"Steve La Wertz" wrote in message
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One thing that both books stress is that when the US entered the war, it was
to help our friend "Poor Little Britain"...
[The books are "The Rise of Germany", by James Holland, and "The Second
World War", by Victor Davis Hanson ]
In popular US history it is somewhat forgotten that Britain had many
strengths, e.g. it was the richest country in Europe, it had a solid
armaments manufacturing base, the biggest Empire in the world and with solid
supply lines to and from those Commonwealth nations, the largest Navy and
merchant marine and thus ability to project power, top - class new
technologies (radar, penicillin, cracking the "Enigma" code with computing,
the Lancaster and Mosquito bombers, many more...)...not to mention superb
military and civilian leadership. And that the UK was dedicated to liberty
and freedom...

So the UK was using all resources to battle the Axis, when the US entered
our productive capacity provided a "synergy" that beat back the Axis.
Germany, Japan, and especially Italy did not have the resources to fight
long and far - flung wars on several fronts. it is especially amusing to
read how hapless and helpless the Italians were...and Japan decided to
declare war on the US, the US had an economy five times the size of Japan's!

Hitler was dismissive of America as a land of "cowboys, Hollywood, and Negro
jazz", but when they declared war on us, several in his circle wrote that
they were in awe of and in fear of US companies/productive capacity,
specifically General Motors and Ford: "If they can produce all those cars,
they can produce weapons, too..."

History was on our side, Ms. O....

;-)


Best
Greg

==

It certainly was)

Thanks for posting that.

"Cheri" wrote in message news
"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> On 1/12/2018 8:44 PM, Cheri wrote:
>> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On 1/12/2018 3:17 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
>>>> On Fri, 12 Jan 2018 14:20:25 -0500, jmcquown wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I suppose I really should check out the grocery section of the
>>>>> impossibly huge Walmart one of these days. I just don't like those
>>>>> huge
>>>>> *superstores*.
>>>>>
>>>>> I was there on Wednesday to buy cat food and wild bird seed. I had to
>>>>> walk from one end of the store (lawn & garden) waaaay to the back past
>>>>> the clothing, men's, women's, girl's, boy's, electronic devices, TV's
>>>>> and the shoe department just to get to the cat food.
>>>>
>>>> The exercise is good for you. I don't consider them so big that you
>>>> can't walk them a couple times and back.
>>>>
>>>> At least with Walmart they have bathrooms centrally located both in
>>>> front and in back of the store. Unlike Costco where after you walk
>>>> into the refrigerated vegetable cooler, you suddenly have to take a
>>>> mean **** and the bathroom is all the way in the opposite corner of
>>>> the store. They should have a porta potty in the back corner. They
>>>> don't sell Depends.
>>>>
>>>> -sw
>>>>
>>> LOL I wouldn't know about Costco (or Depends).
>>>
>>> I don't mind the exercise. I've got two good legs. I don't spend my time
>>> driving around parking lots jockeying for a parking spot closest to the
>>> front door. I'm just not one of those superstore type shoppers. I have
>>> never been shopping for groceries and suddenly decided hey! I need to
>>> buy a pair of shoes!
>>>
>>> One of these days I'll check out the other end of the store where they
>>> sell groceries. I never would have thought they'd carry oxtails, which
>>> is where Cheri said she found them for $5.99/lb.
>>>
>>> Jill
>>
>>
>> I saw them because of the oxtail thread. I never would have noticed them
>> if not for that since I wouldn't be looking for them as a rule. There
>> were several packages and also several packages of whole beef tongue, I
>> didn't buy either one.
>>
>> Cheri
>
> I remember many years ago my mother was shopping at the commissary and
> when she came home she said she saw the most beautiful looking piece of
> beef! She turned it over and the label said "beef tongue". She didn't
> buy it. The very idea creeped her out. LOL
>
> I didn't grow up eating oxtail soup/stew. Neither of my parents ever made
> it. I have no idea what possessed me to make it (at least 25 years ago).
> But mmmmmm, delicious!
>
> There are lots of things I cook that I did not grow up with. There are
> also lots of things I grew up with that I don't cook.
>
> Jill


I haven't bought oxtails, if I'm going to spend that kind of money, the
packages averaged 12.00 or so, I prefer to buy lamb shanks, but I'm sure
oxtail soup would be very good. I used to like tongue, but I haven't made it
in many years. It doesn't hold much appeal to me anymore, many things don't,
and like you, I make things that I didn't have as a child, but I do make a
lot of things that I did have as a child. We didn't have much processed food
at all in our house in those days.

Cheri
==

I don't do processed food either or at least very little.

Tell me, do you find that as you get older your taste buds seem to change?

Things I used to love ... I no longer like much and vice versa!

"dsi1" wrote in message
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On Friday, January 12, 2018 at 10:29:09 PM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
>
> Aww I suppose you have your own name for her)

I like to stay out of the kid's business so no. The girl's first name is
Japanese, the second English, the third Hawaiian, the last name is the dad's
family name which is probably Portuguese. That's a lot of letters to be
saddled with.

==

Oh dear it sure is. Never mind, she has escaped all that with cooking )

"Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
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> No wonder he cannot find ox tails
>
> https://imgur.com/gallery/RawGH

Heh. I thought he lived in a pineapple under the sea!

On Friday, January 12, 2018 at 5:09:16 PM UTC-5, Steve La Wertz wrote:

> Hitler was dismissive of America as a land of "cowboys, Hollywood, and Negro jazz", but when they declared war on us, several in his circle wrote that they were in awe of and in fear of US companies/productive capacity, specifically General Motors and Ford: "If they can produce all those cars, they can produce weapons, too..."

You made me think of that scene in Battle of the Bulge where Robert Shaw's
character finds reasonably fresh chocolate cake among the food items
confiscated from recently captured U.S. soldiers. He was dismayed to think
that we had the planes and fuel to fly chocolate cake to Europe. Fabricated
for the movie, of course.

Cindy Hamilton

On Sat, 13 Jan 2018 04:43:51 -0800 (PST), Cindy Hamilton
> wrote:

>On Friday, January 12, 2018 at 5:09:16 PM UTC-5, Steve La Wertz wrote:
>
>> Hitler was dismissive of America as a land of "cowboys, Hollywood, and Negro jazz", but when they declared war on us, several in his circle wrote that they were in awe of and in fear of US companies/productive capacity, specifically General Motors and Ford: "If they can produce all those cars, they can produce weapons, too..."
>
>You made me think of that scene in Battle of the Bulge where Robert Shaw's
>character finds reasonably fresh chocolate cake among the food items
>confiscated from recently captured U.S. soldiers. He was dismayed to think
>that we had the planes and fuel to fly chocolate cake to Europe. Fabricated
>for the movie, of course.
>
>Cindy Hamilton

The American Officers in the requisitioned house next door to my
grandmothers ate very well, far better than us - they even tossed a
leg of lamb they didn't care for to our dog.

On 1/13/2018 4:56 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>
> "Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
> ...
>> No wonder he cannot find ox tails
>>
>> https://imgur.com/gallery/RawGH
>
> Heh. I thought he lived in a pineapple under the sea!
>
ROFLOL!

Ophelia wrote:

>
>
> "Steve La Wertz" wrote in message
> ...
>
> On Friday, 12 January 2018 14:32:30 UTC-6, Ophelia wrote:
> > "dsi1" wrote in message
> > ...
> >
> > On Friday, January 12, 2018 at 4:35:16 AM UTC-10, Ed Pawlowski
> > wrote:
> >> No wonder he cannot find ox tails
> > >
> >> https://imgur.com/gallery/RawGH
> >
> > That's the kind of stuff those crazy haoles do! The Koolaus are a
> > fairly daunting presence in the live of people that live on the
> > Windward side. My granddaughter's Hawaiian name means "Heavenly
> > Mist of the Koolaus." Every time we see dinosaur movies and war
> > films, we see the Koolaus. It was kind of cool to see it - the
> > first few times that is.
> >
> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfwX9fjacSQ
> >
> > ==
> >
> > How lovely to have a name that has such a lovely meaning
>
>
> Well, Ms. O., you've a nice name, too:
>
> https://www.behindthename.com/name/ophelia
>
> 'Derived from Greek οφελος (ophelos) meaning "help". This name was
> probably created by the 15th-century poet Jacopo Sannazaro for a
> character in his poem 'Arcadia'...'
>
> Here is mine, I never knew this:
>
> https://www.behindthename.com/name/gregory
>
> "English form of Latin Gregorius, which was from the Late Greek name
> Γ�ηγο�ιος (Gregorios), derived from γ�ηγο�ος (gregoros) meaning
> "watchful, alert". This name was popular among early Christians,
> being borne by a number of important saints including Saint Gregory
> Thaumaturgus (3rd century), Saint Gregory the Illuminator (4th
> century), Saint Gregory of Nyssa (4th century), Saint Gregory of
> Nazianzus (4th century), and Saint Gregory of Tours (6th century). It
> was also borne by the 6th-century pope Saint Gregory I the Great, a
> reformer and Doctor of the Church, as well as 15 subsequent popes.
> Due to the renown of the saints by this name, Gregory (in various
> spellings) has remained common in the Christian world through the
> Middle Ages and to the present day. It has been used in England since
> the 12th century. A famous bearer from the modern era was American
> actor Gregory Peck (1916-2003)..."
>
> So, Ms. O., you are a "helper", and I am a "saint"...it is nice to
> know you...!!!
>
> ;-)
>
> Best
> Greg
>
> ===
>
> Well, I am very pleased you like my nickname) It's nice to know
> you too)

Carol, Hymn or song. Was told German use is 'song of Joy'. Relates to
'Christmas Carols'

On 2018-01-13 1:15 PM, cshenk wrote:
> Ophelia wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> "Steve La Wertz" wrote in message
>> ...
>>
>> On Friday, 12 January 2018 14:32:30 UTC-6, Ophelia wrote:
>>> "dsi1" wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>
>>> On Friday, January 12, 2018 at 4:35:16 AM UTC-10, Ed Pawlowski
>>> wrote:
>>>> No wonder he cannot find ox tails
>>>>
>>>> https://imgur.com/gallery/RawGH
>>>
>>> That's the kind of stuff those crazy haoles do! The Koolaus are a
>>> fairly daunting presence in the live of people that live on the
>>> Windward side. My granddaughter's Hawaiian name means "Heavenly
>>> Mist of the Koolaus." Every time we see dinosaur movies and war
>>> films, we see the Koolaus. It was kind of cool to see it - the
>>> first few times that is.
>>>
>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfwX9fjacSQ
>>>
>>> ==
>>>
>>> How lovely to have a name that has such a lovely meaning
>>
>>
>> Well, Ms. O., you've a nice name, too:
>>
>> https://www.behindthename.com/name/ophelia
>>
>> 'Derived from Greek οφελος (ophelos) meaning "help". This name was
>> probably created by the 15th-century poet Jacopo Sannazaro for a
>> character in his poem 'Arcadia'...'
>>
>> Here is mine, I never knew this:
>>
>> https://www.behindthename.com/name/gregory
>>
>> "English form of Latin Gregorius, which was from the Late Greek name
>> Γ�ηγο�ιος (Gregorios), derived from γ�ηγο�ος (gregoros) meaning
>> "watchful, alert". This name was popular among early Christians,
>> being borne by a number of important saints including Saint Gregory
>> Thaumaturgus (3rd century), Saint Gregory the Illuminator (4th
>> century), Saint Gregory of Nyssa (4th century), Saint Gregory of
>> Nazianzus (4th century), and Saint Gregory of Tours (6th century). It
>> was also borne by the 6th-century pope Saint Gregory I the Great, a
>> reformer and Doctor of the Church, as well as 15 subsequent popes.
>> Due to the renown of the saints by this name, Gregory (in various
>> spellings) has remained common in the Christian world through the
>> Middle Ages and to the present day. It has been used in England since
>> the 12th century. A famous bearer from the modern era was American
>> actor Gregory Peck (1916-2003)..."
>>
>> So, Ms. O., you are a "helper", and I am a "saint"...it is nice to
>> know you...!!!
>>
>> ;-)
>>
>> Best
>> Greg
>>
>> ===
>>
>> Well, I am very pleased you like my nickname) It's nice to know
>> you too)
>
> Carol, Hymn or song. Was told German use is 'song of Joy'. Relates to
> 'Christmas Carols'
>
The Latin for Charles is Carolus.

On Sat, 13 Jan 2018 09:37:43 -0700, Casa estilo antiguo
> wrote:

>On 1/13/2018 4:56 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>> "Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> No wonder he cannot find ox tails
>>>
>>> https://imgur.com/gallery/RawGH
>>
>> Heh. I thought he lived in a pineapple under the sea!
>>
> ROFLOL!

Wouldn't that be Sponge Bob Square Pants?

wrote:
> On Sat, 13 Jan 2018 09:37:43 -0700, Casa estilo antiguo
> > wrote:
>
>> On 1/13/2018 4:56 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>
>>> "Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> No wonder he cannot find ox tails
>>>>
>>>> https://imgur.com/gallery/RawGH
>>>
>>> Heh. I thought he lived in a pineapple under the sea!
>>>
>> ROFLOL!
>
> Wouldn't that be Sponge Bob Square Pants?
>
Nope Popeye, sponge bob lives with your brother. They are quite a
charming couple.