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Re: [Spridgets] Spridgets Digest, Vol 181, Issue 4

To: "wilkmanracing@aol.com" <wilkmanracing@aol.com>
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Spridgets Digest, Vol 181, Issue 4
From: Miniac7 via Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2026 23:32:54 -0400
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"auto">I read the first sentence and immediately deleted the message. Easy P=
easy.<div><br></div><div><br id=3D"lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir=
=3D"ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br><blockquote type=3D"c=
ite">On Jun 24, 2026, at 9:35=E2=80=AFPM, wilkmanracing--- via Spridgets &lt=
;spridgets@autox.team.net&gt; wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote t=
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You obviously have a lot to say and that=E2=80=99s fine. Just post it on a f=
orum designed for the topic at hand. My guess is few here bother to read wha=
t you=E2=80=99re posting and most are just plain annoyed at what you=E2=80=99=
re posting. You really are wasting our time and your time posting things we=E2=
=80=99re not interested in reading. This is a Sprite forum=E2=80=A6period.&n=
bsp;<div><br></div><div>Bill</div><div>1958 Bugeye<br><br><br><div class=3D"=
yahoo-signature"><a style=3D"font-size:12px" href=3D"https://aolapp.onelink.=
me/eG2g?pid=3DNativePlacement&amp;c=3DUS_Acquisition_YMktg_320_EmailSignatur=
e_AttributionDL&amp;af_sub1=3DAcquisition&amp;af_sub2=3DUS_YMktg&amp;af_sub3=
=3D&amp;af_sub4=3D100002473&amp;af_sub5=3DSentFromNewAOLApp__Interstitial_&a=
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bile.aolapp%26listing%3Demail_signature_attribution">Sent from the all new A=
OL app for iOS</a><br></div><br><p class=3D"yahoo-quoted-begin" style=3D"fon=
t-size: 15px; color: rgb(132, 115, 255); padding-top: 15px; margin-top: 0px;=
">On Wednesday, June 24, 2026, 11:35 AM, spridgets-request@autox.team.net &l=
t;spridgets-request@autox.team.net&gt; wrote:</p><blockquote class=3D"iosyma=
il"><div dir=3D"ltr">Send Spridgets mailing list submissions to<br></div><di=
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et" href=3D"mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net";>spridgets@autox.team.net</a><br=
></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">To subscribe or unsubscri=
be via the World Wide Web, visit<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp=
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ank">http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/spridgets</a><br></div><div dir=3D=
"ltr">or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to<br></div>=
<div dir=3D"ltr">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a ymailto=3D"mailto:spridgets-request@a=
utox.team.net" href=3D"mailto:spridgets-request@autox.team.net";>spridgets-re=
quest@autox.team.net</a><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr=
">You can reach the person managing the list at<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">&n=
bsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a ymailto=3D"mailto:spridgets-owner@autox.team.net"; href=3D=
"mailto:spridgets-owner@autox.team.net";>spridgets-owner@autox.team.net</a><b=
r></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">When replying, please ed=
it your Subject line so it is more specific<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">than "=
Re: Contents of Spridgets digest..."<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><di=
v dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Today's Topics:<br></div><div dir=3D=
"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">&nbsp;  1. Re: Spridgets Digest, Vol 181, I=
ssue 2<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (AOL Mail Update (Term=
s &amp; Policy))<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">&nbsp;  2. Re: Spridgets Digest, V=
ol 181, Issue 2<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (AOL Mail Upd=
ate (Terms &amp; Policy))<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">&nbsp;  3. Re: Spridgets=
 Digest, Vol 181, Issue 2 (nory1@roadrunner.com)<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><=
br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">-----------------------=
-----------------------------------------------<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><b=
r></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Message: 1<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Date: Mon, 22 J=
un 2026 20:50:31 +0000 (UTC)<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">From: "AOL Mail Updat=
e (Terms &amp; Policy)" &lt;<a ymailto=3D"mailto:crusaderchuck55@aol.com"; hr=
ef=3D"mailto:crusaderchuck55@aol.com";>crusaderchuck55@aol.com</a>&gt;<br></d=
iv><div dir=3D"ltr">To: Rick Fisk &lt;<a ymailto=3D"mailto:refisk@chartermi.=
net" href=3D"mailto:refisk@chartermi.net";>refisk@chartermi.net</a>&gt;, Ron S=
oave &lt;<a ymailto=3D"mailto:soavero@yahoo.com"; href=3D"mailto:soavero@yaho=
o.com">soavero@yahoo.com</a>&gt;<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Cc: Spridgets &lt=
;<a ymailto=3D"mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net"; href=3D"mailto:spridgets@aut=
ox.team.net">spridgets@autox.team.net</a>&gt;, wilkmanracing@aol.com,<br></d=
iv><div dir=3D"ltr">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Weslake1330 &lt;<a ymailto=3D"mailto:=
weslake1330@gmail.com" href=3D"mailto:weslake1330@gmail.com";>weslake1330@gma=
il.com</a>&gt;<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Spridgets D=
igest, Vol 181, Issue 2<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Message-ID: &lt;<a ymailto=
=3D"mailto:644677284.1033109.1782161431987@mail.yahoo.com"; href=3D"mailto:64=
4677284.1033109.1782161431987@mail.yahoo.com">644677284.1033109.178216143198=
7@mail.yahoo.com</a>&gt;<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Content-Type: text/plain;=
 charset=3D"utf-8"<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"> Do n=
ot FORGET MONTANA BOB!LOL!Chuck?Recently trying to figure out what's older..=
...dirt or me?<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">&nbsp; &nbsp; On Monday, June 22, 2=
026 at 03:34:49 PM EDT, Ron Soave via Spridgets &lt;<a ymailto=3D"mailto:spr=
idgets@autox.team.net" href=3D"mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net";>spridgets@au=
tox.team.net</a>&gt; wrote:&nbsp; <br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"> <br></div><div=
 dir=3D"ltr"> When we?d go off topic in the past, it was Frank Zappa, cats, E=
lizabeth the Witch, nothing divisive.?<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Ron Soave<b=
r></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">On Jun 22, 2026, at 12:3=
5?AM, Rick Fisk via Spridgets &lt;<a ymailto=3D"mailto:spridgets@autox.team.=
net" href=3D"mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net";>spridgets@autox.team.net</a>&g=
t; wrote:<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><di=
v dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">?Delete key works fine. ?But this k=
ind of nonsense does not belong here.<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><d=
iv dir=3D"ltr">On Jun 21, 2026, at 5:55?PM, Weslake1330 via Spridgets &lt;<a=
 ymailto=3D"mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net"; href=3D"mailto:spridgets@autox.=
team.net">spridgets@autox.team.net</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">=
<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"=
ltr">?Delete key not working?<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">On Sun, 21 Jun 2026 a=
t 20:31, Jim Ryan via Spridgets &lt;<a ymailto=3D"mailto:spridgets@autox.tea=
m.net" href=3D"mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net";>spridgets@autox.team.net</a>=
&gt; wrote:<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Well, it's s=
upposed to be.? This kind of stuff is really not welcome here.<br></div><div=
 dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Jim Ryan<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><=
br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">????<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D=
"ltr">On Sun, Jun 21, 2026, 3:16?PM wilkmanracing--- via Spridgets &lt;<a ym=
ailto=3D"mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net"; href=3D"mailto:spridgets@autox.tea=
m.net">spridgets@autox.team.net</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br=
></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Silly me. I thought this was a Sprite forum.?<br></d=
iv><div dir=3D"ltr">Bill1958 Sprite Iris Blue<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br>=
</div><div dir=3D"ltr">Sent from the all new AOL app for iOS<br></div><div d=
ir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">On Sunday, J=
une 21, 2026, 11:34 AM, <a ymailto=3D"mailto:spridgets-request@autox.team.ne=
t" href=3D"mailto:spridgets-request@autox.team.net";>spridgets-request@autox.=
team.net</a> &lt;<a ymailto=3D"mailto:spridgets-request@autox.team.net"; href=
=3D"mailto:spridgets-request@autox.team.net";>spridgets-request@autox.team.ne=
t</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Send S=
pridgets mailing list submissions to<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">??? <a ymailt=
o=3D"mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net"; href=3D"mailto:spridgets@autox.team.ne=
t">spridgets@autox.team.net</a><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=
=3D"ltr">To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit<br></div>=
<div dir=3D"ltr">??? <a href=3D"http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/sprid=
gets" target=3D"_blank">http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/spridgets</a>=
<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">or, via email, send a message with subject or bod=
y 'help' to<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">??? <a ymailto=3D"mailto:spridgets-req=
uest@autox.team.net" href=3D"mailto:spridgets-request@autox.team.net";>spridg=
ets-request@autox.team.net</a><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D=
"ltr">You can reach the person managing the list at<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr=
">??? <a ymailto=3D"mailto:spridgets-owner@autox.team.net"; href=3D"mailto:sp=
ridgets-owner@autox.team.net">spridgets-owner@autox.team.net</a><br></div><d=
iv dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">When replying, please edit your Su=
bject line so it is more specific<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">than "Re: Conten=
ts of Spridgets digest..."<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"l=
tr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Today's Topics:<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br=
></div><div dir=3D"ltr">? 1. No LBC - Budapest, NATO (OTAN) Europe, the EU, I=
slamic<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">? ? ? immigration and healthcare (Weslake13=
30)<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D=
"ltr">----------------------------------------------------------------------=
<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Message: 1<br></div><d=
iv dir=3D"ltr">Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2026 23:20:32 +0100<br></div><div dir=3D"lt=
r">From: Weslake1330 &lt;<a ymailto=3D"mailto:weslake1330@gmail.com"; href=3D=
"mailto:weslake1330@gmail.com";>weslake1330@gmail.com</a>&gt;<br></div><div d=
ir=3D"ltr">To: Spridgets &lt;<a ymailto=3D"mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net"; h=
ref=3D"mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net";>spridgets@autox.team.net</a>&gt;<br>=
</div><div dir=3D"ltr">Subject: [Spridgets] No LBC - Budapest, NATO (OTAN) E=
urope, the EU,<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">??? Islamic immigration and healthc=
are<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Message-ID:<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">??? &lt;=
CAMhoh1U086VzL_ZMH428L64qsUw6=3Dfb=3DBkMtxCZp7zVM+GgdTw@mail.gmail.com&gt;<b=
r></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Content-Type: text/plain; charset=3D"utf-8"<br></di=
v><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Hi list, some of you are don?t=
 like it when I post stuff like this but<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">never cha=
llenge any of the points I make or even privately debate them with<br></div>=
<div dir=3D"ltr">me.? Some of you find them interesting and some have delete=
d this e-mail<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">already.? Well, I read a lot of stuf=
f on YouTube and regardless of any<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">opinion or poli=
tical allegiances it does seem to me that not everyone<br></div><div dir=3D"=
ltr">understands the basic of some issues and that leads to misunderstanding=
s.<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Sure, the list should be to discuss LBC stuff b=
ut I think the archive will<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">confirm other stuff, s=
ometimes contentious (public drafting on the highway<br></div><div dir=3D"lt=
r">and not in LBCs) topics get discussed.<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></di=
v><div dir=3D"ltr">Firstly, part of the reason countries are helping Ukraine=
 in their fight<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">against Russian aggression and att=
acks, lie with The Budapest Memorandum on<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Security=
 signed in Budapest, Hungary, on 5 December 1994.? The summary is<br></div><=
div dir=3D"ltr">that Ukraine gave up their nuclear weapons as part of a defe=
nce deal.? The<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">other obvious reason is that when o=
ne country attacks another and seeks to<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">completely=
 invade it there is choice other countries have to make in<br></div><div dir=
=3D"ltr">whether to sit back and do nothing or find a way to help. Thirdly y=
ou have<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">to consider a domino effect scenario where=
 Russia defeats Ukraine and then<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">goes onto rebuild=
 the USSR.? Maybe that sounds like a problem for the<br></div><div dir=3D"lt=
r">Europeans and I guess it is, or at least first.? But if the dominos carry=
<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">on falling then you once again have a USSR that t=
hreatens the USA.<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">NATO i=
s the North Atlantic (not North American) Treaty Organisation (the<br></div>=
<div dir=3D"ltr">French call it OTAN for French grammatical reasons I don?t u=
nderstand).<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">It?s not a club of buddies to bully an=
yone but a club of buddies to defend<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">each other ag=
ainst a big bully.? It?s not a European idea or club and<br></div><div dir=3D=
"ltr">Canada is a member.? Despite the rhetoric you might read or hear, NATO=
<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">isn?t a way for everyone apart from the USA to ge=
t defence on the cheap.<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Not everyone in the club m=
ight agree that everyone is paying enough.<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">However=
, the member paying the most doesn?t say it will pay less but argues<br></di=
v><div dir=3D"ltr">others should pay more.? Why is that?? Well, you might ha=
ve to do your own<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">research on that.<br></div><div d=
ir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Europe isn?t a country it?s a geograph=
ic region.? The EU is not the same<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">thing as Europe=
 because the EU is a kind of club.? Strangely enough the EU<br></div><div di=
r=3D"ltr">has been viewed by some members and one ex-member as a club where n=
ot all<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">the members pay in enough money or get equa=
l benefits out of it.? The<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">republic of Ireland is n=
ot in NATO but is in Europe and is in the EU.? The<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"=
>United Kingdom (Great Britain, sort of) is in NATO and is in Europe but is<=
br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">not in the EU (it left some years ago).<br></div><=
div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Is Europe being taken over by Isl=
amic (Moslem) immigrants?? Well, I don?t<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">think so.=
? I could make a joke and say that in England at least, the Hindus<br></div>=
<div dir=3D"ltr">and Sikhs would never allow that to happen. You also have t=
o understand<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">there are actually 2 major and one le=
sser Islamic group ? not sure if this<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">is quite the=
 same thing as Catholics and Protestants but it?s how I like to<br></div><di=
v dir=3D"ltr">think of it.? Over the years I?ve worked alongside Moslems and=
 they were<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">great people and not extremists.<br></d=
iv><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">I read a lot that the reason E=
uropeans have free healthcare is because they<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">rely=
 on the US, as part of NATO, to protect them rather than pay for their<br></=
div><div dir=3D"ltr">own protection.? In the UK free healthcare came into be=
ing after WW2 and<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">existed all the way through the C=
old War at a time when the UK spent a lot<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">more on d=
efence than it does now.? However, it?s not quite as encompassing<br></div><=
div dir=3D"ltr">as it used to be.? For example, when I was a child, medical p=
rescriptions<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">were free but for decades since there=
 has been a fee to pay.? Similarly,<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">all dental car=
e was free when I was a child but now while it is still<br></div><div dir=3D=
"ltr">subsidised there is 3 tier system of fees and it can still be very<br>=
</div><div dir=3D"ltr">expensive.? I think at least one country in Europe ha=
s free healthcare.? A<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">question to consider then is=
 if the US spent less money on NATO and defense<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">ge=
nerally would it be enough for free healthcare?<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><b=
r></div><div dir=3D"ltr">I think that?s all the stuff I believe I can help o=
thers with their<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">understanding of and I?m confiden=
t that listers are generally smarter than<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">everyone=
 else but may have friends with lesser rides and knowledge<br></div><div dir=
=3D"ltr">generally!? Also, while I have political opinions, I am not a membe=
r of any<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">political party and haven?t always voted f=
or the same political party.? I<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">have enlisted mili=
tary service but not combat experience.? Recently I even<br></div><div dir=3D=
"ltr">applied for and have been granted a HM Forces Veteran ID card and mayb=
e<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">when I get my 3rd one it will actually correctly=
 record the initials for my<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Christian/Fore names. .=
 . .<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">I?d like to finish=
 with a quote from Henry Ford: ?Any man who thinks he can<br></div><div dir=3D=
"ltr">be happy and prosperous by letting the government take care of him bet=
ter<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">take a closer look at the American Indian?.? H=
owever, it seems to be bunk<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">and that he never said=
 that but did say a bunch of other stuff.? So, how<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"=
>about a quote from the bible? Matthew Ch19 v30 (NIV) But many who are first=
<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">will be last, and many who are last will be first=
.<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Daniel<br></div><div d=
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v><div dir=3D"ltr">Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2026 20:58:36 +0000 (UTC)<br></div><div=
 dir=3D"ltr">From: "AOL Mail Update (Terms &amp; Policy)" &lt;<a ymailto=3D"=
mailto:crusaderchuck55@aol.com"; href=3D"mailto:crusaderchuck55@aol.com";>crus=
aderchuck55@aol.com</a>&gt;<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">To: Ron Soave &lt;<a y=
mailto=3D"mailto:soavero@yahoo.com"; href=3D"mailto:soavero@yahoo.com";>soaver=
o@yahoo.com</a>&gt;, HealeyRick &lt;<a ymailto=3D"mailto:healeyrik@gmail.com=
" href=3D"mailto:healeyrik@gmail.com";>healeyrik@gmail.com</a>&gt;<br></div><=
div dir=3D"ltr">Cc: Spridgets &lt;<a ymailto=3D"mailto:spridgets@autox.team.=
net" href=3D"mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net";>spridgets@autox.team.net</a>&g=
t;, wilkmanracing@aol.com,<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Wesl=
ake1330 &lt;<a ymailto=3D"mailto:weslake1330@gmail.com"; href=3D"mailto:wesla=
ke1330@gmail.com">weslake1330@gmail.com</a>&gt;<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Su=
bject: Re: [Spridgets] Spridgets Digest, Vol 181, Issue 2<br></div><div dir=3D=
"ltr">Message-ID: &lt;<a ymailto=3D"mailto:334267447.1028023.1782161916577@m=
ail.yahoo.com" href=3D"mailto:334267447.1028023.1782161916577@mail.yahoo.com=
">334267447.1028023.1782161916577@mail.yahoo.com</a>&gt;<br></div><div dir=3D=
"ltr">Content-Type: text/plain; charset=3D"utf-8"<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">=
<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"> Cats?? ?Hmmm buffing pads or wheels chocks?You d=
o know we have lost so many list members/contributors who had such colorful w=
ays of conveying dismay over "donkey dung fired forges making high quality t=
ools and parts from Moss"!!!!!Ah yes.....I remember it well....And God forbi=
d Ed had one too many at the keyboard?? ?Yeah I'm old too!? ?But I do rememb=
er?Sitting here looking at Frank's bent giant pipe wrench I rescued and comp=
letely restored...*Sigh*Chuck<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">&nbsp; &nbsp; On Mon=
day, June 22, 2026 at 02:30:08 PM EDT, HealeyRick via Spridgets &lt;<a ymail=
to=3D"mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net"; href=3D"mailto:spridgets@autox.team.n=
et">spridgets@autox.team.net</a>&gt; wrote:&nbsp; <br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"=
> <br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"> When we?d go off topic in the past, it was Fra=
nk Zappa, cats, Elizabeth the Witch, nothing divisive.?<br></div><div dir=3D=
"ltr">Ron Soave<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Damn, I miss those days<br></div><=
div dir=3D"ltr">Montana Bob<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">On Mon, Jun 22, 2026 a=
t 10:51?AM Ron Soave via Spridgets &lt;<a ymailto=3D"mailto:spridgets@autox.=
team.net" href=3D"mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net";>spridgets@autox.team.net<=
/a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">When we?=
d go off topic in the past, it was Frank Zappa, cats, Elizabeth the Witch, n=
othing divisive.?<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Ron Soave<br></div><div dir=3D"l=
tr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">On Jun 22, 2026, at 12:35?AM, Rick Fisk via S=
pridgets &lt;<a ymailto=3D"mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net"; href=3D"mailto:s=
pridgets@autox.team.net">spridgets@autox.team.net</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><d=
iv dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></d=
iv><div dir=3D"ltr">?Delete key works fine.? But this kind of nonsense does n=
ot belong here.<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">On Jun 2=
1, 2026, at 5:55?PM, Weslake1330 via Spridgets &lt;<a ymailto=3D"mailto:spri=
dgets@autox.team.net" href=3D"mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net";>spridgets@aut=
ox.team.net</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"l=
tr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">?Delete key not wo=
rking?<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">On Sun, 21 Jun 2026 at 20:31, Jim Ryan via S=
pridgets &lt;<a ymailto=3D"mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net"; href=3D"mailto:s=
pridgets@autox.team.net">spridgets@autox.team.net</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><d=
iv dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Well, it's supposed to be.? This k=
ind of stuff is really not welcome here.<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div=
><div dir=3D"ltr">Jim Ryan<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"l=
tr">????<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">On Sun, Jun 21=
, 2026, 3:16?PM wilkmanracing--- via Spridgets &lt;<a ymailto=3D"mailto:spri=
dgets@autox.team.net" href=3D"mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net";>spridgets@aut=
ox.team.net</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"l=
tr">Silly me. I thought this was a Sprite forum.?<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">=
Bill1958 Sprite Iris Blue<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"lt=
r">Sent from the all new AOL app for iOS<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div=
><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">On Sunday, June 21, 2026, 11:34=
 AM, <a ymailto=3D"mailto:spridgets-request@autox.team.net"; href=3D"mailto:s=
pridgets-request@autox.team.net">spridgets-request@autox.team.net</a> &lt;<a=
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s-request@autox.team.net">spridgets-request@autox.team.net</a>&gt; wrote:<br=
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st submissions to<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">??? <a ymailto=3D"mailto:spridge=
ts@autox.team.net" href=3D"mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net";>spridgets@autox.=
team.net</a><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">To subscri=
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"ltr">or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to<br></div>=
<div dir=3D"ltr">??? <a ymailto=3D"mailto:spridgets-request@autox.team.net"; h=
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he person managing the list at<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">??? <a ymailto=3D"m=
ailto:spridgets-owner@autox.team.net" href=3D"mailto:spridgets-owner@autox.t=
eam.net">spridgets-owner@autox.team.net</a><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></=
div><div dir=3D"ltr">When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is m=
ore specific<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">than "Re: Contents of Spridgets diges=
t..."<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div di=
r=3D"ltr">Today's Topics:<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"lt=
r">? 1. No LBC - Budapest, NATO (OTAN) Europe, the EU, Islamic<br></div><div=
 dir=3D"ltr">? ? ? immigration and healthcare (Weslake1330)<br></div><div di=
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=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Message: 1<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Dat=
e: Sat, 20 Jun 2026 23:20:32 +0100<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">From: Weslake13=
30 &lt;<a ymailto=3D"mailto:weslake1330@gmail.com"; href=3D"mailto:weslake133=
0@gmail.com">weslake1330@gmail.com</a>&gt;<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">To: Spr=
idgets &lt;<a ymailto=3D"mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net"; href=3D"mailto:spr=
idgets@autox.team.net">spridgets@autox.team.net</a>&gt;<br></div><div dir=3D=
"ltr">Subject: [Spridgets] No LBC - Budapest, NATO (OTAN) Europe, the EU,<br=
></div><div dir=3D"ltr">??? Islamic immigration and healthcare<br></div><div=
 dir=3D"ltr">Message-ID:<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">??? &lt;CAMhoh1U086VzL_ZM=
H428L64qsUw6=3Dfb=3DBkMtxCZp7zVM+GgdTw@mail.gmail.com&gt;<br></div><div dir=3D=
"ltr">Content-Type: text/plain; charset=3D"utf-8"<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">=
<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Hi list, some of you are don?t like it when I pos=
t stuff like this but<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">never challenge any of the p=
oints I make or even privately debate them with<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">me=
.? Some of you find them interesting and some have deleted this e-mail<br></=
div><div dir=3D"ltr">already.? Well, I read a lot of stuff on YouTube and re=
gardless of any<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">opinion or political allegiances i=
t does seem to me that not everyone<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">understands th=
e basic of some issues and that leads to misunderstandings.<br></div><div di=
r=3D"ltr">Sure, the list should be to discuss LBC stuff but I think the arch=
ive will<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">confirm other stuff, sometimes contentiou=
s (public drafting on the highway<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">and not in LBCs)=
 topics get discussed.<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">=
Firstly, part of the reason countries are helping Ukraine in their fight<br>=
</div><div dir=3D"ltr">against Russian aggression and attacks, lie with The B=
udapest Memorandum on<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Security signed in Budapest,=
 Hungary, on 5 December 1994.? The summary is<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">that=
 Ukraine gave up their nuclear weapons as part of a defence deal.? The<br></=
div><div dir=3D"ltr">other obvious reason is that when one country attacks a=
nother and seeks to<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">completely invade it there is c=
hoice other countries have to make in<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">whether to s=
it back and do nothing or find a way to help. Thirdly you have<br></div><div=
 dir=3D"ltr">to consider a domino effect scenario where Russia defeats Ukrai=
ne and then<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">goes onto rebuild the USSR.? Maybe tha=
t sounds like a problem for the<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Europeans and I gu=
ess it is, or at least first.? But if the dominos carry<br></div><div dir=3D=
"ltr">on falling then you once again have a USSR that threatens the USA.<br>=
</div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">NATO is the North Atlantic=
 (not North American) Treaty Organisation (the<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Fre=
nch call it OTAN for French grammatical reasons I don?t understand).<br></di=
v><div dir=3D"ltr">It?s not a club of buddies to bully anyone but a club of b=
uddies to defend<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">each other against a big bully.? I=
t?s not a European idea or club and<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Canada is a me=
mber.? Despite the rhetoric you might read or hear, NATO<br></div><div dir=3D=
"ltr">isn?t a way for everyone apart from the USA to get defence on the chea=
p.<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Not everyone in the club might agree that every=
one is paying enough.<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">However, the member paying t=
he most doesn?t say it will pay less but argues<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">ot=
hers should pay more.? Why is that?? Well, you might have to do your own<br>=
</div><div dir=3D"ltr">research on that.<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div=
><div dir=3D"ltr">Europe isn?t a country it?s a geographic region.? The EU i=
s not the same<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">thing as Europe because the EU is a=
 kind of club.? Strangely enough the EU<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">has been v=
iewed by some members and one ex-member as a club where not all<br></div><di=
v dir=3D"ltr">the members pay in enough money or get equal benefits out of i=
t.? The<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">republic of Ireland is not in NATO but is i=
n Europe and is in the EU.? The<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">United Kingdom (Gr=
eat Britain, sort of) is in NATO and is in Europe but is<br></div><div dir=3D=
"ltr">not in the EU (it left some years ago).<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br>=
</div><div dir=3D"ltr">Is Europe being taken over by Islamic (Moslem) immigr=
ants?? Well, I don?t<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">think so.? I could make a jok=
e and say that in England at least, the Hindus<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">and=
 Sikhs would never allow that to happen. You also have to understand<br></di=
v><div dir=3D"ltr">there are actually 2 major and one lesser Islamic group ?=
 not sure if this<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">is quite the same thing as Catho=
lics and Protestants but it?s how I like to<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">think o=
f it.? Over the years I?ve worked alongside Moslems and they were<br></div><=
div dir=3D"ltr">great people and not extremists.<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><=
br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">I read a lot that the reason Europeans have free h=
ealthcare is because they<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">rely on the US, as part o=
f NATO, to protect them rather than pay for their<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">=
own protection.? In the UK free healthcare came into being after WW2 and<br>=
</div><div dir=3D"ltr">existed all the way through the Cold War at a time wh=
en the UK spent a lot<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">more on defence than it does=
 now.? However, it?s not quite as encompassing<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">as i=
t used to be.? For example, when I was a child, medical prescriptions<br></d=
iv><div dir=3D"ltr">were free but for decades since there has been a fee to p=
ay.? Similarly,<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">all dental care was free when I wa=
s a child but now while it is still<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">subsidised the=
re is 3 tier system of fees and it can still be very<br></div><div dir=3D"lt=
r">expensive.? I think at least one country in Europe has free healthcare.? A=
<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">question to consider then is if the US spent less=
 money on NATO and defense<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">generally would it be e=
nough for free healthcare?<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"l=
tr">I think that?s all the stuff I believe I can help others with their<br><=
/div><div dir=3D"ltr">understanding of and I?m confident that listers are ge=
nerally smarter than<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">everyone else but may have fr=
iends with lesser rides and knowledge<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">generally!? A=
lso, while I have political opinions, I am not a member of any<br></div><div=
 dir=3D"ltr">political party and haven?t always voted for the same political=
 party.? I<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">have enlisted military service but not c=
ombat experience.? Recently I even<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">applied for and=
 have been granted a HM Forces Veteran ID card and maybe<br></div><div dir=3D=
"ltr">when I get my 3rd one it will actually correctly record the initials f=
or my<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Christian/Fore names. . . .<br></div><div di=
r=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">I?d like to finish with a quote from He=
nry Ford: ?Any man who thinks he can<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">be happy and p=
rosperous by letting the government take care of him better<br></div><div di=
r=3D"ltr">take a closer look at the American Indian?.? However, it seems to b=
e bunk<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">and that he never said that but did say a b=
unch of other stuff.? So, how<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">about a quote from t=
he bible? Matthew Ch19 v30 (NIV) But many who are first<br></div><div dir=3D=
"ltr">will be last, and many who are last will be first.<br></div><div dir=3D=
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