Torch - that would be flashlight for all us Americans.
:-)
Cheers!
- Keith KD1E -
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Hi,
I
You Americans really need to talk proper English like what we do.
A flash is something that stays on for a uselessly short time and then
is expired.
We have torches... they go on and on and on and...
Darwin, Keith wrote:
Torch - that would be flashlight for all us Americans.
:-)
Cheers!
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You Americans really need to talk proper English like what we do.
A flash is something that stays on for a uselessly
: [Elecraft] Color code help?
You Americans really need to talk proper English like what we do.
A flash is something that stays on for a uselessly short time and then
is expired.
We have torches... they go on and on and on and...
Darwin, Keith wrote:
Torch - that would be flashlight for all us
Oh you must be talking about the foreign exchange student from Cardiff
south Wales who in the middle of a class raised her hand ask the teacher
if she could borrow a rubber. I let you figure out what she was really
asking for
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On 10 Apr 2006, at 14:18, Dave Sublette wrote:
Winston Churchill once defined the United States and Great Britain
as, Two peoples separated by a common language.
K4TO
And he also said that a preposition is a thing never to end a
sentence with. My favourite though is the reported
well, if you're aiming below the belt ...
Try asking for a napkin while dining in London.
Churchill was right about the language separation.
On 4/10/06, David [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Oh you must be talking about the foreign exchange student from Cardiff
south Wales who in the middle of a
I believe the conversation continued with Lady Astor saying, Sir, if
you were my husband, I would poison your tea. Whereupon Sir Winston
replied,Madam, if you were my wife, I would drink it!
Andy McMullin wrote:
On 10 Apr 2006, at 14:18, Dave Sublette wrote:
Winston Churchill once defined
if she could borrow a rubber
I grew up in the States, but my mother is from the south of England.
She went into spasms the first time she was in the Lake District, and
the mother of several children mentioned her dear little buggers
vy 73 de toby
Some friends of mine from just outside Boston were amused some years ago
when they were holidaying in the UK, and the landlady of the BB asked what
time they want to be knocked up in the morning.
vy 73, David M0DHO
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The version I heard had a staffer marking up a memo Winnie had written,
and noting that he had ended a sentence with a preposition. He
reportedly penciled in the margin, This is an insubordination up with
which I will not put.
Regarding the original subject of this thread, my wife knows nothing
In a message dated 4/10/06 10:20:58 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
I believe the conversation continued with Lady Astor saying, Sir, if
you were my husband, I would poison your tea. Whereupon Sir Winston
replied,Madam, if you were my wife, I would drink it!
I
And then there was the time when Winston was appointed First Sea Lord
(Secretary for the Navy). The appointment was seen as a poisoned
chalice as there were considerable problems to be overcome. An
unsympathetic parliamentarian goaded Winnie by asking, Well, how goes
the Navy today?
Same
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