[ale] [OT] Looking for an old beater motorcycle.

[Neal Rhodes]

well amongst the born Southern, the Civil War was referred to as "the
recent unpleasantness". 


On Sat, 2013-08-10 at 06:22 -0400, Jim Lynch wrote:

> On 08/09/2013 04:27 PM, James Taylor wrote:
> > I once  ran that line by a guy I worked with from London, and he had no idea what I was talking about.
> > Apparently the line was a result of the (justly deserved) reputation that British cars' electrics had.
> Yes, they do have selective memories.  I once mentioned in passing the 
> war of 1812 to a pretty intelligent friend from England, and he said, "I 
> never heard of it, we didn't fight the US then".  He did some research 
> and came back a bit shocked that they didn't ever mention it in the 
> history texts in his schools.
> 
> Jim.
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