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[Manray9]

Mike wrote: "Hello Everyone,

My name is Mike and I live in NYC. I'm an admirer of both FDR and Churchill and read extensively on their roles in WWII."

And a Yankees fan?

[Jill H.]

Hey Mike.....glad to see you here. Good discussion and lots of expertise in this membership.

[Miss M]

Hi Mike,
Welcome, and I'm happy to see you stop in!

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Hi Mike and welcome to the group, I'm sure you will find lots here to keep you interested.

[carl]

Hey there Mike, you look familiar.

[Geevee, Assisting Moderator British & Commonwealth Forces]

Mike wrote: "Hello Everyone,

My name is Mike and I live in NYC. I'm an admirer of both FDR and Churchill and read extensively on their roles in WWII."

Welcome to the group Mike.

[Mark]

Mike wrote: "My name is Mike and I live in NYC...And a Yankees fan?""...Oh yes, Since the 1960's."

I’m a life-long Red Sox fan and years ago during my first Yankees/Red Sox game in the late 60’s I got 3 Yankee autographs; Fritz Peterson, Jim Bouton and Dooley Womack, as they boarded the bus to head out of town. I lived for a year on 65th & Madison Ave in NYC and I will admit the Yankees are my #2 team. Now residing in the south I often took my young sons to the Greensboro Bats single A Yankee games only a few miles away and as luck would have it the oldest is a true Yankee fan (Bernie Williams favorite) and roots against me! Oh well back to war conversation…

[Manray9]

Mark wrote: "Mike wrote: "My name is Mike and I live in NYC...And a Yankees fan?""...Oh yes, Since the 1960's."

I’m a life-long Red Sox fan and years ago during my first Yankees/Red Sox game in the late 60’s ..."

Fritz Peterson was involved in the infamous wife-swapping scandal on the Yankees.

[Jack]

Hey I am new and I am a New Yorker....... Mother Nature do you hate us...... I love military history, chocolate, reading and dogs. I also pay attention to current events and i am in school.

[Manray9]

Jrrocks1 wrote: "Hey I am new and I am a New Yorker....... Mother Nature do you hate us...... I love military history, chocolate, reading and dogs. I also pay attention to current events and i am in school."

Welcome. Please pitch right in.

[Mike, Assisting Moderator US Forces]

Hi Jrrocks1, welcome to the best group on GR. Jump right in wherever you're interested.

[happy]

Let me add my welcome to Mike and Jrrocks1

Welcome, Welcome

Lots of good folks here - Please feel free to add your two cents when ever you feel it appropriate :)

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Hi Jrrocks1 and welcome to the group, I have the same likes as you but just add a red wine and its perfect :)

[carl]

'Aussie Rick' wrote: " just add a red wine and its perfect :)"

is that an invitation?

[Geevee, Assisting Moderator British & Commonwealth Forces]

Jrrocks1 wrote: "Hey I am new and I am a New Yorker....... Mother Nature do you hate us...... I love military history, chocolate, reading and dogs. I also pay attention to current events and i am in school."

Welcome Jrrocks1 and as others have said please feel free to join in and make yourself at home.

[Geevee, Assisting Moderator British & Commonwealth Forces]

carl wrote: "'Aussie Rick' wrote: " just add a red wine and its perfect :)"

is that an invitation?"

See Rick's restocked and oh yes we are back in!!!!!

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

I haven't sent out the invitations yet, they are in the mail, trust me :)

[carl]

'Aussie Rick' wrote: "I haven't sent out the invitations yet, they are in the mail, trust me :)"

that's ok AR, we don't have to actually get them, hey GV?

[Geevee, Assisting Moderator British & Commonwealth Forces]

I am standing by the door waiting...

[Manray9]

Geevee wrote: "I am standing by the door waiting..."

with a big stick?

[Geevee, Assisting Moderator British & Commonwealth Forces]

Lol no with a big corkscrew waiting for my invite ;)

[Dj]

No worries I will be there on the second Tuesday next week.


'Aussie Rick' wrote: "I haven't sent out the invitations yet, they are in the mail, trust me :)"

[Manray9]

Dj wrote: "No worries I will be there on the second Tuesday next week.


'Aussie Rick' wrote: "I haven't sent out the invitations yet, they are in the mail, trust me :)""

You'll miss me. I'm there second Monday.

[Dj]

But the Hamburgers show up on the Second Tuesday, just ask Wimpy.



Manray9 wrote: "Dj wrote: "No worries I will be there on the second Tuesday next week.


'Aussie Rick' wrote: "I haven't sent out the invitations yet, they are in the mail, trust me :)""

You'll miss me. I'm the..."

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Jeez guys, you know how long it took me to restock my cellar after your last visit!

[Dj]

'Aussie Rick' wrote: "Jeez guys, you know how long it took me to restock my cellar after your last visit!"


I don't drink wine, so you don't have to worry about that anyway.

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Didn't you play with my books in the library last time you visited Dj?

[carl]

since he's in Australia, seconds are possible,
or is it doubles?

[Dj]

Play with? That has such an ugly connotation. I just reorganized them after finding them spread all over the house.

'Aussie Rick' wrote: "Didn't you play with my books in the library last time you visited Dj?"

[Lilo]

Jrrocks1 wrote: "Hey I am new and I am a New Yorker....... Mother Nature do you hate us...... I love military history, chocolate, reading and dogs. I also pay attention to current events and i am in school."

Hi, Jrrocks1,

I love European 20th century history, chocolate, reading and cats. :-)

Welcome to the group.

[Lilo]

You guys, don't you get Jrrocks1 in trouble with wine. He is still in school. He may be a minor.

Hey, Jrrocks1, don't listen to these guys. They might be a bad influence on you. Better stick with Happy. He is a teetotaler.

:-)

[happy]

I'm the permanent Designated Driver:) someone has to get all you home to your hotels in one piece :)

[carl]

that Hap is a good man to have around!

[Geevee, Assisting Moderator British & Commonwealth Forces]

And Rick is our own permanent sommelier :)

[Jack]

Well then I am happy to join

[Mike]

Hi everyone - I'm Mike and am an Englishman living in New York. I am especially interested in the air war in Europe and in memoirs and diaries from the period - from both sides.

[Manray9]

Mike wrote: "Hi everyone - I'm Mike and am an Englishman living in New York. I am especially interested in the air war in Europe and in memoirs and diaries from the period - from both sides."

Welcome, Mike. Please pitch right in. We have so many Mikes we may start labeling Mike1, Mike2, etc.

[Mike, Assisting Moderator US Forces]

The Mikes are taking over! Welcome, there are more than a few here also into the air war.

[Geevee, Assisting Moderator British & Commonwealth Forces]

Welcome Mike there are a few threads that have an aviation theme or connection so feel free to join in.

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Hi Mike and welcome to the group, I'm sure you will find a few things of interest here.

[Lilo]

happy wrote: "I'm the permanent Designated Driver:) someone has to get all you home to your hotels in one piece :)"

I might join you, Happy. I am mainly fantasizing. I rarely have a glass of wine. I am old enough and wise enough to know that wine doesn't agree with me. I do better with hard liquor, but I don't care much for hard liquor. So I am a teetotaler most of the time.

[Lilo]

P.S. I forgot to tell about beer. I like a glass of beer with certain foods, that is, pork roast with dumplings or radishes with rye bread and butter. Yet since I am, meanwhile, almost vegetarian, you can forget about the pork roast.

My husband is a total teetotaler (except for New Years Eve when I force half a glass of champagne on him at midnight). He is almost vegan. In other words: He is much holier than I am. :-)

[Lilo]

Jrrocks1 wrote: "Well then I am happy to join"

Join whom, Jrrocks? The drinkers or the teetotalers?

Be careful. I'll be watching over you. :-)

[Lilo]

Mike wrote: "Hi everyone - I'm Mike and am an Englishman living in New York. I am especially interested in the air war in Europe and in memoirs and diaries from the period - from both sides."

Hi, Mike. Welcome to the group. I'm afraid we'll soon have to number all the Mikes.

Hey Rick! How many Mikes do we have by now?

[Lilo]

Mike wrote: "Hi everyone - I'm Mike and am an Englishman living in New York. I am especially interested in the air war in Europe and in memoirs and diaries from the period - from both sides."

If you like memoirs, I would like to recommend the following book to you:



My Name Was Five: A Novel of the Second World War

The author, Heinz Kohler, is also a member of our group.

You might want to read my review of this book. Here is the link:

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I also will have a memoir come out soon. It still needs a book cover and photo-collages.

[Manray9]

Lilo wrote: "P.S. I forgot to tell about beer. I like a glass of beer with certain foods, that is, pork roast with dumplings or radishes with rye bread and butter. Yet since I am, meanwhile, almost vegetarian, ..."

So you're a teetotaler who does better with hard liquor and a vegetarian with a fondness for pork roast and dumplings. A riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma.

[Lilo]

@ Manray9:

It is actually quite simple: I always loved wine but never took it too well. While I never drank hard liquor on a regular basis, I have on rare occasions consumed quite a big quantity without getting drunk and without suffering any hangover. But this was quite a few years ago.

Roast pork and dumplings have been my favorite dish from childhood on. But since my husband and I are animal lovers, we have always struggled with eating brutally murdered, innocent animals -- especially pigs, which are such close relatives to humans. I have discontinued buying (cruelly raised) factory-farmed meat. I, meanwhile, eat much less meat and buy only humanely raised, grass-fed beef and wild-caught fish, which I eat with bad conscience while my dear, sweet husband (who is so much holier than I am) tries to spoil my appetite.

I would like to quote Wilhelm Busch, who said: "Sie haben alles hinter sich und sind gottlob recht tugendlich." ("They have everything behind them and are -- thank God -- quite virtuous.") :-)

[Dj]

Pig's are innocent? You know they love Bacon. LOL.


Lilo wrote: "@ Manray9:

It is actually quite simple: I always loved wine but never took it too well. While I never drank hard liquor on a regular basis, I have on rare occasions consumed quite a big quantity ..."

[Manray9]

Lilo wrote: "@ Manray9:

It is actually quite simple: I always loved wine but never took it too well. While I never drank hard liquor on a regular basis, I have on rare occasions consumed quite a big quantity ..."

I have known a number of humans who were very close relatives to swine :).

[Lilo]

Dj wrote: "Pig's are innocent? You know they love Bacon. LOL.

More innocent than most humans, anyway.