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Old 22-09-2007, 07:09 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Well done everybody.

1,000 posts in 14 days.
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"You were given the choice between war and dishonor.
You chose dishonor and you will have war."

(Winston Churchill made this prophetic pronouncement in a House of Commons speech in 1938, just after Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain signed the Munich agreement with Hitler. Chamberlain returned from Germany with the signed agreement in hand, proclaiming that "peace in our time" had been achieved. Churchill attacked Chamberlain's "politics of appeasement" in this and many other speeches.)

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Old 22-09-2007, 07:13 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Old 22-09-2007, 10:17 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Good show (although I haven't posted much - except to play ET)...
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Old 22-09-2007, 10:19 PM   #4 (permalink)
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That's no excuse. We expecting you to bring it through to the next thousand mark
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Old 22-09-2007, 10:23 PM   #5 (permalink)
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We'll see what happens then. All depends on what you discuss (besides if there is anything you want my input on just PM me)...
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Old 22-09-2007, 10:28 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Cheers. But you could start any threads that interest you - we've got a pretty blank canvas at the moment, and if you fancy making a mark on a particular subject then go for it.
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Old 23-09-2007, 10:23 AM   #7 (permalink)
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Old 23-09-2007, 12:00 PM   #8 (permalink)
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I thought that was your short version for Yanks for a minute!
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"You were given the choice between war and dishonor.
You chose dishonor and you will have war."

(Winston Churchill made this prophetic pronouncement in a House of Commons speech in 1938, just after Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain signed the Munich agreement with Hitler. Chamberlain returned from Germany with the signed agreement in hand, proclaiming that "peace in our time" had been achieved. Churchill attacked Chamberlain's "politics of appeasement" in this and many other speeches.)

What did the Australians do in ww2 and other conflicts? Check out this site:
http://www.diggerhistory.info/00-pag...ster-index.htm
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Old 23-09-2007, 12:01 PM   #9 (permalink)
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So you won't take over that section then?
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My Avatar is the memorial to the 22 Commonwealth Coastwatchers at the Temakin Cemetery on Betio (Tarawa Atoll) who were beheaded by the Japanese on 15th October 1942. http://www.dva.gov.au/media/publicat...mem_beito.html

"You were given the choice between war and dishonor.
You chose dishonor and you will have war."

(Winston Churchill made this prophetic pronouncement in a House of Commons speech in 1938, just after Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain signed the Munich agreement with Hitler. Chamberlain returned from Germany with the signed agreement in hand, proclaiming that "peace in our time" had been achieved. Churchill attacked Chamberlain's "politics of appeasement" in this and many other speeches.)

What did the Australians do in ww2 and other conflicts? Check out this site:
http://www.diggerhistory.info/00-pag...ster-index.htm
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Old 23-09-2007, 12:30 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Gee, you go away for 10 days and you guys post like crazy! Good to see!

I shall remember the day fondly when I had more posts than Kyt! LOL.
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