The UK has now cleared it's debt, in relation to WWII, owed to the USA and Canada.
It's not too bad, we only had to pay back twice the original amount. Very favourable interest rates.
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The UK has now cleared it's debt, in relation to WWII, owed to the USA and Canada.
It's not too bad, we only had to pay back twice the original amount. Very favourable interest rates.
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We didn't HAVE to pay most of it back, we chose to, unlike the Australians, who still haven't coughed up for the Sydney Harbour Bridge!
en(un)lightened
Thanks, awfully.Originally Posted by Agrajag
Don't know that there are any others who bothered; France, for example...
Oh, right.
That was just lives, not materiel.
"Researchers have already cast much darkness on the subject, and if they continue their investigations, we shall soon know nothing at all about it."
-Mark Twain
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I wouldn't swear to this, but I think you'll find the US offered to forgive the war debt, the UK turned them down and chose to pay, maybe the French, if they had a debt, chose to take the US up on the offer.Don't know that there are any others who bothered; France, for example...
en(un)lightened
I wouldn't doubt either scenario.I wouldn't swear to this, but I think you'll find the US offered to forgive the war debt, the UK turned them down and chose to pay, maybe the French, if they had a debt, chose to take the US up on the offer.Don't know that there are any others who bothered; France, for example...
The Brits have always been stand-up, the French, not so much.
"Researchers have already cast much darkness on the subject, and if they continue their investigations, we shall soon know nothing at all about it."
-Mark Twain
there is no god
They probably didn't want to have to listen to American tourists making comments about "bailing your asses out" for the next millennium
it’s an election with no Democrats, in one of the whitest states in the union, where rich candidates pay $35 for your votes. Or, as Republicans call it, their vision for the future.
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Canada says "Thank you."
things are quiet until hitler decides he'd like to invade russia
so, he does
the russians are like "OMG WTF D00DZ, STOP TKING"
and the germans are still like "omg ph34r n00bz"
the russians fall back, all the way to moscow
and then they all begin h4xing, which brings on the russian winter
the germans are like "wtf, h4x"
-- WW2 for the l33t
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Unfortunately we still had to tho'.They probably didn't want to have to listen to American tourists making comments about "bailing your asses out" for the next millennium
Just Lame
As ever a pleasure doing business with you.Canada says "Thank you."
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As opposed to 'saving your asses', and 'you'd all be talking German'?They probably didn't want to have to listen to American tourists making comments about "bailing your asses out" for the next millennium
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