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**44 AMP** · November 8, 2013, 02:29 AM

Lest we forget

73 years ago the England was asking the American people to send them guns. Not just asking the American government, but the American people to send them guns (any guns) so they would have something more than broomsticks and cricket bats to face a Nazi invasion.

And you know what's really amazing (by today's standards, anyway), a lot of Americans did just that. Sent them guns. And not just sell them guns, but sent them on loan to England. And a few of them even came back home again after the war.

This was due, in part, to the fact that they had "peace in our time". A govt guarantee that the worst would never happen.

When something bad happens, promises that it won't happen are worthless.

I'll always be able to get more works fine, until it doesn't. Then what?

The Ant and the Grasshopper

Speaking as an Ammo Ant, I've got no obligation to feed the grasshoppers, and I'm tired of hearing them chirp their complaints....

November 8, 2013, 02:29 AM	#85
44 AMP Staff Join Date: March 11, 2006 Location: Upper US Posts: 28,846	Lest we forget 73 years ago the England was asking the American people to send them guns. Not just asking the American government, but the American people to send them guns (any guns) so they would have something more than broomsticks and cricket bats to face a Nazi invasion. And you know what's really amazing (by today's standards, anyway), a lot of Americans did just that. Sent them guns. And not just sell them guns, but sent them on loan to England. And a few of them even came back home again after the war. This was due, in part, to the fact that they had "peace in our time". A govt guarantee that the worst would never happen. When something bad happens, promises that it won't happen are worthless. I'll always be able to get more works fine, until it doesn't. Then what? The Ant and the Grasshopper Speaking as an Ammo Ant, I've got no obligation to feed the grasshoppers, and I'm tired of hearing them chirp their complaints.... __________________ All else being equal (and it almost never is) bigger bullets tend to work better.