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On 24-1-2013 14:39, Kenneth wrote:
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> WOW, I have no idea what that's like. I think I'd like to move there! Here in
> the US, such things have a wildly-disproportionate influence. So much so that it
> feels almost...normal!
Europe is not such a bad place... ;-)
Thomas
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On 24/01/2013 3:06 PM, Thomas de Groot wrote:
> On 24-1-2013 14:39, Kenneth wrote:
>>
>> WOW, I have no idea what that's like. I think I'd like to move there!
>> Here in
>> the US, such things have a wildly-disproportionate influence. So much
>> so that it
>> feels almost...normal!
>
> Europe is not such a bad place... ;-)
>
Except in the summer when the American tourists come over. :-P
I got a little taste of it last year when I was working in New Mexico
about 20 miles from the Texan border. It is hard to describe but it was
like walking on eggshells. As a group we went to a county rodeo and yes,
there were stalls where guns and rifles were being sold.
One nice thing happened. One of the company security guards wished me a
happy holiday "back home" on the forth of July. He then asked if we
celebrated Independence Day in England.
Gee! He was cute. ;-)
Anyway how did red-necks get their name?
--
Regards
Stephen
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On Thu, 24 Jan 2013 21:52:40 +0000, Stephen wrote:
> Anyway how did red-necks get their name?
Working agriculture in the fields. Before sunscreen, you'd get your neck
sunburnt working in the fields, and it would turn .... red. :)
Jim
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On 25/01/2013 12:45 AM, Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Thu, 24 Jan 2013 21:52:40 +0000, Stephen wrote:
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>> Anyway how did red-necks get their name?
>
> Working agriculture in the fields. Before sunscreen, you'd get your neck
> sunburnt working in the fields, and it would turn .... red. :)
>
Yes and where did people with light skin and a propensity to sunburn
rather than tan, come from? I'll give you a clue.
"Top o' the morning, my fine broth o' a boy." And "See youse, Jimmy"
--
Regards
Stephen
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"Kenneth" <kdw### [at] gmail com> wrote:
> WOW, I have no idea what that's like. I think I'd like to move there! Here in
> the US, such things have a wildly-disproportionate influence. So much so that it
> feels almost...normal!
So normal that they even call President Obama a liberal. If Ronald Reagan ran
today, he would be too left-wing to get elected.
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Stephen <mca### [at] aolcom> wrote:
> One nice thing happened. One of the company security guards wished me a
> happy holiday "back home" on the forth of July. He then asked if we
> celebrated Independence Day in England.
He didn't!
I wonder if he wonders if New Yorkers celebrate Robert E. Lee Day, or if the
French celebrate the battle of Dien Bien Phu.
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On Fri, 25 Jan 2013 12:47:58 +0000, Stephen wrote:
> On 25/01/2013 12:45 AM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> On Thu, 24 Jan 2013 21:52:40 +0000, Stephen wrote:
>>
>>> Anyway how did red-necks get their name?
>>
>> Working agriculture in the fields. Before sunscreen, you'd get your
>> neck sunburnt working in the fields, and it would turn .... red. :)
>>
> Yes and where did people with light skin and a propensity to sunburn
> rather than tan, come from? I'll give you a clue.
>
> "Top o' the morning, my fine broth o' a boy." And "See youse, Jimmy"
Well, in part, yes. :)
I'm sure there are some of the "Guten Morgen" descent as well.
Jim
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On Fri, 25 Jan 2013 12:09:20 -0500, Cousin Ricky wrote:
> Stephen <mca### [at] aolcom> wrote:
>> One nice thing happened. One of the company security guards wished me a
>> happy holiday "back home" on the forth of July. He then asked if we
>> celebrated Independence Day in England.
>
> He didn't!
>
> I wonder if he wonders if New Yorkers celebrate Robert E. Lee Day, or if
> the French celebrate the battle of Dien Bien Phu.
Heh, well, in Virginia they celebrated Martin Luther King day (in the
state senate IIRC) by honoring General Stonewall Jackson..... m-/
Jim
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=?ISO-8859-1?Q?J=F6rg_=27Yadgar=27_Bleimann?= <yaz### [at] gmxde> wrote:
> Hi(gh)!
>
> Am 23.01.2013 18:41, schrieb MichaelJF:
> in
> > Indeed, and especially the city of Cologne.
>
> Mostly, but not entirely - the right-wing populist self-declared "civil
> But, you're right, in Cologne, there is no blaring mouthpiece of the
> Right like with Springer's "Welt" in Berlin or Burda's "Focus" in
> Munich, not to mention what it means to grow up in such conservative
> backwaters like Lower Bavaria or the Hessian highlands...
Yes, you're right, I forgot that this Pro Deutschland issue started at Cologne.
But they are a minor community at Cologne I think. Cologne is more known to have
the biggest CSD (christopher street day, gay pride in english or mardi grass
(australia)) parades in Europe. Or to worship Prof. Dr. Joseph Aloisius
Ratzinger...
Best regards from the Hessian highlands (Odenwald - Darmstadt),
Michael
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Hi(gh)!
Am 25.01.2013 22:05, schrieb MichaelJF:
> Best regards from the Hessian highlands (Odenwald - Darmstadt),
> Michael
No, I thought of the Oberhessisches Bergland, you know, Fulda and so on...
See you on my screen!
Yadgar
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