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*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
>>>
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>>> Today's Topics:
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>>> 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 <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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>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
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<div dir=3D"ltr"><i>When we=E2=80=99d go off topic in the past, it was Fran=
k Zappa, cats, Elizabeth the Witch, nothing divisive.=C2=A0</i><div><i><br =
id=3D"m_8459596784590564020lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"></i><div dir=3D=
"ltr"><i>Ron Soave</i></div></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><i><br></i></div><div>Da=
mn, I miss those days</div><div><br></div><div>Montana Bob</div></div><br><=
div class=3D"gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"g=
mail_attr">On Mon, Jun 22, 2026 at 10:51=E2=80=AFAM Ron Soave via Spridgets=
<<a href=3D"mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net";>spridgets@autox.team.net</=
a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0p=
x 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><d=
iv dir=3D"auto">When we=E2=80=99d go off topic in the past, it was Frank Za=
ppa, cats, Elizabeth the Witch, nothing divisive.=C2=A0<div><br id=3D"m_845=
9596784590564020lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir=3D"ltr">Ron Soave=
</div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br><blockquote type=3D"cite">On Jun 22, 2026, at 12=
:35=E2=80=AFAM, Rick Fisk via Spridgets <<a href=3D"mailto:spridgets@aut=
ox.team.net" target=3D"_blank">spridgets@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br><=
br></blockquote></div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div dir=3D"ltr">=EF=BB=BF<=
div dir=3D"ltr"></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Delete key works fine.=C2=A0 But thi=
s kind of nonsense does not belong here.</div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br><blockqu=
ote type=3D"cite">On Jun 21, 2026, at 5:55=E2=80=AFPM, Weslake1330 via Spri=
dgets <<a href=3D"mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net"; target=3D"_blank">spr=
idgets@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote =
type=3D"cite"><div dir=3D"ltr">=EF=BB=BF<div dir=3D"ltr">Delete key not wor=
king?</div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_a=
ttr">On Sun, 21 Jun 2026 at 20:31, Jim Ryan via Spridgets <<a href=3D"ma=
ilto:spridgets@autox.team.net" target=3D"_blank">spridgets@autox.team.net</=
a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0p=
x 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><d=
iv dir=3D"auto"><div>Well, it's supposed to be.=C2=A0 This kind of stuf=
f is really not welcome here.</div><div><br></div><div><div dir=3D"ltr"><p =
style=3D"font-size:12.8px"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;color:navy">Jim Ry=
an<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style=3D"font-size:12.8px">=C2=A9=C2=BF=C2=A9=
=C2=AC</p></div></div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr"=
class=3D"gmail_attr">On Sun, Jun 21, 2026, 3:16=E2=80=AFPM wilkmanracing--=
- via Spridgets <<a href=3D"mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net"; target=3D"_=
blank">spridgets@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=
=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rg=
b(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div>
Silly me. I thought this was a Sprite forum.=C2=A0<div><br></div><div>Bill<=
/div><div>1958 Sprite Iris Blue<br><br><div><a style=3D"font-size:12px" hre=
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dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Today's Topics:<br></div><div d=
ir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">=C2=A0 1. No LBC - Budapest, NATO (O=
TAN) Europe, the EU, Islamic<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0=
immigration and healthcare (Weslake1330)<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></d=
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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 <<a hre=
f=3D"mailto:weslake1330@gmail.com"; rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">wes=
lake1330@gmail.com</a>><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">To: Spridgets <<a h=
ref=3D"mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net"; rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank=
">spridgets@autox.team.net</a>><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Subject: [Spri=
dgets] No LBC - Budapest, NATO (OTAN) Europe, the EU,<br></div><div dir=3D"=
ltr">=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 Islamic immigration and healthcare<br></div><div di=
r=3D"ltr">Message-ID:<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 <CAMh=
oh1U086VzL_ZMH428L64qsUw6=3Dfb=3D<a href=3D"mailto:BkMtxCZp7zVM%2BGgdTw@mai=
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mail.com</a>><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Content-Type: text/plain; charse=
t=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 priv=
ately debate them with<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">me.=C2=A0 Some of you find=
them interesting and some have deleted this e-mail<br></div><div dir=3D"lt=
r">already.=C2=A0 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 discuss LBC stuff but I think the archive will=
<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">confirm other stuff, sometimes contentious (publ=
ic drafting on the highway<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">and not in LBCs) topic=
s get discussed.<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">First=
ly, part of the reason countries are helping Ukraine in their fight<br></di=
v><div dir=3D"ltr">against Russian aggression and attacks, lie with The Bud=
apest Memorandum on<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Security signed in Budapest, =
Hungary, on 5 December 1994.=C2=A0 The summary is<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"=
>that Ukraine gave up their nuclear weapons as part of a defence deal.=C2=
=A0 The<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">other obvious reason is that when one cou=
ntry attacks another and seeks to<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">completely inva=
de 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 R=
ussia defeats Ukraine and then<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">goes onto rebuild =
the USSR.=C2=A0 Maybe that sounds like a problem for the<br></div><div dir=
=3D"ltr">Europeans and I guess it is, or at least first.=C2=A0 But if the d=
ominos 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 Organisatio=
n (the<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">French call it OTAN for French grammatical=
reasons I don?t understand).<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">It?s not a club of =
buddies to bully anyone but a club of buddies to defend<br></div><div dir=
=3D"ltr">each other against a big bully.=C2=A0 It?s not a European idea or =
club and<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Canada is a member.=C2=A0 Despite the rh=
etoric you might read or hear, NATO<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">isn?t a way f=
or everyone apart from the USA to get defence on the cheap.<br></div><div d=
ir=3D"ltr">Not everyone in the club might agree that everyone is paying eno=
ugh.<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">However, the member paying the most doesn?t =
say it will pay less but argues<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">others should pay=
more.=C2=A0 Why is that?=C2=A0 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.=C2=A0 The E=
U is not the same<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">thing as Europe because the EU =
is a kind of club.=C2=A0 Strangely enough the EU<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">=
has been viewed by some members and one ex-member as a club where not all<b=
r></div><div dir=3D"ltr">the members pay in enough money or get equal benef=
its out of it.=C2=A0 The<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">republic of Ireland is n=
ot in NATO but is in Europe and is in the EU.=C2=A0 The<br></div><div dir=
=3D"ltr">United Kingdom (Great Britain, sort of) is in NATO and is in Europ=
e 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) immigrants?=C2=A0 Well, I don?t<br></div><div dir=
=3D"ltr">think so.=C2=A0 I could make a joke and say that in England at lea=
st, the Hindus<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">and Sikhs would never allow that t=
o happen. You also have to understand<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">there are a=
ctually 2 major and one lesser Islamic group ? not sure if this<br></div><d=
iv dir=3D"ltr">is quite the same thing as Catholics and Protestants but it?=
s how I like to<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">think of it.=C2=A0 Over the years=
I?ve worked alongside Moslems and they were<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">grea=
t 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 healthcare is bec=
ause they<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">rely on the US, as part of NATO, to pro=
tect them rather than pay for their<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">own protectio=
n.=C2=A0 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">more on defence than it does now.=
=C2=A0 However, it?s not quite as encompassing<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">as=
it used to be.=C2=A0 For example, when I was a child, medical prescription=
s<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">were free but for decades since there has been =
a fee to pay.=C2=A0 Similarly,<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">all dental care wa=
s free when I was a child but now while it is still<br></div><div dir=3D"lt=
r">subsidised there is 3 tier system of fees and it can still be very<br></=
div><div dir=3D"ltr">expensive.=C2=A0 I think at least one country in Europ=
e has free healthcare.=C2=A0 A<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">question to consid=
er then is if the US spent less money on NATO and defense<br></div><div dir=
=3D"ltr">generally would it be enough for free healthcare?<br></div><div di=
r=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">I think that?s all the stuff I believe=
I can help others with their<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">understanding of an=
d 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 knowledge=
<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">generally!=C2=A0 Also, while I have political op=
inions, 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.=C2=A0 I<br></div><di=
v dir=3D"ltr">have enlisted military service but not combat experience.=C2=
=A0 Recently I even<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">applied for and have been gra=
nted 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 for my<br></=
div><div dir=3D"ltr">Christian/Fore names. . . .<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">=
<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">I?d like to finish with a quote from Henry Ford:=
?Any man who thinks he can<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">be happy and prospero=
us by letting the government take care of him better<br></div><div dir=3D"l=
tr">take a closer look at the American Indian?.=C2=A0 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.=C2=A0 So, how<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">about a quot=
e from the bible? Matthew Ch19 v30 (NIV) But many who are first<br></div><d=
iv dir=3D"ltr">will be last, and many who are last will be first.<br></div>=
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