-ID: In a message dated 8/25/00 3:49:29 AM Pacific Daylight Time, janah@worldnet.att.net writes: << DSA is firmly in the green camp for the Voss cowl and is very testy about it & Alex Imre. This subject has the same effect on the cognicenti as it does on us. Cyg. >> Digging around last night for something entirely different, I came across one of the Windsocks that was the medium for the exchange of love letters between DSA and Imrie about Imrie's Triplane book............whew- them boys just don't like one another one lil bit do they? I'd like to see what would happen if they were trapped in a 4' cube for a week with each other, supplied with nothing but a bucket, water bowl, and one photo of Voss' cowl. RK ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2000 21:35:56 +0200 From: "Gaston Graf" To: Subject: RE: Couldn't resist, was: The frog thing Message-ID: ROLFMAO, Ernest :o)! The population recently went beyond the 400.000 mark thanks to the 33% foreigners living with us here. Our Army faces heavy personal problems. We have only little more than 200 men and women left since the new police academy opened its doors and military service is no longer required to become a cop. Wanna learn more of this tiny country? Go here: http://www.luxembourg.lu ! Enjoy ;o) Gaston > -----Original Message----- > From: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu [mailto:wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu]On Behalf Of > Ernest Thomas > Sent: Saturday, August 26, 2000 9:24 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list > Subject: Couldn't resist, was: The frog thing > > > > > Gaston Graf wrote: > > > If 10 Luxembourgs go out to the world and behave like > > assholes this would be the base for judging all of us atleast > in that corner > > of the world. > > But wouldn't ten Luxembourgs represent about 1/3 of the population of > Luxembourg? > > Flying like a demon for the friendly side of the lines.... > :) > E. > ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2000 12:41:59 -0700 From: "Bob Pearson" To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: RNP's reply to "Who Said That..." Message-ID: <200008261954.MAA03199@mail.rapidnet.net> Amidst lots of HTML Stef says the following about Bertraß's D.III ... > OK, let's forget who was first. If you have any of the citations of = > those references over the years, I will > appreciate hearing back from you, or others. So far no one has cited = > chapter and verse on any of > these 'mystery' ships. > Thanks and regards, > Stef Windsock 5/4 (1989) has it in purple ... The only non-original Datafile I have is No.1 .. which when reprinted in 1995 says "usually described as black" Bob ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2000 20:59:27 +0100 From: David Fleming To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Orthochromatic film - an opinion Message-ID: <39A8219F.40ED3B7A@dial.pipex.com> Stef, I, for one, keenly await your research. David ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2000 15:22:57 -0500 (CDT) From: fedders To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Rickenbacker's kill total Message-ID: On Sat, 26 Aug 2000 Albatrosdv@aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 8/26/00 11:42:10 AM EST, ethomas6@bellsouth.net writes: My remark on it not mattering was meant is jest - of course we all care otherwise why would we be studying the history of the war! peter > > << In truth, it doesn't matter one lick who shot down whom. But shot down > they were, and knowing the details enhances the study. > I think I can speak for at least some of us here when I say that the > history is just an indirect benefit of engaging in the very cool hobby > of plastic modeling, which, imho, is about as much fun as an adult can > have until society lightens up in it's views of people running around in > the woods wearing green tights and robbing wealthy travelers at > arrow-point. >> > > True true true!! Trust E to point us right! :-) > > TC > ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2000 15:29:31 -0500 From: Ernest Thomas To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Rickenbacker's kill total Message-ID: <39A828AB.27A1099E@bellsouth.net> fedders wrote: > My remark on it not mattering was meant is jest - of course we all care > otherwise why would we be studying the history of the war! I'm sorry. My remark about running around in the woods in green tights was most sincere. E. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2000 13:37:42 -0700 (PDT) From: Todd Hayes To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Decal requests Message-ID: <20000826203742.66313.qmail@web9008.mail.yahoo.com> Pat, Have you tried Sopwith Hobbies? Juan frequently has OOP decals in stock. He still list Blue Rider Sheet 502. I think that's the one you're looking for TH --- Patrick Gilmore wrote: > Hello, > Just wondering if anyone had the following decal > sets (or knows of a > shop with them) and would be willing to sell or > trade: > > Blue Rider 1/48 Udet Fokker DVII "LO" Candystripe > option from an old sheet > of theirs featuring several schemes for different > German A/C > Blue Rider 1/48 British Roundels > Microscale USAS WWI Numerals - This is a really old > sheet - I just need a > large black "8" with white border off this one. > > Thanks! > Patrick Gilmore > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2000 15:41:42 -0500 From: "Matthew Bittner" To: "wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu" Subject: Re: Rickenbacker's kill total Message-ID: <200008262041.NAA08259@snipe.prod.itd.earthlink.net> On Sat, 26 Aug 2000 16:33:03 -0400 (EDT), Ernest Thomas wrote: > I'm sorry. My remark about running around in the woods in green tights > was most sincere. :-[}~~~~ ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2000 16:43:01 EDT From: KarrArt@aol.com To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Rickenbacker's kill total Message-ID: <63.a5b7393.26d985d5@aol.com> In a message dated 8/26/00 1:30:17 PM Pacific Daylight Time, ethomas6@bellsouth.net writes: << I'm sorry. My remark about running around in the woods in green tights was most sincere. E. >> well, watch out for thorns....believe me. RK ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2000 15:46:50 -0500 From: Ernest Thomas To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Couldn't resist, was: The frog thing Message-ID: <39A82CBA.4B56843B@bellsouth.net> Gaston Graf wrote: > > ROLFMAO, Ernest :o)! Hope it was a short chair you fell off of. I'll have to check out the Luxembourg site. Do you realize that your entire country could come to New Orleans for Mardi Gras and assuming no other tourists showed up, we would have to report tourism being down that year. E. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2000 16:07:42 -0500 From: Ernest Thomas To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Rickenbacker's kill total Message-ID: <39A8319E.454654BB@bellsouth.net> Matthew Bittner wrote: > :-[}~~~~ Obviously a wealthy traveler. E. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2000 18:23:27 EDT From: Albatrosdv@aol.com To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Rickenbacker's kill total Message-ID: <44.6bdf746.26d99d5f@aol.com> In a message dated 8/26/00 3:30:17 PM EST, ethomas6@bellsouth.net writes: << I'm sorry. My remark about running around in the woods in green tights was most sincere. E. >> It's going to cost you the other S.E.5 kit for cleaning off my screen, Heretic. :-) TC ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2000 14:31:56 -0700 From: "David C. Fletcher" To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Couldn't resist, was: The frog thing Message-ID: <39A8374C.BF63ADF1@mars.ark.com> Ernest Thomas wrote: "Do you realize that your entire country could come to New Orleans for Mardi Gras and assuming no other tourists showed up, we would have to report tourism being down that year." At least this barb (from the somewhat smaller country to the South of here) was light-hearted in tone. The recent barrage of invective and insults was not becoming of this list. Some 'native English speakers' must remember that others are writing in their second, third or more language and that some subtleties of meaning may be lost. They may also be writing from places where political correctness is not such a refined art - oh for the good old days! My Belgian neighbour always referred to "les Boches" and was even less complimentary about the French, whose 'liberation' of Belgium compared unfavourably in his eyes with the German occupation. There are a lot of strong emotions still at large in the anachronistically-termed 'European Union'. So, if someone says something which doesn't sit well, a polite request to withdraw or rephrase the remark will do. Heaping abuse on the perpetrator simply lowers the tone of the list and chases away people we would rather retain. I've heard enough errors in French to recognize that I would be treading on dangerous ground if I joined a French discussion group in the way many of our more courageous non-native English speakers have joined this list. No doubt I have ordered the postman instead of the bill and I was present when an acquaintance of mine ordered apple pie with excrement on the side. I have also heard someone who wanted melted cheese and gravy on their french fries inadvertently order a prostitute. So, patience and tolerance please. To bring this "OT", the Belgians refer to the "Guerre de Quarante" (the War of '14) and the "Guerre de Quatorze" (the War of '40) - neither lasted very long for Belgium. Are there other terms beyond "The Great War", "The First World War" and "World War I" from the other participants? Dave Fletcher -- Visit us at our Home Page: ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2000 23:40:45 +0100 From: "Len Smith" To: Subject: Re: sho-sho Message-ID: <01b601c00fae$cf41dc60$95867ed4@mesh> Gaston, The quote at the start of my message was from a post by Sandy. The radio station to which I referred was Radio Luxembourg, a commercial station broadcasting before and after WW2 in English. It was not very highbrow. :-) Regards Len. lensmith@clara.net http://home.clara.net/lensmith ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gaston Graf" To: "Multiple recipients of list" Sent: Saturday, August 26, 2000 3:58 PM Subject: RE: sho-sho > Len, > > are you referring to the Luxembourg radio station RTL? So why are you > calling me Sandy if my name is Gaston? I found no posting from Sandy > regarding this matter so I wonder why you address your answer to him. > ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2000 23:29:38 +0100 From: "Len Smith" To: Subject: Re: A most delicate subject Message-ID: <01b501c00fae$cea32b60$95867ed4@mesh> Mike, I'm sorry we didn't meet, too. Lets have a beer together another time. Regards Len. lensmith@clara.net http://home.clara.net/lensmith ----- Original Message ----- From: To: "Multiple recipients of list" Sent: Saturday, August 26, 2000 1:28 AM Subject: Re: A most delicate subject > Let me add my own concurrence. I've met a lot of list members at OTF seminars > and a few one-on-one.....speaking of which, I blew my meet with Len in England, > for which I am sorry. So far I've enjoyed meeting everyone, even E. > Mike Muth, also looking forward to San Diego ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2000 19:12:53 -0400 From: "Leonard Endy" To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Squamble the Squasta! E.von Heretic patroling near the Potomac! Message-ID: On Sat, 26 Aug 2000 10:35:21 -0400 (EDT), you wrote: >And since yer there, I just wanted to let you and Alvie and Mike know >that it looks like Clan Heretic will be vacationing in Williamsberg >during the week between xmas and y2k+1. Let's get together over a glass >of grog. >E. Hi E, I'm only about 40 minutes from Williamsburg and it would be nice to get together. I'm assuming your better half is aware of a certain bookstore that is very close to Williamsburg.... Len ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2000 19:17:46 -0400 From: "Leonard Endy" To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: SPAD Decals Message-ID: On Sat, 26 Aug 2000 09:11:27 -0400 (EDT), you wrote: >Dave: > >Meteor Models had a veritable ream of PD Decal Sheet 48-008, SPADs Part >One, at the IPMS-US Nationals. They are all, 1/72 and 1/48, listed at their web site: www.meteorprod.com Len ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 00:43:40 +0100 From: "Francisca e Pedro Soares" To: Subject: Re: The frog thing - I'm sick of it, really. Message-ID: <001701c00fb7$d53ab480$7dea41c2@pc1> ----- Original Message ----- From: Gaston Graf To: Multiple recipients of list Sent: Saturday, August 26, 2000 7:57 PM Subject: The frog thing - I'm sick of it, really. > Hey Pedro, > > I finally found one of our Portugese friends on the Net - WOW! We have so > many of you guys 'gals working here in this country but I rarely hear that > they are online for the men are mostly working on house construction while > the women are mostly cleaning buildings... I think you know that both of our > contries share a very good relationship. > Gaston, How elegant a reply! Pedro ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2000 18:49:27 -0700 From: Mike Kavanaugh To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Albatros interior Message-ID: <39A873A7.F345C3A9@earthlink.net> Even with the datafile for the Albatros C.III, I’m having some trouble determining cockpit colors, like what color is the seat, seat cushion and other cockpit components? Were more than one type of aircraft, i.e., a C, CL and/or a D ever produced at the same time in a manufacturer’s facility and was there any effort made to standardize components and instruments that were common to both types? I know its reaching pretty far, but if you know, or think you know the colors used in one type, is that any basis for concluding it was used in another contemporary type? I’m mainly thinking of German aircraft. TIA Mike K. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2000 18:51:38 -0500 From: Ernest Thomas To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Squamble the Squasta! E.von Heretic patroling near the Potomac! Message-ID: <39A8580A.B2B32253@bellsouth.net> Leonard Endy wrote: > > > I'm only about 40 minutes from Williamsburg and it would be nice to > get together. Outstanding. This just keeps getting better and better. I'm assuming your better half is aware of a certain > bookstore that is very close to Williamsburg.... Er, no she isn't. And neither is hers. What book store would that be? Oh, wait! Aeroplane Books? I have seen the promised land! E. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2000 19:06:24 -0500 From: Ernest Thomas To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Couldn't resist, was: The frog thing Message-ID: <39A85B80.CA5CEDC8@bellsouth.net> "David C. Fletcher" wrote: > > Ernest Thomas wrote: > > "Do you realize that your entire country could come to New Orleans for > Mardi Gras and assuming no other tourists showed up, we would have to > report tourism being down that year." > > At least this barb (from the somewhat smaller country to the South of > here) was light-hearted in tone. Not to continue this, but this comment was neither light hearted barb, nor viscious slander. It's not even a boast. It's was just a simple bit of fact. We average about 500,000 tourists in town during Mardi Gras. And they're all drunk. Frankly, I'd rather be in Luxembourg. Hey Gaston, interested in swapping houses for a couple weeks in February? E. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 01:10:37 +0100 From: "Francisca e Pedro Soares" To: Subject: Re: Couldn't resist, was: The frog thing Message-ID: <005401c00fbb$3b3676e0$7dea41c2@pc1> ----- Original Message ----- From: David C. Fletcher To: Multiple recipients of list Sent: Saturday, August 26, 2000 11:34 PM Subject: Re: Couldn't resist, was: The frog thing > > So, patience and tolerance please. To bring this "OT", the Belgians > refer to the "Guerre de Quarante" (the War of '14) and the "Guerre de > Quatorze" (the War of '40) - neither lasted very long for Belgium. > > Dave Fletcher > -- Gee Dave, Shouldn't it be the other way around?... Next thing you'll be ordering a prostitute with gravy on the side... ;-) Seriously now, Great to see you posting again. Concise and clear as usual,. Um abraço Pedro ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2000 20:16:40 -0400 From: smperry@mindspring.com To: Subject: Re: Squamble the Squasta! E.von Heretic patroling near the Potomac! Message-ID: <001f01c00fbc$1356d560$140b56d1@default> D.VII seen this thread and she's ready to pack. Four months to save...we may actually make it too. sp ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2000 20:02:02 -0400 From: skarver@banet.net To: Subject: Re: Who Said That, and When--Request for Citations Message-ID: <005d01c00fba$08fff620$8bfe6520@stephen> ----- Original Message ----- From: To: "Multiple recipients of list" Sent: Saturday, August 26, 2000 3:37 PM Subject: Re: Who Said That, and When--Request for Citations >I'd like to see what would > happen if they were trapped in a 4' cube for a week with each other, supplied > with nothing but a bucket, water bowl, and one photo of Voss' cowl. SBATS (smiling broadly at the suggestion). Care to specifiy the WS with the DSA? Regards, Stef ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2000 20:04:13 -0400 From: skarver@banet.net To: Subject: Re: RNP's reply to "Who Said That..." Message-ID: <006601c00fba$570bd1e0$8bfe6520@stephen> ---- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Pearson" To: "Multiple recipients of list" Sent: Saturday, August 26, 2000 3:47 PM Subject: Re: RNP's reply to "Who Said That..." > Amidst lots of HTML Stef says the following about Bertraß's D.III ... If you tell me how to turn off the HTML in OE (Outlook Express), I will do so promptly. > Windsock 5/4 (1989) has it in purple ... The only non-original Datafile I > have is No.1 .. which when reprinted in 1995 says "usually described as > black" Danke, Stef ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2000 20:05:29 -0400 From: skarver@banet.net To: Subject: Thanks, was, Re: Orthochromatic film - an opinion Message-ID: <006b01c00fba$8464b4e0$8bfe6520@stephen> --- Original Message ----- From: "David Fleming" Sent: Saturday, August 26, 2000 4:06 PM > Stef, > > I, for one, keenly await your research. > More neat stuff foound today at nypl. Workin' hard, Stef ------------------------------ End of WWI Digest 2587 **********************