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Hi list,

Some of you must have been old= enough to have had one of these:


I had one as a kid (for Christm= as in about 1970) but like most of my childhood toys it got given away (usu= ally by my Mother).

Anyway, thanks to E-bay, I now= have 3 of them - 2 white, 1 red.=C2=A0 However, so far only 1 car works.

So does anyone have a parts car, just the instructi= on leaflet (I only have one) or just any empty box (my 3 boxes are a little= tired) or a couple of cones or ideas to rec-recreate the art work for the = white cars.=C2=A0 I do have some cards!

Thanks

Daniel in England
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Some of you find them interesting and some have deleted this e-mail already. Well, I read a lot of stuff on YouTube and regardless of any opinion or political allegiances it does seem to me that not everyone understands the basic of some issues and that leads to misunderstandings. Sure, the list should be to discuss LBC stuff but I think the archive will confirm other stuff, sometimes contentious (public drafting on the highway and not in LBCs) topics get discussed. Firstly, part of the reason countries are helping Ukraine in their fight against Russian aggression and attacks, lie with The Budapest Memorandum on Security signed in Budapest, Hungary, on 5 December 1994. The summary is that Ukraine gave up their nuclear weapons as part of a defence deal. The other obvious reason is that when one country attacks another and seeks to completely invade it there is choice other countries have to make in whether to sit back and do nothing or find a way to help. Thirdly you have to consider a domino effect scenario where Russia defeats Ukraine and then goes onto rebuild the USSR. Maybe that sounds like a problem for the Europeans and I guess it is, or at least first. But if the dominos carry on falling then you once again have a USSR that threatens the USA. NATO is the North Atlantic (not North American) Treaty Organisation (the French call it OTAN for French grammatical reasons I don=E2=80=99t understa= nd). It=E2=80=99s not a club of buddies to bully anyone but a club of buddies to= defend each other against a big bully. It=E2=80=99s not a European idea or club a= nd Canada is a member. Despite the rhetoric you might read or hear, NATO isn=E2=80=99t a way for everyone apart from the USA to get defence on the c= heap. Not everyone in the club might agree that everyone is paying enough. However, the member paying the most doesn=E2=80=99t say it will pay less bu= t argues others should pay more. Why is that? Well, you might have to do your own research on that. Europe isn=E2=80=99t a country it=E2=80=99s a geographic region. The EU is= not the same thing as Europe because the EU is a kind of club. Strangely enough the EU has been viewed by some members and one ex-member as a club where not all the members pay in enough money or get equal benefits out of it. The republic of Ireland is not in NATO but is in Europe and is in the EU. The United Kingdom (Great Britain, sort of) is in NATO and is in Europe but is not in the EU (it left some years ago). Is Europe being taken over by Islamic (Moslem) immigrants? Well, I don=E2= =80=99t think so. I could make a joke and say that in England at least, the Hindus and Sikhs would never allow that to happen. You also have to understand there are actually 2 major and one lesser Islamic group =E2=80=93 not sure = if this is quite the same thing as Catholics and Protestants but it=E2=80=99s how I= like to think of it. Over the years I=E2=80=99ve worked alongside Moslems and they= were great people and not extremists. I read a lot that the reason Europeans have free healthcare is because they rely on the US, as part of NATO, to protect them rather than pay for their own protection. In the UK free healthcare came into being after WW2 and existed all the way through the Cold War at a time when the UK spent a lot more on defence than it does now. However, it=E2=80=99s not quite as encom= passing as it used to be. For example, when I was a child, medical prescriptions were free but for decades since there has been a fee to pay. Similarly, all dental care was free when I was a child but now while it is still subsidised there is 3 tier system of fees and it can still be very expensive. I think at least one country in Europe has free healthcare. A question to consider then is if the US spent less money on NATO and defense generally would it be enough for free healthcare? I think that=E2=80=99s all the stuff I believe I can help others with their understanding of and I=E2=80=99m confident that listers are generally smart= er than everyone else but may have friends with lesser rides and knowledge generally! Also, while I have political opinions, I am not a member of any political party and haven=E2=80=99t always voted for the same political par= ty. I have enlisted military service but not combat experience. Recently I even applied for and have been granted a HM Forces Veteran ID card and maybe when I get my 3rd one it will actually correctly record the initials for my Christian/Fore names. . . . I=E2=80=99d like to finish with a quote from Henry Ford: =E2=80=98Any man w= ho thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the government take care of him better take a closer look at the American Indian=E2=80=99. However, it seems to b= e bunk and that he never said that but did say a bunch of other stuff. So, how about a quote from the bible? Matthew Ch19 v30 (NIV) But many who are first will be last, and many who are last will be first. Daniel --00000000000053d5c20654b6d1c1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Hi list, some of y= ou are don=E2=80=99t like it when I post stuff like this but never challenge any of the points I make or even privately de= bate them with me.=C2=A0 Some of you find them interesting and some have deleted this e-mail already.=C2=A0 Well, I read a= lot of stuff on YouTube and regardless of any opinion or political allegiances it does seem to me that = not everyone understands the basic of some issues and that leads to misunderstandings. Sure, the list should be to discuss LBC stuff but I thin= k the archive will confirm other stuff, sometimes contentious (public draftin= g on the highway and not in LBCs) topics get discussed.

Firstly, part of the reason countri= es are helping Ukraine in their fight against Russian aggression and attacks, lie with The Budapest Memorandum on Security signed in Budapest, Hungary, on 5 December 1994.=C2= =A0 The summary is that Ukraine gave up their nuclear weapons as part of a defence deal.=C2=A0 The other obvious reason is that when one country attacks another and seeks to completely invade it there is choice other countries have to make = in whether to sit back and do nothing or find a way to help. Thirdly you have = to consider a domino effect scenario where Russia defeats Ukraine and then goe= s onto rebuild the USSR.=C2=A0 Maybe that sounds like a problem for the Europeans and I guess it is, or at least first.=C2=A0 But= if the dominos carry on falling then you once again have a USSR that threatens the USA.

NATO is the North Atlantic (not Nor= th American) Treaty Organisation (the French call it OTAN for French grammatical reasons I don=E2=80=99t understand).=C2=A0 It=E2=80=99s not a club of buddies to bully anyone but a club of buddies to defend each other against a big bully.=C2=A0 It=E2=80=99s not a European idea or club and Canada is a member.=C2=A0 Despite the rhetoric you might read or hear, NATO isn=E2=80=99t a way for everyone apar= t from the USA to get defence on the cheap. Not everyone in the club might agree that everyone is paying enough.=C2=A0 However, the member paying the most doesn=E2=80=99t say it will pay less but argues othe= rs should pay more.=C2=A0 Why is that?=C2=A0 Well, you might have to do your own rese= arch on that.

Europe isn=E2=80=99t a country it= =E2=80=99s a geographic region.=C2=A0 The EU is not the same thing as Europ= e because the EU is a kind of club.=C2=A0 Strangely enough the EU has been viewed by some members and one ex-member as a club where not all the members pay in enough money or get equal benefi= ts out of it.=C2=A0 The republic of Ireland is not in NATO but is in Europe and is in the EU.=C2=A0 The United Kingdom (Great Britain, sort of) is in NATO and is in Europe but is not in the EU (it left some years ago).

Is Europe being taken over by Islam= ic (Moslem) immigrants?=C2=A0 Well, I don=E2=80=99t think so.=C2=A0 I could make a joke= and say that in England at least, the Hindus and Sikhs would never allow that to happen. You also h= ave to understand there are actually 2 major and one lesser Islamic group =E2= =80=93 not sure if this is quite the same thing as Catholics and Protestants but it=E2=80= =99s how I like to think of it.=C2=A0 Over the years I=E2=80=99ve worked alongside Moslems and they were great people and not extremists.

I read a lot that the reason Europe= ans have free healthcare is because they rely on the US, as part of NATO, to protect them rather tha= n pay for their own protection.=C2=A0 In the UK free healthcare came into being after WW2 and existed all the way through t= he Cold War at a time when the UK spent a lot more on defence than it does now.=C2=A0 However, it=E2=80=99s not quite as encompassing as it used to be.=C2=A0 For example, when I was a child, medical prescriptions were free but for decades since there ha= s been a fee to pay.=C2=A0 Similarly, all dental care was free when I was a child but now while it is still subsidised there= is 3 tier system of fees and it can still be very expensive.=C2=A0 I think at = least one country in Europe has free healthcare.=C2=A0 A question to consider then is if the US spent less money on NATO and defense generally would it b= e enough for free healthcare?

I think that=E2=80=99s all the stuf= f I believe I can help others with their understanding of and I=E2=80=99m confident that listers are gene= rally smarter than everyone else but may have friends with lesser rides and knowl= edge generally!=C2=A0 Also, while I have political opinions, I am not a member of any political party and haven=E2=80=99t always voted f= or the same political party.=C2=A0 I have enlisted military service but not combat experience.=C2=A0 Recently I even applied for and have been granted a HM Forces Veteran ID card and mayb= e when I get my 3rd one it will actually correctly record the init= ials for my Christian/Fore names. . . .

I=E2=80=99d like to finish with a q= uote from Henry Ford: =E2=80=98Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the government take ca= re of him better take a closer look at the American Indian=E2=80=99.=C2=A0 How= ever, it seems to be bunk and that he never said that but did say a bunch of other stuff.=C2=A0 So, how about a q= uote from the bible? Matthew Ch19 v30 (NIV) But many who are first will be last, and many who are last w= ill be first.

Daniel

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I thought this was a Sprite forum.=C2=A0 Bill1958 Sprite Iris Blue Sent from the all new AOL app for iOS On Sunday, June 21, 2026, 11:34 AM, spridgets-request@autox.team.net wrote: Send Spridgets mailing list submissions to =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 spridgets@autox.team.net To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/spridgets or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 spridgets-request@autox.team.net You can reach the person managing the list at =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 spridgets-owner@autox.team.net When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Spridgets digest..." Today's Topics: =C2=A0 1. No LBC - Budapest, NATO (OTAN) Europe, the EU, Islamic =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 immigration and healthcare (Weslake1330) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2026 23:20:32 +0100 From: Weslake1330 To: Spridgets Subject: [Spridgets] No LBC - Budapest, NATO (OTAN) Europe, the EU, =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 Islamic immigration and healthcare Message-ID: =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 Hi list, some of you are don?t like it when I post stuff like this but never challenge any of the points I make or even privately debate them with me.=C2=A0 Some of you find them interesting and some have deleted this e-ma= il already.=C2=A0 Well, I read a lot of stuff on YouTube and regardless of any opinion or political allegiances it does seem to me that not everyone understands the basic of some issues and that leads to misunderstandings. Sure, the list should be to discuss LBC stuff but I think the archive will confirm other stuff, sometimes contentious (public drafting on the highway and not in LBCs) topics get discussed. Firstly, part of the reason countries are helping Ukraine in their fight against Russian aggression and attacks, lie with The Budapest Memorandum on Security signed in Budapest, Hungary, on 5 December 1994.=C2=A0 The summary= is that Ukraine gave up their nuclear weapons as part of a defence deal.=C2=A0= The other obvious reason is that when one country attacks another and seeks to completely invade it there is choice other countries have to make in whether to sit back and do nothing or find a way to help. Thirdly you have to consider a domino effect scenario where Russia defeats Ukraine and then goes onto rebuild the USSR.=C2=A0 Maybe that sounds like a problem for the Europeans and I guess it is, or at least first.=C2=A0 But if the dominos ca= rry on falling then you once again have a USSR that threatens the USA. NATO is the North Atlantic (not North American) Treaty Organisation (the French call it OTAN for French grammatical reasons I don?t understand). It?s not a club of buddies to bully anyone but a club of buddies to defend each other against a big bully.=C2=A0 It?s not a European idea or club and Canada is a member.=C2=A0 Despite the rhetoric you might read or hear, NATO isn?t a way for everyone apart from the USA to get defence on the cheap. Not everyone in the club might agree that everyone is paying enough. However, the member paying the most doesn?t say it will pay less but argues others should pay more.=C2=A0 Why is that?=C2=A0 Well, you might have to do= your own research on that. Europe isn?t a country it?s a geographic region.=C2=A0 The EU is not the sa= me thing as Europe because the EU is a kind of club.=C2=A0 Strangely enough th= e EU has been viewed by some members and one ex-member as a club where not all the members pay in enough money or get equal benefits out of it.=C2=A0 The republic of Ireland is not in NATO but is in Europe and is in the EU.=C2=A0= The United Kingdom (Great Britain, sort of) is in NATO and is in Europe but is not in the EU (it left some years ago). Is Europe being taken over by Islamic (Moslem) immigrants?=C2=A0 Well, I do= n?t think so.=C2=A0 I could make a joke and say that in England at least, the H= indus and Sikhs would never allow that to happen. You also have to understand there are actually 2 major and one lesser Islamic group ? not sure if this is quite the same thing as Catholics and Protestants but it?s how I like to think of it.=C2=A0 Over the years I?ve worked alongside Moslems and they we= re great people and not extremists. I read a lot that the reason Europeans have free healthcare is because they rely on the US, as part of NATO, to protect them rather than pay for their own protection.=C2=A0 In the UK free healthcare came into being after WW2 a= nd existed all the way through the Cold War at a time when the UK spent a lot more on defence than it does now.=C2=A0 However, it?s not quite as encompas= sing as it used to be.=C2=A0 For example, when I was a child, medical prescripti= ons were free but for decades since there has been a fee to pay.=C2=A0 Similarl= y, all dental care was free when I was a child but now while it is still subsidised there is 3 tier system of fees and it can still be very expensive.=C2=A0 I think at least one country in Europe has free healthcare= .=C2=A0 A question to consider then is if the US spent less money on NATO and defense generally would it be enough for free healthcare? I think that?s all the stuff I believe I can help others with their understanding of and I?m confident that listers are generally smarter than everyone else but may have friends with lesser rides and knowledge generally!=C2=A0 Also, while I have political opinions, I am not a member o= f any political party and haven?t always voted for the same political party.=C2= =A0 I have enlisted military service but not combat experience.=C2=A0 Recently I = even applied for and have been granted a HM Forces Veteran ID card and maybe when I get my 3rd one it will actually correctly record the initials for my Christian/Fore names. . . . I?d like to finish with a quote from Henry Ford: ?Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the government take care of him better take a closer look at the American Indian?.=C2=A0 However, it seems to be b= unk and that he never said that but did say a bunch of other stuff.=C2=A0 So, h= ow about a quote from the bible? Matthew Ch19 v30 (NIV) But many who are first will be last, and many who are last will be first. Daniel -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: ------------------------------ Subject: Digest Footer _______________________________________________ Spridgets mailing list Spridgets@autox.team.net http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/spridgets ------------------------------ End of Spridgets Digest, Vol 181, Issue 2 ***************************************** ------=_Part_665699_1354745196.1782068298046 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Silly me. I thought this was a Sprite forum. 

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Date: Sat,= 20 Jun 2026 23:20:32 +0100
From: Weslake1330 <= ;weslake1330@gmail.com>
To: Spridge= ts <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Subject: [Spridgets] No LBC - Budapest, NATO (OTAN) Europe, the EU,
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Hi list, so= me of you are don?t like it when I post stuff like this but
never challenge any of the points I make or even privately debat= e them with
me.  Some of you find them inter= esting and some have deleted this e-mail
already.=   Well, I read a lot of stuff on YouTube and regardless of any
opinion or political allegiances it does seem to me that= not everyone
understands the basic of some issue= s and that leads to misunderstandings.
Sure, the = list should be to discuss LBC stuff but I think the archive will
<= div dir=3D"ltr">confirm other stuff, sometimes contentious (public drafting= on the highway
and not in LBCs) topics get discu= ssed.

Firstly, part of= the reason countries are helping Ukraine in their fight
against Russian aggression and attacks, lie with The Budapest Memo= randum on
Security signed in Budapest, Hungary, o= n 5 December 1994.  The summary is
that Ukra= ine gave up their nuclear weapons as part of a defence deal.  The
<= /div>
other obvious reason is that when one country attacks= another and seeks to
completely invade it there = is choice other countries have to make in
whether= to sit back and do nothing or find a way to help. Thirdly you have
to consider a domino effect scenario where Russia defeat= s Ukraine and then
goes onto rebuild the USSR.&nb= sp; Maybe that sounds like a problem for the
Euro= peans and I guess it is, or at least first.  But if the dominos carry<= br>
on falling then you once again have a USSR that t= hreatens the USA.

NATO= is the North Atlantic (not North American) Treaty Organisation (the
French call it OTAN for French grammatical reasons I do= n?t understand).
It?s not a club of buddies to bu= lly anyone but a club of buddies to defend
each o= ther against a big bully.  It?s not a European idea or club and
Canada is a member.  Despite the rhetoric you migh= t read or hear, NATO
isn?t a way for everyone apa= rt from the USA to get defence on the cheap.
Not = everyone in the club might agree that everyone is paying enough.
<= div dir=3D"ltr">However, the member paying the most doesn?t say it will pay= less but argues
others should pay more.  Wh= y is that?  Well, you might have to do your own
research on that.

= Europe isn?t a country it?s a geographic region.  The EU is not the sa= me
thing as Europe because the EU is a kind of cl= ub.  Strangely enough the EU
has been viewed= by some members and one ex-member as a club where not all
the members pay in enough money or get equal benefits out of it.&= nbsp; The
republic of Ireland is not in NATO but = is in Europe and is in the EU.  The
United K= ingdom (Great Britain, sort of) is in NATO and is in Europe but is
not in the EU (it left some years ago).

Is Europe being taken over by Islamic (= Moslem) immigrants?  Well, I don?t
think so.=   I could make a joke and say that in England at least, the Hindus
=
and Sikhs would never allow that to happen. You also= have to understand
there are actually 2 major an= d one lesser Islamic group ? not sure if this
is = quite the same thing as Catholics and Protestants but it?s how I like to
think of it.  Over the years I?ve worked along= side Moslems and they were
great people and not e= xtremists.

I read a lo= t that the reason Europeans have free healthcare is because they
<= div dir=3D"ltr">rely on the US, as part of NATO, to protect them rather tha= n pay for their
own protection.  In the UK f= ree healthcare came into being after WW2 and
exis= ted all the way through the Cold War at a time when the UK spent a lot
<= /div>
more on defence than it does now.  However, it?s= not quite as encompassing
as it used to be. = ; For example, when I was a child, medical prescriptions
were free but for decades since there has been a fee to pay. = Similarly,
all dental care was free when I was a= child but now while it is still
subsidised there= is 3 tier system of fees and it can still be very
expensive.  I think at least one country in Europe has free healthca= re.  A
question to consider then is if the U= S spent less money on NATO and defense
generally = would it be enough for free healthcare?

I think that?s all the stuff I believe I can help others = with their
understanding of and I?m confident tha= t listers are generally smarter than
everyone els= e but may have friends with lesser rides and knowledge
generally!  Also, while I have political opinions, I am not a me= mber of any
political party and haven?t always vo= ted for the same political party.  I
have en= listed military service but not combat experience.  Recently I even
applied for and have been granted a HM Forces Veter= an ID card and maybe
when I get my 3rd one it wil= l actually correctly record the initials for my
C= hristian/Fore names. . . .

I?d like to finish with a quote from Henry Ford: ?Any man who thinks h= e can
be happy and prosperous by letting the gove= rnment take care of him better
take a closer look= at the American Indian?.  However, it seems to be bunk
and that he never said that but did say a bunch of other stuff.=   So, how
about a quote from the bible? Matt= hew Ch19 v30 (NIV) But many who are first
will be= last, and many who are last will be first.

<= /div>
Daniel
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This kind of stuff is really not welcome here. Jim Ryan =C2=A9=C2=BF=C2=A9=C2=AC On Sun, Jun 21, 2026, 3:16=E2=80=AFPM wilkmanracing--- via Spridgets < spridgets@autox.team.net> wrote: > Silly me. I thought this was a Sprite forum. > > Bill > 1958 Sprite Iris Blue > > Sent from the all new AOL app for iOS > > > On Sunday, June 21, 2026, 11:34 AM, spridgets-request@autox.team.net < > spridgets-request@autox.team.net> wrote: > > Send Spridgets mailing list submissions to > spridgets@autox.team.net > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/spridgets > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > spridgets-request@autox.team.net > > You can reach the person managing the list at > spridgets-owner@autox.team.net > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Spridgets digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. No LBC - Budapest, NATO (OTAN) Europe, the EU, Islamic > immigration and healthcare (Weslake1330) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2026 23:20:32 +0100 > From: Weslake1330 > To: Spridgets > Subject: [Spridgets] No LBC - Budapest, NATO (OTAN) Europe, the EU, > Islamic immigration and healthcare > Message-ID: > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=3D"utf-8" > > Hi list, some of you are don?t like it when I post stuff like this but > never challenge any of the points I make or even privately debate them wi= th > me. Some of you find them interesting and some have deleted this e-mail > already. Well, I read a lot of stuff on YouTube and regardless of any > opinion or political allegiances it does seem to me that not everyone > understands the basic of some issues and that leads to misunderstandings. > Sure, the list should be to discuss LBC stuff but I think the archive wil= l > confirm other stuff, sometimes contentious (public drafting on the highwa= y > and not in LBCs) topics get discussed. > > Firstly, part of the reason countries are helping Ukraine in their fight > against Russian aggression and attacks, lie with The Budapest Memorandum = on > Security signed in Budapest, Hungary, on 5 December 1994. The summary is > that Ukraine gave up their nuclear weapons as part of a defence deal. Th= e > other obvious reason is that when one country attacks another and seeks t= o > completely invade it there is choice other countries have to make in > whether to sit back and do nothing or find a way to help. Thirdly you hav= e > to consider a domino effect scenario where Russia defeats Ukraine and the= n > goes onto rebuild the USSR. Maybe that sounds like a problem for the > Europeans and I guess it is, or at least first. But if the dominos carry > on falling then you once again have a USSR that threatens the USA. > > NATO is the North Atlantic (not North American) Treaty Organisation (the > French call it OTAN for French grammatical reasons I don?t understand). > It?s not a club of buddies to bully anyone but a club of buddies to defen= d > each other against a big bully. It?s not a European idea or club and > Canada is a member. Despite the rhetoric you might read or hear, NATO > isn?t a way for everyone apart from the USA to get defence on the cheap. > Not everyone in the club might agree that everyone is paying enough. > However, the member paying the most doesn?t say it will pay less but argu= es > others should pay more. Why is that? Well, you might have to do your ow= n > research on that. > > Europe isn?t a country it?s a geographic region. The EU is not the same > thing as Europe because the EU is a kind of club. Strangely enough the E= U > has been viewed by some members and one ex-member as a club where not all > the members pay in enough money or get equal benefits out of it. The > republic of Ireland is not in NATO but is in Europe and is in the EU. Th= e > United Kingdom (Great Britain, sort of) is in NATO and is in Europe but i= s > not in the EU (it left some years ago). > > Is Europe being taken over by Islamic (Moslem) immigrants? Well, I don?t > think so. I could make a joke and say that in England at least, the Hind= us > and Sikhs would never allow that to happen. You also have to understand > there are actually 2 major and one lesser Islamic group ? not sure if thi= s > is quite the same thing as Catholics and Protestants but it?s how I like = to > think of it. Over the years I?ve worked alongside Moslems and they were > great people and not extremists. > > I read a lot that the reason Europeans have free healthcare is because th= ey > rely on the US, as part of NATO, to protect them rather than pay for thei= r > own protection. In the UK free healthcare came into being after WW2 and > existed all the way through the Cold War at a time when the UK spent a lo= t > more on defence than it does now. However, it?s not quite as encompassin= g > as it used to be. For example, when I was a child, medical prescriptions > were free but for decades since there has been a fee to pay. Similarly, > all dental care was free when I was a child but now while it is still > subsidised there is 3 tier system of fees and it can still be very > expensive. I think at least one country in Europe has free healthcare. = A > question to consider then is if the US spent less money on NATO and defen= se > generally would it be enough for free healthcare? > > I think that?s all the stuff I believe I can help others with their > understanding of and I?m confident that listers are generally smarter tha= n > everyone else but may have friends with lesser rides and knowledge > generally! Also, while I have political opinions, I am not a member of a= ny > political party and haven?t always voted for the same political party. I > have enlisted military service but not combat experience. Recently I eve= n > applied for and have been granted a HM Forces Veteran ID card and maybe > when I get my 3rd one it will actually correctly record the initials for = my > Christian/Fore names. . . . > > I?d like to finish with a quote from Henry Ford: ?Any man who thinks he c= an > be happy and prosperous by letting the government take care of him better > take a closer look at the American Indian?. However, it seems to be bunk > and that he never said that but did say a bunch of other stuff. So, how > about a quote from the bible? Matthew Ch19 v30 (NIV) But many who are fir= st > will be last, and many who are last will be first. > > Daniel > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://autox.team.net/pipermail/spridgets/attachments/20260620/4fb9c45e/a= ttachment-0001.htm > > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > > Spridgets mailing list > Spridgets@autox.team.net > http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/spridgets > > > ------------------------------ > > End of Spridgets Digest, Vol 181, Issue 2 > ***************************************** > > ------------------------ > > spridgets@autox.team.net > > Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html > Suggested annual donation: $12.75 > > Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/spridgets > http://autox.team.net/archive > > Unsubscribe/Manage: > http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/spridgets/ryan@jimryan.com > --000000000000d63f900654c87f45 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
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Date: Sat, 20 Jun= 2026 23:20:32 +0100
From: Weslake1330 <wes= lake1330@gmail.com>
To: Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Subject: [Spri= dgets] No LBC - Budapest, NATO (OTAN) Europe, the EU,
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 Islamic immigration and healthcare
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= Hi list, some of you are don?t like it when I post stuff like this but
<= /div>
never challenge any of the points I make or even priv= ately debate them with
me.=C2=A0 Some of you find= them interesting and some have deleted this e-mail
already.=C2=A0 Well, I read a lot of stuff on YouTube and regardless of = any
opinion or political allegiances it does seem= to me that not everyone
understands the basic of= some issues and that leads to misunderstandings.
Sure, the list should be to discuss LBC stuff but I think the archive will=
confirm other stuff, sometimes contentious (publ= ic drafting on the highway
and not in LBCs) topic= s get discussed.

First= ly, part of the reason countries are helping Ukraine in their fight
against Russian aggression and attacks, lie with The Bud= apest Memorandum on
Security signed in Budapest, = Hungary, on 5 December 1994.=C2=A0 The summary is
that Ukraine gave up their nuclear weapons as part of a defence deal.=C2= =A0 The
other obvious reason is that when one cou= ntry attacks another and seeks to
completely inva= de it there is choice other countries have to make in
whether to sit back and do nothing or find a way to help. Thirdly you = have
to consider a domino effect scenario where R= ussia defeats Ukraine and then
goes onto rebuild = the USSR.=C2=A0 Maybe that sounds like a problem for the
Europeans and I guess it is, or at least first.=C2=A0 But if the d= ominos carry
on falling then you once again have = a USSR that threatens the USA.

NATO is the North Atlantic (not North American) Treaty Organisatio= n (the
French call it OTAN for French grammatical= reasons I don?t understand).
It?s not a club of = buddies to bully anyone but a club of buddies to defend
each other against a big bully.=C2=A0 It?s not a European idea or = club and
Canada is a member.=C2=A0 Despite the rh= etoric you might read or hear, NATO
isn?t a way f= or everyone apart from the USA to get defence on the cheap.
Not everyone in the club might agree that everyone is paying eno= ugh.
However, the member paying the most doesn?t = say it will pay less but argues
others should pay= more.=C2=A0 Why is that?=C2=A0 Well, you might have to do your own
research on that.

Europe isn?t a country it?s a geographic region.=C2=A0 The E= U is not the same
thing as Europe because the EU = is a kind of club.=C2=A0 Strangely enough the EU
= has been viewed by some members and one ex-member as a club where not all
the members pay in enough money or get equal benef= its out of it.=C2=A0 The
republic of Ireland is n= ot in NATO but is in Europe and is in the EU.=C2=A0 The
United Kingdom (Great Britain, sort of) is in NATO and is in Europ= e but is
not in the EU (it left some years ago).<= br>

Is Europe being taken = over by Islamic (Moslem) immigrants?=C2=A0 Well, I don?t
think so.=C2=A0 I could make a joke and say that in England at lea= st, the Hindus
and Sikhs would never allow that t= o happen. You also have to understand
there are a= ctually 2 major and one lesser Islamic group ? not sure if this
is quite the same thing as Catholics and Protestants but it?= s how I like to
think of it.=C2=A0 Over the years= I?ve worked alongside Moslems and they were
grea= t people and not extremists.

I read a lot that the reason Europeans have free healthcare is bec= ause they
rely on the US, as part of NATO, to pro= tect them rather than pay for their
own protectio= n.=C2=A0 In the UK free healthcare came into being after WW2 and
<= div dir=3D"ltr">existed all the way through the Cold War at a time when the= UK spent a lot
more on defence than it does now.= =C2=A0 However, it?s not quite as encompassing
as= it used to be.=C2=A0 For example, when I was a child, medical prescription= s
were free but for decades since there has been = a fee to pay.=C2=A0 Similarly,
all dental care wa= s free when I was a child but now while it is still
subsidised there is 3 tier system of fees and it can still be very
expensive.=C2=A0 I think at least one country in Europ= e has free healthcare.=C2=A0 A
question to consid= er then is if the US spent less money on NATO and defense
generally would it be enough for free healthcare?

I think that?s all the stuff I believe= I can help others with their
understanding of an= d I?m confident that listers are generally smarter than
everyone else but may have friends with lesser rides and knowledge=
generally!=C2=A0 Also, while I have political op= inions, I am not a member of any
political party = and haven?t always voted for the same political party.=C2=A0 I
have enlisted military service but not combat experience.=C2= =A0 Recently I even
applied for and have been gra= nted a HM Forces Veteran ID card and maybe
when I= get my 3rd one it will actually correctly record the initials for my
Christian/Fore names. . . .
=
I?d like to finish with a quote from Henry Ford:= ?Any man who thinks he can
be happy and prospero= us by letting the government take care of him better
take a closer look at the American Indian?.=C2=A0 However, it seems to = be bunk
and that he never said that but did say a= bunch of other stuff.=C2=A0 So, how
about a quot= e from the bible? Matthew Ch19 v30 (NIV) But many who are first
will be last, and many who are last will be first.
=

Daniel
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On Sun, 21 Jun 2026 at 20:17, wilkmanracing--- via Spridgets < spridgets@autox.team.net> wrote: > Silly me. I thought this was a Sprite forum. > > Bill > 1958 Sprite Iris Blue > > Sent from the all new AOL app for iOS > > > On Sunday, June 21, 2026, 11:34 AM, spridgets-request@autox.team.net < > spridgets-request@autox.team.net> wrote: > > Send Spridgets mailing list submissions to > spridgets@autox.team.net > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/spridgets > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > spridgets-request@autox.team.net > > You can reach the person managing the list at > spridgets-owner@autox.team.net > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Spridgets digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. No LBC - Budapest, NATO (OTAN) Europe, the EU, Islamic > immigration and healthcare (Weslake1330) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2026 23:20:32 +0100 > From: Weslake1330 > To: Spridgets > Subject: [Spridgets] No LBC - Budapest, NATO (OTAN) Europe, the EU, > Islamic immigration and healthcare > Message-ID: > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=3D"utf-8" > > Hi list, some of you are don?t like it when I post stuff like this but > never challenge any of the points I make or even privately debate them wi= th > me. Some of you find them interesting and some have deleted this e-mail > already. Well, I read a lot of stuff on YouTube and regardless of any > opinion or political allegiances it does seem to me that not everyone > understands the basic of some issues and that leads to misunderstandings. > Sure, the list should be to discuss LBC stuff but I think the archive wil= l > confirm other stuff, sometimes contentious (public drafting on the highwa= y > and not in LBCs) topics get discussed. > > Firstly, part of the reason countries are helping Ukraine in their fight > against Russian aggression and attacks, lie with The Budapest Memorandum = on > Security signed in Budapest, Hungary, on 5 December 1994. The summary is > that Ukraine gave up their nuclear weapons as part of a defence deal. Th= e > other obvious reason is that when one country attacks another and seeks t= o > completely invade it there is choice other countries have to make in > whether to sit back and do nothing or find a way to help. Thirdly you hav= e > to consider a domino effect scenario where Russia defeats Ukraine and the= n > goes onto rebuild the USSR. Maybe that sounds like a problem for the > Europeans and I guess it is, or at least first. But if the dominos carry > on falling then you once again have a USSR that threatens the USA. > > NATO is the North Atlantic (not North American) Treaty Organisation (the > French call it OTAN for French grammatical reasons I don?t understand). > It?s not a club of buddies to bully anyone but a club of buddies to defen= d > each other against a big bully. It?s not a European idea or club and > Canada is a member. Despite the rhetoric you might read or hear, NATO > isn?t a way for everyone apart from the USA to get defence on the cheap. > Not everyone in the club might agree that everyone is paying enough. > However, the member paying the most doesn?t say it will pay less but argu= es > others should pay more. Why is that? Well, you might have to do your ow= n > research on that. > > Europe isn?t a country it?s a geographic region. The EU is not the same > thing as Europe because the EU is a kind of club. Strangely enough the E= U > has been viewed by some members and one ex-member as a club where not all > the members pay in enough money or get equal benefits out of it. The > republic of Ireland is not in NATO but is in Europe and is in the EU. Th= e > United Kingdom (Great Britain, sort of) is in NATO and is in Europe but i= s > not in the EU (it left some years ago). > > Is Europe being taken over by Islamic (Moslem) immigrants? Well, I don?t > think so. I could make a joke and say that in England at least, the Hind= us > and Sikhs would never allow that to happen. You also have to understand > there are actually 2 major and one lesser Islamic group ? not sure if thi= s > is quite the same thing as Catholics and Protestants but it?s how I like = to > think of it. Over the years I?ve worked alongside Moslems and they were > great people and not extremists. > > I read a lot that the reason Europeans have free healthcare is because th= ey > rely on the US, as part of NATO, to protect them rather than pay for thei= r > own protection. In the UK free healthcare came into being after WW2 and > existed all the way through the Cold War at a time when the UK spent a lo= t > more on defence than it does now. However, it?s not quite as encompassin= g > as it used to be. For example, when I was a child, medical prescriptions > were free but for decades since there has been a fee to pay. Similarly, > all dental care was free when I was a child but now while it is still > subsidised there is 3 tier system of fees and it can still be very > expensive. I think at least one country in Europe has free healthcare. = A > question to consider then is if the US spent less money on NATO and defen= se > generally would it be enough for free healthcare? > > I think that?s all the stuff I believe I can help others with their > understanding of and I?m confident that listers are generally smarter tha= n > everyone else but may have friends with lesser rides and knowledge > generally! Also, while I have political opinions, I am not a member of a= ny > political party and haven?t always voted for the same political party. I > have enlisted military service but not combat experience. Recently I eve= n > applied for and have been granted a HM Forces Veteran ID card and maybe > when I get my 3rd one it will actually correctly record the initials for = my > Christian/Fore names. . . . > > I?d like to finish with a quote from Henry Ford: ?Any man who thinks he c= an > be happy and prosperous by letting the government take care of him better > take a closer look at the American Indian?. However, it seems to be bunk > and that he never said that but did say a bunch of other stuff. So, how > about a quote from the bible? Matthew Ch19 v30 (NIV) But many who are fir= st > will be last, and many who are last will be first. > > Daniel > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://autox.team.net/pipermail/spridgets/attachments/20260620/4fb9c45e/a= ttachment-0001.htm > > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > > Spridgets mailing list > Spridgets@autox.team.net > http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/spridgets > > > ------------------------------ > > End of Spridgets Digest, Vol 181, Issue 2 > ***************************************** > > ------------------------ > > spridgets@autox.team.net > > Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html > Suggested annual donation: $12.75 > > Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/spridgets > http://autox.team.net/archive > > Unsubscribe/Manage: > http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/spridgets/weslake1330@gmail.com > --0000000000005a04060654ca4154 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
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Message: 1
= Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2026 23:20:32 +0100
From: Wesla= ke1330 <wesla= ke1330@gmail.com>
Subject: [Spridgets] No LBC - Budap= est, NATO (OTAN) Europe, the EU,
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2= =A0 Islamic immigration and healthcare
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Hi list, some of you are don?t like it= when I post stuff like this but
never challenge = any of the points I make or even privately debate them with
me.=C2=A0 Some of you find them interesting and some have delete= d this e-mail
already.=C2=A0 Well, I read a lot o= f stuff on YouTube and regardless of any
opinion = or political allegiances it does seem to me that not everyone
understands the basic of some issues and that leads to misunde= rstandings.
Sure, the list should be to discuss L= BC stuff but I think the archive will
confirm oth= er stuff, sometimes contentious (public drafting on the highway
and not in LBCs) topics get discussed.

Firstly, part of the reason countries are h= elping Ukraine in their fight
against Russian agg= ression and attacks, lie with The Budapest Memorandum on
Security signed in Budapest, Hungary, on 5 December 1994.=C2=A0 Th= e summary is
that Ukraine gave up their nuclear w= eapons as part of a defence deal.=C2=A0 The
other= obvious reason is that when one country attacks another and seeks to
completely invade it there is choice other countries h= ave to make in
whether to sit back and do nothing= or find a way to help. Thirdly you have
to consi= der a domino effect scenario where Russia defeats Ukraine and then
goes onto rebuild the USSR.=C2=A0 Maybe that sounds like = a problem for the
Europeans and I guess it is, or= at least first.=C2=A0 But if the dominos carry
o= n falling then you once again have a USSR that threatens the USA.
=

NATO is the North Atlantic (not= North American) Treaty Organisation (the
French = call it OTAN for French grammatical reasons I don?t understand).
<= div dir=3D"ltr">It?s not a club of buddies to bully anyone but a club of bu= ddies to defend
each other against a big bully.= =C2=A0 It?s not a European idea or club and
Canad= a is a member.=C2=A0 Despite the rhetoric you might read or hear, NATO
<= /div>
isn?t a way for everyone apart from the USA to get de= fence on the cheap.
Not everyone in the club migh= t agree that everyone is paying enough.
However, = the member paying the most doesn?t say it will pay less but argues
others should pay more.=C2=A0 Why is that?=C2=A0 Well, yo= u might have to do your own
research on that.
=

Europe isn?t a country it= ?s a geographic region.=C2=A0 The EU is not the same
thing as Europe because the EU is a kind of club.=C2=A0 Strangely enoug= h the EU
has been viewed by some members and one = ex-member as a club where not all
the members pay= in enough money or get equal benefits out of it.=C2=A0 The
republic of Ireland is not in NATO but is in Europe and is in th= e EU.=C2=A0 The
United Kingdom (Great Britain, so= rt of) is in NATO and is in Europe but is
not in = the EU (it left some years ago).

Is Europe being taken over by Islamic (Moslem) immigrants?=C2=A0= Well, I don?t
think so.=C2=A0 I could make a jok= e and say that in England at least, the Hindus
an= d Sikhs would never allow that to happen. You also have to understand
there are actually 2 major and one lesser Islamic grou= p ? not sure if this
is quite the same thing as C= atholics and Protestants but it?s how I like to
t= hink of it.=C2=A0 Over the years I?ve worked alongside Moslems and they wer= e
great people and not extremists.

I read a lot that the reason Europea= ns have free healthcare is because they
rely on t= he US, as part of NATO, to protect them rather than pay for their
=
own protection.=C2=A0 In the UK free healthcare came into = being after WW2 and
existed all the way through t= he Cold War at a time when the UK spent a lot
mor= e on defence than it does now.=C2=A0 However, it?s not quite as encompassin= g
as it used to be.=C2=A0 For example, when I was= a child, medical prescriptions
were free but for= decades since there has been a fee to pay.=C2=A0 Similarly,
all dental care was free when I was a child but now while it is= still
subsidised there is 3 tier system of fees = and it can still be very
expensive.=C2=A0 I think= at least one country in Europe has free healthcare.=C2=A0 A
question to consider then is if the US spent less money on NATO= and defense
generally would it be enough for fre= e healthcare?

I think = that?s all the stuff I believe I can help others with their
understanding of and I?m confident that listers are generally sm= arter than
everyone else but may have friends wit= h lesser rides and knowledge
generally!=C2=A0 Als= o, while I have political opinions, I am not a member of any
political party and haven?t always voted for the same political= party.=C2=A0 I
have enlisted military service bu= t not combat experience.=C2=A0 Recently I even
ap= plied for and have been granted a HM Forces Veteran ID card and maybe
when I get my 3rd one it will actually correctly recor= d the initials for my
Christian/Fore names. . . .=

I?d like to finish wi= th a quote from Henry Ford: ?Any man who thinks he can
be happy and prosperous by letting the government take care of him be= tter
take a closer look at the American Indian?.= =C2=A0 However, it seems to be bunk
and that he n= ever said that but did say a bunch of other stuff.=C2=A0 So, how
<= div dir=3D"ltr">about a quote from the bible? Matthew Ch19 v30 (NIV) But ma= ny who are first
will be last, and many who are l= ast will be first.

Dan= iel
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On Sun, 21 Jun 2026 at 20:31, Jim Ryan via Spridgets < spridgets@autox.team.net> wrote: > Well, it's supposed to be. This kind of stuff is really not welcome here= . > > Jim Ryan > > =C2=A9=C2=BF=C2=A9=C2=AC > > On Sun, Jun 21, 2026, 3:16=E2=80=AFPM wilkmanracing--- via Spridgets < > spridgets@autox.team.net> wrote: > >> Silly me. I thought this was a Sprite forum. >> >> Bill >> 1958 Sprite Iris Blue >> >> Sent from the all new AOL app for iOS >> >> >> On Sunday, June 21, 2026, 11:34 AM, spridgets-request@autox.team.net < >> spridgets-request@autox.team.net> wrote: >> >> Send Spridgets mailing list submissions to >> spridgets@autox.team.net >> >> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit >> http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/spridgets >> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to >> spridgets-request@autox.team.net >> >> You can reach the person managing the list at >> spridgets-owner@autox.team.net >> >> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >> than "Re: Contents of Spridgets digest..." >> >> >> Today's Topics: >> >> 1. No LBC - Budapest, NATO (OTAN) Europe, the EU, Islamic >> immigration and healthcare (Weslake1330) >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Message: 1 >> Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2026 23:20:32 +0100 >> From: Weslake1330 >> To: Spridgets >> Subject: [Spridgets] No LBC - Budapest, NATO (OTAN) Europe, the EU, >> Islamic immigration and healthcare >> Message-ID: >> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=3D"utf-8" >> >> Hi list, some of you are don?t like it when I post stuff like this but >> never challenge any of the points I make or even privately debate them >> with >> me. Some of you find them interesting and some have deleted this e-mail >> already. Well, I read a lot of stuff on YouTube and regardless of any >> opinion or political allegiances it does seem to me that not everyone >> understands the basic of some issues and that leads to misunderstandings= . >> Sure, the list should be to discuss LBC stuff but I think the archive wi= ll >> confirm other stuff, sometimes contentious (public drafting on the highw= ay >> and not in LBCs) topics get discussed. >> >> Firstly, part of the reason countries are helping Ukraine in their fight >> against Russian aggression and attacks, lie with The Budapest Memorandum >> on >> Security signed in Budapest, Hungary, on 5 December 1994. The summary i= s >> that Ukraine gave up their nuclear weapons as part of a defence deal. T= he >> other obvious reason is that when one country attacks another and seeks = to >> completely invade it there is choice other countries have to make in >> whether to sit back and do nothing or find a way to help. Thirdly you ha= ve >> to consider a domino effect scenario where Russia defeats Ukraine and th= en >> goes onto rebuild the USSR. Maybe that sounds like a problem for the >> Europeans and I guess it is, or at least first. But if the dominos carr= y >> on falling then you once again have a USSR that threatens the USA. >> >> NATO is the North Atlantic (not North American) Treaty Organisation (the >> French call it OTAN for French grammatical reasons I don?t understand). >> It?s not a club of buddies to bully anyone but a club of buddies to defe= nd >> each other against a big bully. It?s not a European idea or club and >> Canada is a member. Despite the rhetoric you might read or hear, NATO >> isn?t a way for everyone apart from the USA to get defence on the cheap. >> Not everyone in the club might agree that everyone is paying enough. >> However, the member paying the most doesn?t say it will pay less but >> argues >> others should pay more. Why is that? Well, you might have to do your o= wn >> research on that. >> >> Europe isn?t a country it?s a geographic region. The EU is not the same >> thing as Europe because the EU is a kind of club. Strangely enough the = EU >> has been viewed by some members and one ex-member as a club where not al= l >> the members pay in enough money or get equal benefits out of it. The >> republic of Ireland is not in NATO but is in Europe and is in the EU. T= he >> United Kingdom (Great Britain, sort of) is in NATO and is in Europe but = is >> not in the EU (it left some years ago). >> >> Is Europe being taken over by Islamic (Moslem) immigrants? Well, I don?= t >> think so. I could make a joke and say that in England at least, the >> Hindus >> and Sikhs would never allow that to happen. You also have to understand >> there are actually 2 major and one lesser Islamic group ? not sure if th= is >> is quite the same thing as Catholics and Protestants but it?s how I like >> to >> think of it. Over the years I?ve worked alongside Moslems and they were >> great people and not extremists. >> >> I read a lot that the reason Europeans have free healthcare is because >> they >> rely on the US, as part of NATO, to protect them rather than pay for the= ir >> own protection. In the UK free healthcare came into being after WW2 and >> existed all the way through the Cold War at a time when the UK spent a l= ot >> more on defence than it does now. However, it?s not quite as encompassi= ng >> as it used to be. For example, when I was a child, medical prescription= s >> were free but for decades since there has been a fee to pay. Similarly, >> all dental care was free when I was a child but now while it is still >> subsidised there is 3 tier system of fees and it can still be very >> expensive. I think at least one country in Europe has free healthcare. = A >> question to consider then is if the US spent less money on NATO and >> defense >> generally would it be enough for free healthcare? >> >> I think that?s all the stuff I believe I can help others with their >> understanding of and I?m confident that listers are generally smarter th= an >> everyone else but may have friends with lesser rides and knowledge >> generally! Also, while I have political opinions, I am not a member of >> any >> political party and haven?t always voted for the same political party. = I >> have enlisted military service but not combat experience. Recently I ev= en >> applied for and have been granted a HM Forces Veteran ID card and maybe >> when I get my 3rd one it will actually correctly record the initials for >> my >> Christian/Fore names. . . . >> >> I?d like to finish with a quote from Henry Ford: ?Any man who thinks he >> can >> be happy and prosperous by letting the government take care of him bette= r >> take a closer look at the American Indian?. However, it seems to be bun= k >> and that he never said that but did say a bunch of other stuff. So, how >> about a quote from the bible? Matthew Ch19 v30 (NIV) But many who are >> first >> will be last, and many who are last will be first. >> >> Daniel >> -------------- next part -------------- >> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >> URL: < >> http://autox.team.net/pipermail/spridgets/attachments/20260620/4fb9c45e/= attachment-0001.htm >> > >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Subject: Digest Footer >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Spridgets mailing list >> Spridgets@autox.team.net >> http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/spridgets >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> End of Spridgets Digest, Vol 181, Issue 2 >> ***************************************** >> >> ------------------------ >> >> spridgets@autox.team.net >> >> Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html >> Suggested annual donation: $12.75 >> >> Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/spridgets >> http://autox.team.net/archive >> >> Unsubscribe/Manage: >> http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/spridgets/ryan@jimryan.com >> > ------------------------ > > spridgets@autox.team.net > > Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html > Suggested annual donation: $12.75 > > Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/spridgets > http://autox.team.net/archive > > Unsubscribe/Manage: > http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/spridgets/weslake1330@gmail.com > --0000000000007115780654ca4254 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
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Bill<= /div>
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Date: Sat, 20 Jun= 2026 23:20:32 +0100
From: Weslake1330 <wes= lake1330@gmail.com>
To: Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Subject: [Spri= dgets] No LBC - Budapest, NATO (OTAN) Europe, the EU,
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 Islamic immigration and healthcare
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= Hi list, some of you are don?t like it when I post stuff like this but
<= /div>
never challenge any of the points I make or even priv= ately debate them with
me.=C2=A0 Some of you find= them interesting and some have deleted this e-mail
already.=C2=A0 Well, I read a lot of stuff on YouTube and regardless of = any
opinion or political allegiances it does seem= to me that not everyone
understands the basic of= some issues and that leads to misunderstandings.
Sure, the list should be to discuss LBC stuff but I think the archive will=
confirm other stuff, sometimes contentious (publ= ic drafting on the highway
and not in LBCs) topic= s get discussed.

First= ly, part of the reason countries are helping Ukraine in their fight
against Russian aggression and attacks, lie with The Bud= apest Memorandum on
Security signed in Budapest, = Hungary, on 5 December 1994.=C2=A0 The summary is
that Ukraine gave up their nuclear weapons as part of a defence deal.=C2= =A0 The
other obvious reason is that when one cou= ntry attacks another and seeks to
completely inva= de it there is choice other countries have to make in
whether to sit back and do nothing or find a way to help. Thirdly you = have
to consider a domino effect scenario where R= ussia defeats Ukraine and then
goes onto rebuild = the USSR.=C2=A0 Maybe that sounds like a problem for the
Europeans and I guess it is, or at least first.=C2=A0 But if the d= ominos carry
on falling then you once again have = a USSR that threatens the USA.

NATO is the North Atlantic (not North American) Treaty Organisatio= n (the
French call it OTAN for French grammatical= reasons I don?t understand).
It?s not a club of = buddies to bully anyone but a club of buddies to defend
each other against a big bully.=C2=A0 It?s not a European idea or = club and
Canada is a member.=C2=A0 Despite the rh= etoric you might read or hear, NATO
isn?t a way f= or everyone apart from the USA to get defence on the cheap.
Not everyone in the club might agree that everyone is paying eno= ugh.
However, the member paying the most doesn?t = say it will pay less but argues
others should pay= more.=C2=A0 Why is that?=C2=A0 Well, you might have to do your own
research on that.

Europe isn?t a country it?s a geographic region.=C2=A0 The E= U is not the same
thing as Europe because the EU = is a kind of club.=C2=A0 Strangely enough the EU
= has been viewed by some members and one ex-member as a club where not all
the members pay in enough money or get equal benef= its out of it.=C2=A0 The
republic of Ireland is n= ot in NATO but is in Europe and is in the EU.=C2=A0 The
United Kingdom (Great Britain, sort of) is in NATO and is in Europ= e but is
not in the EU (it left some years ago).<= br>

Is Europe being taken = over by Islamic (Moslem) immigrants?=C2=A0 Well, I don?t
think so.=C2=A0 I could make a joke and say that in England at lea= st, the Hindus
and Sikhs would never allow that t= o happen. You also have to understand
there are a= ctually 2 major and one lesser Islamic group ? not sure if this
is quite the same thing as Catholics and Protestants but it?= s how I like to
think of it.=C2=A0 Over the years= I?ve worked alongside Moslems and they were
grea= t people and not extremists.

I read a lot that the reason Europeans have free healthcare is bec= ause they
rely on the US, as part of NATO, to pro= tect them rather than pay for their
own protectio= n.=C2=A0 In the UK free healthcare came into being after WW2 and
<= div dir=3D"ltr">existed all the way through the Cold War at a time when the= UK spent a lot
more on defence than it does now.= =C2=A0 However, it?s not quite as encompassing
as= it used to be.=C2=A0 For example, when I was a child, medical prescription= s
were free but for decades since there has been = a fee to pay.=C2=A0 Similarly,
all dental care wa= s free when I was a child but now while it is still
subsidised there is 3 tier system of fees and it can still be very
expensive.=C2=A0 I think at least one country in Europ= e has free healthcare.=C2=A0 A
question to consid= er then is if the US spent less money on NATO and defense
generally would it be enough for free healthcare?

I think that?s all the stuff I believe= I can help others with their
understanding of an= d I?m confident that listers are generally smarter than
everyone else but may have friends with lesser rides and knowledge=
generally!=C2=A0 Also, while I have political op= inions, I am not a member of any
political party = and haven?t always voted for the same political party.=C2=A0 I
have enlisted military service but not combat experience.=C2= =A0 Recently I even
applied for and have been gra= nted a HM Forces Veteran ID card and maybe
when I= get my 3rd one it will actually correctly record the initials for my
Christian/Fore names. . . .
=
I?d like to finish with a quote from Henry Ford:= ?Any man who thinks he can
be happy and prospero= us by letting the government take care of him better
take a closer look at the American Indian?.=C2=A0 However, it seems to = be bunk
and that he never said that but did say a= bunch of other stuff.=C2=A0 So, how
about a quot= e from the bible? Matthew Ch19 v30 (NIV) But many who are first
will be last, and many who are last will be first.
=

Daniel
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Delete key works fine.  = But this kind of nonsense does not belong here.

On Jun 21, 2026, at 5:55=E2=80=AFPM, Weslake1330 via= Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net> wrote:

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Delete= key not working?

=
On Sun, 21 Jun 2026 at 20:31, Jim Ryan= via Spridgets <spridgets@aut= ox.team.net> wrote:
Well, it's supposed to be.  This kind of s= tuff is really not welcome here.

<= p style=3D"font-size:12.8px">Jim R= yan

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On Sun, Jun 21, 2026, 3:16=E2=80=AFPM wilkmanracing--- v= ia Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net> wrote:
Silly me. I thought this was a Sprite forum. 

Bill
1958 Sprite Iris Blue


On Sunday, June 21, 2026, 11:34 AM, spr= idgets-request@autox.team.net <spridgets-request@autox.t= eam.net> wrote:

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  &n= bsp;   immigration and healthcare (Weslake1330)


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Message: 1
Date: Sat,= 20 Jun 2026 23:20:32 +0100
From: Weslake1330 <= weslake1330@gmail.com>
To: Spridgets <= spridgets@autox.team.net>
Subject: [Sp= ridgets] No LBC - Budapest, NATO (OTAN) Europe, the EU,
    Islamic immigration and healthcare
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Hi list, some o= f you are don?t like it when I post stuff like this but
never challenge any of the points I make or even privately debate them= with
me.  Some of you find them interesting a= nd some have deleted this e-mail
already.  We= ll, I read a lot of stuff on YouTube and regardless of any
opinion or political allegiances it does seem to me that not everyo= ne
understands the basic of some issues and that l= eads to misunderstandings.
Sure, the list should b= e to discuss LBC stuff but I think the archive will
confirm other stuff, sometimes contentious (public drafting on the highway=
and not in LBCs) topics get discussed.
<= div dir=3D"ltr">
Firstly, part of the reason count= ries are helping Ukraine in their fight
against Ru= ssian aggression and attacks, lie with The Budapest Memorandum on
<= div dir=3D"ltr">Security signed in Budapest, Hungary, on 5 December 1994.&nb= sp; The summary is
that Ukraine gave up their nucl= ear weapons as part of a defence deal.  The
o= ther obvious reason is that when one country attacks another and seeks to
completely invade it there is choice other countries= have to make in
whether to sit back and do nothin= g or find a way to help. Thirdly you have
to consi= der a domino effect scenario where Russia defeats Ukraine and then
=
goes onto rebuild the USSR.  Maybe that sounds like a p= roblem for the
Europeans and I guess it is, or at l= east first.  But if the dominos carry
on fall= ing then you once again have a USSR that threatens the USA.

NATO is the North Atlantic (not North A= merican) Treaty Organisation (the
French call it O= TAN for French grammatical reasons I don?t understand).
It?s not a club of buddies to bully anyone but a club of buddies to de= fend
each other against a big bully.  It?s no= t a European idea or club and
Canada is a member.&= nbsp; Despite the rhetoric you might read or hear, NATO
isn?t a way for everyone apart from the USA to get defence on the chea= p.
Not everyone in the club might agree that every= one is paying enough.
However, the member paying t= he most doesn?t say it will pay less but argues
ot= hers should pay more.  Why is that?  Well, you might have to do yo= ur own
research on that.

Europe isn?t a country it?s a geographic region.=   The EU is not the same
thing as Europe beca= use the EU is a kind of club.  Strangely enough the EU
has been viewed by some members and one ex-member as a club where n= ot all
the members pay in enough money or get equa= l benefits out of it.  The
republic of Irelan= d is not in NATO but is in Europe and is in the EU.  The
United Kingdom (Great Britain, sort of) is in NATO and is in Euro= pe but is
not in the EU (it left some years ago).<= br>

Is Europe being taken o= ver by Islamic (Moslem) immigrants?  Well, I don?t
think so.  I could make a joke and say that in England at least, t= he Hindus
and Sikhs would never allow that to happ= en. You also have to understand
there are actually= 2 major and one lesser Islamic group ? not sure if this
is quite the same thing as Catholics and Protestants but it?s how I li= ke to
think of it.  Over the years I?ve worke= d alongside Moslems and they were
great people and= not extremists.

I read= a lot that the reason Europeans have free healthcare is because they
rely on the US, as part of NATO, to protect them rather t= han pay for their
own protection.  In the UK f= ree healthcare came into being after WW2 and
exist= ed all the way through the Cold War at a time when the UK spent a lot
more on defence than it does now.  However, it?s no= t quite as encompassing
as it used to be.  Fo= r example, when I was a child, medical prescriptions
were free but for decades since there has been a fee to pay.  Simila= rly,
all dental care was free when I was a child b= ut now while it is still
subsidised there is 3 tie= r system of fees and it can still be very
expensiv= e.  I think at least one country in Europe has free healthcare.  A=
question to consider then is if the US spent less= money on NATO and defense
generally would it be e= nough for free healthcare?

I think that?s all the stuff I believe I can help others with their
<= /div>
understanding of and I?m confident that listers are ge= nerally smarter than
everyone else but may have fr= iends with lesser rides and knowledge
generally!&n= bsp; Also, while I have political opinions, I am not a member of any
political party and haven?t always voted for the same pol= itical party.  I
have enlisted military servi= ce but not combat experience.  Recently I even
applied for and have been granted a HM Forces Veteran ID card and maybe
when I get my 3rd one it will actually correctly rec= ord the initials for my
Christian/Fore names. . . .=

I?d like to finish wit= h a quote from Henry Ford: ?Any man who thinks he can
be happy and prosperous by letting the government take care of him bette= r
take a closer look at the American Indian?. = ; However, it seems to be bunk
and that he never s= aid that but did say a bunch of other stuff.  So, how
about a quote from the bible? Matthew Ch19 v30 (NIV) But many who a= re first
will be last, and many who are last will b= e first.

Daniel
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Hermes SMTP Server) with ESMTPA ID 27ab601a06735c9f78dce5c9eaaad4a0; Mon, 22 Jun 2026 14:40:45 +0000 (UTC) Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2026 09:40:34 -0500 References: To: Rick Fisk Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Spridgets Digest, Vol 181, Issue 2 From: Ron Soave via Spridgets Cc: Spridgets , wilkmanracing@aol.com, Weslake1330 Errors-To: spridgets-bounces@autox.team.net --===============1363446278779405073== Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --Apple-Mail-3CD72133-4FEB-4A63-96B4-CDD6D6D68A90 charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable When we=E2=80=99d go off topic in the past, it was Frank Zappa, cats,= Elizabeth the Witch, nothing divisive. 

Ron Soave

On Jun 22, 2026, at 12:35=E2=80=AFAM, Rick Fisk via Spri= dgets <spridgets@autox.team.net> wrote:

=EF=BB=BF
Delete key works fine.  But this kind of nonsense does not bel= ong here.

On Jun 21, 202= 6, at 5:55=E2=80=AFPM, Weslake1330 via Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.ne= t> wrote:

=EF=BB=BF
Delete key not working?

On= Sun, 21 Jun 2026 at 20:31, Jim Ryan via Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net> wrote:
Well, it= 's supposed to be.  This kind of stuff is really not welcome here.

Jim Ryan

=C2=A9=C2=BF=C2=A9=C2=AC


On Sun, Jun 21, 20= 26, 3:16=E2=80=AFPM wilkmanracing--- via Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net> wr= ote:
Silly me. I thought this was a Sprite forum. 

Bill
1958 Sprite Iris Blue


On Sunday, June 21, 2026, 11:34 AM, spr= idgets-request@autox.team.net <spridgets-request@autox.t= eam.net> wrote:

Send Spridgets mailin= g list submissions to

To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit
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Today's Topics:

  1. No LBC - Budap= est, NATO (OTAN) Europe, the EU, Islamic
  &n= bsp;   immigration and healthcare (Weslake1330)


-------------------= ---------------------------------------------------

Message: 1
Date: Sat,= 20 Jun 2026 23:20:32 +0100
From: Weslake1330 <= weslake1330@gmail.com>
To: Spridgets <= spridgets@autox.team.net>
Subject: [Sp= ridgets] No LBC - Budapest, NATO (OTAN) Europe, the EU,
    Islamic immigration and healthcare
Message-ID:
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Content-Type: text/plain; charset=3D= "utf-8"

Hi list, some o= f you are don?t like it when I post stuff like this but
never challenge any of the points I make or even privately debate them= with
me.  Some of you find them interesting a= nd some have deleted this e-mail
already.  We= ll, I read a lot of stuff on YouTube and regardless of any
opinion or political allegiances it does seem to me that not everyo= ne
understands the basic of some issues and that l= eads to misunderstandings.
Sure, the list should b= e to discuss LBC stuff but I think the archive will
confirm other stuff, sometimes contentious (public drafting on the highway=
and not in LBCs) topics get discussed.
<= div dir=3D"ltr">
Firstly, part of the reason count= ries are helping Ukraine in their fight
against Ru= ssian aggression and attacks, lie with The Budapest Memorandum on
<= div dir=3D"ltr">Security signed in Budapest, Hungary, on 5 December 1994.&nb= sp; The summary is
that Ukraine gave up their nucl= ear weapons as part of a defence deal.  The
o= ther obvious reason is that when one country attacks another and seeks to
completely invade it there is choice other countries= have to make in
whether to sit back and do nothin= g or find a way to help. Thirdly you have
to consi= der a domino effect scenario where Russia defeats Ukraine and then
=
goes onto rebuild the USSR.  Maybe that sounds like a p= roblem for the
Europeans and I guess it is, or at l= east first.  But if the dominos carry
on fall= ing then you once again have a USSR that threatens the USA.

NATO is the North Atlantic (not North A= merican) Treaty Organisation (the
French call it O= TAN for French grammatical reasons I don?t understand).
It?s not a club of buddies to bully anyone but a club of buddies to de= fend
each other against a big bully.  It?s no= t a European idea or club and
Canada is a member.&= nbsp; Despite the rhetoric you might read or hear, NATO
isn?t a way for everyone apart from the USA to get defence on the chea= p.
Not everyone in the club might agree that every= one is paying enough.
However, the member paying t= he most doesn?t say it will pay less but argues
ot= hers should pay more.  Why is that?  Well, you might have to do yo= ur own
research on that.

Europe isn?t a country it?s a geographic region.=   The EU is not the same
thing as Europe beca= use the EU is a kind of club.  Strangely enough the EU
has been viewed by some members and one ex-member as a club where n= ot all
the members pay in enough money or get equa= l benefits out of it.  The
republic of Irelan= d is not in NATO but is in Europe and is in the EU.  The
United Kingdom (Great Britain, sort of) is in NATO and is in Euro= pe but is
not in the EU (it left some years ago).<= br>

Is Europe being taken o= ver by Islamic (Moslem) immigrants?  Well, I don?t
think so.  I could make a joke and say that in England at least, t= he Hindus
and Sikhs would never allow that to happ= en. You also have to understand
there are actually= 2 major and one lesser Islamic group ? not sure if this
is quite the same thing as Catholics and Protestants but it?s how I li= ke to
think of it.  Over the years I?ve worke= d alongside Moslems and they were
great people and= not extremists.

I read= a lot that the reason Europeans have free healthcare is because they
rely on the US, as part of NATO, to protect them rather t= han pay for their
own protection.  In the UK f= ree healthcare came into being after WW2 and
exist= ed all the way through the Cold War at a time when the UK spent a lot
more on defence than it does now.  However, it?s no= t quite as encompassing
as it used to be.  Fo= r example, when I was a child, medical prescriptions
were free but for decades since there has been a fee to pay.  Simila= rly,
all dental care was free when I was a child b= ut now while it is still
subsidised there is 3 tie= r system of fees and it can still be very
expensiv= e.  I think at least one country in Europe has free healthcare.  A=
question to consider then is if the US spent less= money on NATO and defense
generally would it be e= nough for free healthcare?

I think that?s all the stuff I believe I can help others with their
<= /div>
understanding of and I?m confident that listers are ge= nerally smarter than
everyone else but may have fr= iends with lesser rides and knowledge
generally!&n= bsp; Also, while I have political opinions, I am not a member of any
political party and haven?t always voted for the same pol= itical party.  I
have enlisted military servi= ce but not combat experience.  Recently I even
applied for and have been granted a HM Forces Veteran ID card and maybe
when I get my 3rd one it will actually correctly rec= ord the initials for my
Christian/Fore names. . . .=

I?d like to finish wit= h a quote from Henry Ford: ?Any man who thinks he can
be happy and prosperous by letting the government take care of him bette= r
take a closer look at the American Indian?. = ; However, it seems to be bunk
and that he never s= aid that but did say a bunch of other stuff.  So, how
about a quote from the bible? Matthew Ch19 v30 (NIV) But many who a= re first
will be last, and many who are last will b= e first.

Daniel
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Mon, 22 Jun 2026 10:43:15 -0700 (PDT) References: <11AFE544-0B77-4D0A-845C-D70D5EA8B07B@yahoo.com> Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2026 13:43:04 -0400 To: Ron Soave Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Spridgets Digest, Vol 181, Issue 2 From: HealeyRick via Spridgets Cc: Spridgets , wilkmanracing@aol.com, Weslake1330 Errors-To: spridgets-bounces@autox.team.net --===============5686106166110545770== --000000000000565e7a0654db2d01 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable *When we=E2=80=99d go off topic in the past, it was Frank Zappa, cats, Eliz= abeth the Witch, nothing divisive. * *Ron Soave* Damn, I miss those days Montana Bob On Mon, Jun 22, 2026 at 10:51=E2=80=AFAM Ron Soave via Spridgets < spridgets@autox.team.net> wrote: > When we=E2=80=99d go off topic in the past, it was Frank Zappa, cats, Eli= zabeth > the Witch, nothing divisive. > > Ron Soave > > On Jun 22, 2026, at 12:35=E2=80=AFAM, Rick Fisk via Spridgets < > spridgets@autox.team.net> wrote: > > =EF=BB=BF > Delete key works fine. But this kind of nonsense does not belong here. > > On Jun 21, 2026, at 5:55=E2=80=AFPM, Weslake1330 via Spridgets < > spridgets@autox.team.net> wrote: > > =EF=BB=BF > Delete key not working? > > On Sun, 21 Jun 2026 at 20:31, Jim Ryan via Spridgets < > spridgets@autox.team.net> wrote: > >> Well, it's supposed to be. This kind of stuff is really not welcome her= e. >> >> Jim Ryan >> >> =C2=A9=C2=BF=C2=A9=C2=AC >> >> On Sun, Jun 21, 2026, 3:16=E2=80=AFPM wilkmanracing--- via Spridgets < >> spridgets@autox.team.net> wrote: >> >>> Silly me. I thought this was a Sprite forum. >>> >>> Bill >>> 1958 Sprite Iris Blue >>> >>> Sent from the all new AOL app for iOS >>> >>> >>> On Sunday, June 21, 2026, 11:34 AM, spridgets-request@autox.team.net < >>> spridgets-request@autox.team.net> wrote: >>> >>> Send Spridgets mailing list submissions to >>> spridgets@autox.team.net >>> >>> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit >>> http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/spridgets >>> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to >>> spridgets-request@autox.team.net >>> >>> You can reach the person managing the list at >>> spridgets-owner@autox.team.net >>> >>> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >>> than "Re: Contents of Spridgets digest..." >>> >>> >>> Today's Topics: >>> >>> 1. No LBC - Budapest, NATO (OTAN) Europe, the EU, Islamic >>> immigration and healthcare (Weslake1330) >>> >>> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> >>> Message: 1 >>> Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2026 23:20:32 +0100 >>> From: Weslake1330 >>> To: Spridgets >>> Subject: [Spridgets] No LBC - Budapest, NATO (OTAN) Europe, the EU, >>> Islamic immigration and healthcare >>> Message-ID: >>> >>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=3D"utf-8" >>> >>> Hi list, some of you are don?t like it when I post stuff like this but >>> never challenge any of the points I make or even privately debate them >>> with >>> me. Some of you find them interesting and some have deleted this e-mai= l >>> already. Well, I read a lot of stuff on YouTube and regardless of any >>> opinion or political allegiances it does seem to me that not everyone >>> understands the basic of some issues and that leads to misunderstanding= s. >>> Sure, the list should be to discuss LBC stuff but I think the archive >>> will >>> confirm other stuff, sometimes contentious (public drafting on the >>> highway >>> and not in LBCs) topics get discussed. >>> >>> Firstly, part of the reason countries are helping Ukraine in their figh= t >>> against Russian aggression and attacks, lie with The Budapest Memorandu= m >>> on >>> Security signed in Budapest, Hungary, on 5 December 1994. The summary = is >>> that Ukraine gave up their nuclear weapons as part of a defence deal. >>> The >>> other obvious reason is that when one country attacks another and seeks >>> to >>> completely invade it there is choice other countries have to make in >>> whether to sit back and do nothing or find a way to help. Thirdly you >>> have >>> to consider a domino effect scenario where Russia defeats Ukraine and >>> then >>> goes onto rebuild the USSR. Maybe that sounds like a problem for the >>> Europeans and I guess it is, or at least first. But if the dominos car= ry >>> on falling then you once again have a USSR that threatens the USA. >>> >>> NATO is the North Atlantic (not North American) Treaty Organisation (th= e >>> French call it OTAN for French grammatical reasons I don?t understand). >>> It?s not a club of buddies to bully anyone but a club of buddies to >>> defend >>> each other against a big bully. It?s not a European idea or club and >>> Canada is a member. Despite the rhetoric you might read or hear, NATO >>> isn?t a way for everyone apart from the USA to get defence on the cheap= . >>> Not everyone in the club might agree that everyone is paying enough. >>> However, the member paying the most doesn?t say it will pay less but >>> argues >>> others should pay more. Why is that? Well, you might have to do your >>> own >>> research on that. >>> >>> Europe isn?t a country it?s a geographic region. The EU is not the sam= e >>> thing as Europe because the EU is a kind of club. Strangely enough the >>> EU >>> has been viewed by some members and one ex-member as a club where not a= ll >>> the members pay in enough money or get equal benefits out of it. The >>> republic of Ireland is not in NATO but is in Europe and is in the EU. >>> The >>> United Kingdom (Great Britain, sort of) is in NATO and is in Europe but >>> is >>> not in the EU (it left some years ago). >>> >>> Is Europe being taken over by Islamic (Moslem) immigrants? Well, I don= ?t >>> think so. I could make a joke and say that in England at least, the >>> Hindus >>> and Sikhs would never allow that to happen. You also have to understand >>> there are actually 2 major and one lesser Islamic group ? not sure if >>> this >>> is quite the same thing as Catholics and Protestants but it?s how I lik= e >>> to >>> think of it. Over the years I?ve worked alongside Moslems and they wer= e >>> great people and not extremists. >>> >>> I read a lot that the reason Europeans have free healthcare is because >>> they >>> rely on the US, as part of NATO, to protect them rather than pay for >>> their >>> own protection. In the UK free healthcare came into being after WW2 an= d >>> existed all the way through the Cold War at a time when the UK spent a >>> lot >>> more on defence than it does now. However, it?s not quite as >>> encompassing >>> as it used to be. For example, when I was a child, medical prescriptio= ns >>> were free but for decades since there has been a fee to pay. Similarly= , >>> all dental care was free when I was a child but now while it is still >>> subsidised there is 3 tier system of fees and it can still be very >>> expensive. I think at least one country in Europe has free healthcare. >>> A >>> question to consider then is if the US spent less money on NATO and >>> defense >>> generally would it be enough for free healthcare? >>> >>> I think that?s all the stuff I believe I can help others with their >>> understanding of and I?m confident that listers are generally smarter >>> than >>> everyone else but may have friends with lesser rides and knowledge >>> generally! Also, while I have political opinions, I am not a member of >>> any >>> political party and haven?t always voted for the same political party. = I >>> have enlisted military service but not combat experience. Recently I >>> even >>> applied for and have been granted a HM Forces Veteran ID card and maybe >>> when I get my 3rd one it will actually correctly record the initials fo= r >>> my >>> Christian/Fore names. . . . >>> >>> I?d like to finish with a quote from Henry Ford: ?Any man who thinks he >>> can >>> be happy and prosperous by letting the government take care of him bett= er >>> take a closer look at the American Indian?. However, it seems to be bu= nk >>> and that he never said that but did say a bunch of other stuff. So, ho= w >>> about a quote from the bible? Matthew Ch19 v30 (NIV) But many who are >>> first >>> will be last, and many who are last will be first. >>> >>> Daniel >>> -------------- next part -------------- >>> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >>> URL: < >>> http://autox.team.net/pipermail/spridgets/attachments/20260620/4fb9c45e= /attachment-0001.htm >>> > >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> >>> Subject: Digest Footer >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> >>> Spridgets mailing list >>> Spridgets@autox.team.net >>> http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/spridgets >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> >>> End of Spridgets Digest, Vol 181, Issue 2 >>> ***************************************** >>> >>> ------------------------ >>> >>> spridgets@autox.team.net >>> >>> Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html >>> Suggested annual donation: $12.75 >>> >>> Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/spridgets >>> http://autox.team.net/archive >>> >>> Unsubscribe/Manage: >>> http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/spridgets/ryan@jimryan.com >>> >> ------------------------ >> >> spridgets@autox.team.net >> >> Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html >> Suggested annual donation: $12.75 >> >> Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/spridgets >> http://autox.team.net/archive >> >> Unsubscribe/Manage: >> http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/spridgets/weslake1330@gmail.com >> > ------------------------ > > spridgets@autox.team.net > > Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html > Suggested annual donation: $12.75 > > Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/spridgets > http://autox.team.net/archive > > Unsubscribe/Manage: > http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/spridgets/refisk@chartermi.net > > ------------------------ > > spridgets@autox.team.net > > Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html > Suggested annual donation: $12.75 > > Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/spridgets > http://autox.team.net/archive > > Unsubscribe/Manage: > http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/spridgets/soavero@yahoo.com > > ------------------------ > > spridgets@autox.team.net > > Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html > Suggested annual donation: $12.75 > > Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/spridgets > http://autox.team.net/archive > > Unsubscribe/Manage: > http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/spridgets/healeyrik@gmail.com > --000000000000565e7a0654db2d01 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
When we=E2=80=99d go off topic in the past, it was Fran= k Zappa, cats, Elizabeth the Witch, nothing divisive.=C2=A0

Ron Soave

Da= mn, I miss those days

Montana Bob

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On Mon, Jun 22, 2026 at 10:51=E2=80=AFAM Ron Soave via Spridgets= <spridgets@autox.team.net> wrote:
When we=E2=80=99d go off topic in the past, it was Frank Za= ppa, cats, Elizabeth the Witch, nothing divisive.=C2=A0

Ron Soave=
=EF=BB=BF<= div dir=3D"ltr">
Delete key works fine.=C2=A0 But thi= s kind of nonsense does not belong here.

On Jun 21, 2026, at 5:55=E2=80=AFPM, Weslake1330 via Spri= dgets <spr= idgets@autox.team.net> wrote:

=EF=BB=BF
Delete key not wor= king?

On Sun, 21 Jun 2026 at 20:31, Jim Ryan via Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net> wrote:
Well, it's supposed to be.=C2=A0 This kind of stuf= f is really not welcome here.

Jim Ry= an

=C2=A9=C2=BF=C2=A9= =C2=AC


On Sun, Jun 21, 2026, 3:16=E2=80=AFPM wilkmanracing--= - via Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net> wrote:
Silly me. I thought this was a Sprite forum.=C2=A0

Bill<= /div>
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Date: Sat, 20 Jun= 2026 23:20:32 +0100
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Subject: [Spri= dgets] No LBC - Budapest, NATO (OTAN) Europe, the EU,
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 Islamic immigration and healthcare
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= Hi list, some of you are don?t like it when I post stuff like this but
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never challenge any of the points I make or even priv= ately debate them with
me.=C2=A0 Some of you find= them interesting and some have deleted this e-mail
already.=C2=A0 Well, I read a lot of stuff on YouTube and regardless of = any
opinion or political allegiances it does seem= to me that not everyone
understands the basic of= some issues and that leads to misunderstandings.
Sure, the list should be to discuss LBC stuff but I think the archive will=
confirm other stuff, sometimes contentious (publ= ic drafting on the highway
and not in LBCs) topic= s get discussed.

First= ly, part of the reason countries are helping Ukraine in their fight
against Russian aggression and attacks, lie with The Bud= apest Memorandum on
Security signed in Budapest, = Hungary, on 5 December 1994.=C2=A0 The summary is
that Ukraine gave up their nuclear weapons as part of a defence deal.=C2= =A0 The
other obvious reason is that when one cou= ntry attacks another and seeks to
completely inva= de it there is choice other countries have to make in
whether to sit back and do nothing or find a way to help. Thirdly you = have
to consider a domino effect scenario where R= ussia defeats Ukraine and then
goes onto rebuild = the USSR.=C2=A0 Maybe that sounds like a problem for the
Europeans and I guess it is, or at least first.=C2=A0 But if the d= ominos carry
on falling then you once again have = a USSR that threatens the USA.

NATO is the North Atlantic (not North American) Treaty Organisatio= n (the
French call it OTAN for French grammatical= reasons I don?t understand).
It?s not a club of = buddies to bully anyone but a club of buddies to defend
each other against a big bully.=C2=A0 It?s not a European idea or = club and
Canada is a member.=C2=A0 Despite the rh= etoric you might read or hear, NATO
isn?t a way f= or everyone apart from the USA to get defence on the cheap.
Not everyone in the club might agree that everyone is paying eno= ugh.
However, the member paying the most doesn?t = say it will pay less but argues
others should pay= more.=C2=A0 Why is that?=C2=A0 Well, you might have to do your own
research on that.

Europe isn?t a country it?s a geographic region.=C2=A0 The E= U is not the same
thing as Europe because the EU = is a kind of club.=C2=A0 Strangely enough the EU
= has been viewed by some members and one ex-member as a club where not all
the members pay in enough money or get equal benef= its out of it.=C2=A0 The
republic of Ireland is n= ot in NATO but is in Europe and is in the EU.=C2=A0 The
United Kingdom (Great Britain, sort of) is in NATO and is in Europ= e but is
not in the EU (it left some years ago).<= br>

Is Europe being taken = over by Islamic (Moslem) immigrants?=C2=A0 Well, I don?t
think so.=C2=A0 I could make a joke and say that in England at lea= st, the Hindus
and Sikhs would never allow that t= o happen. You also have to understand
there are a= ctually 2 major and one lesser Islamic group ? not sure if this
is quite the same thing as Catholics and Protestants but it?= s how I like to
think of it.=C2=A0 Over the years= I?ve worked alongside Moslems and they were
grea= t people and not extremists.

I read a lot that the reason Europeans have free healthcare is bec= ause they
rely on the US, as part of NATO, to pro= tect them rather than pay for their
own protectio= n.=C2=A0 In the UK free healthcare came into being after WW2 and
<= div dir=3D"ltr">existed all the way through the Cold War at a time when the= UK spent a lot
more on defence than it does now.= =C2=A0 However, it?s not quite as encompassing
as= it used to be.=C2=A0 For example, when I was a child, medical prescription= s
were free but for decades since there has been = a fee to pay.=C2=A0 Similarly,
all dental care wa= s free when I was a child but now while it is still
subsidised there is 3 tier system of fees and it can still be very
expensive.=C2=A0 I think at least one country in Europ= e has free healthcare.=C2=A0 A
question to consid= er then is if the US spent less money on NATO and defense
generally would it be enough for free healthcare?

I think that?s all the stuff I believe= I can help others with their
understanding of an= d I?m confident that listers are generally smarter than
everyone else but may have friends with lesser rides and knowledge=
generally!=C2=A0 Also, while I have political op= inions, I am not a member of any
political party = and haven?t always voted for the same political party.=C2=A0 I
have enlisted military service but not combat experience.=C2= =A0 Recently I even
applied for and have been gra= nted a HM Forces Veteran ID card and maybe
when I= get my 3rd one it will actually correctly record the initials for my
Christian/Fore names. . . .
=
I?d like to finish with a quote from Henry Ford:= ?Any man who thinks he can
be happy and prospero= us by letting the government take care of him better
take a closer look at the American Indian?.=C2=A0 However, it seems to = be bunk
and that he never said that but did say a= bunch of other stuff.=C2=A0 So, how
about a quot= e from the bible? Matthew Ch19 v30 (NIV) But many who are first
will be last, and many who are last will be first.
=

Daniel
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Mon, 22 Jun 2026 20:50:34 +0000 Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2026 20:50:31 +0000 (UTC) To: Rick Fisk , Ron Soave References: <11AFE544-0B77-4D0A-845C-D70D5EA8B07B@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Spridgets Digest, Vol 181, Issue 2 From: "AOL Mail Update \(Terms & Policy\) via Spridgets" Cc: Spridgets , wilkmanracing@aol.com, Weslake1330 Errors-To: spridgets-bounces@autox.team.net --===============3836816354472310176== boundary="----=_Part_1033108_1642616487.1782161431984" ------=_Part_1033108_1642616487.1782161431984 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Do not FORGET MONTANA BOB!LOL!Chuck=C2=A0Recently trying to figure out wha= t's older.....dirt or me? On Monday, June 22, 2026 at 03:34:49 PM EDT, Ron Soave via Spridgets wrote: =20 =20 When we=E2=80=99d go off topic in the past, it was Frank Zappa, cats, Eliz= abeth the Witch, nothing divisive.=C2=A0 Ron Soave On Jun 22, 2026, at 12:35=E2=80=AFAM, Rick Fisk via Spridgets wrote: =EF=BB=BFDelete key works fine. =C2=A0But this kind of nonsense does not be= long here. On Jun 21, 2026, at 5:55=E2=80=AFPM, Weslake1330 via Spridgets wrote: =EF=BB=BFDelete key not working? On Sun, 21 Jun 2026 at 20:31, Jim Ryan via Spridgets wrote: Well, it's supposed to be.=C2=A0 This kind of stuff is really not welcome h= ere. Jim Ryan =C2=A9=C2=BF=C2=A9=C2=AC On Sun, Jun 21, 2026, 3:16=E2=80=AFPM wilkmanracing--- via Spridgets wrote: Silly me. I thought this was a Sprite forum.=C2=A0 Bill1958 Sprite Iris Blue Sent from the all new AOL app for iOS On Sunday, June 21, 2026, 11:34 AM, spridgets-request@autox.team.net wrote: Send Spridgets mailing list submissions to =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 spridgets@autox.team.net To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/spridgets or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 spridgets-request@autox.team.net You can reach the person managing the list at =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 spridgets-owner@autox.team.net When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Spridgets digest..." Today's Topics: =C2=A0 1. No LBC - Budapest, NATO (OTAN) Europe, the EU, Islamic =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 immigration and healthcare (Weslake1330) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2026 23:20:32 +0100 From: Weslake1330 To: Spridgets Subject: [Spridgets] No LBC - Budapest, NATO (OTAN) Europe, the EU, =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 Islamic immigration and healthcare Message-ID: =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 Hi list, some of you are don?t like it when I post stuff like this but never challenge any of the points I make or even privately debate them with me.=C2=A0 Some of you find them interesting and some have deleted this e-ma= il already.=C2=A0 Well, I read a lot of stuff on YouTube and regardless of any opinion or political allegiances it does seem to me that not everyone understands the basic of some issues and that leads to misunderstandings. Sure, the list should be to discuss LBC stuff but I think the archive will confirm other stuff, sometimes contentious (public drafting on the highway and not in LBCs) topics get discussed. Firstly, part of the reason countries are helping Ukraine in their fight against Russian aggression and attacks, lie with The Budapest Memorandum on Security signed in Budapest, Hungary, on 5 December 1994.=C2=A0 The summary= is that Ukraine gave up their nuclear weapons as part of a defence deal.=C2=A0= The other obvious reason is that when one country attacks another and seeks to completely invade it there is choice other countries have to make in whether to sit back and do nothing or find a way to help. Thirdly you have to consider a domino effect scenario where Russia defeats Ukraine and then goes onto rebuild the USSR.=C2=A0 Maybe that sounds like a problem for the Europeans and I guess it is, or at least first.=C2=A0 But if the dominos ca= rry on falling then you once again have a USSR that threatens the USA. NATO is the North Atlantic (not North American) Treaty Organisation (the French call it OTAN for French grammatical reasons I don?t understand). It?s not a club of buddies to bully anyone but a club of buddies to defend each other against a big bully.=C2=A0 It?s not a European idea or club and Canada is a member.=C2=A0 Despite the rhetoric you might read or hear, NATO isn?t a way for everyone apart from the USA to get defence on the cheap. Not everyone in the club might agree that everyone is paying enough. However, the member paying the most doesn?t say it will pay less but argues others should pay more.=C2=A0 Why is that?=C2=A0 Well, you might have to do= your own research on that. Europe isn?t a country it?s a geographic region.=C2=A0 The EU is not the sa= me thing as Europe because the EU is a kind of club.=C2=A0 Strangely enough th= e EU has been viewed by some members and one ex-member as a club where not all the members pay in enough money or get equal benefits out of it.=C2=A0 The republic of Ireland is not in NATO but is in Europe and is in the EU.=C2=A0= The United Kingdom (Great Britain, sort of) is in NATO and is in Europe but is not in the EU (it left some years ago). Is Europe being taken over by Islamic (Moslem) immigrants?=C2=A0 Well, I do= n?t think so.=C2=A0 I could make a joke and say that in England at least, the H= indus and Sikhs would never allow that to happen. You also have to understand there are actually 2 major and one lesser Islamic group ? not sure if this is quite the same thing as Catholics and Protestants but it?s how I like to think of it.=C2=A0 Over the years I?ve worked alongside Moslems and they we= re great people and not extremists. I read a lot that the reason Europeans have free healthcare is because they rely on the US, as part of NATO, to protect them rather than pay for their own protection.=C2=A0 In the UK free healthcare came into being after WW2 a= nd existed all the way through the Cold War at a time when the UK spent a lot more on defence than it does now.=C2=A0 However, it?s not quite as encompas= sing as it used to be.=C2=A0 For example, when I was a child, medical prescripti= ons were free but for decades since there has been a fee to pay.=C2=A0 Similarl= y, all dental care was free when I was a child but now while it is still subsidised there is 3 tier system of fees and it can still be very expensive.=C2=A0 I think at least one country in Europe has free healthcare= .=C2=A0 A question to consider then is if the US spent less money on NATO and defense generally would it be enough for free healthcare? I think that?s all the stuff I believe I can help others with their understanding of and I?m confident that listers are generally smarter than everyone else but may have friends with lesser rides and knowledge generally!=C2=A0 Also, while I have political opinions, I am not a member o= f any political party and haven?t always voted for the same political party.=C2= =A0 I have enlisted military service but not combat experience.=C2=A0 Recently I = even applied for and have been granted a HM Forces Veteran ID card and maybe when I get my 3rd one it will actually correctly record the initials for my Christian/Fore names. . . . I?d like to finish with a quote from Henry Ford: ?Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the government take care of him better take a closer look at the American Indian?.=C2=A0 However, it seems to be b= unk and that he never said that but did say a bunch of other stuff.=C2=A0 So, h= ow about a quote from the bible? 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Recently trying to figure out what's older.....dirt or me?

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When we=E2= =80=99d go off topic in the past, it was Frank Zappa, cats, Elizabeth the W= itch, nothing divisive. 

Ron Soave
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On Jun 22, 2026, at 12:35=E2=80=AFAM, Rick Fi= sk via Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net> wrote:

=EF=BB=BF
Delete key works fine.  But this kind of nons= ense does not belong here.

On Jun 21, 2026, at 5:55=E2=80=AFPM, Weslake1330 via Spridgets <spri= dgets@autox.team.net> wrote:

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Bill<= /div>
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  1. No LBC - Budapest, NATO (OTAN) Europe, the EU, Islamic
      immigration and healthcare (Weslak= e1330)


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Subject: [Spridgets] No LBC - Budapest, NATO (OTAN) E= urope, the EU,
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Hi list, some of you are don?t like it when I post = stuff like this but
never challenge any of the po= ints I make or even privately debate them with
me= .  Some of you find them interesting and some have deleted this e-mail=
already.  Well, I read a lot of stuff on Yo= uTube and regardless of any
opinion or political = allegiances it does seem to me that not everyone
= understands the basic of some issues and that leads to misunderstandings.
Sure, the list should be to discuss LBC stuff but = I think the archive will
confirm other stuff, som= etimes contentious (public drafting on the highway
and not in LBCs) topics get discussed.

Firstly, part of the reason countries are helping Ukrain= e in their fight
against Russian aggression and a= ttacks, lie with The Budapest Memorandum on
Secur= ity signed in Budapest, Hungary, on 5 December 1994.  The summary is
that Ukraine gave up their nuclear weapons as part= of a defence deal.  The
other obvious reaso= n is that when one country attacks another and seeks to
completely invade it there is choice other countries have to make = in
whether to sit back and do nothing or find a w= ay to help. Thirdly you have
to consider a domino= effect scenario where Russia defeats Ukraine and then
goes onto rebuild the USSR.  Maybe that sounds like a problem fo= r the
Europeans and I guess it is, or at least fi= rst.  But if the dominos carry
on falling th= en you once again have a USSR that threatens the USA.

NATO is the North Atlantic (not North Ameri= can) Treaty Organisation (the
French call it OTAN= for French grammatical reasons I don?t understand).
It?s not a club of buddies to bully anyone but a club of buddies to def= end
each other against a big bully.  It?s no= t a European idea or club and
Canada is a member.=   Despite the rhetoric you might read or hear, NATO
isn?t a way for everyone apart from the USA to get defence on the = cheap.
Not everyone in the club might agree that = everyone is paying enough.
However, the member pa= ying the most doesn?t say it will pay less but argues
others should pay more.  Why is that?  Well, you might have = to do your own
research on that.

Europe isn?t a country it?s a geograph= ic region.  The EU is not the same
thing as = Europe because the EU is a kind of club.  Strangely enough the EU
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has been viewed by some members and one ex-member as = a club where not all
the members pay in enough mo= ney or get equal benefits out of it.  The
re= public of Ireland is not in NATO but is in Europe and is in the EU.  T= he
United Kingdom (Great Britain, sort of) is in = NATO and is in Europe but is
not in the EU (it le= ft some years ago).

Is= Europe being taken over by Islamic (Moslem) immigrants?  Well, I don?= t
think so.  I could make a joke and say tha= t in England at least, the Hindus
and Sikhs would= never allow that to happen. You also have to understand
there are actually 2 major and one lesser Islamic group ? not sure= if this
is quite the same thing as Catholics and= Protestants but it?s how I like to
think of it.&= nbsp; Over the years I?ve worked alongside Moslems and they were
<= div dir=3D"ltr">great people and not extremists.
=
I read a lot that the reason Europeans have free= healthcare is because they
rely on the US, as pa= rt of NATO, to protect them rather than pay for their
own protection.  In the UK free healthcare came into being after = WW2 and
existed all the way through the Cold War = at a time when the UK spent a lot
more on defence= than it does now.  However, it?s not quite as encompassing
<= div dir=3D"ltr">as it used to be.  For example, when I was a child, me= dical prescriptions
were free but for decades sin= ce there has been a fee to pay.  Similarly,
= all dental care was free when I was a child but now while it is still
subsidised there is 3 tier system of fees and it can s= till be very
expensive.  I think at least on= e country in Europe has free healthcare.  A
= question to consider then is if the US spent less money on NATO and defense=
generally would it be enough for free healthcare= ?

I think that?s all t= he stuff I believe I can help others with their
u= nderstanding of and I?m confident that listers are generally smarter than
everyone else but may have friends with lesser rid= es and knowledge
generally!  Also, while I h= ave political opinions, I am not a member of any
= political party and haven?t always voted for the same political party. = ; I
have enlisted military service but not combat= experience.  Recently I even
applied for an= d have been granted a HM Forces Veteran ID card and maybe
when I get my 3rd one it will actually correctly record the initia= ls for my
Christian/Fore names. . . .

I?d like to finish with a quote f= rom Henry Ford: ?Any man who thinks he can
be hap= py and prosperous by letting the government take care of him better
take a closer look at the American Indian?.  Howeve= r, it seems to be bunk
and that he never said tha= t but did say a bunch of other stuff.  So, how
about a quote from the bible? Matthew Ch19 v30 (NIV) But many who are fi= rst
will be last, and many who are last will be f= irst.

Daniel
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Mon, 22 Jun 2026 20:58:39 +0000 Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2026 20:58:36 +0000 (UTC) To: Ron Soave , HealeyRick References: <11AFE544-0B77-4D0A-845C-D70D5EA8B07B@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Spridgets Digest, Vol 181, Issue 2 From: "AOL Mail Update \(Terms & Policy\) via Spridgets" Cc: Spridgets , wilkmanracing@aol.com, Weslake1330 Errors-To: spridgets-bounces@autox.team.net --===============4265071125226775185== boundary="----=_Part_1028022_1036216782.1782161916574" ------=_Part_1028022_1036216782.1782161916574 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cats?=C2=A0 =C2=A0Hmmm buffing pads or wheels chocks?You do know we have l= ost so many list members/contributors who had such colorful ways of conveyi= ng dismay over "donkey dung fired forges making high quality tools and part= s from Moss"!!!!!Ah yes.....I remember it well....And God forbid Ed had one= too many at the keyboard?=C2=A0 =C2=A0Yeah I'm old too!=C2=A0 =C2=A0But I = do remember=C2=A0Sitting here looking at Frank's bent giant pipe wrench I r= escued and completely restored...*Sigh*Chuck On Monday, June 22, 2026 at 02:30:08 PM EDT, HealeyRick via Spridgets <= spridgets@autox.team.net> wrote: =20 =20 When we=E2=80=99d go off topic in the past, it was Frank Zappa, cats, Eliz= abeth the Witch, nothing divisive.=C2=A0 Ron Soave Damn, I miss those days Montana Bob On Mon, Jun 22, 2026 at 10:51=E2=80=AFAM Ron Soave via Spridgets wrote: When we=E2=80=99d go off topic in the past, it was Frank Zappa, cats, Eliza= beth the Witch, nothing divisive.=C2=A0 Ron Soave On Jun 22, 2026, at 12:35=E2=80=AFAM, Rick Fisk via Spridgets wrote: =EF=BB=BFDelete key works fine.=C2=A0 But this kind of nonsense does not be= long here. On Jun 21, 2026, at 5:55=E2=80=AFPM, Weslake1330 via Spridgets wrote: =EF=BB=BFDelete key not working? On Sun, 21 Jun 2026 at 20:31, Jim Ryan via Spridgets wrote: Well, it's supposed to be.=C2=A0 This kind of stuff is really not welcome h= ere. Jim Ryan =C2=A9=C2=BF=C2=A9=C2=AC On Sun, Jun 21, 2026, 3:16=E2=80=AFPM wilkmanracing--- via Spridgets wrote: Silly me. I thought this was a Sprite forum.=C2=A0 Bill1958 Sprite Iris Blue Sent from the all new AOL app for iOS On Sunday, June 21, 2026, 11:34 AM, spridgets-request@autox.team.net wrote: Send Spridgets mailing list submissions to =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 spridgets@autox.team.net To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/spridgets or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 spridgets-request@autox.team.net You can reach the person managing the list at =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 spridgets-owner@autox.team.net When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Spridgets digest..." Today's Topics: =C2=A0 1. No LBC - Budapest, NATO (OTAN) Europe, the EU, Islamic =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 immigration and healthcare (Weslake1330) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2026 23:20:32 +0100 From: Weslake1330 To: Spridgets Subject: [Spridgets] No LBC - Budapest, NATO (OTAN) Europe, the EU, =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 Islamic immigration and healthcare Message-ID: =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 Hi list, some of you are don?t like it when I post stuff like this but never challenge any of the points I make or even privately debate them with me.=C2=A0 Some of you find them interesting and some have deleted this e-ma= il already.=C2=A0 Well, I read a lot of stuff on YouTube and regardless of any opinion or political allegiances it does seem to me that not everyone understands the basic of some issues and that leads to misunderstandings. Sure, the list should be to discuss LBC stuff but I think the archive will confirm other stuff, sometimes contentious (public drafting on the highway and not in LBCs) topics get discussed. Firstly, part of the reason countries are helping Ukraine in their fight against Russian aggression and attacks, lie with The Budapest Memorandum on Security signed in Budapest, Hungary, on 5 December 1994.=C2=A0 The summary= is that Ukraine gave up their nuclear weapons as part of a defence deal.=C2=A0= The other obvious reason is that when one country attacks another and seeks to completely invade it there is choice other countries have to make in whether to sit back and do nothing or find a way to help. Thirdly you have to consider a domino effect scenario where Russia defeats Ukraine and then goes onto rebuild the USSR.=C2=A0 Maybe that sounds like a problem for the Europeans and I guess it is, or at least first.=C2=A0 But if the dominos ca= rry on falling then you once again have a USSR that threatens the USA. NATO is the North Atlantic (not North American) Treaty Organisation (the French call it OTAN for French grammatical reasons I don?t understand). It?s not a club of buddies to bully anyone but a club of buddies to defend each other against a big bully.=C2=A0 It?s not a European idea or club and Canada is a member.=C2=A0 Despite the rhetoric you might read or hear, NATO isn?t a way for everyone apart from the USA to get defence on the cheap. Not everyone in the club might agree that everyone is paying enough. However, the member paying the most doesn?t say it will pay less but argues others should pay more.=C2=A0 Why is that?=C2=A0 Well, you might have to do= your own research on that. Europe isn?t a country it?s a geographic region.=C2=A0 The EU is not the sa= me thing as Europe because the EU is a kind of club.=C2=A0 Strangely enough th= e EU has been viewed by some members and one ex-member as a club where not all the members pay in enough money or get equal benefits out of it.=C2=A0 The republic of Ireland is not in NATO but is in Europe and is in the EU.=C2=A0= The United Kingdom (Great Britain, sort of) is in NATO and is in Europe but is not in the EU (it left some years ago). Is Europe being taken over by Islamic (Moslem) immigrants?=C2=A0 Well, I do= n?t think so.=C2=A0 I could make a joke and say that in England at least, the H= indus and Sikhs would never allow that to happen. You also have to understand there are actually 2 major and one lesser Islamic group ? not sure if this is quite the same thing as Catholics and Protestants but it?s how I like to think of it.=C2=A0 Over the years I?ve worked alongside Moslems and they we= re great people and not extremists. I read a lot that the reason Europeans have free healthcare is because they rely on the US, as part of NATO, to protect them rather than pay for their own protection.=C2=A0 In the UK free healthcare came into being after WW2 a= nd existed all the way through the Cold War at a time when the UK spent a lot more on defence than it does now.=C2=A0 However, it?s not quite as encompas= sing as it used to be.=C2=A0 For example, when I was a child, medical prescripti= ons were free but for decades since there has been a fee to pay.=C2=A0 Similarl= y, all dental care was free when I was a child but now while it is still subsidised there is 3 tier system of fees and it can still be very expensive.=C2=A0 I think at least one country in Europe has free healthcare= .=C2=A0 A question to consider then is if the US spent less money on NATO and defense generally would it be enough for free healthcare? I think that?s all the stuff I believe I can help others with their understanding of and I?m confident that listers are generally smarter than everyone else but may have friends with lesser rides and knowledge generally!=C2=A0 Also, while I have political opinions, I am not a member o= f any political party and haven?t always voted for the same political party.=C2= =A0 I have enlisted military service but not combat experience.=C2=A0 Recently I = even applied for and have been granted a HM Forces Veteran ID card and maybe when I get my 3rd one it will actually correctly record the initials for my Christian/Fore names. . . . I?d like to finish with a quote from Henry Ford: ?Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the government take care of him better take a closer look at the American Indian?.=C2=A0 However, it seems to be b= unk and that he never said that but did say a bunch of other stuff.=C2=A0 So, h= ow about a quote from the bible? 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Cats?   Hmmm buffing pads or wheels chocks?
You do know we have lost so many list members/contributors who had such c= olorful ways of conveying dismay over "donkey dung fired forges making high= quality tools and parts from Moss"!!!!!
Ah yes.....I remember it= well....
And God forbid Ed had one too many at the keyboard?&nbs= p;  Yeah I'm old too!   But I do remember 
Si= tting here looking at Frank's bent giant pipe wrench I rescued and complete= ly restored...
*Sigh*
Chuck

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On Monday, June 22, 2026 at 02:30:08 PM EDT, Healey= Rick via Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net> wrote:


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= When we=E2=80=99d go off topic in the past, it was Frank Zappa, cats, El= izabeth the Witch, nothing divisive. 

Ron Soave

=
Damn, I miss those days

Montana Bob

On Mon, Jun 22, 2026 at 10:51=E2=80=AFAM Ron Soave via Sprid= gets <spridgets@autox.team.net> wrote:
When we= =E2=80=99d go off topic in the past, it was Frank Zappa, cats, Elizabeth th= e Witch, nothing divisive. 

Ron Soav= e

On Jun 22, 2026, at 1= 2:35=E2=80=AFAM, Rick Fisk via Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net> wrote:

=EF=BB=BF
Delete key works = fine.  But this kind of nonsense does not belong here.
=EF=BB= =BF
Delete key not working?

On Sun, 21 Jun 2026 at 20:31, Jim Ryan via Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net> wrote:
Well, it's sup= posed to be.  This kind of stuff is really not welcome here.

Jim Ryan

=C2=A9=C2=BF=C2=A9=C2=AC


On Sun, Jun 21, 2026, 3:16=E2=80=AFPM w= ilkmanracing--- via Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net> wrot= e:
Silly me. I thought this was a Sprite forum. 

Bill<= /div>
1958 Sprite Iris Blue


On Sunday, June 21, 2026, 11:34 AM, spridgets-request@autox.team.net <spridgets-req= uest@autox.team.net> wrote:

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  1. No LBC - Budapest, NATO (OTAN) Europe, the EU, Islamic
      immigration and healthcare (Weslak= e1330)


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Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2026 23:20:32 +0100
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<= div dir=3D"ltr">To: Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net>
<= /div>
Subject: [Spridgets] No LBC - Budapest, NATO (OTAN) E= urope, the EU,
    Islamic immigra= tion and healthcare
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Hi list, some of you are don?t like it when I post = stuff like this but
never challenge any of the po= ints I make or even privately debate them with
me= .  Some of you find them interesting and some have deleted this e-mail=
already.  Well, I read a lot of stuff on Yo= uTube and regardless of any
opinion or political = allegiances it does seem to me that not everyone
= understands the basic of some issues and that leads to misunderstandings.
Sure, the list should be to discuss LBC stuff but = I think the archive will
confirm other stuff, som= etimes contentious (public drafting on the highway
and not in LBCs) topics get discussed.

Firstly, part of the reason countries are helping Ukrain= e in their fight
against Russian aggression and a= ttacks, lie with The Budapest Memorandum on
Secur= ity signed in Budapest, Hungary, on 5 December 1994.  The summary is
that Ukraine gave up their nuclear weapons as part= of a defence deal.  The
other obvious reaso= n is that when one country attacks another and seeks to
completely invade it there is choice other countries have to make = in
whether to sit back and do nothing or find a w= ay to help. Thirdly you have
to consider a domino= effect scenario where Russia defeats Ukraine and then
goes onto rebuild the USSR.  Maybe that sounds like a problem fo= r the
Europeans and I guess it is, or at least fi= rst.  But if the dominos carry
on falling th= en you once again have a USSR that threatens the USA.

NATO is the North Atlantic (not North Ameri= can) Treaty Organisation (the
French call it OTAN= for French grammatical reasons I don?t understand).
It?s not a club of buddies to bully anyone but a club of buddies to def= end
each other against a big bully.  It?s no= t a European idea or club and
Canada is a member.=   Despite the rhetoric you might read or hear, NATO
isn?t a way for everyone apart from the USA to get defence on the = cheap.
Not everyone in the club might agree that = everyone is paying enough.
However, the member pa= ying the most doesn?t say it will pay less but argues
others should pay more.  Why is that?  Well, you might have = to do your own
research on that.

Europe isn?t a country it?s a geograph= ic region.  The EU is not the same
thing as = Europe because the EU is a kind of club.  Strangely enough the EU
<= /div>
has been viewed by some members and one ex-member as = a club where not all
the members pay in enough mo= ney or get equal benefits out of it.  The
re= public of Ireland is not in NATO but is in Europe and is in the EU.  T= he
United Kingdom (Great Britain, sort of) is in = NATO and is in Europe but is
not in the EU (it le= ft some years ago).

Is= Europe being taken over by Islamic (Moslem) immigrants?  Well, I don?= t
think so.  I could make a joke and say tha= t in England at least, the Hindus
and Sikhs would= never allow that to happen. You also have to understand
there are actually 2 major and one lesser Islamic group ? not sure= if this
is quite the same thing as Catholics and= Protestants but it?s how I like to
think of it.&= nbsp; Over the years I?ve worked alongside Moslems and they were
<= div dir=3D"ltr">great people and not extremists.
=
I read a lot that the reason Europeans have free= healthcare is because they
rely on the US, as pa= rt of NATO, to protect them rather than pay for their
own protection.  In the UK free healthcare came into being after = WW2 and
existed all the way through the Cold War = at a time when the UK spent a lot
more on defence= than it does now.  However, it?s not quite as encompassing
<= div dir=3D"ltr">as it used to be.  For example, when I was a child, me= dical prescriptions
were free but for decades sin= ce there has been a fee to pay.  Similarly,
= all dental care was free when I was a child but now while it is still
subsidised there is 3 tier system of fees and it can s= till be very
expensive.  I think at least on= e country in Europe has free healthcare.  A
= question to consider then is if the US spent less money on NATO and defense=
generally would it be enough for free healthcare= ?

I think that?s all t= he stuff I believe I can help others with their
u= nderstanding of and I?m confident that listers are generally smarter than
everyone else but may have friends with lesser rid= es and knowledge
generally!  Also, while I h= ave political opinions, I am not a member of any
= political party and haven?t always voted for the same political party. = ; I
have enlisted military service but not combat= experience.  Recently I even
applied for an= d have been granted a HM Forces Veteran ID card and maybe
when I get my 3rd one it will actually correctly record the initia= ls for my
Christian/Fore names. . . .

I?d like to finish with a quote f= rom Henry Ford: ?Any man who thinks he can
be hap= py and prosperous by letting the government take care of him better
take a closer look at the American Indian?.  Howeve= r, it seems to be bunk
and that he never said tha= t but did say a bunch of other stuff.  So, how
about a quote from the bible? Matthew Ch19 v30 (NIV) But many who are fi= rst
will be last, and many who are last will be f= irst.

Daniel
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Gosh, I miss those guys!
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From: "AOL = Mail Update (Terms & Policy) via Spridgets" <spridgets@autox.team.= net>
Reply-To: "AOL Mail Update (Terms & Policy)" = <crusaderchuck55@aol.com>
To: "Rick Fisk" <refisk@chartermi.= net>, "Ron Soave" <soavero@yahoo.com>
Cc: "Spridgets" = <spridgets@autox.team.net>, <wilkmanracing@aol.com>, = "Weslake1330" <weslake1330@gmail.com>
Sent: June 22, 2026 at 5:00= PM EDT
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Spridgets Digest, Vol 181, Issue 2 =
 
Do not FORGET MONTANA BOB!
LOL!
Chuck 
Recently trying to figure out what's older.....= dirt or me?
 
On Monday, June 22, 2026 at 03:34:49 PM EDT, Ron Soave via = Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net> wrote:
 
 
When we’d go off topic in the past, it was Frank Zappa, cats, = Elizabeth the Witch, nothing divisive. 

Ron Soave

On Jun 22, 2026, at = 12:35=E2=80=AFAM, Rick Fisk via Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net> = wrote:

 
Delete key works fine.  But this kind of nonsense does not belong= here.

On Jun 21, 2026, at 5:55=E2=80=AFPM, = Weslake1330 via Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net> = wrote:

Delete key not working?

On Sun, 21 Jun 2026 at = 20:31, Jim Ryan via Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net> = wrote:
Well, it's supposed to be.  This= kind of stuff is really not welcome here.
 

Jim Ryan

©¿©¬


On Sun, Jun 21, 2026, = 3:16=E2=80=AFPM wilkmanracing--- via Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net> wrote:
Silly me. I thought this was a Sprite forum. 
 
Bill
1958 Sprite Iris Blue


On Sunday, June 21, 2026, 11:34 AM, spridgets-request@autox.team.net <spridgets-request@autox.team.net> wrote:

Send Spridgets mailing list submissions to
 
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When replying, please edit your Subject line so it = is more specific
than "Re: Contents of Spridgets digest...= "
 
 
Today's Topics:
 
  1. No LBC - Budapest, NATO (OTAN) Europe, the= EU, Islamic
      immigration and healthcare = (Weslake1330)
 
 
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2026 = 23:20:32 +0100
From: Weslake1330 <weslake1330@gmail.= com>
Subject: [Spridgets] No LBC - Budapest, NATO (OTAN) = Europe, the EU,
    Islamic immigration and = healthcare
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Hi list, some of you are don= ?t like it when I post stuff like this but
never challenge any = of the points I make or even privately debate them with
me.  Some of you find them interesting and some have deleted this= e-mail
already.  Well, I read a lot of stuff on YouTube = and regardless of any
opinion or political allegiances it does = seem to me that not everyone
understands the basic of some = issues and that leads to misunderstandings.
Sure, the list = should be to discuss LBC stuff but I think the archive will
confirm other stuff, sometimes contentious (public drafting on the = highway
and not in LBCs) topics get discussed.
 
Firstly, part of the reason countries are helping = Ukraine in their fight
against Russian aggression and attacks, = lie with The Budapest Memorandum on
Security signed in Budapest,= Hungary, on 5 December 1994.  The summary is
that Ukraine gave up their nuclear weapons as part of a defence deal.=   The
other obvious reason is that when one country attacks= another and seeks to
completely invade it there is choice other= countries have to make in
whether to sit back and do nothing or= find a way to help. Thirdly you have
to consider a domino = effect scenario where Russia defeats Ukraine and then
goes onto rebuild the USSR.  Maybe that sounds like a problem for= the
Europeans and I guess it is, or at least first.  But = if the dominos carry
on falling then you once again have a USSR = that threatens the USA.
 
NATO is the North = Atlantic (not North American) Treaty Organisation (the
French call it OTAN for French grammatical reasons I don?t understand)= .
It?s not a club of buddies to bully anyone but a club of = buddies to defend
each other against a big bully.  It?s not= a European idea or club and
Canada is a member.  Despite = the rhetoric you might read or hear, NATO
isn?t a way for = everyone apart from the USA to get defence on the cheap.
Not everyone in the club might agree that everyone is paying enough.=
However, the member paying the most doesn?t say it will pay = less but argues
others should pay more.  Why is that? = Well, you might have to do your own
research on that.
 
Europe isn?t a country it?s a geographic region.=   The EU is not the same
thing as Europe because the EU is = a kind of club.  Strangely enough the EU
has been viewed by some members and one ex-member as a club where not = all
the members pay in enough money or get equal benefits out of= it.  The
republic of Ireland is not in NATO but is in = Europe and is in the EU.  The
United Kingdom (Great Britain= , sort of) is in NATO and is in Europe but is
not in the EU (it left some years ago).
 
Is Europe being taken over by Islamic (Moslem) immigrants?  Well,= I don?t
think so.  I could make a joke and say that in = England at least, the Hindus
and Sikhs would never allow that to= happen. You also have to understand
there are actually 2 major = and one lesser Islamic group ? not sure if this
is quite the same thing as Catholics and Protestants but it?s how I = like to
think of it.  Over the years I?ve worked alongside = Moslems and they were
great people and not extremists.
 
I read a lot that the reason Europeans have free = healthcare is because they
rely on the US, as part of NATO, to = protect them rather than pay for their
own protection.  In = the UK free healthcare came into being after WW2 and
existed all the way through the Cold War at a time when the UK spent a= lot
more on defence than it does now.  However, it?s not = quite as encompassing
as it used to be.  For example, when = I was a child, medical prescriptions
were free but for decades = since there has been a fee to pay.  Similarly,
all dental care was free when I was a child but now while it is = still
subsidised there is 3 tier system of fees and it can still= be very
expensive.  I think at least one country in Europe= has free healthcare.  A
question to consider then is if = the US spent less money on NATO and defense
generally would it = be enough for free healthcare?
 
I think that?s all the stuff I believe I can help others with = their
understanding of and I?m confident that listers are = generally smarter than
everyone else but may have friends with = lesser rides and knowledge
generally!  Also, while I have = political opinions, I am not a member of any
political party and= haven?t always voted for the same political party.  I
have enlisted military service but not combat experience.  = Recently I even
applied for and have been granted a HM Forces = Veteran ID card and maybe
when I get my 3rd one it will actually= correctly record the initials for my
Christian/Fore names. . . = .
 
I?d like to finish with a quote from Henry = Ford: ?Any man who thinks he can
be happy and prosperous by = letting the government take care of him better
take a closer look at the American Indian?.  However, it seems to= be bunk
and that he never said that but did say a bunch of = other stuff.  So, how
about a quote from the bible? Matthew= Ch19 v30 (NIV) But many who are first
will be last, and many = who are last will be first.
 
Daniel
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Lester > On Jun 23, 2026, at 8:55 AM, nory1--- via Spridgets = wrote: >=20 > Gosh, I miss those guys! > --------------------=20 >=20 > From: "AOL Mail Update (Terms & Policy) via Spridgets" = =20 > Reply-To: "AOL Mail Update (Terms & Policy)" =20= > To: "Rick Fisk" , "Ron Soave" = =20 > Cc: "Spridgets" , , = "Weslake1330" =20 > Sent: June 22, 2026 at 5:00 PM EDT=20 > Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Spridgets Digest, Vol 181, Issue 2 > =20 > Do not FORGET MONTANA BOB! > LOL! > Chuck=20 > Recently trying to figure out what's older.....dirt or me? > =20 > On Monday, June 22, 2026 at 03:34:49 PM EDT, Ron Soave via Spridgets = wrote: > =20 > =20 > When we=E2=80=99d go off topic in the past, it was Frank Zappa, cats, = Elizabeth the Witch, nothing divisive.=20 >=20 > Ron Soave >=20 > On Jun 22, 2026, at 12:35=E2=80=AFAM, Rick Fisk via Spridgets = wrote: >=20 > =20 > Delete key works fine. But this kind of nonsense does not belong = here. >=20 > On Jun 21, 2026, at 5:55=E2=80=AFPM, Weslake1330 via Spridgets = wrote: >=20 > Delete key not working? >=20 > On Sun, 21 Jun 2026 at 20:31, Jim Ryan via Spridgets = > Well, it's supposed to be. This kind of stuff is really not welcome = here. > =20 > Jim Ryan >=20 > =C2=A9=C2=BF=C2=A9=C2=AC >=20 >=20 > On Sun, Jun 21, 2026, 3:16=E2=80=AFPM wilkmanracing--- via Spridgets = > Silly me. I thought this was a Sprite forum.=20 > =20 > Bill > 1958 Sprite Iris Blue >=20 > Sent from the all new AOL app for iOS = > On Sunday, June 21, 2026, 11:34 AM, spridgets-request@autox.team.net = =20 > Send Spridgets mailing list submissions to > =20 > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/spridgets = > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > spridgets-request@autox.team.net = > =20 > You can reach the person managing the list at > spridgets-owner@autox.team.net = > =20 > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Spridgets digest..." > =20 > =20 > Today's Topics: > =20 > 1. No LBC - Budapest, NATO (OTAN) Europe, the EU, Islamic > immigration and healthcare (Weslake1330) > =20 > =20 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > =20 > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2026 23:20:32 +0100 > From: Weslake1330 To: Spridgets Subject: [Spridgets] No LBC - Budapest, NATO (OTAN) Europe, the EU, > Islamic immigration and healthcare > Message-ID: > = Content-Type: text/plain; charset=3D"utf-8" > =20 > Hi list, some of you are don?t like it when I post stuff like this but > never challenge any of the points I make or even privately debate them = with > me. Some of you find them interesting and some have deleted this = e-mail > already. Well, I read a lot of stuff on YouTube and regardless of any > opinion or political allegiances it does seem to me that not everyone > understands the basic of some issues and that leads to = misunderstandings. > Sure, the list should be to discuss LBC stuff but I think the archive = will > confirm other stuff, sometimes contentious (public drafting on the = highway > and not in LBCs) topics get discussed. > =20 > Firstly, part of the reason countries are helping Ukraine in their = fight > against Russian aggression and attacks, lie with The Budapest = Memorandum on > Security signed in Budapest, Hungary, on 5 December 1994. The summary = is > that Ukraine gave up their nuclear weapons as part of a defence deal. = The > other obvious reason is that when one country attacks another and = seeks to > completely invade it there is choice other countries have to make in > whether to sit back and do nothing or find a way to help. Thirdly you = have > to consider a domino effect scenario where Russia defeats Ukraine and = then > goes onto rebuild the USSR. Maybe that sounds like a problem for the > Europeans and I guess it is, or at least first. But if the dominos = carry > on falling then you once again have a USSR that threatens the USA. > =20 > NATO is the North Atlantic (not North American) Treaty Organisation = (the > French call it OTAN for French grammatical reasons I don?t = understand). > It?s not a club of buddies to bully anyone but a club of buddies to = defend > each other against a big bully. It?s not a European idea or club and > Canada is a member. Despite the rhetoric you might read or hear, NATO > isn?t a way for everyone apart from the USA to get defence on the = cheap. > Not everyone in the club might agree that everyone is paying enough. > However, the member paying the most doesn?t say it will pay less but = argues > others should pay more. Why is that? Well, you might have to do your = own > research on that. > =20 > Europe isn?t a country it?s a geographic region. The EU is not the = same > thing as Europe because the EU is a kind of club. Strangely enough = the EU > has been viewed by some members and one ex-member as a club where not = all > the members pay in enough money or get equal benefits out of it. The > republic of Ireland is not in NATO but is in Europe and is in the EU. = The > United Kingdom (Great Britain, sort of) is in NATO and is in Europe = but is > not in the EU (it left some years ago). > =20 > Is Europe being taken over by Islamic (Moslem) immigrants? Well, I = don?t > think so. I could make a joke and say that in England at least, the = Hindus > and Sikhs would never allow that to happen. You also have to = understand > there are actually 2 major and one lesser Islamic group ? not sure if = this > is quite the same thing as Catholics and Protestants but it?s how I = like to > think of it. Over the years I?ve worked alongside Moslems and they = were > great people and not extremists. > =20 > I read a lot that the reason Europeans have free healthcare is because = they > rely on the US, as part of NATO, to protect them rather than pay for = their > own protection. In the UK free healthcare came into being after WW2 = and > existed all the way through the Cold War at a time when the UK spent a = lot > more on defence than it does now. However, it?s not quite as = encompassing > as it used to be. For example, when I was a child, medical = prescriptions > were free but for decades since there has been a fee to pay. = Similarly, > all dental care was free when I was a child but now while it is still > subsidised there is 3 tier system of fees and it can still be very > expensive. I think at least one country in Europe has free = healthcare. A > question to consider then is if the US spent less money on NATO and = defense > generally would it be enough for free healthcare? > =20 > I think that?s all the stuff I believe I can help others with their > understanding of and I?m confident that listers are generally smarter = than > everyone else but may have friends with lesser rides and knowledge > generally! Also, while I have political opinions, I am not a member = of any > political party and haven?t always voted for the same political party. = I > have enlisted military service but not combat experience. Recently I = even > applied for and have been granted a HM Forces Veteran ID card and = maybe > when I get my 3rd one it will actually correctly record the initials = for my > Christian/Fore names. . . . > =20 > I?d like to finish with a quote from Henry Ford: ?Any man who thinks = he can > be happy and prosperous by letting the government take care of him = better > take a closer look at the American Indian?. However, it seems to be = bunk > and that he never said that but did say a bunch of other stuff. So, = how > about a quote from the bible? Matthew Ch19 v30 (NIV) But many who are = first > will be last, and many who are last will be first. > =20 > Daniel > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: = > > =20 > ------------------------------ > =20 > Subject: Digest Footer > =20 > _______________________________________________ > =20 > Spridgets mailing list > http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/spridgets = > =20 > =20 > ------------------------------ > =20 > End of Spridgets Digest, Vol 181, Issue 2 > ***************************************** > ------------------------ >=20 >=20 > Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html = > Suggested annual donation: $12.75 >=20 > Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/spridgets = http://autox.team.net/archive = >=20 > Unsubscribe/Manage: = http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/spridgets/ryan@jimryan.com = --------= ---------------- >=20 >=20 > Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html = > Suggested annual donation: $12.75 >=20 > Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/spridgets = http://autox.team.net/archive = >=20 > Unsubscribe/Manage: = http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/spridgets/weslake1330@gmail.com = ---= --------------------- >=20 > spridgets@autox.team.net >=20 > Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html > Suggested annual donation: $12.75 >=20 > Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/spridgets = http://autox.team.net/archive >=20 > Unsubscribe/Manage: = http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/spridgets/refisk@chartermi.net > ------------------------ >=20 > spridgets@autox.team.net >=20 > Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html > Suggested annual donation: $12.75 >=20 > Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/spridgets = http://autox.team.net/archive >=20 > Unsubscribe/Manage: = http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/spridgets/soavero@yahoo.com > ------------------------ >=20 >=20 > Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html = > Suggested annual donation: $12.75 >=20 > Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/spridgets = http://autox.team.net/archive = >=20 > Unsubscribe/Manage: = http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/spridgets/crusaderchuck55@aol.com = > =20 > ------------------------ >=20 > spridgets@autox.team.net >=20 > Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html > Suggested annual donation: $12.75 >=20 > Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/spridgets = http://autox.team.net/archive >=20 > Unsubscribe/Manage: = http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/spridgets/oldsaabguy@comcast.net --Apple-Mail=_A121D10F-89E1-4730-9FCD-BC9EF7FE19C1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable charset=utf-8 Elizabeth the witch predates me, what is the story there?

Lester



On Jun = 23, 2026, at 8:55 AM, nory1--- via Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net> wrote:

Gosh, = I miss those guys!
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From: "AOL Mail Update (Terms & Policy) via Spridgets" = <spridgets@autox.team.net>
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To: "Rick = Fisk" <refisk@chartermi.net>, "Ron Soave" <soavero@yahoo.com> =
Cc: "Spridgets" <spridgets@autox.team.net>, <wilkmanracing@aol.com>, "Weslake1330" <weslake1330@gmail.com>
Sent: June 22, = 2026 at 5:00 PM EDT
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Spridgets = Digest, Vol 181, Issue 2
 
Do not FORGET MONTANA BOB!
LOL!
Chuck 
Recently trying to figure out what's older.....dirt or = me?
 
On Monday, June 22, 2026 at 03:34:49 PM EDT, Ron Soave = via Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net> wrote:
 
 
When we=E2=80=99d go off topic in the past, it was Frank = Zappa, cats, Elizabeth the Witch, nothing divisive. 

=
Ron Soave

On Jun 22, 2026, at 12:35=E2=80=AFAM, Rick Fisk = via Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net> wrote:

 
Delete key works fine.  But this kind of nonsense = does not belong here.

On Jun 21, 2026, at 5:55=E2=80=AFPM, Weslake1330 = via Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net> wrote:

Delete key not working?

On Sun, 21 Jun 2026 at = 20:31, Jim Ryan via Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net> = wrote:
Well, it's supposed to be.  This kind of stuff is = really not welcome here.
 

Jim Ryan

=C2=A9=C2=BF=C2=A9=C2=AC


On Sun, Jun 21, 2026, = 3:16=E2=80=AFPM wilkmanracing--- via Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net> = wrote:
Silly me. I thought this was a Sprite forum. 
 
Bill
1958 Sprite Iris Blue

Sent = from the all new AOL app for iOS

On Sunday, June 21, = 2026, 11:34 AM, spridgets-request@autox.team.net <spridgets-request@autox.team.net> = wrote:

Send Spridgets mailing list submissions to
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than "Re: Contents of Spridgets digest..."
 
 
Today's Topics:
 
  1. No LBC - Budapest, NATO (OTAN) Europe, the EU, = Islamic
      immigration and healthcare = (Weslake1330)
 
 
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2026 23:20:32 +0100
From: Weslake1330 <weslake1330@gmail.com>
To: Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Subject: [Spridgets] No LBC - Budapest, NATO (OTAN) = Europe, the EU,
    Islamic immigration and = healthcare
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Content-Type: text/plain; charset=3D"utf-8"
 
Hi list, some of you are don?t like it when I post stuff = like this but
never challenge any of the points I make or even = privately debate them with
me.  Some of you find them interesting and some = have deleted this e-mail
already.  Well, I read a lot of stuff on YouTube = and regardless of any
opinion or political allegiances it does seem to me that = not everyone
understands the basic of some issues and that leads to = misunderstandings.
Sure, the list should be to discuss LBC stuff but I = think the archive will
confirm other stuff, sometimes contentious (public = drafting on the highway
and not in LBCs) topics get discussed.
 
Firstly, part of the reason countries are helping = Ukraine in their fight
against Russian aggression and attacks, lie with The = Budapest Memorandum on
Security signed in Budapest, Hungary, on 5 December = 1994.  The summary is
that Ukraine gave up their nuclear weapons as part of a = defence deal.  The
other obvious reason is that when one country attacks = another and seeks to
completely invade it there is choice other countries = have to make in
whether to sit back and do nothing or find a way to = help. Thirdly you have
to consider a domino effect scenario where Russia = defeats Ukraine and then
goes onto rebuild the USSR.  Maybe that sounds like = a problem for the
Europeans and I guess it is, or at least first.  = But if the dominos carry
on falling then you once again have a USSR that = threatens the USA.
 
NATO is the North Atlantic (not North American) Treaty = Organisation (the
French call it OTAN for French grammatical reasons I = don?t understand).
It?s not a club of buddies to bully anyone but a club of = buddies to defend
each other against a big bully.  It?s not a = European idea or club and
Canada is a member.  Despite the rhetoric you might = read or hear, NATO
isn?t a way for everyone apart from the USA to get = defence on the cheap.
Not everyone in the club might agree that everyone is = paying enough.
However, the member paying the most doesn?t say it will = pay less but argues
others should pay more.  Why is that?  Well, = you might have to do your own
research on that.
 
Europe isn?t a country it?s a geographic region.  = The EU is not the same
thing as Europe because the EU is a kind of club.  = Strangely enough the EU
has been viewed by some members and one ex-member as a = club where not all
the members pay in enough money or get equal benefits = out of it.  The
republic of Ireland is not in NATO but is in Europe and = is in the EU.  The
United Kingdom (Great Britain, sort of) is in NATO and = is in Europe but is
not in the EU (it left some years ago).
 
Is Europe being taken over by Islamic (Moslem) = immigrants?  Well, I don?t
think so.  I could make a joke and say that in = England at least, the Hindus
and Sikhs would never allow that to happen. You also = have to understand
there are actually 2 major and one lesser Islamic group = ? not sure if this
is quite the same thing as Catholics and Protestants but = it?s how I like to
think of it.  Over the years I?ve worked alongside = Moslems and they were
great people and not extremists.
 
I read a lot that the reason Europeans have free = healthcare is because they
rely on the US, as part of NATO, to protect them rather = than pay for their
own protection.  In the UK free healthcare came = into being after WW2 and
existed all the way through the Cold War at a time when = the UK spent a lot
more on defence than it does now.  However, it?s = not quite as encompassing
as it used to be.  For example, when I was a child, = medical prescriptions
were free but for decades since there has been a fee to = pay.  Similarly,
all dental care was free when I was a child but now = while it is still
subsidised there is 3 tier system of fees and it can = still be very
expensive.  I think at least one country in Europe = has free healthcare.  A
question to consider then is if the US spent less money = on NATO and defense
generally would it be enough for free healthcare?
 
I think that?s all the stuff I believe I can help others = with their
understanding of and I?m confident that listers are = generally smarter than
everyone else but may have friends with lesser rides and = knowledge
generally!  Also, while I have political opinions, = I am not a member of any
political party and haven?t always voted for the same = political party.  I
have enlisted military service but not combat = experience.  Recently I even
applied for and have been granted a HM Forces Veteran ID = card and maybe
when I get my 3rd one it will actually correctly record = the initials for my
Christian/Fore names. . . .
 
I?d like to finish with a quote from Henry Ford: ?Any = man who thinks he can
be happy and prosperous by letting the government take = care of him better
take a closer look at the American Indian?.  = However, it seems to be bunk
and that he never said that but did say a bunch of other = stuff.  So, how
about a quote from the bible? Matthew Ch19 v30 (NIV) But = many who are first
will be last, and many who are last will be first.
 
Daniel
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Just post it on a = forum designed for the topic at hand. My guess is few here bother to read w= hat you=E2=80=99re posting and most are just plain annoyed at what you=E2= =80=99re posting. You really are wasting our time and your time posting thi= ngs we=E2=80=99re not interested in reading. This is a Sprite forum=E2=80= =A6period.=C2=A0 Bill1958 Bugeye Sent from the all new AOL app for iOS On Wednesday, June 24, 2026, 11:35 AM, spridgets-request@autox.team.net wrote: Send Spridgets mailing list submissions to =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 spridgets@autox.team.net To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/spridgets or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 spridgets-request@autox.team.net You can reach the person managing the list at =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 spridgets-owner@autox.team.net When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Spridgets digest..." Today's Topics: =C2=A0 1. Re: Spridgets Digest, Vol 181, Issue 2 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 (AOL Mail Update (Terms & Policy)) =C2=A0 2. Re: Spridgets Digest, Vol 181, Issue 2 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 (AOL Mail Update (Terms & Policy)) =C2=A0 3. Re: Spridgets Digest, Vol 181, Issue 2 (nory1@roadrunner.com) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2026 20:50:31 +0000 (UTC) From: "AOL Mail Update (Terms & Policy)" To: Rick Fisk , Ron Soave Cc: Spridgets , wilkmanracing@aol.com, =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 Weslake1330 Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Spridgets Digest, Vol 181, Issue 2 Do not FORGET MONTANA BOB!LOL!Chuck?Recently trying to figure out what's o= lder.....dirt or me? =C2=A0 =C2=A0 On Monday, June 22, 2026 at 03:34:49 PM EDT, Ron Soave via Sp= ridgets wrote:=C2=A0=20 =20 When we?d go off topic in the past, it was Frank Zappa, cats, Elizabeth th= e Witch, nothing divisive.? Ron Soave On Jun 22, 2026, at 12:35?AM, Rick Fisk via Spridgets wrote: ?Delete key works fine. ?But this kind of nonsense does not belong here. On Jun 21, 2026, at 5:55?PM, Weslake1330 via Spridgets wrote: ?Delete key not working? On Sun, 21 Jun 2026 at 20:31, Jim Ryan via Spridgets wrote: Well, it's supposed to be.? This kind of stuff is really not welcome here. Jim Ryan ???? On Sun, Jun 21, 2026, 3:16?PM wilkmanracing--- via Spridgets wrote: Silly me. I thought this was a Sprite forum.? Bill1958 Sprite Iris Blue Sent from the all new AOL app for iOS On Sunday, June 21, 2026, 11:34 AM, spridgets-request@autox.team.net wrote: Send Spridgets mailing list submissions to ??? spridgets@autox.team.net To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit ??? http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/spridgets or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to ??? spridgets-request@autox.team.net You can reach the person managing the list at ??? spridgets-owner@autox.team.net When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Spridgets digest..." Today's Topics: ? 1. No LBC - Budapest, NATO (OTAN) Europe, the EU, Islamic ? ? ? immigration and healthcare (Weslake1330) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2026 23:20:32 +0100 From: Weslake1330 To: Spridgets Subject: [Spridgets] No LBC - Budapest, NATO (OTAN) Europe, the EU, ??? Islamic immigration and healthcare Message-ID: ??? Hi list, some of you are don?t like it when I post stuff like this but never challenge any of the points I make or even privately debate them with me.? Some of you find them interesting and some have deleted this e-mail already.? Well, I read a lot of stuff on YouTube and regardless of any opinion or political allegiances it does seem to me that not everyone understands the basic of some issues and that leads to misunderstandings. Sure, the list should be to discuss LBC stuff but I think the archive will confirm other stuff, sometimes contentious (public drafting on the highway and not in LBCs) topics get discussed. Firstly, part of the reason countries are helping Ukraine in their fight against Russian aggression and attacks, lie with The Budapest Memorandum on Security signed in Budapest, Hungary, on 5 December 1994.? The summary is that Ukraine gave up their nuclear weapons as part of a defence deal.? The other obvious reason is that when one country attacks another and seeks to completely invade it there is choice other countries have to make in whether to sit back and do nothing or find a way to help. Thirdly you have to consider a domino effect scenario where Russia defeats Ukraine and then goes onto rebuild the USSR.? Maybe that sounds like a problem for the Europeans and I guess it is, or at least first.? But if the dominos carry on falling then you once again have a USSR that threatens the USA. NATO is the North Atlantic (not North American) Treaty Organisation (the French call it OTAN for French grammatical reasons I don?t understand). It?s not a club of buddies to bully anyone but a club of buddies to defend each other against a big bully.? It?s not a European idea or club and Canada is a member.? Despite the rhetoric you might read or hear, NATO isn?t a way for everyone apart from the USA to get defence on the cheap. Not everyone in the club might agree that everyone is paying enough. However, the member paying the most doesn?t say it will pay less but argues others should pay more.? Why is that?? Well, you might have to do your own research on that. Europe isn?t a country it?s a geographic region.? The EU is not the same thing as Europe because the EU is a kind of club.? Strangely enough the EU has been viewed by some members and one ex-member as a club where not all the members pay in enough money or get equal benefits out of it.? The republic of Ireland is not in NATO but is in Europe and is in the EU.? The United Kingdom (Great Britain, sort of) is in NATO and is in Europe but is not in the EU (it left some years ago). Is Europe being taken over by Islamic (Moslem) immigrants?? Well, I don?t think so.? I could make a joke and say that in England at least, the Hindus and Sikhs would never allow that to happen. You also have to understand there are actually 2 major and one lesser Islamic group ? not sure if this is quite the same thing as Catholics and Protestants but it?s how I like to think of it.? Over the years I?ve worked alongside Moslems and they were great people and not extremists. I read a lot that the reason Europeans have free healthcare is because they rely on the US, as part of NATO, to protect them rather than pay for their own protection.? In the UK free healthcare came into being after WW2 and existed all the way through the Cold War at a time when the UK spent a lot more on defence than it does now.? However, it?s not quite as encompassing as it used to be.? For example, when I was a child, medical prescriptions were free but for decades since there has been a fee to pay.? Similarly, all dental care was free when I was a child but now while it is still subsidised there is 3 tier system of fees and it can still be very expensive.? I think at least one country in Europe has free healthcare.? A question to consider then is if the US spent less money on NATO and defense generally would it be enough for free healthcare? I think that?s all the stuff I believe I can help others with their understanding of and I?m confident that listers are generally smarter than everyone else but may have friends with lesser rides and knowledge generally!? Also, while I have political opinions, I am not a member of any political party and haven?t always voted for the same political party.? I have enlisted military service but not combat experience.? Recently I even applied for and have been granted a HM Forces Veteran ID card and maybe when I get my 3rd one it will actually correctly record the initials for my Christian/Fore names. . . . I?d like to finish with a quote from Henry Ford: ?Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the government take care of him better take a closer look at the American Indian?.? However, it seems to be bunk and that he never said that but did say a bunch of other stuff.? So, how about a quote from the bible? Matthew Ch19 v30 (NIV) But many who are first will be last, and many who are last will be first. Daniel -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2026 20:58:36 +0000 (UTC) From: "AOL Mail Update (Terms & Policy)" To: Ron Soave , HealeyRick Cc: Spridgets , wilkmanracing@aol.com, =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 Weslake1330 Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Spridgets Digest, Vol 181, Issue 2 Cats?? ?Hmmm buffing pads or wheels chocks?You do know we have lost so man= y list members/contributors who had such colorful ways of conveying dismay = over "donkey dung fired forges making high quality tools and parts from Mos= s"!!!!!Ah yes.....I remember it well....And God forbid Ed had one too many = at the keyboard?? ?Yeah I'm old too!? ?But I do remember?Sitting here looki= ng at Frank's bent giant pipe wrench I rescued and completely restored...*S= igh*Chuck =C2=A0 =C2=A0 On Monday, June 22, 2026 at 02:30:08 PM EDT, HealeyRick via S= pridgets wrote:=C2=A0=20 =20 When we?d go off topic in the past, it was Frank Zappa, cats, Elizabeth th= e Witch, nothing divisive.? Ron Soave Damn, I miss those days Montana Bob On Mon, Jun 22, 2026 at 10:51?AM Ron Soave via Spridgets wrote: When we?d go off topic in the past, it was Frank Zappa, cats, Elizabeth the= Witch, nothing divisive.? Ron Soave On Jun 22, 2026, at 12:35?AM, Rick Fisk via Spridgets wrote: ?Delete key works fine.? But this kind of nonsense does not belong here. On Jun 21, 2026, at 5:55?PM, Weslake1330 via Spridgets wrote: ?Delete key not working? On Sun, 21 Jun 2026 at 20:31, Jim Ryan via Spridgets wrote: Well, it's supposed to be.? This kind of stuff is really not welcome here. Jim Ryan ???? On Sun, Jun 21, 2026, 3:16?PM wilkmanracing--- via Spridgets wrote: Silly me. I thought this was a Sprite forum.? Bill1958 Sprite Iris Blue Sent from the all new AOL app for iOS On Sunday, June 21, 2026, 11:34 AM, spridgets-request@autox.team.net wrote: Send Spridgets mailing list submissions to ??? spridgets@autox.team.net To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit ??? http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/spridgets or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to ??? spridgets-request@autox.team.net You can reach the person managing the list at ??? spridgets-owner@autox.team.net When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Spridgets digest..." Today's Topics: ? 1. No LBC - Budapest, NATO (OTAN) Europe, the EU, Islamic ? ? ? immigration and healthcare (Weslake1330) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2026 23:20:32 +0100 From: Weslake1330 To: Spridgets Subject: [Spridgets] No LBC - Budapest, NATO (OTAN) Europe, the EU, ??? Islamic immigration and healthcare Message-ID: ??? Hi list, some of you are don?t like it when I post stuff like this but never challenge any of the points I make or even privately debate them with me.? Some of you find them interesting and some have deleted this e-mail already.? Well, I read a lot of stuff on YouTube and regardless of any opinion or political allegiances it does seem to me that not everyone understands the basic of some issues and that leads to misunderstandings. Sure, the list should be to discuss LBC stuff but I think the archive will confirm other stuff, sometimes contentious (public drafting on the highway and not in LBCs) topics get discussed. Firstly, part of the reason countries are helping Ukraine in their fight against Russian aggression and attacks, lie with The Budapest Memorandum on Security signed in Budapest, Hungary, on 5 December 1994.? The summary is that Ukraine gave up their nuclear weapons as part of a defence deal.? The other obvious reason is that when one country attacks another and seeks to completely invade it there is choice other countries have to make in whether to sit back and do nothing or find a way to help. Thirdly you have to consider a domino effect scenario where Russia defeats Ukraine and then goes onto rebuild the USSR.? Maybe that sounds like a problem for the Europeans and I guess it is, or at least first.? But if the dominos carry on falling then you once again have a USSR that threatens the USA. NATO is the North Atlantic (not North American) Treaty Organisation (the French call it OTAN for French grammatical reasons I don?t understand). It?s not a club of buddies to bully anyone but a club of buddies to defend each other against a big bully.? It?s not a European idea or club and Canada is a member.? Despite the rhetoric you might read or hear, NATO isn?t a way for everyone apart from the USA to get defence on the cheap. Not everyone in the club might agree that everyone is paying enough. However, the member paying the most doesn?t say it will pay less but argues others should pay more.? Why is that?? Well, you might have to do your own research on that. Europe isn?t a country it?s a geographic region.? The EU is not the same thing as Europe because the EU is a kind of club.? Strangely enough the EU has been viewed by some members and one ex-member as a club where not all the members pay in enough money or get equal benefits out of it.? The republic of Ireland is not in NATO but is in Europe and is in the EU.? The United Kingdom (Great Britain, sort of) is in NATO and is in Europe but is not in the EU (it left some years ago). Is Europe being taken over by Islamic (Moslem) immigrants?? Well, I don?t think so.? I could make a joke and say that in England at least, the Hindus and Sikhs would never allow that to happen. You also have to understand there are actually 2 major and one lesser Islamic group ? not sure if this is quite the same thing as Catholics and Protestants but it?s how I like to think of it.? Over the years I?ve worked alongside Moslems and they were great people and not extremists. I read a lot that the reason Europeans have free healthcare is because they rely on the US, as part of NATO, to protect them rather than pay for their own protection.? In the UK free healthcare came into being after WW2 and existed all the way through the Cold War at a time when the UK spent a lot more on defence than it does now.? However, it?s not quite as encompassing as it used to be.? For example, when I was a child, medical prescriptions were free but for decades since there has been a fee to pay.? Similarly, all dental care was free when I was a child but now while it is still subsidised there is 3 tier system of fees and it can still be very expensive.? I think at least one country in Europe has free healthcare.? A question to consider then is if the US spent less money on NATO and defense generally would it be enough for free healthcare? I think that?s all the stuff I believe I can help others with their understanding of and I?m confident that listers are generally smarter than everyone else but may have friends with lesser rides and knowledge generally!? Also, while I have political opinions, I am not a member of any political party and haven?t always voted for the same political party.? I have enlisted military service but not combat experience.? Recently I even applied for and have been granted a HM Forces Veteran ID card and maybe when I get my 3rd one it will actually correctly record the initials for my Christian/Fore names. . . . I?d like to finish with a quote from Henry Ford: ?Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the government take care of him better take a closer look at the American Indian?.? However, it seems to be bunk and that he never said that but did say a bunch of other stuff.? So, how about a quote from the bible? Matthew Ch19 v30 (NIV) But many who are first will be last, and many who are last will be first. Daniel -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2026 20:50:31 += 0000 (UTC)
From: "AOL Mail Update (Terms & Po= licy)" <crusaderchuck55@aol.com>
To: Rick Fisk <refisk@chartermi.net>, Ron Soave <soav= ero@yahoo.com>
Cc: Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net>, wilkmanracing@aol.com,
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Do= not FORGET MONTANA BOB!LOL!Chuck?Recently trying to figure out what's olde= r.....dirt or me?
    On Monday, June 2= 2, 2026 at 03:34:49 PM EDT, Ron Soave via Spridgets <spridg= ets@autox.team.net> wrote: 

When we?d go off topic in the past, it was Frank Zappa= , cats, Elizabeth the Witch, nothing divisive.?
R= on Soave

On Jun 22, 20= 26, at 12:35?AM, Rick Fisk via Spridgets <spridgets@autox.t= eam.net> wrote:



?Delete key works fi= ne. ?But this kind of nonsense does not belong here.

On Jun 21, 2026, at 5:55?PM, Weslake1330 via= Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net> wrote:


?Delete key not working?
On Sun, 21 Jun 2026 at 20:31, Jim Ryan via Spridgets <spri= dgets@autox.team.net> wrote:

Well, it's supposed to be.? This kind of stuff is really not = welcome here.

Jim Ryan=

????

On Sun, Jun 21, 2026, 3:16?PM wilkmanr= acing--- via Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net> wr= ote:

Silly me. I thoug= ht this was a Sprite forum.?
Bill1958 Sprite Iris= Blue

Sent from the al= l new AOL app for iOS

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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2026 23:20:32 +0100
From: Weslake1330 <weslake1330@gmail.com>
To: Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net>=
Subject: [Spridgets] No LBC - Budapest, NATO (OT= AN) Europe, the EU,
??? Islamic immigration and h= ealthcare
Message-ID:
?= ?? <CAMhoh1U086VzL_ZMH428L64qsUw6=3Dfb=3DBkMtxCZp7zVM+GgdTw@mail.gmail.c= om>
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Hi list, some of you= are don?t like it when I post stuff like this but
never challenge any of the points I make or even privately debate them wi= th
me.? Some of you find them interesting and som= e have deleted this e-mail
already.? Well, I read= a lot of stuff on YouTube and regardless of any
= opinion or political allegiances it does seem to me that not everyone
understands the basic of some issues and that leads to= misunderstandings.
Sure, the list should be to d= iscuss LBC stuff but I think the archive will
con= firm other stuff, sometimes contentious (public drafting on the highway
=
and not in LBCs) topics get discussed.

Firstly, part of the reason countri= es are helping Ukraine in their fight
against Rus= sian aggression and attacks, lie with The Budapest Memorandum on
<= div dir=3D"ltr">Security signed in Budapest, Hungary, on 5 December 1994.? = The summary is
that Ukraine gave up their nuclear= weapons as part of a defence deal.? The
other ob= vious reason is that when one country attacks another and seeks to
completely invade it there is choice other countries have= to make in
whether to sit back and do nothing or= find a way to help. Thirdly you have
to consider= a domino effect scenario where Russia defeats Ukraine and then
goes onto rebuild the USSR.? Maybe that sounds like a proble= m for the
Europeans and I guess it is, or at leas= t first.? But if the dominos carry
on falling the= n you once again have a USSR that threatens the USA.

NATO is the North Atlantic (not North Americ= an) Treaty Organisation (the
French call it OTAN = for French grammatical reasons I don?t understand).
It?s not a club of buddies to bully anyone but a club of buddies to defe= nd
each other against a big bully.? It?s not a Eu= ropean idea or club and
Canada is a member.? Desp= ite the rhetoric you might read or hear, NATO
isn= ?t a way for everyone apart from the USA to get defence on the cheap.
Not everyone in the club might agree that everyone is = paying enough.
However, the member paying the mos= t doesn?t say it will pay less but argues
others = should pay more.? Why is that?? Well, you might have to do your own
research on that.

Europe isn?t a country it?s a geographic region.? The EU is = not the same
thing as Europe because the EU is a = kind of club.? Strangely enough the EU
has been v= iewed by some members and one ex-member as a club where not all
the members pay in enough money or get equal benefits out of= it.? The
republic of Ireland is not in NATO but = is in Europe and is in the EU.? The
United Kingdo= m (Great Britain, sort of) is in NATO and is in Europe but is
not in the EU (it left some years ago).

Is Europe being taken over by Islamic (Mosle= m) immigrants?? Well, I don?t
think so.? I could = make a joke and say that in England at least, the Hindus
and Sikhs would never allow that to happen. You also have to under= stand
there are actually 2 major and one lesser I= slamic group ? not sure if this
is quite the same= thing as Catholics and Protestants but it?s how I like to
think of it.? Over the years I?ve worked alongside Moslems and th= ey were
great people and not extremists.

I read a lot that the reason E= uropeans have free healthcare is because they
rel= y on the US, as part of NATO, to protect them rather than pay for their
=
own protection.? In the UK free healthcare came into= being after WW2 and
existed all the way through = the Cold War at a time when the UK spent a lot
mo= re on defence than it does now.? However, it?s not quite as encompassing
as it used to be.? For example, when I was a child,= medical prescriptions
were free but for decades = since there has been a fee to pay.? Similarly,
al= l dental care was free when I was a child but now while it is still
subsidised there is 3 tier system of fees and it can sti= ll be very
expensive.? I think at least one count= ry in Europe has free healthcare.? A
question to = consider then is if the US spent less money on NATO and defense
generally would it be enough for free healthcare?
<= div dir=3D"ltr">
I think that?s all the stuff I b= elieve I can help others with their
understanding= of and I?m confident that listers are generally smarter than
everyone else but may have friends with lesser rides and knowl= edge
generally!? Also, while I have political opi= nions, I am not a member of any
political party a= nd haven?t always voted for the same political party.? I
have enlisted military service but not combat experience.? Recentl= y I even
applied for and have been granted a HM F= orces Veteran ID card and maybe
when I get my 3rd= one it will actually correctly record the initials for my
Christian/Fore names. . . .

<= div dir=3D"ltr">I?d like to finish with a quote from Henry Ford: ?Any man w= ho thinks he can
be happy and prosperous by letti= ng the government take care of him better
take a = closer look at the American Indian?.? However, it seems to be bunk
and that he never said that but did say a bunch of other = stuff.? So, how
about a quote from the bible? Mat= thew Ch19 v30 (NIV) But many who are first
will b= e last, and many who are last will be first.

=
Daniel
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Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2026 20:58:36 +0000 (UTC)
From: "AOL Mail Update (Terms & Policy)" <crusaderch= uck55@aol.com>
To: Ron Soave <soavero@ya= hoo.com>, HealeyRick <healeyrik@gmail.com>
Cc: Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net&g= t;, wilkmanracing@aol.com,
    Wes= lake1330 <weslake1330@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Spridgets Digest, Vol 181, Issue 2
<= div dir=3D"ltr">Content-Type: text/plain; charset=3D"utf-8"

Cats?? ?Hmmm buffing pads or wheels = chocks?You do know we have lost so many list members/contributors who had s= uch colorful ways of conveying dismay over "donkey dung fired forges making= high quality tools and parts from Moss"!!!!!Ah yes.....I remember it well.= ...And God forbid Ed had one too many at the keyboard?? ?Yeah I'm old too!?= ?But I do remember?Sitting here looking at Frank's bent giant pipe wrench = I rescued and completely restored...*Sigh*Chuck
&= nbsp;   On Monday, June 22, 2026 at 02:30:08 PM EDT, HealeyRick via Sp= ridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net> wrote: 
=

When we?d go off topic = in the past, it was Frank Zappa, cats, Elizabeth the Witch, nothing divisiv= e.?
Ron Soave
Damn, I m= iss those days
Montana Bob
On Mon, Jun 22, 2026 at 10:51?AM Ron Soave via Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net> wrote:

When we?d go off topic in the past, it was Frank Zappa= , cats, Elizabeth the Witch, nothing divisive.?
R= on Soave

On Jun 22, 20= 26, at 12:35?AM, Rick Fisk via Spridgets <spridgets@autox.t= eam.net> wrote:



?Delete key works fi= ne.? But this kind of nonsense does not belong here.

On Jun 21, 2026, at 5:55?PM, Weslake1330 via= Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net> wrote:


?Delete key not working?
On Sun, 21 Jun 2026 at 20:31, Jim Ryan via Spridgets <spri= dgets@autox.team.net> wrote:

Well, it's supposed to be.? This kind of stuff is really not = welcome here.

Jim Ryan=

????

On Sun, Jun 21, 2026, 3:16?PM wilkmanr= acing--- via Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net> wr= ote:

Silly me. I thoug= ht this was a Sprite forum.?
Bill1958 Sprite Iris= Blue

Sent from the al= l new AOL app for iOS

=
On Sunday, June 21, 2026, 11:34 AM, spridgets-request@autox.team.net <spridgets-request@autox.team.net> wrote:

Send Spridgets mailing list submiss= ions to

To subscribe or u= nsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit
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You can rea= ch the person managing the list at

When replying, please edit your Subject line so= it is more specific
than "Re: Contents of Spridg= ets digest..."


Today's Topics:

? 1. No LBC - Budapest, NATO (OTAN) Europe, the EU, Islamic
? ? ? immigration and healthcare (Weslake1330)
=


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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2026 23:20:32 +0100
From: Weslake1330 <weslake1330@gmail.com>
To: Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net>=
Subject: [Spridgets] No LBC - Budapest, NATO (OT= AN) Europe, the EU,
??? Islamic immigration and h= ealthcare
Message-ID:
?= ?? <CAMhoh1U086VzL_ZMH428L64qsUw6=3Dfb=3DBkMtxCZp7zVM+GgdTw@mail.gmail.c= om>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=3D"utf-8= "

Hi list, some of you= are don?t like it when I post stuff like this but
never challenge any of the points I make or even privately debate them wi= th
me.? Some of you find them interesting and som= e have deleted this e-mail
already.? Well, I read= a lot of stuff on YouTube and regardless of any
= opinion or political allegiances it does seem to me that not everyone
understands the basic of some issues and that leads to= misunderstandings.
Sure, the list should be to d= iscuss LBC stuff but I think the archive will
con= firm other stuff, sometimes contentious (public drafting on the highway
=
and not in LBCs) topics get discussed.

Firstly, part of the reason countri= es are helping Ukraine in their fight
against Rus= sian aggression and attacks, lie with The Budapest Memorandum on
<= div dir=3D"ltr">Security signed in Budapest, Hungary, on 5 December 1994.? = The summary is
that Ukraine gave up their nuclear= weapons as part of a defence deal.? The
other ob= vious reason is that when one country attacks another and seeks to
completely invade it there is choice other countries have= to make in
whether to sit back and do nothing or= find a way to help. Thirdly you have
to consider= a domino effect scenario where Russia defeats Ukraine and then
goes onto rebuild the USSR.? Maybe that sounds like a proble= m for the
Europeans and I guess it is, or at leas= t first.? But if the dominos carry
on falling the= n you once again have a USSR that threatens the USA.

NATO is the North Atlantic (not North Americ= an) Treaty Organisation (the
French call it OTAN = for French grammatical reasons I don?t understand).
It?s not a club of buddies to bully anyone but a club of buddies to defe= nd
each other against a big bully.? It?s not a Eu= ropean idea or club and
Canada is a member.? Desp= ite the rhetoric you might read or hear, NATO
isn= ?t a way for everyone apart from the USA to get defence on the cheap.
Not everyone in the club might agree that everyone is = paying enough.
However, the member paying the mos= t doesn?t say it will pay less but argues
others = should pay more.? Why is that?? Well, you might have to do your own
research on that.

Europe isn?t a country it?s a geographic region.? The EU is = not the same
thing as Europe because the EU is a = kind of club.? Strangely enough the EU
has been v= iewed by some members and one ex-member as a club where not all
the members pay in enough money or get equal benefits out of= it.? The
republic of Ireland is not in NATO but = is in Europe and is in the EU.? The
United Kingdo= m (Great Britain, sort of) is in NATO and is in Europe but is
not in the EU (it left some years ago).

Is Europe being taken over by Islamic (Mosle= m) immigrants?? Well, I don?t
think so.? I could = make a joke and say that in England at least, the Hindus
and Sikhs would never allow that to happen. You also have to under= stand
there are actually 2 major and one lesser I= slamic group ? not sure if this
is quite the same= thing as Catholics and Protestants but it?s how I like to
think of it.? Over the years I?ve worked alongside Moslems and th= ey were
great people and not extremists.

I read a lot that the reason E= uropeans have free healthcare is because they
rel= y on the US, as part of NATO, to protect them rather than pay for their
=
own protection.? In the UK free healthcare came into= being after WW2 and
existed all the way through = the Cold War at a time when the UK spent a lot
mo= re on defence than it does now.? However, it?s not quite as encompassing
as it used to be.? For example, when I was a child,= medical prescriptions
were free but for decades = since there has been a fee to pay.? Similarly,
al= l dental care was free when I was a child but now while it is still
subsidised there is 3 tier system of fees and it can sti= ll be very
expensive.? I think at least one count= ry in Europe has free healthcare.? A
question to = consider then is if the US spent less money on NATO and defense
generally would it be enough for free healthcare?
<= div dir=3D"ltr">
I think that?s all the stuff I b= elieve I can help others with their
understanding= of and I?m confident that listers are generally smarter than
everyone else but may have friends with lesser rides and knowl= edge
generally!? Also, while I have political opi= nions, I am not a member of any
political party a= nd haven?t always voted for the same political party.? I
have enlisted military service but not combat experience.? Recentl= y I even
applied for and have been granted a HM F= orces Veteran ID card and maybe
when I get my 3rd= one it will actually correctly record the initials for my
Christian/Fore names. . . .

<= div dir=3D"ltr">I?d like to finish with a quote from Henry Ford: ?Any man w= ho thinks he can
be happy and prosperous by letti= ng the government take care of him better
take a = closer look at the American Indian?.? However, it seems to be bunk
and that he never said that but did say a bunch of other = stuff.? So, how
about a quote from the bible? Mat= thew Ch19 v30 (NIV) But many who are first
will b= e last, and many who are last will be first.

=
Daniel
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There was a list member in Te= xas who had a Midget and considered herself a witch, a good witch but a witc= h nonetheless.

On Jun 24= , 2026, at 6:54=E2=80=AFPM, JMFangio via Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.= net> wrote:

=EF=BB=BFElizabeth the witch predates me, what is the story there?

Lester


On Jun 23, 2026, at 8:55 AM, n= ory1--- via Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net> wrote:

Gosh, I miss those guys!
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Sent: June 22, 202= 6 at 5:00 PM EDT
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Spridgets Digest, V= ol 181, Issue 2
 
Do not FORGET MONTANA BOB!
LOL!
Chuck 
Recently trying to figure out what's older.....dirt or me?
 
On Monday, June 22, 2026 at 03:34:49 PM EDT, Ron Soave via S= pridgets <spridget= s@autox.team.net> wrote:
 
 
When we=E2=80=99d go off topic in the past, it was Frank Zap= pa, cats, Elizabeth the Witch, nothing divisive. 

Ron Soave

On Jun 22, 2026, at 12:35=E2=80=AFAM, Rick Fisk via S= pridgets <spridget= s@autox.team.net> wrote:

 
Delete key works fine.  But this kind of nonsense does n= ot belong here.

On Jun 21, 2026, at 5:55=E2=80=AFPM, Weslake1330 via S= pridgets <spridget= s@autox.team.net> wrote:

Delete key not working?

On Sun, 21 Jun 2026 at 20:= 31, Jim Ryan via Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net>= ; wrote:
Well, it's supposed to be.  This kind of stuff is reall= y not welcome here.
 

Jim Ryan

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On Sun, Jun 21, 2026, 3:16= =E2=80=AFPM wilkmanracing--- via Spridgets <spridgets@autox= .team.net> wrote:
Silly me. I thought this was a Sprite forum. 
 
Bill
1958 Sprite Iris Blue

Sent from the all new AOL app for iOS

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Today's Topics:
 
  1. No LBC - Budapest, NATO (OTAN) Europe, the EU, Isl= amic
      immigration and healthcare (Weslake1330= )
 
 
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Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2026 23:20:32 +0100
From: Weslake1330 <weslake1330@gmail.com&g= t;
To: Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net= >
Subject: [Spridgets] No LBC - Budapest, NATO (OTAN) Europe, t= he EU,
    Islamic immigration and healthcare
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Hi list, some of you are don?t like it when I post stuff lik= e this but
never challenge any of the points I make or even privately d= ebate them with
me.  Some of you find them interesting and some have de= leted this e-mail
already.  Well, I read a lot of stuff on YouTube and re= gardless of any
opinion or political allegiances it does seem to me that not= everyone
understands the basic of some issues and that leads to misun= derstandings.
Sure, the list should be to discuss LBC stuff but I think th= e archive will
confirm other stuff, sometimes contentious (public drafting o= n the highway
and not in LBCs) topics get discussed.
 
Firstly, part of the reason countries are helping Ukraine in= their fight
against Russian aggression and attacks, lie with The Budapes= t Memorandum on
Security signed in Budapest, Hungary, on 5 December 1994.&nb= sp; The summary is
that Ukraine gave up their nuclear weapons as part of a defe= nce deal.  The
other obvious reason is that when one country attacks anothe= r and seeks to
completely invade it there is choice other countries have to= make in
whether to sit back and do nothing or find a way to help. Th= irdly you have
to consider a domino effect scenario where Russia defeats Uk= raine and then
goes onto rebuild the USSR.  Maybe that sounds like a p= roblem for the
Europeans and I guess it is, or at least first.  But if= the dominos carry
on falling then you once again have a USSR that threatens th= e USA.
 
NATO is the North Atlantic (not North American) Treaty Organ= isation (the
French call it OTAN for French grammatical reasons I don?t u= nderstand).
It?s not a club of buddies to bully anyone but a club of bud= dies to defend
each other against a big bully.  It?s not a European id= ea or club and
Canada is a member.  Despite the rhetoric you might rea= d or hear, NATO
isn?t a way for everyone apart from the USA to get defence o= n the cheap.
Not everyone in the club might agree that everyone is paying= enough.
However, the member paying the most doesn?t say it will pay l= ess but argues
others should pay more.  Why is that?  Well, you m= ight have to do your own
research on that.
 
Europe isn?t a country it?s a geographic region.  The E= U is not the same
thing as Europe because the EU is a kind of club.  Stra= ngely enough the EU
has been viewed by some members and one ex-member as a club w= here not all
the members pay in enough money or get equal benefits out of= it.  The
republic of Ireland is not in NATO but is in Europe and is i= n the EU.  The
United Kingdom (Great Britain, sort of) is in NATO and is in= Europe but is
not in the EU (it left some years ago).
 
Is Europe being taken over by Islamic (Moslem) immigrants?&n= bsp; Well, I don?t
think so.  I could make a joke and say that in England a= t least, the Hindus
and Sikhs would never allow that to happen. You also have to= understand
there are actually 2 major and one lesser Islamic group ? no= t sure if this
is quite the same thing as Catholics and Protestants but it?= s how I like to
think of it.  Over the years I?ve worked alongside Mosl= ems and they were
great people and not extremists.
 
I read a lot that the reason Europeans have free healthcare i= s because they
rely on the US, as part of NATO, to protect them rather than= pay for their
own protection.  In the UK free healthcare came into be= ing after WW2 and
existed all the way through the Cold War at a time when the U= K spent a lot
more on defence than it does now.  However, it?s not qu= ite as encompassing
as it used to be.  For example, when I was a child, med= ical prescriptions
were free but for decades since there has been a fee to pay.=   Similarly,
all dental care was free when I was a child but now while it= is still
subsidised there is 3 tier system of fees and it can still b= e very
expensive.  I think at least one country in Europe has f= ree healthcare.  A
question to consider then is if the US spent less money on N= ATO and defense
generally would it be enough for free healthcare?
 
I think that?s all the stuff I believe I can help others wit= h their
understanding of and I?m confident that listers are generall= y smarter than
everyone else but may have friends with lesser rides and kno= wledge
generally!  Also, while I have political opinions, I am= not a member of any
political party and haven?t always voted for the same politi= cal party.  I
have enlisted military service but not combat experience.&nb= sp; Recently I even
applied for and have been granted a HM Forces Veteran ID car= d and maybe
when I get my 3rd one it will actually correctly record the i= nitials for my
Christian/Fore names. . . .
 
I?d like to finish with a quote from Henry Ford: ?Any man wh= o thinks he can
be happy and prosperous by letting the government take care o= f him better
take a closer look at the American Indian?.  However, i= t seems to be bunk
and that he never said that but did say a bunch of other stu= ff.  So, how
about a quote from the bible? Matthew Ch19 v30 (NIV) But man= y who are first
will be last, and many who are last will be first.
 
Daniel
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She had married a Texan, and moved to the US. My wife and I met her during the Texas Healey Roundup many years ago, and maintained a friendship until she returned to England. That was about 10 years ago. She recently has passed. Brad On Wed, Jun 24, 2026 at 5:59=E2=80=AFPM JMFangio via Spridgets < spridgets@autox.team.net> wrote: > Elizabeth the witch predates me, what is the story there? > > Lester > > > > On Jun 23, 2026, at 8:55 AM, nory1--- via Spridgets < > spridgets@autox.team.net> wrote: > > Gosh, I miss those guys! > -------------------- > > From: "AOL Mail Update (Terms & Policy) via Spridgets" < > spridgets@autox.team.net> > Reply-To: "AOL Mail Update (Terms & Policy)" > To: "Rick Fisk" , "Ron Soave" > Cc: "Spridgets" , , > "Weslake1330" > Sent: June 22, 2026 at 5:00 PM EDT > Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Spridgets Digest, Vol 181, Issue 2 > > Do not FORGET MONTANA BOB! > LOL! > Chuck > Recently trying to figure out what's older.....dirt or me? > > On Monday, June 22, 2026 at 03:34:49 PM EDT, Ron Soave via Spridgets < > spridgets@autox.team.net> wrote: > > > When we=E2=80=99d go off topic in the past, it was Frank Zappa, cats, Eli= zabeth > the Witch, nothing divisive. > > Ron Soave > > On Jun 22, 2026, at 12:35=E2=80=AFAM, Rick Fisk via Spridgets < > spridgets@autox.team.net> wrote: > > > Delete key works fine. But this kind of nonsense does not belong here. > > On Jun 21, 2026, at 5:55=E2=80=AFPM, Weslake1330 via Spridgets < > spridgets@autox.team.net> wrote: > > Delete key not working? > > On Sun, 21 Jun 2026 at 20:31, Jim Ryan via Spridgets < > spridgets@autox.team.net> wrote: > > Well, it's supposed to be. This kind of stuff is really not welcome here= . > > > Jim Ryan > > =C2=A9=C2=BF=C2=A9=C2=AC > > On Sun, Jun 21, 2026, 3:16=E2=80=AFPM wilkmanracing--- via Spridgets < > spridgets@autox.team.net> wrote: > > Silly me. I thought this was a Sprite forum. > > Bill > 1958 Sprite Iris Blue > > Sent from the all new AOL app for iOS > > > On Sunday, June 21, 2026, 11:34 AM, spridgets-request@autox.team.net < > spridgets-request@autox.team.net> wrote: > > Send Spridgets mailing list submissions to > spridgets@autox.team.net > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/spridgets > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > spridgets-request@autox.team.net > > You can reach the person managing the list at > spridgets-owner@autox.team.net > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Spridgets digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. No LBC - Budapest, NATO (OTAN) Europe, the EU, Islamic > immigration and healthcare (Weslake1330) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2026 23:20:32 +0100 > From: Weslake1330 > To: Spridgets > Subject: [Spridgets] No LBC - Budapest, NATO (OTAN) Europe, the EU, > Islamic immigration and healthcare > Message-ID: > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=3D"utf-8" > > Hi list, some of you are don?t like it when I post stuff like this but > never challenge any of the points I make or even privately debate them wi= th > me. Some of you find them interesting and some have deleted this e-mail > already. Well, I read a lot of stuff on YouTube and regardless of any > opinion or political allegiances it does seem to me that not everyone > understands the basic of some issues and that leads to misunderstandings. > Sure, the list should be to discuss LBC stuff but I think the archive wil= l > confirm other stuff, sometimes contentious (public drafting on the highwa= y > and not in LBCs) topics get discussed. > > Firstly, part of the reason countries are helping Ukraine in their fight > against Russian aggression and attacks, lie with The Budapest Memorandum = on > Security signed in Budapest, Hungary, on 5 December 1994. The summary is > that Ukraine gave up their nuclear weapons as part of a defence deal. Th= e > other obvious reason is that when one country attacks another and seeks t= o > completely invade it there is choice other countries have to make in > whether to sit back and do nothing or find a way to help. Thirdly you hav= e > to consider a domino effect scenario where Russia defeats Ukraine and the= n > goes onto rebuild the USSR. Maybe that sounds like a problem for the > Europeans and I guess it is, or at least first. But if the dominos carry > on falling then you once again have a USSR that threatens the USA. > > NATO is the North Atlantic (not North American) Treaty Organisation (the > French call it OTAN for French grammatical reasons I don?t understand). > It?s not a club of buddies to bully anyone but a club of buddies to defen= d > each other against a big bully. It?s not a European idea or club and > Canada is a member. Despite the rhetoric you might read or hear, NATO > isn?t a way for everyone apart from the USA to get defence on the cheap. > Not everyone in the club might agree that everyone is paying enough. > However, the member paying the most doesn?t say it will pay less but argu= es > others should pay more. Why is that? Well, you might have to do your ow= n > research on that. > > Europe isn?t a country it?s a geographic region. The EU is not the same > thing as Europe because the EU is a kind of club. Strangely enough the E= U > has been viewed by some members and one ex-member as a club where not all > the members pay in enough money or get equal benefits out of it. The > republic of Ireland is not in NATO but is in Europe and is in the EU. Th= e > United Kingdom (Great Britain, sort of) is in NATO and is in Europe but i= s > not in the EU (it left some years ago). > > Is Europe being taken over by Islamic (Moslem) immigrants? Well, I don?t > think so. I could make a joke and say that in England at least, the Hind= us > and Sikhs would never allow that to happen. You also have to understand > there are actually 2 major and one lesser Islamic group ? not sure if thi= s > is quite the same thing as Catholics and Protestants but it?s how I like = to > think of it. Over the years I?ve worked alongside Moslems and they were > great people and not extremists. > > I read a lot that the reason Europeans have free healthcare is because th= ey > rely on the US, as part of NATO, to protect them rather than pay for thei= r > own protection. In the UK free healthcare came into being after WW2 and > existed all the way through the Cold War at a time when the UK spent a lo= t > more on defence than it does now. However, it?s not quite as encompassin= g > as it used to be. For example, when I was a child, medical prescriptions > were free but for decades since there has been a fee to pay. Similarly, > all dental care was free when I was a child but now while it is still > subsidised there is 3 tier system of fees and it can still be very > expensive. I think at least one country in Europe has free healthcare. = A > question to consider then is if the US spent less money on NATO and defen= se > generally would it be enough for free healthcare? > > I think that?s all the stuff I believe I can help others with their > understanding of and I?m confident that listers are generally smarter tha= n > everyone else but may have friends with lesser rides and knowledge > generally! Also, while I have political opinions, I am not a member of a= ny > political party and haven?t always voted for the same political party. I > have enlisted military service but not combat experience. Recently I eve= n > applied for and have been granted a HM Forces Veteran ID card and maybe > when I get my 3rd one it will actually correctly record the initials for = my > Christian/Fore names. . . . > > I?d like to finish with a quote from Henry Ford: ?Any man who thinks he c= an > be happy and prosperous by letting the government take care of him better > take a closer look at the American Indian?. However, it seems to be bunk > and that he never said that but did say a bunch of other stuff. So, how > about a quote from the bible? Matthew Ch19 v30 (NIV) But many who are fir= st > will be last, and many who are last will be first. > > Daniel > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://autox.team.net/pipermail/spridgets/attachments/20260620/4fb9c45e/a= ttachment-0001.htm > > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > > Spridgets mailing list > Spridgets@autox.team.net > http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/spridgets > > > ------------------------------ > > End of Spridgets Digest, Vol 181, Issue 2 > ***************************************** > > ------------------------ > > spridgets@autox.team.net > > Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html > Suggested annual donation: $12.75 > > Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/spridgets > http://autox.team.net/archive > > Unsubscribe/Manage: > http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/spridgets/ryan@jimryan.com > > ------------------------ > > spridgets@autox.team.net > > Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html > Suggested annual donation: $12.75 > > Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/spridgets > http://autox.team.net/archive > > Unsubscribe/Manage: > http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/spridgets/weslake1330@gmail.com > > ------------------------ > > spridgets@autox.team.net > > Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html > Suggested annual donation: $12.75 > > Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/spridgets > http://autox.team.net/archive > > Unsubscribe/Manage: > http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/spridgets/refisk@chartermi.net > > ------------------------ > > spridgets@autox.team.net > > Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html > Suggested annual donation: $12.75 > > Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/spridgets > http://autox.team.net/archive > > Unsubscribe/Manage: > http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/spridgets/soavero@yahoo.com > > ------------------------ > > spridgets@autox.team.net > > Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html > Suggested annual donation: $12.75 > > Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/spridgets > http://autox.team.net/archive > > Unsubscribe/Manage: > http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/spridgets/crusaderchuck55@aol.com > > ------------------------ > > spridgets@autox.team.net > > Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html > Suggested annual donation: $12.75 > > Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/spridgets > http://autox.team.net/archive > > Unsubscribe/Manage: > http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/spridgets/oldsaabguy@comcast.net > > > ------------------------ > > spridgets@autox.team.net > > Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html > Suggested annual donation: $12.75 > > Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/spridgets > http://autox.team.net/archive > > Unsubscribe/Manage: > http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/spridgets/tequila.brad@gmail.com > --=20 DON JULIO 1942 http://tequilabrad.com/ --0000000000006b4ebc0655082fd1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
She was from the Pennines=C2=A0mountain area of England, w= here witches were known to have resided centuries ago. She had married a Te= xan, and moved to the US. My wife and=C2=A0I met her during the Texas Heale= y Roundup many years ago, and maintained a friendship until she returned to= England. That was about 10 years ago. She recently has passed.=C2=A0
Brad

On Wed, Jun 24, 2026 at 5:59=E2=80=AFPM JMFan= gio via Spridgets <spridgets= @autox.team.net> wrote:
Elizabeth the witc= h predates me, what is the story there?

Lester



On Jun 23, 2026= , at 8:55 AM, nory1--- via Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net> wrote:
Gosh, I miss those guys!
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From: = "AOL Mail Update (Terms & Policy) via Spridgets" <spridgets@autox.team= .net>
Reply-To: "AOL Mail Update (Terms & Policy)"= <crusaderc= huck55@aol.com>
To: "Rick Fisk" <refisk@chartermi.net>, "= ;Ron Soave" <soavero@yahoo.com>
Cc: "Spridgets" <spridgets@autox.team.net>, <wilkm= anracing@aol.com>, "Weslake1330" <weslake1330@gmail.com>
Sen= t: June 22, 2026 at 5:00 PM EDT
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Spridgets Dige= st, Vol 181, Issue 2
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Do not FORGET MONTANA BOB!
LOL!
Chuck=C2=A0
Recently trying to figure out what's older.....dirt or me?
=C2=A0
On Monday, June 22, 2026 at 03:34:49 PM EDT, Ron Soave via Spridgets &= lt;spridgets@= autox.team.net> wrote:
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=C2=A0
When we=E2=80=99d go off topic in the past, it was Frank Zappa, cats, = Elizabeth the Witch, nothing divisive.=C2=A0

Ron Soave

On Jun 22, 2026, at 12:35=E2=80=AFAM, Rick Fisk via Spridgets &= lt;spridgets@= autox.team.net> wrote:

=C2=A0
Delete key works fine.=C2=A0 But this kind of nonsense does not belong= here.

On Jun 21, 2026, at 5:55=E2=80=AFPM, Weslake1330 via Spridgets = <spridgets= @autox.team.net> wrote:

Delete key not working?

On Sun, 21 Jun 2026 at 20:31, Jim Ryan via Spridgets <spridgets= @autox.team.net> wrote:
Well, it's supposed to be.=C2=A0 This kind of stuff is really not = welcome here.
=C2=A0

Jim Ryan

=C2=A9=C2=BF=C2=A9=C2=AC=


On Sun, Jun 21, 2026, 3:16=E2=80=AFPM wilkmanracing--- via Spridgets &= lt;spridgets@autox.team.net> wrote:
Silly me. I thought this was a Sprite forum.=C2=A0
=C2=A0
Bill
1958 Sprite Iris Blue


On Sunday, June 21, 2026, 11:34 AM, spridgets-reque= st@autox.team.net <spridgets-request@autox.team.net&= gt; wrote:

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Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2026 23:20:32 +0100
From: Weslake1330 <weslake1330@gmail.com>
To: Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Subject: [Spridgets] No LBC - Budapest, NATO (OTAN) Europe, the EU,
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 Islamic immigration and healthcare
Message-ID:
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Hi list, some of you are don?t like it when I post stuff like this but=
never challenge any of the points I make or even privately debate them= with
me.=C2=A0 Some of you find them interesting and some have deleted this= e-mail
already.=C2=A0 Well, I read a lot of stuff on YouTube and regardless o= f any
opinion or political allegiances it does seem to me that not everyone<= /div>
understands the basic of some issues and that leads to misunderstandin= gs.
Sure, the list should be to discuss LBC stuff but I think the archive = will
confirm other stuff, sometimes contentious (public drafting on the hig= hway
and not in LBCs) topics get discussed.
=C2=A0
Firstly, part of the reason countries are helping Ukraine in their fig= ht
against Russian aggression and attacks, lie with The Budapest Memorand= um on
Security signed in Budapest, Hungary, on 5 December 1994.=C2=A0 The su= mmary is
that Ukraine gave up their nuclear weapons as part of a defence deal.= =C2=A0 The
other obvious reason is that when one country attacks another and seek= s to
completely invade it there is choice other countries have to make in
whether to sit back and do nothing or find a way to help. Thirdly you = have
to consider a domino effect scenario where Russia defeats Ukraine and = then
goes onto rebuild the USSR.=C2=A0 Maybe that sounds like a problem for= the
Europeans and I guess it is, or at least first.=C2=A0 But if the domin= os carry
on falling then you once again have a USSR that threatens the USA.
=C2=A0
NATO is the North Atlantic (not North American) Treaty Organisation (t= he
French call it OTAN for French grammatical reasons I don?t understand)= .
It?s not a club of buddies to bully anyone but a club of buddies to de= fend
each other against a big bully.=C2=A0 It?s not a European idea or club= and
Canada is a member.=C2=A0 Despite the rhetoric you might read or hear,= NATO
isn?t a way for everyone apart from the USA to get defence on the chea= p.
Not everyone in the club might agree that everyone is paying enough.
However, the member paying the most doesn?t say it will pay less but a= rgues
others should pay more.=C2=A0 Why is that?=C2=A0 Well, you might have = to do your own
research on that.
=C2=A0
Europe isn?t a country it?s a geographic region.=C2=A0 The EU is not t= he same
thing as Europe because the EU is a kind of club.=C2=A0 Strangely enou= gh the EU
has been viewed by some members and one ex-member as a club where not = all
the members pay in enough money or get equal benefits out of it.=C2=A0= The
republic of Ireland is not in NATO but is in Europe and is in the EU.= =C2=A0 The
United Kingdom (Great Britain, sort of) is in NATO and is in Europe bu= t is
not in the EU (it left some years ago).
=C2=A0
Is Europe being taken over by Islamic (Moslem) immigrants?=C2=A0 Well,= I don?t
think so.=C2=A0 I could make a joke and say that in England at least, = the Hindus
and Sikhs would never allow that to happen. You also have to understan= d
there are actually 2 major and one lesser Islamic group ? not sure if = this
is quite the same thing as Catholics and Protestants but it?s how I li= ke to
think of it.=C2=A0 Over the years I?ve worked alongside Moslems and th= ey were
great people and not extremists.
=C2=A0
I read a lot that the reason Europeans have free healthcare is because= they
rely on the US, as part of NATO, to protect them rather than pay for t= heir
own protection.=C2=A0 In the UK free healthcare came into being after = WW2 and
existed all the way through the Cold War at a time when the UK spent a= lot
more on defence than it does now.=C2=A0 However, it?s not quite as enc= ompassing
as it used to be.=C2=A0 For example, when I was a child, medical presc= riptions
were free but for decades since there has been a fee to pay.=C2=A0 Sim= ilarly,
all dental care was free when I was a child but now while it is still<= /div>
subsidised there is 3 tier system of fees and it can still be very
expensive.=C2=A0 I think at least one country in Europe has free healt= hcare.=C2=A0 A
question to consider then is if the US spent less money on NATO and de= fense
generally would it be enough for free healthcare?
=C2=A0
I think that?s all the stuff I believe I can help others with their
understanding of and I?m confident that listers are generally smarter = than
everyone else but may have friends with lesser rides and knowledge
generally!=C2=A0 Also, while I have political opinions, I am not a mem= ber of any
political party and haven?t always voted for the same political party.= =C2=A0 I
have enlisted military service but not combat experience.=C2=A0 Recent= ly I even
applied for and have been granted a HM Forces Veteran ID card and mayb= e
when I get my 3rd one it will actually correctly record the initials f= or my
Christian/Fore names. . . .
=C2=A0
I?d like to finish with a quote from Henry Ford: ?Any man who thinks h= e can
be happy and prosperous by letting the government take care of him bet= ter
take a closer look at the American Indian?.=C2=A0 However, it seems to= be bunk
and that he never said that but did say a bunch of other stuff.=C2=A0 = So, how
about a quote from the bible? Matthew Ch19 v30 (NIV) But many who are = first
will be last, and many who are last will be first.
=C2=A0
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On Jun 24, 2026, at 6:25=E2=80=AFPM, Brad Fornal <tequi= la.brad@gmail.com> wrote:

=EF=BB=BF
She was from the Pennines&nb= sp;mountain area of England, where witches were known to have resided centur= ies ago. She had married a Texan, and moved to the US. My wife and I me= t her during the Texas Healey Roundup many years ago, and maintained a frien= dship until she returned to England. That was about 10 years ago. She recent= ly has passed. 

Brad

On Wed, Jun 24, 2026 at= 5:59=E2=80=AFPM JMFangio via Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net> wrote:
= Elizabeth the witch predates me, what is the story there?

Lester



On Jun 23, 2026, at 8:55 AM, nory1--- via Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net> w= rote:

Gosh, I miss those guys!
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From: "AOL Mail Update (Terms & Policy) via Spridgets" <spridgets@autox.team.= net>
Reply-To: "AOL Mail Update (Terms & Policy)" <crusaderchuck55@aol.co= m>
To: "Rick Fisk" <refisk@chartermi.net>, "Ron Soave" <soavero@yahoo.com>
Cc: "= Spridgets" <spridgets@autox.team.net>, <wilkmanracing@aol.com>, "Weslake1330" <weslake1330@gmail.com<= /a>>
Sent: June 22, 2026 at 5:00 PM EDT
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] S= pridgets Digest, Vol 181, Issue 2
 
Do not FORGET MONTANA BOB!
LOL!
Chuck 
Recently trying to figure out what's older.....dirt or me?
 
 
 
When we=E2=80=99d go off topic in the past, it was Frank Zappa, cats, E= lizabeth the Witch, nothing divisive. 

Ron Soave

On Jun 22, 2026, at 12:35=E2=80=AFAM, Rick Fisk via Spridgets &l= t;spridgets@au= tox.team.net> wrote:

 
Delete key works fine.  But this kind of nonsense does not belong h= ere.

On Jun 21, 2026, at 5:55=E2=80=AFPM, Weslake1330 via Spridgets &= lt;spridgets@a= utox.team.net> wrote:

Delete key not working?

On Sun, 21 Jun 2026 at 20:31, Jim Ryan via Spridgets <spridgets@a= utox.team.net> wrote:
Well, it's supposed to be.  This kind of stuff is really not welco= me here.
 

Jim Ryan

=C2=A9=C2=BF=C2=A9=C2=AC


On Sun, Jun 21, 2026, 3:16=E2=80=AFPM wilkmanracing--- via Spridgets &l= t;spridgets@autox.team.net> wrote:
Silly me. I thought this was a Sprite forum. 
 
Bill
1958 Sprite Iris Blue


On Sunday, June 21, 2026, 11:34 AM, spridgets-request@= autox.team.net <spridgets-request@autox.team.net> w= rote:

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Today's Topics:
 
  1. No LBC - Budapest, NATO (OTAN) Europe, the EU, Islamic
      immigration and healthcare (Weslake1330)
 
 
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Subject: [Spridgets] No LBC - Budapest, NATO (OTAN) Europe, the EU,
    Islamic immigration and healthcare
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Hi list, some of you are don?t like it when I post stuff like this but<= /div>
never challenge any of the points I make or even privately debate them w= ith
me.  Some of you find them interesting and some have deleted this e= -mail
already.  Well, I read a lot of stuff on YouTube and regardless of= any
opinion or political allegiances it does seem to me that not everyone
understands the basic of some issues and that leads to misunderstanding= s.
Sure, the list should be to discuss LBC stuff but I think the archive w= ill
confirm other stuff, sometimes contentious (public drafting on the high= way
and not in LBCs) topics get discussed.
 
Firstly, part of the reason countries are helping Ukraine in their figh= t
against Russian aggression and attacks, lie with The Budapest Memorandu= m on
Security signed in Budapest, Hungary, on 5 December 1994.  The sum= mary is
that Ukraine gave up their nuclear weapons as part of a defence deal.&n= bsp; The
other obvious reason is that when one country attacks another and seeks= to
completely invade it there is choice other countries have to make in
whether to sit back and do nothing or find a way to help. Thirdly you h= ave
to consider a domino effect scenario where Russia defeats Ukraine and t= hen
goes onto rebuild the USSR.  Maybe that sounds like a problem for t= he
Europeans and I guess it is, or at least first.  But if the domino= s carry
on falling then you once again have a USSR that threatens the USA.
 
NATO is the North Atlantic (not North American) Treaty Organisation (th= e
French call it OTAN for French grammatical reasons I don?t understand).=
It?s not a club of buddies to bully anyone but a club of buddies to def= end
each other against a big bully.  It?s not a European idea or club a= nd
Canada is a member.  Despite the rhetoric you might read or hear, N= ATO
isn?t a way for everyone apart from the USA to get defence on the cheap= .
Not everyone in the club might agree that everyone is paying enough.
However, the member paying the most doesn?t say it will pay less but ar= gues
others should pay more.  Why is that?  Well, you might have t= o do your own
research on that.
 
Europe isn?t a country it?s a geographic region.  The EU is not th= e same
thing as Europe because the EU is a kind of club.  Strangely enoug= h the EU
has been viewed by some members and one ex-member as a club where not a= ll
the members pay in enough money or get equal benefits out of it.  T= he
republic of Ireland is not in NATO but is in Europe and is in the EU.&n= bsp; The
United Kingdom (Great Britain, sort of) is in NATO and is in Europe but= is
not in the EU (it left some years ago).
 
Is Europe being taken over by Islamic (Moslem) immigrants?  Well, I= don?t
think so.  I could make a joke and say that in England at least, t= he Hindus
and Sikhs would never allow that to happen. You also have to understand=
there are actually 2 major and one lesser Islamic group ? not sure if t= his
is quite the same thing as Catholics and Protestants but it?s how I lik= e to
think of it.  Over the years I?ve worked alongside Moslems and the= y were
great people and not extremists.
 
I read a lot that the reason Europeans have free healthcare is because t= hey
rely on the US, as part of NATO, to protect them rather than pay for th= eir
own protection.  In the UK free healthcare came into being after W= W2 and
existed all the way through the Cold War at a time when the UK spent a l= ot
more on defence than it does now.  However, it?s not quite as enco= mpassing
as it used to be.  For example, when I was a child, medical prescr= iptions
were free but for decades since there has been a fee to pay.  Simi= larly,
all dental care was free when I was a child but now while it is still
subsidised there is 3 tier system of fees and it can still be very
expensive.  I think at least one country in Europe has free health= care.  A
question to consider then is if the US spent less money on NATO and def= ense
generally would it be enough for free healthcare?
 
I think that?s all the stuff I believe I can help others with their
understanding of and I?m confident that listers are generally smarter t= han
everyone else but may have friends with lesser rides and knowledge
generally!  Also, while I have political opinions, I am not a memb= er of any
political party and haven?t always voted for the same political party.&= nbsp; I
have enlisted military service but not combat experience.  Recentl= y I even
applied for and have been granted a HM Forces Veteran ID card and maybe=
when I get my 3rd one it will actually correctly record the initials fo= r my
Christian/Fore names. . . .
 
I?d like to finish with a quote from Henry Ford: ?Any man who thinks he= can
be happy and prosperous by letting the government take care of him bett= er
take a closer look at the American Indian?.  However, it seems to b= e bunk
and that he never said that but did say a bunch of other stuff.  S= o, how
about a quote from the bible? Matthew Ch19 v30 (NIV) But many who are f= irst
will be last, and many who are last will be first.
 
Daniel
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Hermes SMTP Server) with ESMTPA ID edec64fdaa827a67c7cf27c2712e26ef; Thu, 25 Jun 2026 03:33:06 +0000 (UTC) Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2026 23:32:54 -0400 References: <530465408.1709199.1782327818252@mail.yahoo.com> To: "wilkmanracing@aol.com" Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Spridgets Digest, Vol 181, Issue 4 From: Miniac7 via Spridgets Cc: spridgets@autox.team.net Errors-To: spridgets-bounces@autox.team.net --===============9171718848934947860== Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --Apple-Mail-BB2AE367-E2E0-477F-8E9C-CB9D5C9EC897 charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I read the first sentence and immediately deleted the message. Easy P= easy.


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On Jun 24, 2026, at 9:35=E2=80=AFPM, wilkmanracing--- via Spridgets <= ;spridgets@autox.team.net> wrote:

=EF=BB=BF 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;

Bill
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Date: Mon, 22 J= un 2026 20:50:31 +0000 (UTC)
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To: Rick Fisk <refisk@chartermi.net>, Ron S= oave <soavero@yahoo.com>
Cc: Spridgets <= ;spridgets@autox.team.net>, wilkmanracing@aol.com,
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Do n= ot FORGET MONTANA BOB!LOL!Chuck?Recently trying to figure out what's older..= ...dirt or me?
    On Monday, June 22, 2= 026 at 03:34:49 PM EDT, Ron Soave via Spridgets <spridgets@au= tox.team.net> wrote: 

When we?d go off topic in the past, it was Frank Zappa, cats, E= lizabeth the Witch, nothing divisive.?
Ron Soave

On Jun 22, 2026, at 12:3= 5?AM, Rick Fisk via Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net&g= t; wrote:



?Delete key works fine. ?But this k= ind of nonsense does not belong here.

On Jun 21, 2026, at 5:55?PM, Weslake1330 via Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net> wrote:
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?Delete key not working?
On Sun, 21 Jun 2026 a= t 20:31, Jim Ryan via Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net= > wrote:

Well, it's s= upposed to be.? This kind of stuff is really not welcome here.

Jim Ryan
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On Sun, Jun 21, 2026, 3:16?PM wilkmanracing--- via Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net> wrote:
Silly me. I thought this was a Sprite forum.?
Bill1958 Sprite Iris Blue

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? ? ? immigration and healthcare (Weslake13= 30)


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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2026 23:20:32 +0100
From: Weslake1330 <weslake1330@gmail.com>
To: Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net>
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Subject: [Spridgets] No LBC - Budapest, NATO (OTAN) E= urope, the EU,
??? Islamic immigration and healthc= are
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Hi list, some of you are don?t= like it when I post stuff like this but
never cha= llenge any of the points I make or even privately debate them with
=
me.? Some of you find them interesting and some have delete= d this e-mail
already.? Well, I read a lot of stuf= f on YouTube and regardless of any
opinion or poli= tical allegiances it does seem to me that not everyone
understands the basic of some issues and that leads to misunderstanding= s.
Sure, the list should be to discuss LBC stuff b= ut I think the archive will
confirm other stuff, s= ometimes contentious (public drafting on the highway
and not in LBCs) topics get discussed.

Firstly, part of the reason countries are helping Ukraine= in their fight
against Russian aggression and att= acks, lie with The Budapest Memorandum on
Security= signed in Budapest, Hungary, on 5 December 1994.? The summary is
<= div dir=3D"ltr">that Ukraine gave up their nuclear weapons as part of a defe= nce deal.? The
other obvious reason is that when o= ne country attacks another and seeks to
completely= invade it there is choice other countries have to make in
whether to sit back and do nothing or find a way to help. Thirdly y= ou have
to consider a domino effect scenario where= Russia defeats Ukraine and then
goes onto rebuild= the USSR.? Maybe that sounds like a problem for the
Europeans and I guess it is, or at least first.? But if the dominos carry=
on falling then you once again have a USSR that t= hreatens the USA.

NATO i= s the North Atlantic (not North American) Treaty Organisation (the
=
French call it OTAN for French grammatical reasons I don?t u= nderstand).
It?s not a club of buddies to bully an= yone but a club of buddies to defend
each other ag= ainst a big bully.? It?s not a European idea or club and
Canada is a member.? Despite the rhetoric you might read or hear, NATO=
isn?t a way for everyone apart from the USA to ge= t defence on the cheap.
Not everyone in the club m= ight agree that everyone is paying enough.
However= , the member paying the most doesn?t say it will pay less but argues
others should pay more.? Why is that?? Well, you might ha= ve to do your own
research on that.

Europe isn?t a country it?s a geograph= ic region.? The EU is not the same
thing as Europe= because the EU is a kind of club.? Strangely enough the EU
has been viewed by some members and one ex-member as a club where n= ot all
the members pay in enough money or get equa= l benefits out of it.? The
republic of Ireland is n= ot in NATO but is in Europe and is in the EU.? The
United Kingdom (Great Britain, sort of) is in NATO and is in Europe but is<= br>
not in the EU (it left some years ago).
<= div dir=3D"ltr">
Is Europe being taken over by Isl= amic (Moslem) immigrants?? Well, I don?t
think so.= ? I could make a joke and say that in England at least, the Hindus
=
and Sikhs would never allow that to happen. You also have t= o understand
there are actually 2 major and one le= sser Islamic group ? not sure if this
is quite the= same thing as Catholics and Protestants but it?s how I like to
think of it.? Over the years I?ve worked alongside Moslems and= they were
great people and not extremists.

I read a lot that the reason E= uropeans have free healthcare is because they
rely= on the US, as part of NATO, to protect them rather than pay for their
own protection.? In the UK free healthcare came into be= ing after WW2 and
existed all the way through the C= old War at a time when the UK spent a lot
more on d= efence than it does now.? However, it?s not quite as encompassing
<= div dir=3D"ltr">as it used to be.? For example, when I was a child, medical p= rescriptions
were free but for decades since there= has been a fee to pay.? Similarly,
all dental car= e was free when I was a child but now while it is still
subsidised there is 3 tier system of fees and it can still be very
=
expensive.? I think at least one country in Europe ha= s free healthcare.? A
question to consider then is= if the US spent less money on NATO and defense
ge= nerally would it be enough for free healthcare?
I think that?s all the stuff I believe I can help o= thers with their
understanding of and I?m confiden= t that listers are generally smarter than
everyone= else but may have friends with lesser rides and knowledge
generally!? Also, while I have political opinions, I am not a membe= r of any
political party and haven?t always voted f= or the same political party.? I
have enlisted mili= tary service but not combat experience.? Recently I even
applied for and have been granted a HM Forces Veteran ID card and mayb= e
when I get my 3rd one it will actually correctly= record the initials for my
Christian/Fore names. .= . .

I?d like to finish= with a quote from Henry Ford: ?Any man who thinks he can
be happy and prosperous by letting the government take care of him bet= ter
take a closer look at the American Indian?.? H= owever, it seems to be bunk
and that he never said= that but did say a bunch of other stuff.? So, how
about a quote from the bible? Matthew Ch19 v30 (NIV) But many who are first=
will be last, and many who are last will be first= .

Daniel
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Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2026 20:58:36 +0000 (UTC)
From: "AOL Mail Update (Terms & Policy)" <crus= aderchuck55@aol.com>
To: Ron Soave <soaver= o@yahoo.com>, HealeyRick <healeyrik@gmail.com>
<= div dir=3D"ltr">Cc: Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net&g= t;, wilkmanracing@aol.com,
    Wesl= ake1330 <weslake1330@gmail.com>
Su= bject: Re: [Spridgets] Spridgets Digest, Vol 181, Issue 2
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=3D"utf-8"
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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
    On Mon= day, June 22, 2026 at 02:30:08 PM EDT, HealeyRick via Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net> wrote: 

When we?d go off topic in the past, it was Fra= nk Zappa, cats, Elizabeth the Witch, nothing divisive.?
Ron Soave
Damn, I miss those days
<= div dir=3D"ltr">Montana Bob
On Mon, Jun 22, 2026 a= t 10:51?AM Ron Soave via Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net<= /a>> wrote:





?Delete key works fine.? But this kind of nonsense does n= ot belong here.

On Jun 2= 1, 2026, at 5:55?PM, Weslake1330 via Spridgets <spridgets@aut= ox.team.net> wrote:



?Delete key not wo= rking?
On Sun, 21 Jun 2026 at 20:31, Jim Ryan via S= pridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net> wrote:

Well, it's supposed to be.? This k= ind of stuff is really not welcome here.

Jim Ryan

????

On Sun, Jun 21= , 2026, 3:16?PM wilkmanracing--- via Spridgets <spridgets@aut= ox.team.net> wrote:

Silly me. I thought this was a Sprite forum.?
= Bill1958 Sprite Iris Blue

Sent from the all new AOL app for iOS


On Sunday, June 21, 2026, 11:34= AM, spridgets-request@autox.team.net <spridgets-request@autox.team.net> wrote:

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? 1. No LBC - Budapest, NATO (OTAN) Europe, the EU, Islamic
? ? ? immigration and healthcare (Weslake1330)


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Message: 1
Dat= e: Sat, 20 Jun 2026 23:20:32 +0100
From: Weslake13= 30 <weslake1330@gmail.com>
To: Spr= idgets <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Subject: [Spridgets] No LBC - Budapest, NATO (OTAN) Europe, the EU,
??? Islamic immigration and healthcare
Message-ID:
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Content-Type: text/plain; charset=3D"utf-8"
=
Hi list, some of you are don?t like it when I pos= t stuff like this but
never challenge any of the p= oints I make or even privately debate them with
me= .? Some of you find them interesting and some have deleted this e-mail
already.? Well, I read a lot of stuff on YouTube and re= gardless of any
opinion or political allegiances i= t does seem to me that not everyone
understands th= e basic of some issues and that leads to misunderstandings.
Sure, the list should be to discuss LBC stuff but I think the arch= ive will
confirm other stuff, sometimes contentiou= s (public drafting on the highway
and not in LBCs)= topics get discussed.

= Firstly, part of the reason countries are helping Ukraine in their fight
=
against Russian aggression and attacks, lie with The B= udapest Memorandum on
Security signed in Budapest,= Hungary, on 5 December 1994.? The summary is
that= Ukraine gave up their nuclear weapons as part of a defence deal.? The
other obvious reason is that when one country attacks a= nother and seeks to
completely invade it there is c= hoice other countries have to make in
whether to s= it back and do nothing or find a way to help. Thirdly you have
to consider a domino effect scenario where Russia defeats Ukrai= ne and then
goes onto rebuild the USSR.? Maybe tha= t sounds like a problem for the
Europeans and I gu= ess it is, or at least first.? But if the dominos carry
on falling then you once again have a USSR that threatens the USA.
=

NATO is the North Atlantic= (not North American) Treaty Organisation (the
Fre= nch call it OTAN for French grammatical reasons I don?t understand).
It?s not a club of buddies to bully anyone but a club of b= uddies to defend
each other against a big bully.? I= t?s not a European idea or club and
Canada is a me= mber.? Despite the rhetoric you might read or hear, NATO
isn?t a way for everyone apart from the USA to get defence on the chea= p.
Not everyone in the club might agree that every= one is paying enough.
However, the member paying t= he most doesn?t say it will pay less but argues
ot= hers should pay more.? Why is that?? Well, you might have to do your own
=
research on that.

Europe isn?t a country it?s a geographic region.? The EU i= s not the same
thing as Europe because the EU is a= kind of club.? Strangely enough the EU
has been v= iewed by some members and one ex-member as a club where not all
the members pay in enough money or get equal benefits out of i= t.? The
republic of Ireland is not in NATO but is i= n Europe and is in the EU.? The
United Kingdom (Gr= eat Britain, sort of) is in NATO and is in Europe but is
not in the EU (it left some years ago).

=
Is Europe being taken over by Islamic (Moslem) immigr= ants?? Well, I don?t
think so.? I could make a jok= e and say that in England at least, the Hindus
and= Sikhs would never allow that to happen. You also have to understand
there are actually 2 major and one lesser Islamic group ?= not sure if this
is quite the same thing as Catho= lics and Protestants but it?s how I like to
think o= f it.? Over the years I?ve worked alongside Moslems and they were
<= div dir=3D"ltr">great people and not extremists.
<= br>
I read a lot that the reason Europeans have free h= ealthcare is because they
rely on the US, as part o= f NATO, to protect them rather than pay for their
= own protection.? In the UK free healthcare came into being after WW2 and
=
existed all the way through the Cold War at a time wh= en the UK spent a lot
more on defence than it does= now.? However, it?s not quite as encompassing
as i= t used to be.? For example, when I was a child, medical prescriptions
were free but for decades since there has been a fee to p= ay.? Similarly,
all dental care was free when I wa= s a child but now while it is still
subsidised the= re is 3 tier system of fees and it can still be very
expensive.? I think at least one country in Europe has free healthcare.? A=
question to consider then is if the US spent less= money on NATO and defense
generally would it be e= nough for free healthcare?

I think that?s all the stuff I believe I can help others with their
<= /div>
understanding of and I?m confident that listers are ge= nerally smarter than
everyone else but may have fr= iends with lesser rides and knowledge
generally!? A= lso, while I have political opinions, I am not a member of any
political party and haven?t always voted for the same political= party.? I
have enlisted military service but not c= ombat experience.? Recently I even
applied for and= have been granted a HM Forces Veteran ID card and maybe
when I get my 3rd one it will actually correctly record the initials f= or my
Christian/Fore names. . . .

I?d like to finish with a quote from He= nry Ford: ?Any man who thinks he can
be happy and p= rosperous by letting the government take care of him better
take a closer look at the American Indian?.? However, it seems to b= e bunk
and that he never said that but did say a b= unch of other stuff.? So, how
about a quote from t= he bible? Matthew Ch19 v30 (NIV) But many who are first
will be last, and many who are last will be first.

Daniel
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Not Linda?

On Jun 24, 2026, at 8:00=E2=80=AFPM, Rick = Fisk via Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net> wrote:

=EF=BB=BF
<= /div>
There was a list member in Texas who had a Midget and c= onsidered herself a witch, a good witch but a witch nonetheless.

On Jun 24, 2026, at 6:54=E2=80=AFPM= , JMFangio via Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net> wrote:

=EF=BB=BFElizabeth th= e witch predates me, what is the story there?

=
Lester



On Jun 23, 2026, at 8:55 AM, nory1--- via Spridgets &l= t;spridgets@autox.tea= m.net> wrote:

Gosh, I miss those guys!
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To: "Rick Fisk" <refisk@chartermi.net>, "= Ron Soave" <soavero@yahoo= .com>
Cc: "Spridgets" <spridgets@autox.team.net>, <wilkmanracing@aol.com>, "Wes= lake1330" <weslake133= 0@gmail.com>
Sent: June 22, 2026 at 5:00 PM EDT
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Spridgets Digest, Vol 181, Issue 2
 
Do not FORGET MONTANA BOB!
LOL!
Chuck 
Recently trying to figure out what's older.....dirt or me?
 
On Monday, June 22, 2026 at 03:34:49 PM EDT, Ron Soave via S= pridgets <spridget= s@autox.team.net> wrote:
 
 
When we=E2=80=99d go off topic in the past, it was Frank Zap= pa, cats, Elizabeth the Witch, nothing divisive. 

Ron Soave

On Jun 22, 2026, at 12:35=E2=80=AFAM, Rick Fisk via S= pridgets <spridget= s@autox.team.net> wrote:

 
Delete key works fine.  But this kind of nonsense does n= ot belong here.

On Jun 21, 2026, at 5:55=E2=80=AFPM, Weslake1330 via S= pridgets <spridget= s@autox.team.net> wrote:

Delete key not working?

On Sun, 21 Jun 2026 at 20:= 31, Jim Ryan via Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net>= ; wrote:
Well, it's supposed to be.  This kind of stuff is reall= y not welcome here.
 

Jim Ryan

=C2=A9=C2=BF=C2=A9=C2=AC


On Sun, Jun 21, 2026, 3:16= =E2=80=AFPM wilkmanracing--- via Spridgets <spridgets@autox= .team.net> wrote:
Silly me. I thought this was a Sprite forum. 
 
Bill
1958 Sprite Iris Blue

Sent from the all new AOL app for iOS

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Today's Topics:
 
  1. No LBC - Budapest, NATO (OTAN) Europe, the EU, Isl= amic
      immigration and healthcare (Weslake1330= )
 
 
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Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2026 23:20:32 +0100
From: Weslake1330 <weslake1330@gmail.com&g= t;
To: Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net= >
Subject: [Spridgets] No LBC - Budapest, NATO (OTAN) Europe, t= he EU,
    Islamic immigration and healthcare
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Hi list, some of you are don?t like it when I post stuff lik= e this but
never challenge any of the points I make or even privately d= ebate them with
me.  Some of you find them interesting and some have de= leted this e-mail
already.  Well, I read a lot of stuff on YouTube and re= gardless of any
opinion or political allegiances it does seem to me that not= everyone
understands the basic of some issues and that leads to misun= derstandings.
Sure, the list should be to discuss LBC stuff but I think th= e archive will
confirm other stuff, sometimes contentious (public drafting o= n the highway
and not in LBCs) topics get discussed.
 
Firstly, part of the reason countries are helping Ukraine in= their fight
against Russian aggression and attacks, lie with The Budapes= t Memorandum on
Security signed in Budapest, Hungary, on 5 December 1994.&nb= sp; The summary is
that Ukraine gave up their nuclear weapons as part of a defe= nce deal.  The
other obvious reason is that when one country attacks anothe= r and seeks to
completely invade it there is choice other countries have to= make in
whether to sit back and do nothing or find a way to help. Th= irdly you have
to consider a domino effect scenario where Russia defeats Uk= raine and then
goes onto rebuild the USSR.  Maybe that sounds like a p= roblem for the
Europeans and I guess it is, or at least first.  But if= the dominos carry
on falling then you once again have a USSR that threatens th= e USA.
 
NATO is the North Atlantic (not North American) Treaty Organ= isation (the
French call it OTAN for French grammatical reasons I don?t u= nderstand).
It?s not a club of buddies to bully anyone but a club of bud= dies to defend
each other against a big bully.  It?s not a European id= ea or club and
Canada is a member.  Despite the rhetoric you might rea= d or hear, NATO
isn?t a way for everyone apart from the USA to get defence o= n the cheap.
Not everyone in the club might agree that everyone is paying= enough.
However, the member paying the most doesn?t say it will pay l= ess but argues
others should pay more.  Why is that?  Well, you m= ight have to do your own
research on that.
 
Europe isn?t a country it?s a geographic region.  The E= U is not the same
thing as Europe because the EU is a kind of club.  Stra= ngely enough the EU
has been viewed by some members and one ex-member as a club w= here not all
the members pay in enough money or get equal benefits out of= it.  The
republic of Ireland is not in NATO but is in Europe and is i= n the EU.  The
United Kingdom (Great Britain, sort of) is in NATO and is in= Europe but is
not in the EU (it left some years ago).
 
Is Europe being taken over by Islamic (Moslem) immigrants?&n= bsp; Well, I don?t
think so.  I could make a joke and say that in England a= t least, the Hindus
and Sikhs would never allow that to happen. You also have to= understand
there are actually 2 major and one lesser Islamic group ? no= t sure if this
is quite the same thing as Catholics and Protestants but it?= s how I like to
think of it.  Over the years I?ve worked alongside Mosl= ems and they were
great people and not extremists.
 
I read a lot that the reason Europeans have free healthcare i= s because they
rely on the US, as part of NATO, to protect them rather than= pay for their
own protection.  In the UK free healthcare came into be= ing after WW2 and
existed all the way through the Cold War at a time when the U= K spent a lot
more on defence than it does now.  However, it?s not qu= ite as encompassing
as it used to be.  For example, when I was a child, med= ical prescriptions
were free but for decades since there has been a fee to pay.=   Similarly,
all dental care was free when I was a child but now while it= is still
subsidised there is 3 tier system of fees and it can still b= e very
expensive.  I think at least one country in Europe has f= ree healthcare.  A
question to consider then is if the US spent less money on N= ATO and defense
generally would it be enough for free healthcare?
 
I think that?s all the stuff I believe I can help others wit= h their
understanding of and I?m confident that listers are generall= y smarter than
everyone else but may have friends with lesser rides and kno= wledge
generally!  Also, while I have political opinions, I am= not a member of any
political party and haven?t always voted for the same politi= cal party.  I
have enlisted military service but not combat experience.&nb= sp; Recently I even
applied for and have been granted a HM Forces Veteran ID car= d and maybe
when I get my 3rd one it will actually correctly record the i= nitials for my
Christian/Fore names. . . .
 
I?d like to finish with a quote from Henry Ford: ?Any man wh= o thinks he can
be happy and prosperous by letting the government take care o= f him better
take a closer look at the American Indian?.  However, i= t seems to be bunk
and that he never said that but did say a bunch of other stu= ff.  So, how
about a quote from the bible? Matthew Ch19 v30 (NIV) But man= y who are first
will be last, and many who are last will be first.
 
Daniel
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