Following in the footsteps of Greece - bankrupcy that is....

Discussion in 'All Things Boats & Boating' started by Wynand N, Jan 30, 2012.

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  1. WestVanHan
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    So then be more equal opportunity...slag the koran

    Oops I forgot,you are in a muslim country.
    Careful,the "religion of peace" adherents may cut your tongue out..or since you type-cut your hand off.
     
  2. Leo Lazauskas
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    How much more even-handed can you be than referring to "all religions".
     
  3. WestVanHan
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    Previously it was just "the church" and "the bible".
     
  4. Leo Lazauskas
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    I must have missed that bit.
    I thought he was referring to all people who have weird head noises.
     
  5. Mr Efficiency
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    Sadly, male lines of descent are not terribly reliable, there are many 'black sheep' in the flock. The saying " it is a wise child who knows who his father is " comes to mind. And is strongly supported by the modern finding that 15% of the population has a different daddy to that named in the birth certificate, which has been discovered from tissue matching for transplants and the like. Unfortunate, and the cause of much grief I'd imagine.
     
  6. hoytedow
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    But the Plantagenets were French.
     
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    That explains the curly hair.

    I just tonight learned I have Spanish ancestors! http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/h/e/l/Patricia-Hellerud-/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-1075.html

    "He gained a reputation for cruelty and invincibility in Spain, and there also found a wife, Godehildes, or Goodchild, daughter of Raymond Borrell, Count of Barcelona, and his wife Ermensenda. Roger and Godehildes' children were Helbert, Elinance, Ralph, Robert (who received Stafford Castle in England from William the Conqueror..."
     
  8. Frosty

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    Im shocked, why would you be so delighted to find yourself a European.

    We ALL have ancestry from Spain India Arab and chinese and the battle of Hastings ---its what our GGGGrand fathers did.

    But they don't come more English than me. My surname surprises a lot of people infact I have more right to the throne than the Queen or Prince Charles does.


    When I put my name in your web site I got 2700 bits of info but I had to pay money. Do you think that they might just be wanting money and may not infact have any info at all and if they did it could be made up and I would have no possible way of knowing that.

    I notice it was an American site as it asked for state!!!

    Only an American waves a big foam we are number one finger then desperately tries to prove they are not.
     
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    I knew about the others(Europeans), but at my advanced age I simply did not know of the Iberian connection. I got excited that I learned that mere moments before posting previously.
     
  10. Frosty

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    I just checked further and I am from a family with there own coat of arms.

    I might get that printed off and hang it in the toilet.

    I never checked up how important I was, shall I tell the queen to budge up a but.

    Would you not be more pleased to find you were a real indigenous American from an Indian tribe and not that of a Spanish family fleeing diseases and taxes of Europe.
     
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    I just found it interesting. That's all. I have indigenous Americans in my family but I am not a direct descendant of any of them.

    By the way, I wasn't checking to see how important I am, because I am not important outside a veeeerry small circle. We were looking for unusual family and first names for babies. ;)
     
  12. Frosty

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    Don't worry Hoyt your till my best mate on the forum with all the points youve given me. Infact Im sure you point button is broken. I can not give as many points as you've given me.

    Even though your a religious nut I would go for a drink with you any day and ille even pay for it. If I ever go to North cuba or Obamaland you've got some drinking to do.
     
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    If you ever get here I will bend an elbow with you. :)
    SE Asia is a little outside my travel circuit.
     
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    In my opinion, you need to go beyond not teaching racism and actively teach the opposite. Sure, it's part of human nature, but so are other things that most people overcome.
     
  15. hoytedow
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    Racism?

    Wouldn't the opposite of not teaching racism be teaching racism? Why would one do that? Are you a racist?
     

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