Am 08.04.2015 um 18:39 schrieb Stephen:

> Just remembered a story about that. When I was working offshore on an
> American oil rig. A roustabout was walking across the drill deck When a
> crane hook slipped its support and fell on his head. (He was okay as
> there was an arresting chain which caught it as it hit him.
>
> It wasn't counted as a lost time accident as he should not have been
> there during the operation And was retrospective fired before the block
> hit him.

That's what I call an efficient way to maintain safety records.


>>>> And of course France is involved in some way, too.)
>>>
>>> Can't you ever forget the war? :-P
>>
>> Which of those many? ;)
>
> I would forget all the one back to the Roman Empire. Then you managed to
> win a couple of Eagles, beating Scotland 2 - 1.

And that's a surprise exactly how? You sporrans should count your 
blessings and be thankful for the honor of even being allowed to play us :P

Whining about a 2-1 loss against us... tsk... you do remember the jig we 
danced with Brazil, don't you? :)

>> Heck, there have been quarrels near the Rhine as early as 2000 years ago
>> - the Romans didn't build the Limes for nothing :)
>
> And you are still going on about it. ;-)

Nah, not normally. It's the brits who keep bringing up the good old times.

>> It seems quite a miracle we've been living peacefully alongside our
>> western neighbors for about 65 years now and counting.
>
> It is brilliant, isn't it?
> And some of our fruit loops want to leave Europe and bring back the Empire.

As if you folks had any chance to wrest that baton back from the hands 
of the USA...

>> Even so, the relationship to France is something special. When we don't
>> hate them, we seem to totally love them.
>
> It is a North/South divide in Britain. The Scots like the French.

The Scots have a historic reason for doing so. We Germans sure as hell 
don't :) (aside maybe from the fact that they refrained from burning the 
entire French zone of occupation to ashes last time around, and instead 
even reached out their hand for genuine peace)

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