[Hallicrafters] Wasn't home to send this for Veterans Day!

[Jim Liles]

You could have heard a pin drop








          When in England , at a fairly large conference, Colin Powell was 
asked by


  the Archbishop of Canterbury if our plans for Iraq were just an example
  of empire building' by George Bush.

         He answered by saying, 'Over the years, the United
  States has sent many of its fine young men and women
  into great peril to fight for freedom beyond our borders.
  The only amount of land we have ever asked for in return
  is enough to bury those that did not return.'
  You could have heard a pin drop.


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         There was a conference in France where a number of
  international engineers were taking part, including French
  and American. During a break, one of the French engineers
  came back into the room saying 'Have you heard the latest
  dumb stunt Bush has done?  He has sent an aircraft
  carrier to Indonesia to help the tsunami victims. What
  does he intended to do, bomb them?'
          A Boeing engineer stood up and replied quietly: 'Our
  carriers have three hospitals on board that can treat several
  hundred people; they are nuclear powered and can supply
  emergency electrical power to shore facilities; they
  have three cafeterias with the capacity to feed 3,000
  people three meals a day, they can produce several
  thousand gallons of fresh water from sea water each
  day, and they carry half a dozen helicopters for use in
  transporting victims and injured to and from their flight
  deck. We have eleven such ships; how many does
  France have?'

     You could have heard a pin drop.


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         A U.S. Navy Admiral was attending a naval conference
  that included Admirals from the U.S. , English, Canadian,
  Australian and French Navies. At a cocktail reception,
  he found himself standing with a large group of Officers
  that included personnel from most of those countries.
           Everyone was chatting away in English as they sipped
  their drinks but a French admiral suddenly complained that,
  whereas Europeans learn many languages, Americans learn
  only English.' He then asked, 'Why is it that we always have
  to speak English in these conferences rather than speaking French?'
          Without hesitating, the American Admiral replied 'Maybe
  it's because the Brits, Canadians, Aussies and Americans
  arranged it so you wouldn't have to speak German.'

          You could have heard a pin drop.


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                     AND THIS STORY FITS RIGHT IN WITH THE ABOVE...

           Robert Whiting, an elderly gentleman of 83, arrived in
  Paris by plane.  At French Customs, he took a few minutes to locate his
  passport in his carry on.
          'You have been to France before, monsieur?' the customs officer
  asked sarcastically.
          Mr. Whiting admitted that h e had been to France
  previously
          Then you should know enough to have your passport ready.'
          The American said,  ''The last time I was here, I didn't have to
  show it.
      'Impossible. Americans always have to show your passports
  on arrival in France !'
          The American senior gave the Frenchman a long hard
  look. Then he quietly explained, ''Well, when I came ashore
  at Omaha Beach on D-Day in 1944 to help liberate this country,
  I couldn't find a single Frenchmen to show a passport to.'

                              You could have heard a pin drop.