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

From: wilkmanracing--- via Spridgets <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2026 19:03:38 +0000 (UTC)

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You obviously have a lot to say and that=E2=80=99s fine. 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=
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Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2026 20:50:31 +0000 (UTC)
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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=
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e Witch, nothing divisive.?
Ron Soave

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

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m.net> wrote:

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

Jim Ryan

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Silly me. I thought this was a Sprite forum.?
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Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2026 23:20:32 +0100
From: Weslake1330 <[email-masked]>
To: Spridgets <[email-masked]>
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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From: "AOL Mail Update (Terms & Policy)" <[email-masked]>
To: Ron Soave <[email-masked]>, HealeyRick <[email-masked]>
Cc: Spridgets <[email-masked]>, [email-masked],
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 Weslake1330 <[email-masked]>
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 <[email-masked]> wrote:=C2=A0=20
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e Witch, nothing divisive.?
Ron Soave
Damn, I miss those days
Montana Bob
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eam.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?AM, Rick Fisk via Spridgets <[email-masked]=
.net> 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 <[email-masked]=
m.net> wrote:

?Delete key not working?
On Sun, 21 Jun 2026 at 20:31, Jim Ryan via Spridgets <[email-masked].=
net> wrote:

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

Jim Ryan

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

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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2026 23:20:32 +0100
From: Weslake1330 <[email-masked]>
To: Spridgets <[email-masked]>
Subject: [Spridgets] No LBC - Budapest, NATO (OTAN) Europe, the EU,
??? Islamic immigration and healthcare
Message-ID:
??? <CAMhoh1U086VzL_ZMH428L64qsUw6=3Dfb=[email-masked]=

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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et">[email-masked]</a>&gt;, [email-masked],<br></div><div =
dir=3D"ltr">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Weslake1330 &lt;<a ymailto=3D"mailto:weslake=
[email-masked]" href=3D"mailto:[email-masked]">[email-masked]=
</a>&gt;<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Spridgets Diges=
t, Vol 181, Issue 2<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Message-ID: &lt;<a ymailto=3D=
"mailto:[email-masked]" href=3D"mailto:6446=
[email-masked]">644677284.1033109.1782161431987=
@mail.yahoo.com</a>&gt;<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Content-Type: text/plain;=
 charset=3D"utf-8"<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"> Do=
 not FORGET MONTANA BOB!LOL!Chuck?Recently trying to figure out what's olde=
r.....dirt or me?<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">&nbsp; &nbsp; On Monday, June 2=
2, 2026 at 03:34:49 PM EDT, Ron Soave via Spridgets &lt;<a ymailto=3D"mailt=
o:[email-masked]" href=3D"mailto:[email-masked]">spridg=
[email-masked]</a>&gt; wrote:&nbsp; <br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"> <br></d=
iv><div dir=3D"ltr"> When we?d go off topic in the past, it was Frank Zappa=
, cats, Elizabeth the Witch, nothing divisive.?<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">R=
on Soave<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">On Jun 22, 20=
26, at 12:35?AM, Rick Fisk via Spridgets &lt;<a ymailto=3D"mailto:spridgets=
@autox.team.net" href=3D"mailto:[email-masked]">[email-masked]=
eam.net</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"=
><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">?Delete key works fi=
ne. ?But this kind of nonsense does not belong here.<br></div><div dir=3D"l=
tr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">On Jun 21, 2026, at 5:55?PM, Weslake1330 via=
 Spridgets &lt;<a ymailto=3D"mailto:[email-masked]" href=3D"mailt=
o:[email-masked]">[email-masked]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></di=
v><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><b=
r></div><div dir=3D"ltr">?Delete key not working?<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"=
>On Sun, 21 Jun 2026 at 20:31, Jim Ryan via Spridgets &lt;<a ymailto=3D"mai=
lto:[email-masked]" href=3D"mailto:[email-masked]">spri=
[email-masked]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><di=
v dir=3D"ltr">Well, it's supposed to be.? This kind of stuff is really not =
welcome here.<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Jim Ryan=
<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">????<br></div><div di=
r=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">On Sun, Jun 21, 2026, 3:16?PM wilkmanr=
acing--- via Spridgets &lt;<a ymailto=3D"mailto:[email-masked]" h=
ref=3D"mailto:[email-masked]">[email-masked]</a>&gt; wr=
ote:<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Silly me. I thoug=
ht this was a Sprite forum.?<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Bill1958 Sprite Iris=
 Blue<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Sent from the al=
l new AOL app for iOS<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">=
<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">On Sunday, June 21, 2026, 11:34 AM, <a ymailto=
=3D"mailto:[email-masked]" href=3D"mailto:spridgets-reque=
[email-masked]">[email-masked]</a> &lt;<a ymailto=3D"m=
ailto:[email-masked]" href=3D"mailto:spridgets-request@au=
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ets digest..."<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></d=
iv><div dir=3D"ltr">Today's Topics:<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><di=
v dir=3D"ltr">? 1. No LBC - Budapest, NATO (OTAN) Europe, the EU, Islamic<b=
r></div><div dir=3D"ltr">? ? ? immigration and healthcare (Weslake1330)<br>=
</div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr=
">----------------------------------------------------------------------<br=
></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Message: 1<br></div><div=
 dir=3D"ltr">Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2026 23:20:32 +0100<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr=
">From: Weslake1330 &lt;<a ymailto=3D"mailto:[email-masked]" href=3D=
"mailto:[email-masked]">[email-masked]</a>&gt;<br></div><div =
dir=3D"ltr">To: Spridgets &lt;<a ymailto=3D"mailto:[email-masked]=
" href=3D"mailto:[email-masked]">[email-masked]</a>&gt;=
<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Subject: [Spridgets] No LBC - Budapest, NATO (OT=
AN) Europe, the EU,<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">??? Islamic immigration and h=
ealthcare<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Message-ID:<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">?=
?? &lt;CAMhoh1U086VzL_ZMH428L64qsUw6=3Dfb=[email-masked]=
om&gt;<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Content-Type: text/plain; charset=3D"utf-8=
"<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Hi list, some of you=
 are don?t like it when I post stuff like this but<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr=
">never challenge any of the points I make or even privately debate them wi=
th<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">me.? Some of you find them interesting and som=
e have deleted this e-mail<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">already.? Well, I read=
 a lot of stuff on YouTube and regardless of any<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">=
opinion or political allegiances it does seem to me that not everyone<br></=
div><div dir=3D"ltr">understands the basic of some issues and that leads to=
 misunderstandings.<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Sure, the list should be to d=
iscuss LBC stuff but I think the archive will<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">con=
firm other stuff, sometimes contentious (public drafting on the highway<br>=
</div><div dir=3D"ltr">and not in LBCs) topics get discussed.<br></div><div=
 dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Firstly, part of the reason countri=
es are helping Ukraine in their fight<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">against Rus=
sian aggression and attacks, lie with The Budapest Memorandum on<br></div><=
div dir=3D"ltr">Security signed in Budapest, Hungary, on 5 December 1994.? =
The summary is<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">that Ukraine gave up their nuclear=
 weapons as part of a defence deal.? The<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">other ob=
vious reason is that when one country attacks another and seeks to<br></div=
><div dir=3D"ltr">completely invade it there is choice other countries have=
 to make in<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">whether to sit back and do nothing or=
 find a way to help. Thirdly you have<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">to consider=
 a domino effect scenario where Russia defeats Ukraine and then<br></div><d=
iv dir=3D"ltr">goes onto rebuild the USSR.? Maybe that sounds like a proble=
m for the<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Europeans and I guess it is, or at leas=
t first.? But if the dominos carry<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">on falling the=
n you once again have a USSR that threatens the USA.<br></div><div dir=3D"l=
tr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">NATO is the North Atlantic (not North Americ=
an) Treaty Organisation (the<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">French call it OTAN =
for French grammatical reasons I don?t understand).<br></div><div dir=3D"lt=
r">It?s not a club of buddies to bully anyone but a club of buddies to defe=
nd<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">each other against a big bully.? It?s not a Eu=
ropean idea or club and<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Canada is a member.? Desp=
ite the rhetoric you might read or hear, NATO<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">isn=
?t a way for everyone apart from the USA to get defence on the cheap.<br></=
div><div dir=3D"ltr">Not everyone in the club might agree that everyone is =
paying enough.<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">However, the member paying the mos=
t doesn?t say it will pay less but argues<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">others =
should pay more.? Why is that?? Well, you might have to do your own<br></di=
v><div dir=3D"ltr">research on that.<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><d=
iv dir=3D"ltr">Europe isn?t a country it?s a geographic region.? The EU is =
not the same<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">thing as Europe because the EU is a =
kind of club.? Strangely enough the EU<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">has been v=
iewed by some members and one ex-member as a club where not all<br></div><d=
iv dir=3D"ltr">the members pay in enough money or get equal benefits out of=
 it.? The<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">republic of Ireland is not in NATO but =
is in Europe and is in the EU.? The<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">United Kingdo=
m (Great Britain, sort of) is in NATO and is in Europe but is<br></div><div=
 dir=3D"ltr">not in the EU (it left some years ago).<br></div><div dir=3D"l=
tr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Is Europe being taken over by Islamic (Mosle=
m) immigrants?? Well, I don?t<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">think so.? I could =
make a joke and say that in England at least, the Hindus<br></div><div dir=
=3D"ltr">and Sikhs would never allow that to happen. You also have to under=
stand<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">there are actually 2 major and one lesser I=
slamic group ? not sure if this<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">is quite the same=
 thing as Catholics and Protestants but it?s how I like to<br></div><div di=
r=3D"ltr">think of it.? Over the years I?ve worked alongside Moslems and th=
ey were<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">great people and not extremists.<br></div=
><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">I read a lot that the reason E=
uropeans have free healthcare is because they<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">rel=
y on the US, as part of NATO, to protect them rather than pay for their<br>=
</div><div dir=3D"ltr">own protection.? In the UK free healthcare came into=
 being after WW2 and<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">existed all the way through =
the Cold War at a time when the UK spent a lot<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">mo=
re on defence than it does now.? However, it?s not quite as encompassing<br=
></div><div dir=3D"ltr">as it used to be.? For example, when I was a child,=
 medical prescriptions<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">were free but for decades =
since there has been a fee to pay.? Similarly,<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">al=
l dental care was free when I was a child but now while it is still<br></di=
v><div dir=3D"ltr">subsidised there is 3 tier system of fees and it can sti=
ll be very<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">expensive.? I think at least one count=
ry in Europe has free healthcare.? A<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">question to =
consider then is if the US spent less money on NATO and defense<br></div><d=
iv dir=3D"ltr">generally would it be enough for free healthcare?<br></div><=
div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">I think that?s all the stuff I b=
elieve I can help others with their<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">understanding=
 of and I?m confident that listers are generally smarter than<br></div><div=
 dir=3D"ltr">everyone else but may have friends with lesser rides and knowl=
edge<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">generally!? Also, while I have political opi=
nions, I am not a member of any<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">political party a=
nd haven?t always voted for the same political party.? I<br></div><div dir=
=3D"ltr">have enlisted military service but not combat experience.? Recentl=
y I even<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">applied for and have been granted a HM F=
orces Veteran ID card and maybe<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">when I get my 3rd=
 one it will actually correctly record the initials for my<br></div><div di=
r=3D"ltr">Christian/Fore names. . . .<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><=
div dir=3D"ltr">I?d like to finish with a quote from Henry Ford: ?Any man w=
ho thinks he can<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">be happy and prosperous by letti=
ng the government take care of him better<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">take a =
closer look at the American Indian?.? However, it seems to be bunk<br></div=
><div dir=3D"ltr">and that he never said that but did say a bunch of other =
stuff.? So, how<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">about a quote from the bible? Mat=
thew Ch19 v30 (NIV) But many who are first<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">will b=
e last, and many who are last will be first.<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br>=
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o=3D"mailto:[email-masked]" href=3D"mailto:[email-masked]">soavero@ya=
hoo.com</a>&gt;, HealeyRick &lt;<a ymailto=3D"mailto:[email-masked]" h=
ref=3D"mailto:[email-masked]">[email-masked]</a>&gt;<br></div><di=
v dir=3D"ltr">Cc: Spridgets &lt;<a ymailto=3D"mailto:[email-masked]=
et" href=3D"mailto:[email-masked]">[email-masked]</a>&g=
t;, [email-masked],<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Wes=
lake1330 &lt;<a ymailto=3D"mailto:[email-masked]" href=3D"mailto:wes=
[email-masked]">[email-masked]</a>&gt;<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"=
>Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Spridgets Digest, Vol 181, Issue 2<br></div><div =
dir=3D"ltr">Message-ID: &lt;<a ymailto=3D"mailto:334267447.1028023.17821619=
[email-masked]" href=3D"mailto:[email-masked]=
ahoo.com">[email-masked]</a>&gt;<br></div><=
div dir=3D"ltr">Content-Type: text/plain; charset=3D"utf-8"<br></div><div d=
ir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"> 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<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">&=
nbsp; &nbsp; On Monday, June 22, 2026 at 02:30:08 PM EDT, HealeyRick via Sp=
ridgets &lt;<a ymailto=3D"mailto:[email-masked]" href=3D"mailto:s=
[email-masked]">[email-masked]</a>&gt; wrote:&nbsp; <br>=
</div><div dir=3D"ltr"> <br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"> When we?d go off topic =
in the past, it was Frank Zappa, cats, Elizabeth the Witch, nothing divisiv=
e.?<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Ron Soave<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Damn, I m=
iss those days<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Montana Bob<br></div><div dir=3D"l=
tr">On Mon, Jun 22, 2026 at 10:51?AM Ron Soave via Spridgets &lt;<a ymailto=
=3D"mailto:[email-masked]" href=3D"mailto:[email-masked]=
t">[email-masked]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></=
div><div dir=3D"ltr">When we?d go off topic in the past, it was Frank Zappa=
, cats, Elizabeth the Witch, nothing divisive.?<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">R=
on Soave<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">On Jun 22, 20=
26, at 12:35?AM, Rick Fisk via Spridgets &lt;<a ymailto=3D"mailto:spridgets=
@autox.team.net" href=3D"mailto:[email-masked]">[email-masked]=
eam.net</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"=
><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">?Delete key works fi=
ne.? But this kind of nonsense does not belong here.<br></div><div dir=3D"l=
tr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">On Jun 21, 2026, at 5:55?PM, Weslake1330 via=
 Spridgets &lt;<a ymailto=3D"mailto:[email-masked]" href=3D"mailt=
o:[email-masked]">[email-masked]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></di=
v><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><b=
r></div><div dir=3D"ltr">?Delete key not working?<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"=
>On Sun, 21 Jun 2026 at 20:31, Jim Ryan via Spridgets &lt;<a ymailto=3D"mai=
lto:[email-masked]" href=3D"mailto:[email-masked]">spri=
[email-masked]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><di=
v dir=3D"ltr">Well, it's supposed to be.? This kind of stuff is really not =
welcome here.<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Jim Ryan=
<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">????<br></div><div di=
r=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">On Sun, Jun 21, 2026, 3:16?PM wilkmanr=
acing--- via Spridgets &lt;<a ymailto=3D"mailto:[email-masked]" h=
ref=3D"mailto:[email-masked]">[email-masked]</a>&gt; wr=
ote:<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Silly me. I thoug=
ht this was a Sprite forum.?<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Bill1958 Sprite Iris=
 Blue<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Sent from the al=
l new AOL app for iOS<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">=
<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">On Sunday, June 21, 2026, 11:34 AM, <a ymailto=
=3D"mailto:[email-masked]" href=3D"mailto:spridgets-reque=
[email-masked]">[email-masked]</a> &lt;<a ymailto=3D"m=
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ets digest..."<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></d=
iv><div dir=3D"ltr">Today's Topics:<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><di=
v dir=3D"ltr">? 1. No LBC - Budapest, NATO (OTAN) Europe, the EU, Islamic<b=
r></div><div dir=3D"ltr">? ? ? immigration and healthcare (Weslake1330)<br>=
</div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr=
">----------------------------------------------------------------------<br=
></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Message: 1<br></div><div=
 dir=3D"ltr">Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2026 23:20:32 +0100<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr=
">From: Weslake1330 &lt;<a ymailto=3D"mailto:[email-masked]" href=3D=
"mailto:[email-masked]">[email-masked]</a>&gt;<br></div><div =
dir=3D"ltr">To: Spridgets &lt;<a ymailto=3D"mailto:[email-masked]=
" href=3D"mailto:[email-masked]">[email-masked]</a>&gt;=
<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Subject: [Spridgets] No LBC - Budapest, NATO (OT=
AN) Europe, the EU,<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">??? Islamic immigration and h=
ealthcare<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Message-ID:<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">?=
?? &lt;CAMhoh1U086VzL_ZMH428L64qsUw6=3Dfb=[email-masked]=
om&gt;<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Content-Type: text/plain; charset=3D"utf-8=
"<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Hi list, some of you=
 are don?t like it when I post stuff like this but<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr=
">never challenge any of the points I make or even privately debate them wi=
th<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">me.? Some of you find them interesting and som=
e have deleted this e-mail<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">already.? Well, I read=
 a lot of stuff on YouTube and regardless of any<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">=
opinion or political allegiances it does seem to me that not everyone<br></=
div><div dir=3D"ltr">understands the basic of some issues and that leads to=
 misunderstandings.<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Sure, the list should be to d=
iscuss LBC stuff but I think the archive will<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">con=
firm other stuff, sometimes contentious (public drafting on the highway<br>=
</div><div dir=3D"ltr">and not in LBCs) topics get discussed.<br></div><div=
 dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Firstly, part of the reason countri=
es are helping Ukraine in their fight<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">against Rus=
sian aggression and attacks, lie with The Budapest Memorandum on<br></div><=
div dir=3D"ltr">Security signed in Budapest, Hungary, on 5 December 1994.? =
The summary is<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">that Ukraine gave up their nuclear=
 weapons as part of a defence deal.? The<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">other ob=
vious reason is that when one country attacks another and seeks to<br></div=
><div dir=3D"ltr">completely invade it there is choice other countries have=
 to make in<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">whether to sit back and do nothing or=
 find a way to help. Thirdly you have<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">to consider=
 a domino effect scenario where Russia defeats Ukraine and then<br></div><d=
iv dir=3D"ltr">goes onto rebuild the USSR.? Maybe that sounds like a proble=
m for the<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Europeans and I guess it is, or at leas=
t first.? But if the dominos carry<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">on falling the=
n you once again have a USSR that threatens the USA.<br></div><div dir=3D"l=
tr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">NATO is the North Atlantic (not North Americ=
an) Treaty Organisation (the<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">French call it OTAN =
for French grammatical reasons I don?t understand).<br></div><div dir=3D"lt=
r">It?s not a club of buddies to bully anyone but a club of buddies to defe=
nd<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">each other against a big bully.? It?s not a Eu=
ropean idea or club and<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Canada is a member.? Desp=
ite the rhetoric you might read or hear, NATO<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">isn=
?t a way for everyone apart from the USA to get defence on the cheap.<br></=
div><div dir=3D"ltr">Not everyone in the club might agree that everyone is =
paying enough.<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">However, the member paying the mos=
t doesn?t say it will pay less but argues<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">others =
should pay more.? Why is that?? Well, you might have to do your own<br></di=
v><div dir=3D"ltr">research on that.<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><d=
iv dir=3D"ltr">Europe isn?t a country it?s a geographic region.? The EU is =
not the same<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">thing as Europe because the EU is a =
kind of club.? Strangely enough the EU<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">has been v=
iewed by some members and one ex-member as a club where not all<br></div><d=
iv dir=3D"ltr">the members pay in enough money or get equal benefits out of=
 it.? The<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">republic of Ireland is not in NATO but =
is in Europe and is in the EU.? The<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">United Kingdo=
m (Great Britain, sort of) is in NATO and is in Europe but is<br></div><div=
 dir=3D"ltr">not in the EU (it left some years ago).<br></div><div dir=3D"l=
tr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Is Europe being taken over by Islamic (Mosle=
m) immigrants?? Well, I don?t<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">think so.? I could =
make a joke and say that in England at least, the Hindus<br></div><div dir=
=3D"ltr">and Sikhs would never allow that to happen. You also have to under=
stand<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">there are actually 2 major and one lesser I=
slamic group ? not sure if this<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">is quite the same=
 thing as Catholics and Protestants but it?s how I like to<br></div><div di=
r=3D"ltr">think of it.? Over the years I?ve worked alongside Moslems and th=
ey were<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">great people and not extremists.<br></div=
><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">I read a lot that the reason E=
uropeans have free healthcare is because they<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">rel=
y on the US, as part of NATO, to protect them rather than pay for their<br>=
</div><div dir=3D"ltr">own protection.? In the UK free healthcare came into=
 being after WW2 and<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">existed all the way through =
the Cold War at a time when the UK spent a lot<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">mo=
re on defence than it does now.? However, it?s not quite as encompassing<br=
></div><div dir=3D"ltr">as it used to be.? For example, when I was a child,=
 medical prescriptions<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">were free but for decades =
since there has been a fee to pay.? Similarly,<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">al=
l dental care was free when I was a child but now while it is still<br></di=
v><div dir=3D"ltr">subsidised there is 3 tier system of fees and it can sti=
ll be very<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">expensive.? I think at least one count=
ry in Europe has free healthcare.? A<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">question to =
consider then is if the US spent less money on NATO and defense<br></div><d=
iv dir=3D"ltr">generally would it be enough for free healthcare?<br></div><=
div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">I think that?s all the stuff I b=
elieve I can help others with their<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">understanding=
 of and I?m confident that listers are generally smarter than<br></div><div=
 dir=3D"ltr">everyone else but may have friends with lesser rides and knowl=
edge<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">generally!? Also, while I have political opi=
nions, I am not a member of any<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">political party a=
nd haven?t always voted for the same political party.? I<br></div><div dir=
=3D"ltr">have enlisted military service but not combat experience.? Recentl=
y I even<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">applied for and have been granted a HM F=
orces Veteran ID card and maybe<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">when I get my 3rd=
 one it will actually correctly record the initials for my<br></div><div di=
r=3D"ltr">Christian/Fore names. . . .<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><=
div dir=3D"ltr">I?d like to finish with a quote from Henry Ford: ?Any man w=
ho thinks he can<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">be happy and prosperous by letti=
ng the government take care of him better<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">take a =
closer look at the American Indian?.? However, it seems to be bunk<br></div=
><div dir=3D"ltr">and that he never said that but did say a bunch of other =
stuff.? So, how<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">about a quote from the bible? Mat=
thew Ch19 v30 (NIV) But many who are first<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">will b=
e last, and many who are last will be first.<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br>=
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v=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dutf-8"></head><body dir=3D=
"auto">I read the first sentence and immediately deleted the message. Easy P=
easy.<div><br></div><div><br id=3D"lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir=
=3D"ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br><blockquote type=3D"c=
ite">On Jun 24, 2026, at 9:35=E2=80=AFPM, wilkmanracing--- via Spridgets &lt=
;[email-masked]&gt; wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote t=
ype=3D"cite"><div dir=3D"ltr">=EF=BB=BF<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml><o:OfficeDocu=
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You obviously have a lot to say and that=E2=80=99s fine. Just post it on a f=
orum designed for the topic at hand. My guess is few here bother to read wha=
t you=E2=80=99re posting and most are just plain annoyed at what you=E2=80=99=
re posting. You really are wasting our time and your time posting things we=E2=
=80=99re not interested in reading. This is a Sprite forum=E2=80=A6period.&n=
bsp;<div><br></div><div>Bill</div><div>1958 Bugeye<br><br><br><div class=3D"=
yahoo-signature"><a style=3D"font-size:12px" href=3D"https://aolapp.onelink.=
me/eG2g?pid=3DNativePlacement&amp;c=3DUS_Acquisition_YMktg_320_EmailSignatur=
e_AttributionDL&amp;af_sub1=3DAcquisition&amp;af_sub2=3DUS_YMktg&amp;af_sub3=
=3D&amp;af_sub4=3D100002473&amp;af_sub5=3DSentFromNewAOLApp__Interstitial_&a=
mp;af_ios_store_cpp=3Dce85ce34-ad0f-4811-a92b-a172743b064e&amp;af_android_ur=
l=3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fplay.google.com%2Fstore%2Fapps%2Fdetails%3Fid%3Dcom.aol.mo=
bile.aolapp%26listing%3Demail_signature_attribution">Sent from the all new A=
OL app for iOS</a><br></div><br><p class=3D"yahoo-quoted-begin" style=3D"fon=
t-size: 15px; color: rgb(132, 115, 255); padding-top: 15px; margin-top: 0px;=
">On Wednesday, June 24, 2026, 11:35 AM, [email-masked] &l=
t;[email-masked]&gt; wrote:</p><blockquote class=3D"iosyma=
il"><div dir=3D"ltr">Send Spridgets mailing list submissions to<br></div><di=
v dir=3D"ltr">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a ymailto=3D"mailto:[email-masked]=
et" href=3D"mailto:[email-masked]">[email-masked]</a><br=
></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">To subscribe or unsubscri=
be via the World Wide Web, visit<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp=
; <a href=3D"http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/spridgets" target=3D"_bl=
ank">http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/spridgets</a><br></div><div dir=3D=
"ltr">or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to<br></div>=
<div dir=3D"ltr">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a ymailto=3D"mailto:spridgets-request@a=
utox.team.net" href=3D"mailto:[email-masked]">spridgets-re=
[email-masked]</a><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr=
">You can reach the person managing the list at<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">&n=
bsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a ymailto=3D"mailto:[email-masked]" href=3D=
"mailto:[email-masked]">[email-masked]</a><b=
r></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">When replying, please ed=
it your Subject line so it is more specific<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">than "=
Re: Contents of Spridgets digest..."<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><di=
v dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Today's Topics:<br></div><div dir=3D=
"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">&nbsp;  1. Re: Spridgets Digest, Vol 181, I=
ssue 2<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (AOL Mail Update (Term=
s &amp; Policy))<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">&nbsp;  2. Re: Spridgets Digest, V=
ol 181, Issue 2<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (AOL Mail Upd=
ate (Terms &amp; Policy))<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">&nbsp;  3. Re: Spridgets=
 Digest, Vol 181, Issue 2 ([email-masked])<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><=
br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">-----------------------=
-----------------------------------------------<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><b=
r></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Message: 1<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Date: Mon, 22 J=
un 2026 20:50:31 +0000 (UTC)<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">From: "AOL Mail Updat=
e (Terms &amp; Policy)" &lt;<a ymailto=3D"mailto:[email-masked]" hr=
ef=3D"mailto:[email-masked]">[email-masked]</a>&gt;<br></d=
iv><div dir=3D"ltr">To: Rick Fisk &lt;<a ymailto=3D"mailto:refisk@chartermi.=
net" href=3D"mailto:[email-masked]">[email-masked]</a>&gt;, Ron S=
oave &lt;<a ymailto=3D"mailto:[email-masked]" href=3D"mailto:soavero@yaho=
o.com">[email-masked]</a>&gt;<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Cc: Spridgets &lt=
;<a ymailto=3D"mailto:[email-masked]" href=3D"mailto:spridgets@aut=
ox.team.net">[email-masked]</a>&gt;, [email-masked],<br></d=
iv><div dir=3D"ltr">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Weslake1330 &lt;<a ymailto=3D"mailto:=
[email-masked]" href=3D"mailto:[email-masked]">weslake1330@gma=
il.com</a>&gt;<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Spridgets D=
igest, Vol 181, Issue 2<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Message-ID: &lt;<a ymailto=
=3D"mailto:[email-masked]" href=3D"mailto:64=
[email-masked]">644677284.1033109.178216143198=
[email-masked]</a>&gt;<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Content-Type: text/plain;=
 charset=3D"utf-8"<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"> Do n=
ot FORGET MONTANA BOB!LOL!Chuck?Recently trying to figure out what's older..=
...dirt or me?<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">&nbsp; &nbsp; On Monday, June 22, 2=
026 at 03:34:49 PM EDT, Ron Soave via Spridgets &lt;<a ymailto=3D"mailto:spr=
[email-masked]" href=3D"mailto:[email-masked]">spridgets@au=
tox.team.net</a>&gt; wrote:&nbsp; <br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"> <br></div><div=
 dir=3D"ltr"> When we?d go off topic in the past, it was Frank Zappa, cats, E=
lizabeth the Witch, nothing divisive.?<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Ron Soave<b=
r></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">On Jun 22, 2026, at 12:3=
5?AM, Rick Fisk via Spridgets &lt;<a ymailto=3D"mailto:[email-masked].=
net" href=3D"mailto:[email-masked]">[email-masked]</a>&g=
t; wrote:<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><di=
v dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">?Delete key works fine. ?But this k=
ind of nonsense does not belong here.<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><d=
iv dir=3D"ltr">On Jun 21, 2026, at 5:55?PM, Weslake1330 via Spridgets &lt;<a=
 ymailto=3D"mailto:[email-masked]" href=3D"mailto:spridgets@autox.=
team.net">[email-masked]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">=
<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"=
ltr">?Delete key not working?<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">On Sun, 21 Jun 2026 a=
t 20:31, Jim Ryan via Spridgets &lt;<a ymailto=3D"mailto:[email-masked]=
m.net" href=3D"mailto:[email-masked]">[email-masked]</a>=
&gt; wrote:<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Well, it's s=
upposed to be.? This kind of stuff is really not welcome here.<br></div><div=
 dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Jim Ryan<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><=
br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">????<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D=
"ltr">On Sun, Jun 21, 2026, 3:16?PM wilkmanracing--- via Spridgets &lt;<a ym=
ailto=3D"mailto:[email-masked]" href=3D"mailto:[email-masked]=
m.net">[email-masked]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br=
></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Silly me. I thought this was a Sprite forum.?<br></d=
iv><div dir=3D"ltr">Bill1958 Sprite Iris Blue<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br>=
</div><div dir=3D"ltr">Sent from the all new AOL app for iOS<br></div><div d=
ir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">On Sunday, J=
une 21, 2026, 11:34 AM, <a ymailto=3D"mailto:[email-masked]=
t" href=3D"mailto:[email-masked]">spridgets-request@autox.=
team.net</a> &lt;<a ymailto=3D"mailto:[email-masked]" href=
=3D"mailto:[email-masked]">[email-masked]=
t</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Send S=
pridgets mailing list submissions to<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">??? <a ymailt=
o=3D"mailto:[email-masked]" href=3D"mailto:[email-masked]=
t">[email-masked]</a><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=
=3D"ltr">To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit<br></div>=
<div dir=3D"ltr">??? <a href=3D"http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/sprid=
gets" target=3D"_blank">http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/spridgets</a>=
<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">or, via email, send a message with subject or bod=
y 'help' to<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">??? <a ymailto=3D"mailto:spridgets-req=
[email-masked]" href=3D"mailto:[email-masked]">spridg=
[email-masked]</a><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D=
"ltr">You can reach the person managing the list at<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr=
">??? <a ymailto=3D"mailto:[email-masked]" href=3D"mailto:sp=
[email-masked]">[email-masked]</a><br></div><d=
iv dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">When replying, please edit your Su=
bject line so it is more specific<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">than "Re: Conten=
ts of Spridgets digest..."<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"l=
tr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Today's Topics:<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br=
></div><div dir=3D"ltr">? 1. No LBC - Budapest, NATO (OTAN) Europe, the EU, I=
slamic<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">? ? ? immigration and healthcare (Weslake13=
30)<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D=
"ltr">----------------------------------------------------------------------=
<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Message: 1<br></div><d=
iv dir=3D"ltr">Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2026 23:20:32 +0100<br></div><div dir=3D"lt=
r">From: Weslake1330 &lt;<a ymailto=3D"mailto:[email-masked]" href=3D=
"mailto:[email-masked]">[email-masked]</a>&gt;<br></div><div d=
ir=3D"ltr">To: Spridgets &lt;<a ymailto=3D"mailto:[email-masked]" h=
ref=3D"mailto:[email-masked]">[email-masked]</a>&gt;<br>=
</div><div dir=3D"ltr">Subject: [Spridgets] No LBC - Budapest, NATO (OTAN) E=
urope, the EU,<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">??? Islamic immigration and healthc=
are<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Message-ID:<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">??? &lt;=
CAMhoh1U086VzL_ZMH428L64qsUw6=3Dfb=[email-masked]&gt;<b=
r></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Content-Type: text/plain; charset=3D"utf-8"<br></di=
v><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Hi list, some of you are don?t=
 like it when I post stuff like this but<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">never cha=
llenge any of the points I make or even privately debate them with<br></div>=
<div dir=3D"ltr">me.? Some of you find them interesting and some have delete=
d this e-mail<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">already.? Well, I read a lot of stuf=
f on YouTube and regardless of any<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">opinion or poli=
tical allegiances it does seem to me that not everyone<br></div><div dir=3D"=
ltr">understands the basic of some issues and that leads to misunderstanding=
s.<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Sure, the list should be to discuss LBC stuff b=
ut I think the archive will<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">confirm other stuff, s=
ometimes contentious (public drafting on the highway<br></div><div dir=3D"lt=
r">and not in LBCs) topics get discussed.<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></di=
v><div dir=3D"ltr">Firstly, part of the reason countries are helping Ukraine=
 in their fight<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">against Russian aggression and att=
acks, lie with The Budapest Memorandum on<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Security=
 signed in Budapest, Hungary, on 5 December 1994.? The summary is<br></div><=
div dir=3D"ltr">that Ukraine gave up their nuclear weapons as part of a defe=
nce deal.? The<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">other obvious reason is that when o=
ne country attacks another and seeks to<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">completely=
 invade it there is choice other countries have to make in<br></div><div dir=
=3D"ltr">whether to sit back and do nothing or find a way to help. Thirdly y=
ou have<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">to consider a domino effect scenario where=
 Russia defeats Ukraine and then<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">goes onto rebuild=
 the USSR.? Maybe that sounds like a problem for the<br></div><div dir=3D"lt=
r">Europeans and I guess it is, or at least first.? But if the dominos carry=
<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">on falling then you once again have a USSR that t=
hreatens the USA.<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">NATO i=
s the North Atlantic (not North American) Treaty Organisation (the<br></div>=
<div dir=3D"ltr">French call it OTAN for French grammatical reasons I don?t u=
nderstand).<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">It?s not a club of buddies to bully an=
yone but a club of buddies to defend<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">each other ag=
ainst a big bully.? It?s not a European idea or club and<br></div><div dir=3D=
"ltr">Canada is a member.? Despite the rhetoric you might read or hear, NATO=
<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">isn?t a way for everyone apart from the USA to ge=
t defence on the cheap.<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Not everyone in the club m=
ight agree that everyone is paying enough.<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">However=
, the member paying the most doesn?t say it will pay less but argues<br></di=
v><div dir=3D"ltr">others should pay more.? Why is that?? Well, you might ha=
ve to do your own<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">research on that.<br></div><div d=
ir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Europe isn?t a country it?s a geograph=
ic region.? The EU is not the same<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">thing as Europe=
 because the EU is a kind of club.? Strangely enough the EU<br></div><div di=
r=3D"ltr">has been viewed by some members and one ex-member as a club where n=
ot all<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">the members pay in enough money or get equa=
l benefits out of it.? The<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">republic of Ireland is n=
ot in NATO but is in Europe and is in the EU.? The<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"=
>United Kingdom (Great Britain, sort of) is in NATO and is in Europe but is<=
br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">not in the EU (it left some years ago).<br></div><=
div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Is Europe being taken over by Isl=
amic (Moslem) immigrants?? Well, I don?t<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">think so.=
? I could make a joke and say that in England at least, the Hindus<br></div>=
<div dir=3D"ltr">and Sikhs would never allow that to happen. You also have t=
o understand<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">there are actually 2 major and one le=
sser Islamic group ? not sure if this<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">is quite the=
 same thing as Catholics and Protestants but it?s how I like to<br></div><di=
v dir=3D"ltr">think of it.? Over the years I?ve worked alongside Moslems and=
 they were<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">great people and not extremists.<br></d=
iv><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">I read a lot that the reason E=
uropeans have free healthcare is because they<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">rely=
 on the US, as part of NATO, to protect them rather than pay for their<br></=
div><div dir=3D"ltr">own protection.? In the UK free healthcare came into be=
ing after WW2 and<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">existed all the way through the C=
old War at a time when the UK spent a lot<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">more on d=
efence than it does now.? However, it?s not quite as encompassing<br></div><=
div dir=3D"ltr">as it used to be.? For example, when I was a child, medical p=
rescriptions<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">were free but for decades since there=
 has been a fee to pay.? Similarly,<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">all dental car=
e was free when I was a child but now while it is still<br></div><div dir=3D=
"ltr">subsidised there is 3 tier system of fees and it can still be very<br>=
</div><div dir=3D"ltr">expensive.? I think at least one country in Europe ha=
s free healthcare.? A<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">question to consider then is=
 if the US spent less money on NATO and defense<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">ge=
nerally would it be enough for free healthcare?<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><b=
r></div><div dir=3D"ltr">I think that?s all the stuff I believe I can help o=
thers with their<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">understanding of and I?m confiden=
t that listers are generally smarter than<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">everyone=
 else but may have friends with lesser rides and knowledge<br></div><div dir=
=3D"ltr">generally!? Also, while I have political opinions, I am not a membe=
r of any<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">political party and haven?t always voted f=
or the same political party.? I<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">have enlisted mili=
tary service but not combat experience.? Recently I even<br></div><div dir=3D=
"ltr">applied for and have been granted a HM Forces Veteran ID card and mayb=
e<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">when I get my 3rd one it will actually correctly=
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 . .<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">I?d like to finish=
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"ltr">be happy and prosperous by letting the government take care of him bet=
ter<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">take a closer look at the American Indian?.? H=
owever, it seems to be bunk<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">and that he never said=
 that but did say a bunch of other stuff.? So, how<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"=
>about a quote from the bible? Matthew Ch19 v30 (NIV) But many who are first=
<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">will be last, and many who are last will be first=
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 dir=3D"ltr">From: "AOL Mail Update (Terms &amp; Policy)" &lt;<a ymailto=3D"=
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[email-masked]</a>&gt;<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">To: Ron Soave &lt;<a y=
mailto=3D"mailto:[email-masked]" href=3D"mailto:[email-masked]">soaver=
[email-masked]</a>&gt;, HealeyRick &lt;<a ymailto=3D"mailto:[email-masked]=
" href=3D"mailto:[email-masked]">[email-masked]</a>&gt;<br></div><=
div dir=3D"ltr">Cc: Spridgets &lt;<a ymailto=3D"mailto:[email-masked].=
net" href=3D"mailto:[email-masked]">[email-masked]</a>&g=
t;, [email-masked],<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Wesl=
ake1330 &lt;<a ymailto=3D"mailto:[email-masked]" href=3D"mailto:wesla=
[email-masked]">[email-masked]</a>&gt;<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Su=
bject: Re: [Spridgets] Spridgets Digest, Vol 181, Issue 2<br></div><div dir=3D=
"ltr">Message-ID: &lt;<a ymailto=3D"mailto:334267447.1028023.1782161916577@m=
ail.yahoo.com" href=3D"mailto:[email-masked]=
">[email-masked]</a>&gt;<br></div><div dir=3D=
"ltr">Content-Type: text/plain; charset=3D"utf-8"<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">=
<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"> Cats?? ?Hmmm buffing pads or wheels chocks?You d=
o know we have lost so many list members/contributors who had such colorful w=
ays of conveying dismay over "donkey dung fired forges making high quality t=
ools and parts from Moss"!!!!!Ah yes.....I remember it well....And God forbi=
d Ed had one too many at the keyboard?? ?Yeah I'm old too!? ?But I do rememb=
er?Sitting here looking at Frank's bent giant pipe wrench I rescued and comp=
letely restored...*Sigh*Chuck<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">&nbsp; &nbsp; On Mon=
day, June 22, 2026 at 02:30:08 PM EDT, HealeyRick via Spridgets &lt;<a ymail=
to=3D"mailto:[email-masked]" href=3D"mailto:[email-masked]=
et">[email-masked]</a>&gt; wrote:&nbsp; <br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"=
> <br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"> When we?d go off topic in the past, it was Fra=
nk Zappa, cats, Elizabeth the Witch, nothing divisive.?<br></div><div dir=3D=
"ltr">Ron Soave<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Damn, I miss those days<br></div><=
div dir=3D"ltr">Montana Bob<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">On Mon, Jun 22, 2026 a=
t 10:51?AM Ron Soave via Spridgets &lt;<a ymailto=3D"mailto:spridgets@autox.=
team.net" href=3D"mailto:[email-masked]">[email-masked]<=
/a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">When we?=
d go off topic in the past, it was Frank Zappa, cats, Elizabeth the Witch, n=
othing divisive.?<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Ron Soave<br></div><div dir=3D"l=
tr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">On Jun 22, 2026, at 12:35?AM, Rick Fisk via S=
pridgets &lt;<a ymailto=3D"mailto:[email-masked]" href=3D"mailto:s=
[email-masked]">[email-masked]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><d=
iv dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></d=
iv><div dir=3D"ltr">?Delete key works fine.? But this kind of nonsense does n=
ot belong here.<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">On Jun 2=
1, 2026, at 5:55?PM, Weslake1330 via Spridgets &lt;<a ymailto=3D"mailto:spri=
[email-masked]" href=3D"mailto:[email-masked]">spridgets@aut=
ox.team.net</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"l=
tr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">?Delete key not wo=
rking?<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">On Sun, 21 Jun 2026 at 20:31, Jim Ryan via S=
pridgets &lt;<a ymailto=3D"mailto:[email-masked]" href=3D"mailto:s=
[email-masked]">[email-masked]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><d=
iv dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Well, it's supposed to be.? This k=
ind of stuff is really not welcome here.<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div=
><div dir=3D"ltr">Jim Ryan<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"l=
tr">????<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">On Sun, Jun 21=
, 2026, 3:16?PM wilkmanracing--- via Spridgets &lt;<a ymailto=3D"mailto:spri=
[email-masked]" href=3D"mailto:[email-masked]">spridgets@aut=
ox.team.net</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"l=
tr">Silly me. I thought this was a Sprite forum.?<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">=
Bill1958 Sprite Iris Blue<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"lt=
r">Sent from the all new AOL app for iOS<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div=
><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">On Sunday, June 21, 2026, 11:34=
 AM, <a ymailto=3D"mailto:[email-masked]" href=3D"mailto:s=
[email-masked]">[email-masked]</a> &lt;<a=
 ymailto=3D"mailto:[email-masked]" href=3D"mailto:spridget=
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ore specific<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">than "Re: Contents of Spridgets diges=
t..."<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div di=
r=3D"ltr">Today's Topics:<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"lt=
r">? 1. No LBC - Budapest, NATO (OTAN) Europe, the EU, Islamic<br></div><div=
 dir=3D"ltr">? ? ? immigration and healthcare (Weslake1330)<br></div><div di=
r=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">------------=
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=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Message: 1<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Dat=
e: Sat, 20 Jun 2026 23:20:32 +0100<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">From: Weslake13=
30 &lt;<a ymailto=3D"mailto:[email-masked]" href=3D"mailto:weslake133=
[email-masked]">[email-masked]</a>&gt;<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">To: Spr=
idgets &lt;<a ymailto=3D"mailto:[email-masked]" href=3D"mailto:spr=
[email-masked]">[email-masked]</a>&gt;<br></div><div dir=3D=
"ltr">Subject: [Spridgets] No LBC - Budapest, NATO (OTAN) Europe, the EU,<br=
></div><div dir=3D"ltr">??? Islamic immigration and healthcare<br></div><div=
 dir=3D"ltr">Message-ID:<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">??? &lt;CAMhoh1U086VzL_ZM=
H428L64qsUw6=3Dfb=[email-masked]&gt;<br></div><div dir=3D=
"ltr">Content-Type: text/plain; charset=3D"utf-8"<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">=
<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Hi list, some of you are don?t like it when I pos=
t stuff like this but<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">never challenge any of the p=
oints I make or even privately debate them with<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">me=
.? Some of you find them interesting and some have deleted this e-mail<br></=
div><div dir=3D"ltr">already.? Well, I read a lot of stuff on YouTube and re=
gardless of any<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">opinion or political allegiances i=
t does seem to me that not everyone<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">understands th=
e basic of some issues and that leads to misunderstandings.<br></div><div di=
r=3D"ltr">Sure, the list should be to discuss LBC stuff but I think the arch=
ive will<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">confirm other stuff, sometimes contentiou=
s (public drafting on the highway<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">and not in LBCs)=
 topics get discussed.<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">=
Firstly, part of the reason countries are helping Ukraine in their fight<br>=
</div><div dir=3D"ltr">against Russian aggression and attacks, lie with The B=
udapest Memorandum on<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Security signed in Budapest,=
 Hungary, on 5 December 1994.? The summary is<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">that=
 Ukraine gave up their nuclear weapons as part of a defence deal.? The<br></=
div><div dir=3D"ltr">other obvious reason is that when one country attacks a=
nother and seeks to<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">completely invade it there is c=
hoice other countries have to make in<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">whether to s=
it back and do nothing or find a way to help. Thirdly you have<br></div><div=
 dir=3D"ltr">to consider a domino effect scenario where Russia defeats Ukrai=
ne and then<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">goes onto rebuild the USSR.? Maybe tha=
t sounds like a problem for the<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Europeans and I gu=
ess it is, or at least first.? But if the dominos carry<br></div><div dir=3D=
"ltr">on falling then you once again have a USSR that threatens the USA.<br>=
</div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">NATO is the North Atlantic=
 (not North American) Treaty Organisation (the<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Fre=
nch call it OTAN for French grammatical reasons I don?t understand).<br></di=
v><div dir=3D"ltr">It?s not a club of buddies to bully anyone but a club of b=
uddies to defend<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">each other against a big bully.? I=
t?s not a European idea or club and<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Canada is a me=
mber.? Despite the rhetoric you might read or hear, NATO<br></div><div dir=3D=
"ltr">isn?t a way for everyone apart from the USA to get defence on the chea=
p.<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Not everyone in the club might agree that every=
one is paying enough.<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">However, the member paying t=
he most doesn?t say it will pay less but argues<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">ot=
hers should pay more.? Why is that?? Well, you might have to do your own<br>=
</div><div dir=3D"ltr">research on that.<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div=
><div dir=3D"ltr">Europe isn?t a country it?s a geographic region.? The EU i=
s not the same<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">thing as Europe because the EU is a=
 kind of club.? Strangely enough the EU<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">has been v=
iewed by some members and one ex-member as a club where not all<br></div><di=
v dir=3D"ltr">the members pay in enough money or get equal benefits out of i=
t.? The<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">republic of Ireland is not in NATO but is i=
n Europe and is in the EU.? The<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">United Kingdom (Gr=
eat Britain, sort of) is in NATO and is in Europe but is<br></div><div dir=3D=
"ltr">not in the EU (it left some years ago).<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br>=
</div><div dir=3D"ltr">Is Europe being taken over by Islamic (Moslem) immigr=
ants?? Well, I don?t<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">think so.? I could make a jok=
e and say that in England at least, the Hindus<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">and=
 Sikhs would never allow that to happen. You also have to understand<br></di=
v><div dir=3D"ltr">there are actually 2 major and one lesser Islamic group ?=
 not sure if this<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">is quite the same thing as Catho=
lics and Protestants but it?s how I like to<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">think o=
f it.? Over the years I?ve worked alongside Moslems and they were<br></div><=
div dir=3D"ltr">great people and not extremists.<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><=
br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">I read a lot that the reason Europeans have free h=
ealthcare is because they<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">rely on the US, as part o=
f NATO, to protect them rather than pay for their<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">=
own protection.? In the UK free healthcare came into being after WW2 and<br>=
</div><div dir=3D"ltr">existed all the way through the Cold War at a time wh=
en the UK spent a lot<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">more on defence than it does=
 now.? However, it?s not quite as encompassing<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">as i=
t used to be.? For example, when I was a child, medical prescriptions<br></d=
iv><div dir=3D"ltr">were free but for decades since there has been a fee to p=
ay.? Similarly,<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">all dental care was free when I wa=
s a child but now while it is still<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">subsidised the=
re is 3 tier system of fees and it can still be very<br></div><div dir=3D"lt=
r">expensive.? I think at least one country in Europe has free healthcare.? A=
<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">question to consider then is if the US spent less=
 money on NATO and defense<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">generally would it be e=
nough for free healthcare?<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"l=
tr">I think that?s all the stuff I believe I can help others with their<br><=
/div><div dir=3D"ltr">understanding of and I?m confident that listers are ge=
nerally smarter than<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">everyone else but may have fr=
iends with lesser rides and knowledge<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">generally!? A=
lso, while I have political opinions, I am not a member of any<br></div><div=
 dir=3D"ltr">political party and haven?t always voted for the same political=
 party.? I<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">have enlisted military service but not c=
ombat experience.? Recently I even<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">applied for and=
 have been granted a HM Forces Veteran ID card and maybe<br></div><div dir=3D=
"ltr">when I get my 3rd one it will actually correctly record the initials f=
or my<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Christian/Fore names. . . .<br></div><div di=
r=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">I?d like to finish with a quote from He=
nry Ford: ?Any man who thinks he can<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">be happy and p=
rosperous by letting the government take care of him better<br></div><div di=
r=3D"ltr">take a closer look at the American Indian?.? However, it seems to b=
e bunk<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">and that he never said that but did say a b=
unch of other stuff.? So, how<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">about a quote from t=
he bible? Matthew Ch19 v30 (NIV) But many who are first<br></div><div dir=3D=
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