Happy Pearl Harbor Day!

[Coito ergo sum]

Well, it was never ambushed by the Japanese until you Mericans got your dozy paws on it.

Hux, please. Nobody ever ambushes the U.S. We are always attacked by our own government. FDR/Pearl Harbor. GWBush/911. Are you seeing a pattern? That little incident back in 1814... I'm thinking Madison was in on it...

[Coito ergo sum]

Anyway, the Panama Canal's width determined the beam of the USN battleships. The locks were 110' wide, and Congress decried no USN BB could be more than 108' wide.

British ships could make it around Tierra del Fuego in the same time US ships took to cut across the middle...far superior ships, wut wut...

Ironically, the average Merkin would not fit through the Panama Canal these days

That's why we gave it back to the Panamanians. We hardly use it anymore. We portage over land instead.

[Clinton Huxley]

Well, it was never ambushed by the Japanese until you Mericans got your dozy paws on it.

Hux, please. Nobody ever ambushes the U.S. We are always attacked by our own government. FDR/Pearl Harbor. GWBush/911. Are you seeing a pattern? That little incident back in 1814... I'm thinking Madison was in on it...

I think you are on to something....Canadian invasion of 2020.......ive said too much....

[Clinton Huxley]

Anyway, the Panama Canal's width determined the beam of the USN battleships. The locks were 110' wide, and Congress decried no USN BB could be more than 108' wide.

British ships could make it around Tierra del Fuego in the same time US ships took to cut across the middle...far superior ships, wut wut...

Ironically, the average Merkin would not fit through the Panama Canal these days

That's why we gave it back to the Panamanians. We hardly use it anymore. We portage over land instead.

You could use that big tractor now the Shuttles have been retired

[klr]

Anyway, the Panama Canal's width determined the beam of the USN battleships. The locks were 110' wide, and Congress decried no USN BB could be more than 108' wide.

British ships could make it around Tierra del Fuego in the same time US ships took to cut across the middle...far superior ships, wut wut...

Ironically, the average Merkin would not fit through the Panama Canal these days

Ah, so that's why the Panama Canal is being widened. A relative of one of my friends is working on that project.

[MrJonno]

Everyone knows it was the English that bombed Pearl Harbour Hollywood is going to make the another movie version of it with Mel Gibson playing a brave Scot trying to warn the US Navy of the incoming attack from the nasty English

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Mods, can we sort out the derails, please.



That should keep them busy.

[Geoff]

Anyway, the Panama Canal's width determined the beam of the USN battleships. The locks were 110' wide, and Congress decried no USN BB could be more than 108' wide.

British ships could make it around Tierra del Fuego in the same time US ships took to cut across the middle...far superior ships, wut wut...

Ironically, the average Merkin would not fit through the Panama Canal these days

Ah, so that's why the Panama Canal is being widened. A relative of one of my friends is working on that project.

Waste of money. Once global warming kicks in properly, the Northwest Passage will be permanently ice-free and open.

EDIT to add linky

[amused]

Hux, please. Nobody ever ambushes the U.S. We are always attacked by our own government. FDR/Pearl Harbor. GWBush/911. Are you seeing a pattern? That little incident back in 1814... I'm thinking Madison was in on it...

They had invisible thermite in 1814?

[Coito ergo sum]

Hux, please. Nobody ever ambushes the U.S. We are always attacked by our own government. FDR/Pearl Harbor. GWBush/911. Are you seeing a pattern? That little incident back in 1814... I'm thinking Madison was in on it...

They had invisible thermite in 1814?

You saw the way the White House went up in 1814? They rigged it with incendiaries and left town....the British showed up for tea, and then the White House is on fire....how convenient for MadisonCo and their cronies.... Madison's grandfather had business dealings with the British, too...

[Coito ergo sum]

Well, it was never ambushed by the Japanese until you Mericans got your dozy paws on it.

Hux, please. Nobody ever ambushes the U.S. We are always attacked by our own government. FDR/Pearl Harbor. GWBush/911. Are you seeing a pattern? That little incident back in 1814... I'm thinking Madison was in on it...

I think you are on to something....Canadian invasion of 2020.......ive said too much....

So, THAT'S why the Canucks have massed 80% of their population along our northern border....

[Coito ergo sum]

Anyway, the Panama Canal's width determined the beam of the USN battleships. The locks were 110' wide, and Congress decried no USN BB could be more than 108' wide.

British ships could make it around Tierra del Fuego in the same time US ships took to cut across the middle...far superior ships, wut wut...

Ironically, the average Merkin would not fit through the Panama Canal these days

That's why we gave it back to the Panamanians. We hardly use it anymore. We portage over land instead.

You could use that big tractor now the Shuttles have been retired

Not necessary. Our ships are all clinker-built now.

[Clinton Huxley]

Just finished reading a book about Bletchley Park and we almost certainly didn't know about Pearl Harbour in advance but decide to keep quiet. Almost certainly.

[Coito ergo sum]

Just finished reading a book about Bletchley Park and we almost certainly didn't know about Pearl Harbour in advance but decide to keep quiet. Almost certainly.

Churchill knew. He wanted to lure Roosevelt into the war, so he found out about Pearl Harbor, and just sat back, figuring the US would enter the war after the attack. Bastard! LOL

[Clinton Huxley]

Just finished reading a book about Bletchley Park and we almost certainly didn't know about Pearl Harbour in advance but decide to keep quiet. Almost certainly.

Churchill knew. He wanted to lure Roosevelt into the war, so he found out about Pearl Harbor, and just sat back, figuring the US would enter the war after the attack. Bastard! LOL

Or so the theory goes....