"Luigi Zanasi" wrote:
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> Ya know, what really gets my goat is they also gave back Michigan.
We gotta be honest about this: they did have Detroit at the end of the
war. Although we had Mackinack (i.e Sault Ste-Marie), the American
side of Niagara, some forts as far as Iowa and most of Maine, which
surrendered without fighting. But let's not forget Colonel de
Salaberry who with 500 French-Canadian voltigeurs and an handful of
Mohawk warriors defeated an American invading army of over 5,000 at
Chateaugauay in 1813.
While we (actually the Brits, there was only one Nova Scotia regiment
involved) burned Washington down, we couldn't capture Baltimore.
The Yanks like to celebrate the battle of New Orleans, which was
fought after the end of the war and for some strange reason propelled
Andrew Jackson to national prominence. But the Brits also took Mobile
Bay, which they abandoned after the end of the war.
---------------------------------------------
The first time I sailed across Lake Erie and found the down town park
of some of the small Villages in Ontario that dot the northern shore
line of Lake Erie (Port Stanley for example), it felt a little
strange.
In those parks were the monuments documents not only the fallen but
also those who served in the war of 1812.
Reading those names I realized that these were the enemy, men who were
heroes to their loved ones, just the same as there are similar
monuments on the US side.
Gives you a whole different outlook about war and the necessity of it.
There was a time when some Brits were buried on South Bass Island, but
eventually, they were exumed and returned to the home country.
Don't remember when that took place.
Along that same line, there is a monument in Kincardine (Lake Huron
Shore), documenting the tremendous losses suffered by that community
in WWII which the Canadians were in and dying long before 12/07/1941.
Lew
On Jul 31, 4:24=A0pm, jo4hn <[email protected]> wrote:
> Robatoy wrote:
> > On Jul 31, 3:57 pm, Robatoy <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> We are a fun bunch here in Sarnia, Ontario...and *I* am NOT going to
> >> disclose the name of the driving force behind this plan.
>
> >>http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/674560
>
> >> Discuss.
>
> > Okay.. they published his name anyway. Damn musicians...LOL
>
> Sweet.
>
> Here's some proxy help from the classy side of the continent:http://www.m=
oonamtrak.org/
>
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 :-)
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 jo4hn
Love it!!
On Jul 31, 6:58=A0pm, "PDQ" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Innews:[email protected],
> Nova <[email protected]> dropped this bit of wisdom:
>
> > PDQ wrote:
>
> >> Last time some American wanted to " inspect the buttocks of
> >> Canadians" we shot the shit out of him, sent him back home and gave
> >> him a need for a white house in Washington D&C. :-) =A0
>
> >> P D Q
>
> > "We needed a few houses in Buffalo as well as your countrymen only
> > left three standing.
>
> >http://www.mywarof1812.com/battles/131230.htm
>
> Ya know, what really gets my goat is they also gave back Michigan.
We gotta be honest about this: they did have Detroit at the end of the
war. Although we had Mackinack (i.e Sault Ste-Marie), the American
side of Niagara, some forts as far as Iowa and most of Maine, which
surrendered without fighting. But let's not forget Colonel de
Salaberry who with 500 French-Canadian voltigeurs and an handful of
Mohawk warriors defeated an American invading army of over 5,000 at
Chateaugauay in 1813.
While we (actually the Brits, there was only one Nova Scotia regiment
involved) burned Washington down, we couldn't capture Baltimore.
The Yanks like to celebrate the battle of New Orleans, which was
fought after the end of the war and for some strange reason propelled
Andrew Jackson to national prominence. But the Brits also took Mobile
Bay, which they abandoned after the end of the war.
Luigi
On Jul 31, 3:59=A0pm, Robatoy <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Jul 31, 3:57=A0pm, Robatoy <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > We are a fun bunch here in Sarnia, Ontario...and *I* am NOT going to
> > disclose the name of the driving force behind this plan.
>
> >http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/674560
>
> > Discuss.
>
> Okay.. they published his name anyway. Damn musicians...LOL
Wow... that didn't take long. Just received this picture...*smirk*
http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o290/Robatoy/MoonBalloon.jpg
On Jul 31, 8:14=A0pm, "PDQ" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Innews:[email protected],
> HeyBub <[email protected]> dropped this bit of wisdom:
>
> > Robatoy wrote:
> >> We are a fun bunch here in Sarnia, Ontario...and *I* am NOT going to
> >> disclose the name of the driving force behind this plan.
>
> >>http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/674560
>
> >> Discuss.
>
> > It could be the balloon makers are perverts and that the moonies are
> > simply falling for a "Don't throw me in the briar patch" trick.
>
> > As for the complaint that the balloon cameras are a violation of
> > privacy, heck, there's no right to privacy in the American
> > Constitution, let alone the Canadian Charter. If an American citizen
> > wants to inspect the buttocks of Canadians, he has a right to do so.
>
> Last time some American wanted to " inspect the buttocks of Canadians" we=
shot the shit out of him, sent him back home and gave him a need for a whi=
te house in Washington D&C. :-)
>
> P D Q
Don't waste your time, P. Let him live in the illusion of grandeur.
PDQ wrote:
>
> Last time some American wanted to " inspect the buttocks of Canadians" we shot the shit out of him, sent him back home and gave him a need for a white house in Washington D&C. :-)
>
> P D Q
"We needed a few houses in Buffalo as well as your countrymen only left
three standing.
http://www.mywarof1812.com/battles/131230.htm
--
Jack Novak
Buffalo, NY - USA
[email protected]
Robatoy wrote:
> On Jul 31, 3:57 pm, Robatoy <[email protected]> wrote:
>> We are a fun bunch here in Sarnia, Ontario...and *I* am NOT going to
>> disclose the name of the driving force behind this plan.
>>
>> http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/674560
>>
>> Discuss.
>
> Okay.. they published his name anyway. Damn musicians...LOL
Sweet.
Here's some proxy help from the classy side of the continent:
http://www.moonamtrak.org/
:-)
jo4hn
On Jul 31, 3:57=A0pm, Robatoy <[email protected]> wrote:
> We are a fun bunch here in Sarnia, Ontario...and *I* am NOT going to
> disclose the name of the driving force behind this plan.
>
> http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/674560
>
> Discuss.
Okay.. they published his name anyway. Damn musicians...LOL
On Jul 31, 8:17=A0pm, Robatoy <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Jul 31, 8:14=A0pm, "PDQ" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > Innews:[email protected],
> > HeyBub <[email protected]> dropped this bit of wisdom:
>
> > > Robatoy wrote:
> > >> We are a fun bunch here in Sarnia, Ontario...and *I* am NOT going to
> > >> disclose the name of the driving force behind this plan.
>
> > >>http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/674560
>
> > >> Discuss.
>
> > > It could be the balloon makers are perverts and that the moonies are
> > > simply falling for a "Don't throw me in the briar patch" trick.
>
> > > As for the complaint that the balloon cameras are a violation of
> > > privacy, heck, there's no right to privacy in the American
> > > Constitution, let alone the Canadian Charter. If an American citizen
> > > wants to inspect the buttocks of Canadians, he has a right to do so.
>
> > Last time some American wanted to " inspect the buttocks of Canadians" =
we shot the shit out of him, sent him back home and gave him a need for a w=
hite house in Washington D&C. :-)
>
> > P D Q
>
> Don't waste your time, P. Let him live in the illusion of grandeur.
besides... what sick fuck wants to look up a butt?
In news:[email protected],
HeyBub <[email protected]> dropped this bit of wisdom:
> Robatoy wrote:
>> We are a fun bunch here in Sarnia, Ontario...and *I* am NOT going to
>> disclose the name of the driving force behind this plan.
>>=20
>> http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/674560
>>=20
>> Discuss.
>=20
> It could be the balloon makers are perverts and that the moonies are
> simply falling for a "Don't throw me in the briar patch" trick.
>=20
> As for the complaint that the balloon cameras are a violation of
> privacy, heck, there's no right to privacy in the American
> Constitution, let alone the Canadian Charter. If an American citizen
> wants to inspect the buttocks of Canadians, he has a right to do so.
Last time some American wanted to " inspect the buttocks of Canadians" =
we shot the shit out of him, sent him back home and gave him a need for =
a white house in Washington D&C. :-)
P D Q
In =
news:fadb198a-4956-4179-9ba3-dd0f974da1a2@v20g2000yqm.googlegroups.com,
Robatoy <[email protected]> dropped this bit of wisdom:
> On Jul 31, 8:17 pm, Robatoy <[email protected]> wrote:
>> On Jul 31, 8:14 pm, "PDQ" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>=20
>>=20
>>=20
>>=20
>>=20
>>> Innews:[email protected],
>>> HeyBub <[email protected]> dropped this bit of wisdom:
>>=20
>>>> Robatoy wrote:
>>>>> We are a fun bunch here in Sarnia, Ontario...and *I* am NOT going
>>>>> to disclose the name of the driving force behind this plan.
>>=20
>>>>> http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/674560
>>=20
>>>>> Discuss.
>>=20
>>>> It could be the balloon makers are perverts and that the moonies
>>>> are simply falling for a "Don't throw me in the briar patch" trick.
>>=20
>>>> As for the complaint that the balloon cameras are a violation of
>>>> privacy, heck, there's no right to privacy in the American
>>>> Constitution, let alone the Canadian Charter. If an American
>>>> citizen wants to inspect the buttocks of Canadians, he has a right
>>>> to do so.=20
>>=20
>>> Last time some American wanted to " inspect the buttocks of
>>> Canadians" we shot the shit out of him, sent him back home and gave
>>> him a need for a white house in Washington D&C. :-) =20
>>=20
>>> P D Q
>>=20
>> Don't waste your time, P. Let him live in the illusion of grandeur.
>=20
> besides... what sick fuck wants to look up a butt?
believe thay call that sick fuck a proctologist. LOL
P D Q
In news:[email protected],
Nova <[email protected]> dropped this bit of wisdom:
> PDQ wrote:
>=20
>>=20
>> Last time some American wanted to " inspect the buttocks of
>> Canadians" we shot the shit out of him, sent him back home and gave
>> him a need for a white house in Washington D&C. :-) =20
>>=20
>> P D Q
>=20
> "We needed a few houses in Buffalo as well as your countrymen only
> left three standing.
>=20
> http://www.mywarof1812.com/battles/131230.htm
Ya know, what really gets my goat is they also gave back Michigan.
:-) =20
P D Q
In =
news:2b2b33d2-fe61-402c-9a27-d51b80403321@a37g2000prf.googlegroups.com,
Luigi Zanasi <[email protected]> dropped this bit of wisdom:
> On Jul 31, 6:58 pm, "PDQ" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Innews:[email protected],
>> Nova <[email protected]> dropped this bit of wisdom:
>>=20
>>> PDQ wrote:
>>=20
>>>> Last time some American wanted to " inspect the buttocks of
>>>> Canadians" we shot the shit out of him, sent him back home and gave
>>>> him a need for a white house in Washington D&C. :-)
>>=20
>>>> P D Q
>>=20
>>> "We needed a few houses in Buffalo as well as your countrymen only
>>> left three standing.
>>=20
>>> http://www.mywarof1812.com/battles/131230.htm
>>=20
>> Ya know, what really gets my goat is they also gave back Michigan.
>=20
> We gotta be honest about this: they did have Detroit at the end of the
> war.=20
> Although we had Mackinack (i.e Sault Ste-Marie),=20
I was up there one wet and windy Fall day with my F-in-Law. He stepped =
off the boat, looked about, and stated "This must be the asshole of the =
world." Pretty much sums up why we let them have it. LOL
> the American
> side of Niagara, some forts as far as Iowa and most of Maine, which
> surrendered without fighting. But let's not forget Colonel de
> Salaberry who with 500 French-Canadian voltigeurs and an handful of
> Mohawk warriors defeated an American invading army of over 5,000 at
> Chateaugauay in 1813.
>=20
> While we (actually the Brits, there was only one Nova Scotia regiment
> involved) burned Washington down, we couldn't capture Baltimore.
You gotta love those down-easters.
>=20
> The Yanks like to celebrate the battle of New Orleans, which was
> fought after the end of the war and for some strange reason propelled
> Andrew Jackson to national prominence. But the Brits also took Mobile
> Bay, which they abandoned after the end of the war.
In those days it took a while for the news to filter from the Old =
Country to the New World. Besides, we didn't understand German, and =
nobody likes George III.
>=20
> Luigi
In news:[email protected],
Lew Hodgett <[email protected]> dropped this bit of wisdom:
> "Luigi Zanasi" wrote:
>=20
> ----------------------------------------------
>> Ya know, what really gets my goat is they also gave back Michigan.
>=20
> We gotta be honest about this: they did have Detroit at the end of the
> war. Although we had Mackinack (i.e Sault Ste-Marie), the American
> side of Niagara, some forts as far as Iowa and most of Maine, which
> surrendered without fighting. But let's not forget Colonel de
> Salaberry who with 500 French-Canadian voltigeurs and an handful of
> Mohawk warriors defeated an American invading army of over 5,000 at
> Chateaugauay in 1813.
>=20
> While we (actually the Brits, there was only one Nova Scotia regiment
> involved) burned Washington down, we couldn't capture Baltimore.
>=20
> The Yanks like to celebrate the battle of New Orleans, which was
> fought after the end of the war and for some strange reason propelled
> Andrew Jackson to national prominence. But the Brits also took Mobile
> Bay, which they abandoned after the end of the war.
> ---------------------------------------------
>=20
> The first time I sailed across Lake Erie and found the down town park
> of some of the small Villages in Ontario that dot the northern shore
> line of Lake Erie (Port Stanley for example), it felt a little
> strange.
>=20
> In those parks were the monuments documents not only the fallen but
> also those who served in the war of 1812.
>=20
> Reading those names I realized that these were the enemy, men who were
> heroes to their loved ones, just the same as there are similar
> monuments on the US side.
>=20
> Gives you a whole different outlook about war and the necessity of it.
>=20
> There was a time when some Brits were buried on South Bass Island, but
> eventually, they were exumed and returned to the home country.
>=20
> Don't remember when that took place.
>=20
> Along that same line, there is a monument in Kincardine (Lake Huron
> Shore), documenting the tremendous losses suffered by that community
> in WWII which the Canadians were in and dying long before 12/07/1941.
>=20
>=20
> Lew
Never did understand just what all the fuss was about.
P D Q
in 110067 20090801 151902 "PDQ" <[email protected]> wrote:
>In those days it took a while for the news to filter from the Old =
>Country to the New World. Besides, we didn't understand German, and =
>nobody likes George III.
Actually, George III was very popular before his illness took hold
(and his first language was English).
Robatoy wrote:
> We are a fun bunch here in Sarnia, Ontario...and *I* am NOT going to
> disclose the name of the driving force behind this plan.
>
> http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/674560
>
> Discuss.
It could be the balloon makers are perverts and that the moonies are simply
falling for a "Don't throw me in the briar patch" trick.
As for the complaint that the balloon cameras are a violation of privacy,
heck, there's no right to privacy in the American Constitution, let alone
the Canadian Charter. If an American citizen wants to inspect the buttocks
of Canadians, he has a right to do so.