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On 4/22/2003 jonnyx
wrote in from
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one frenchmans actions on d-day+1 save countless allied lives and played a pivotal role in the invasion of europe. as an employee of SNCF, his job was to apply grease to the nipples on railway carriage axles. under the noses of the wermacht, he swapped a bucket of grease for a bucket of carborundum powder and applied that to the axles of trains carrying a panzer division northwards instead. after just 20 miles the axles failed and the panzer division was forced onto the roads, allowing it to be harried throughout its 500 mile journey to normandy. they arrived 6 weeks late at 15% strength. it is clear that had this action not taken place the allies would have been driven back in to the sea on d+6 at the very latest.
get on your knees and thank that frenchman
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On 4/22/2003
chri
wrote in from
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hi at all
we are back online and hope some guys will visit our page!
you find us unter
www.speedfreaks.us.tt
we´re austrian guys and so the most is in german but i hope you have fun with our pics
may we see us in kaunertal at the WM
stay safe
chri
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On 4/22/2003 Longy
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A little history lesson;
No country lost as great a proportion of its population in world war I than the French: 1,400,000 men were killed outright,647,000 missing presumed dead, two million were wounded. A million of the wounded had debilitating injuries, and could never work again. They were a lost generation, and a living reminder to others of what war really meant. France has still not replaced those she lost in battle by 1939 but bravely fought on and by 1945 casualty figures were 2,000,000 civilians and army personnel dead,182,000 missing presumed dead and 138,000 wounded. United States losses for the whole of WWII were 300,000. During the American war of independance France gave American rebels 10,000 tons of gunpowder,and 6,000 experienced troops to harass the British.
When asked by the American press where he would like American forces to be positioned in respect to British positions in North Africa Colonel Henry Parks said;
"I have forwarded the Fieldmarshall my concerns over the positioning of American forces....i would dearly like them as far away from myself and my troops as possible"
Henry Parks lost both his brothers to American friendly fire during WWII.
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On 4/21/2003 Jean Michele Jar Jar Binks
wrote in from
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Ah, the French.
We offered kindly to donate them Calais
And all they gave us back was the bidet
And now they won't let us go on holiday
They bottle bath-water [or 7 Up] and call it Perrier
They eat poor froggie's legs then throw the rest away
They even like the look of Johnny Holliday
They eat raw garlic and invented croquet
They think the height of chic is John Paul Gautier
That's why I hate the French, mmm,
That's why I hate the French
They all wear berets and they're all called Jacques,
They even steal from us the words they lack
Le weekend, Le Camping and cul de sac
That's why I hate the French, oh,
That's why I hate the French.
They claim their films are the best we've ever had
Well I suppose Emmannuelle wasn't bad
All their songs sound more or less the same
La la la la la la la la.........je t'aime
Charles Aznavour is always so depressed
Wouldn't you be if oui oui meant yes?
Sacha Distel has raindrops falling on his head
I wonder if Jean Paul Sartre knows he is dead
What I resent is that they're so good in bed
That's why I hate the French, oh,
That's why I hate the French.
They bake their bread in such a naughty shape
They brag about their wine and worship the grape
They criticise our food but then they eat crepe
That's why I hate the French, oh,
That's why I hate the French.
And now they started coming here in droves
French cigarettes, French letters and French clothes
For breakfast they have croissant or French toast
And there's always some French letters in the post
I'm sick and tired of eating all this brie
A day trip to Boulougne is fine by me
And I'll be buggered if I go to gay Paris.
They're pretty cocky 'bout their games in the dark
They think with girls they light a special spark
But look what the bastards did to Joan of Arc
That's why I hate the French, oh,
That's why I hate the French, mmm,
That's why I hate the French.
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On 4/21/2003
drakkars
wrote in from
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hey Mr hackett..... Why do you need to bash french people.......
Because we don't agree with you ????
Because we don't support Mr BUSH jr ???
Tell me more... You support what bush and his people are trying to do to the world (bomb people not hills)
OK I know why but i cannot tell it on this forum,Mr adam would not like it (same for mr arab)
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On 4/21/2003 jonnyx is my real name you can find me easy
wrote in from
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unfortunately i'm not even allowed to attempt to enter your country, to do so would make myself liable to permanent imprisonment without acces to lawyers, trial, nothing. lucky you living in such a free country. if you dont like it, write to your congressman.
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On 4/17/2003
konaboy/dp
wrote in from
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I'll keep it on the right topic,?Downhill! the late 70's. my friend's & I hade learned about A Great hill, Up north from San Diego city at La costa,The hill was the first run there,Im Not Sure if it was called box canyon or not?Any way we were taking our first runs when my friend JON W. Got the speed woabs at the bottom.I was there already walking up looking at J.W ,He tried to run it off at 45-50?MPh, He was doing A Great job when all at once his shoes blew out,Both were at knee's as he fell,then slid. over all he did ok,He lived ,no bones broke,Ton's of road rash. we would return there after that, as much as pos.DP
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On 4/16/2003
David Paul
wrote in from
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It's all good?Sk8 stories, wow you want sk8 stories;Hester3 Newark cally!Later that day from the contest,Were all at Blank?Blank Hotel,Sk8er's Every where Sticker's every where,Totaly out of control,Yelling,Skating down halls,Sk8ing into full pool,I think we put A box of mags,sticker,s#@!,more mag's,Pic's,?,Wheels,Stuff!on top and put it out in front of Fat mac's door,Knocked and ran,Also in our room we were doing the ire thing, we heard lowd voices,We opened our door to find everone party'in up in the hall,So we joined in, A Woman that worked at the Hotel came out and down the hall,She asked us to keep it down! It all went silent ,I had been eating bean's,I let out the largest fart in history ,We all looked at each other,Then the lady from the hotel,And laughed our A's off.she walked away shaking her head.Dp
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On 4/14/2003
Antti S. Brax
wrote in from
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Check this out. It's not about longboarding. It makes browsing web sites, where people don't know how to use HTML link tags (like NCDSA), easier.
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On 4/4/2003
Antti S. Brax
wrote in from
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K-LEE, this guest book is the problem. There is no strict topic here so everything is allowed. I wasn't here when this forum was created so I don't know the reason for this forum but it seems like this is the "safety valve" of NCDSA.
So if you don't want to read about politics, don't read the guest book. :-)
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On 4/3/2003
K-LEE
wrote in from
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Maybe we need to start a "Politics" forum so it will stay off all the other skate related forums. On second thought, maybe not. Politics are everywhere these days, and it's the last thing on my mind when I come to NCDSA, don't need any reminders either.
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On 4/3/2003
Brady
wrote in from
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Here`s one for ya Cabbage...
After graduating from high school in `77, I hitchhiked out to CAL. This was my 2nd trip out there. First time was summer trip in `76. Anyhoos, back to the `77 story, I first landed at The Hole in the Wall beach. Actually it was a hole in the fence. This was a place where you could crash on the beach and the cops wouldn`t bother you. My skateboard has not yet arrived and my cash was sent up to cousins at Bolinas.
After catching up some much needed sleep after a 3 day, no sleep, road trip, I headed down to where I was going to meet my brother and friend at San Clemente State Park. They were supposed to be there before me as they left in the micro bus with all our surf boards on top. Well, VW blew a head gasket in Texas and they were delayed.
Anyhoos, I met some locals at Trestles and spent the next few days just down the street from the local beach public access at San Clemente. Every morn I skated down the hill on my Sims oak board with Bennetts and RR 4s. How or why I took that deck with me I can`t remember cause I had a FF Bowlrider and Taperkick back home.
Anyhoos, I did get to skate some pools up in San Juan Capistrano and one memorable trip to LA (broken nose and later met sid).
The one thing I keep thinking about was I was so close to the slalom/downhill scene in La Costa and I didn`t even know it exsisted. Man, i would loved to hit those hills in the day. I guess I was more focused on waves and pools.
Ask GBJ what my expression was when he picked me up in DC 2001... eyes wide open and pupils aglow... HILLS... AAAARRGHHH!!! (Homer-esque`)
Skate more, post less...
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On 4/3/2003
Darren
wrote in from
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Shoot I Remember Cedar Crest that was that red metal ramp? with the club house etc, Frequented by Midgett, Losi, Tag etc????
Is that right???
Damn!!!! lets hear a story???
I only saw it in mags but it looked amazing.
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On 4/2/2003 cabbage
wrote in from
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bust em out tobin....most of us wanna hear em, everyone else wants to talk about politics...
shut up and sk8,
cabbage
politics are for politicians.....
sk8board sites are for sk8ers.....I hate politics...I love sk8ers....sucks you guys are so lame....
bust out a good Cedar Crest story tobin......
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On 4/2/2003 Jason Lee
wrote in from
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No more war for heavy metal!
No more war for heavy metal!
No more war for heavy metal!
No more war for heavy metal!
No more war for heavy metal!
No more war for heavy metal!
No more war for heavy metal!
Keep the debates to email or something, we see enough of it on the TV.
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On 4/1/2003
DAVE TOBIN
wrote in from
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Is this a Skte site or a political site?
I have skate stories that last my 28years of skating. Who remembers the ECTT??
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On 4/1/2003 jonnyx
wrote in from
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hi
read the question
all i asked was "did you know" not "why" or "how" or "what colour"
hey you can go to un.org and search in voting results if you want, but you wont like what you find.
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On 4/1/2003 jonnyx
wrote in from
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"As you like to tell Arab on a regular basis, "don't change the subject."" eH????????? I REPEATED A QUESTION YOU IGNORED.
"buried in the fine print was a motion to disband Israel and give the Holy Land back to Arafat and his minions. (Or something to that affect(sic).)" hey now you are REALLY tripping!!!!!!!! thats a bigger fantasy than even rumsfelds!
answer the question!!!!!!!!!
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On 4/1/2003 Wesley Tucker
wrote in from
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I haven't read the full resolution, Jonnyx. If we did veto it, I would assume it's because there were clauses attached that we found unacceptable. Sure, it was a resolution to condemn Saddam, (meaning nothing,) but buried in the fine print was a motion to disband Israel and give the Holy Land back to Arafat and his minions. (Or something to that affect.)
Yes, the UN does those sort of things . . . regularly. Again, you say the US vetoed the resolution condemning Saddam Hussein's use of gas against the Kurds. My response is:
a. I haven't read the ENTIRE resolution
b. I can guarantee you that if I had to pick between George Schultz and Jean Kirkpatrick's judgement and yours, I would probably go with George and Jean.
Also, don't get too excited: I am neither motivated nor interested in digging up the UN resolution condekning Saddam Hussein's use of gas against his own people. Quite honestly, I can say I am neither motivated to interested in anything propogated by the United Nations. . . except maybe a "For Sale" sign that shows they're leaving the East Side of Manhattan.
Oh, Jonnyx, Khomeini was in exile in Paris for 20 years. His message of hate and Jihad was broadcast throughout the mulsim world long before the fall of the Shah and his acquisition of power. The point is that you said George Bush, while head of the CIA during the Reagan administration, made the word popular. I said you're full of steak and kidney pie and have no clue as to what you're talking about.
As you like to tell Arab on a regular basis, "don't change the subject."
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On 4/1/2003
gt
wrote in from
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Wesley, you wrote:
"Reagan was sworn in at 11:00 AM on 1/21/81. The hostages left Teheran about two hours later. Don't try and convince me that force and the threat of force doesn't work when dealing with terrorists"
umm...
you know about Iran-Contra right? seriously...you know arms sales for the hostages release.
Force?
or were you referring to Carter's botched rescue op.?
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On 4/1/2003 jonnyx
wrote in from
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hi wes i can assure you that "jihad" does indeed mean a "struggle" or "worthwile struggle". as for tracing it to khomeini, thats just a joke, it was in use in afghanistan and the southern states of the then Soviet Union long before. when i worked picking grapes with a bunch of algerian guys they used to describe each day at work as a jihad,with no intention of hurting anyone or taking over anything.
oh yeah did you know that the USA under Reagan vetoed a UN resolution condemning Saddam Hussein for his gas attacks on his own population? wes please comment.
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On 4/1/2003 Wesley Tucker
wrote in from
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Fact check: Inauguration day is 1/20.
My birthday is 1/21.
My typo was a result of habit.
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On 4/1/2003
Wesley Tucker
wrote in from
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First of all, George H Bush (he isn't a "Sr." and his son GWB isn't a "Jr."), was head of the CIA from 1976 to 1977 during Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter's terms. He was Vice President during the Reagan years.
Secondly, the term "Jihad" in contemporary Western and Middle Eastern culture can probably be traced directly to the mouth of the Ayatollah Khomeini. During his exile in Paris he promised a "Islamic Jihad" that would sweep the world and bring an Islamic paradise to everyone. Upon returing to Teheran in 1979 (during Jimmy Carter's term,) he reiterated his threat to any news camera that would focus on him.
When the Islamic terrorists stormed the American Embassy in Teheran (don't try and tell me they were "students,") they promised this was the first step in bringing "Jihad to the Great Satan, the United States."
All of this was long before Reagan was ever President or Bush was ever Vice President. Oh, and don't forget: Reagan was sworn in at 11:00 AM on 1/21/81. The hostages left Teheran about two hours later. Don't try and convince me that force and the threat of force doesn't work when dealing with terrorists. So much for the strength of "Jihad" when dealing with the Great Capitalist Satan.
Got anymore "facts" Johnnyx, or are you done for the day?
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On 4/1/2003 jonnyx
wrote in from
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arf arf arf i just heard tommy franks state that finds of gas masks and nbc suits in Basra are proof of iraq's holding wmds. arf arf arf he knows full well its only 80 miles from Iran and not only do the iranians have the wmds they have the missiles to put it into Basra. Maybe this tommy is a deaf dumb and blind kid too.
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On 4/1/2003 JONNYX
wrote in from
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Hi kids
Did you know that it was George Bush Sr. who, as head of the CIA under Reagan, took the decision to repopularise the concept of jihad as holy war after almost 800 years outside popular islamic thought? From the times of richard the lionheart until the 1980s jihad meant "worthwile struggle" for all but the most rabid of fundamentalists.
oh yeah did you know that the USA under Reagan vetoed a UN resolution condemning Saddam Hussein for his gas attacks on his own population?
oh yeah im glad arab is enjoying his freedom fries, personally i think its a bit premature when they havnt even stopped fighting yet. i suppose it lets the armchair warriors feel like they are playing a part while sat in front of CNN bulking up.
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