<div dir="ltr">Delete key not working?</div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, 21 Jun 2026 at 20:17, wilkmanracing--- via Spridgets <<a href="mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net">spridgets@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div>
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I thought this was a Sprite forum. <div><br></div><div>Bill</div><div>1958 Sprite Iris Blue<br><br><div><a style="font-size:12px" href="https://aolapp.onelink.me/eG2g?pid=NativePlacement&c=US_Acquisition_YMktg_320_EmailSignature_AttributionDL&af_sub1=Acquisition&af_sub2=US_YMktg&af_sub3=&af_sub4=100002473&af_sub5=SentFromNewAOLApp__Interstitial_&af_ios_store_cpp=ce85ce34-ad0f-4811-a92b-a172743b064e&af_android_url=https%3A%2F%2Fplay.google.com%2Fstore%2Fapps%2Fdetails%3Fid%3Dcom.aol.mobile.aolapp%26listing%3Demail_signature_attribution" target="_blank">Sent from the all new AOL app for iOS</a><br></div><br><p style="font-size:15px;color:rgb(132,115,255);padding-top:15px;margin-top:0px">On Sunday, June 21, 2026, 11:34 AM, <a href="mailto:spridgets-request@autox.team.net" target="_blank">spridgets-request@autox.team.net</a> <<a href="mailto:spridgets-request@autox.team.net" target="_blank">spridgets-request@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:</p><blockquote><div dir="ltr">Send Spridgets mailing list submissions to<br></div><div dir="ltr"> <a href="mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net" target="_blank">spridgets@autox.team.net</a><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit<br></div><div dir="ltr"> <a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/spridgets" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/spridgets</a><br></div><div dir="ltr">or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to<br></div><div dir="ltr"> <a href="mailto:spridgets-request@autox.team.net" target="_blank">spridgets-request@autox.team.net</a><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">You can reach the person managing the list at<br></div><div dir="ltr"> <a href="mailto:spridgets-owner@autox.team.net" target="_blank">spridgets-owner@autox.team.net</a><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific<br></div><div dir="ltr">than "Re: Contents of Spridgets digest..."<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Today's Topics:<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"> 1. No LBC - Budapest, NATO (OTAN) Europe, the EU, Islamic<br></div><div dir="ltr"> immigration and healthcare (Weslake1330)<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">----------------------------------------------------------------------<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Message: 1<br></div><div dir="ltr">Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2026 23:20:32 +0100<br></div><div dir="ltr">From: Weslake1330 <<a href="mailto:weslake1330@gmail.com" target="_blank">weslake1330@gmail.com</a>><br></div><div dir="ltr">To: Spridgets <<a href="mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net" target="_blank">spridgets@autox.team.net</a>><br></div><div dir="ltr">Subject: [Spridgets] No LBC - Budapest, NATO (OTAN) Europe, the EU,<br></div><div dir="ltr"> Islamic immigration and healthcare<br></div><div dir="ltr">Message-ID:<br></div><div dir="ltr"> <CAMhoh1U086VzL_ZMH428L64qsUw6=fb=<a href="mailto:BkMtxCZp7zVM%2BGgdTw@mail.gmail.com" target="_blank">BkMtxCZp7zVM+GgdTw@mail.gmail.com</a>><br></div><div dir="ltr">Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Hi list, some of you are don?t like it when I post stuff like this but<br></div><div dir="ltr">never challenge any of the points I make or even privately debate them with<br></div><div dir="ltr">me. Some of you find them interesting and some have deleted this e-mail<br></div><div dir="ltr">already. Well, I read a lot of stuff on YouTube and regardless of any<br></div><div dir="ltr">opinion or political allegiances it does seem to me that not everyone<br></div><div dir="ltr">understands the basic of some issues and that leads to misunderstandings.<br></div><div dir="ltr">Sure, the list should be to discuss LBC stuff but I think the archive will<br></div><div dir="ltr">confirm other stuff, sometimes contentious (public drafting on the highway<br></div><div dir="ltr">and not in LBCs) topics get discussed.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Firstly, part of the reason countries are helping Ukraine in their fight<br></div><div dir="ltr">against Russian aggression and attacks, lie with The Budapest Memorandum on<br></div><div dir="ltr">Security signed in Budapest, Hungary, on 5 December 1994. The summary is<br></div><div dir="ltr">that Ukraine gave up their nuclear weapons as part of a defence deal. The<br></div><div dir="ltr">other obvious reason is that when one country attacks another and seeks to<br></div><div dir="ltr">completely invade it there is choice other countries have to make in<br></div><div dir="ltr">whether to sit back and do nothing or find a way to help. Thirdly you have<br></div><div dir="ltr">to consider a domino effect scenario where Russia defeats Ukraine and then<br></div><div dir="ltr">goes onto rebuild the USSR. Maybe that sounds like a problem for the<br></div><div dir="ltr">Europeans and I guess it is, or at least first. But if the dominos carry<br></div><div dir="ltr">on falling then you once again have a USSR that threatens the USA.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">NATO is the North Atlantic (not North American) Treaty Organisation (the<br></div><div dir="ltr">French call it OTAN for French grammatical reasons I don?t understand).<br></div><div dir="ltr">It?s not a club of buddies to bully anyone but a club of buddies to defend<br></div><div dir="ltr">each other against a big bully. It?s not a European idea or club and<br></div><div dir="ltr">Canada is a member. Despite the rhetoric you might read or hear, NATO<br></div><div dir="ltr">isn?t a way for everyone apart from the USA to get defence on the cheap.<br></div><div dir="ltr">Not everyone in the club might agree that everyone is paying enough.<br></div><div dir="ltr">However, the member paying the most doesn?t say it will pay less but argues<br></div><div dir="ltr">others should pay more. Why is that? Well, you might have to do your own<br></div><div dir="ltr">research on that.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Europe isn?t a country it?s a geographic region. The EU is not the same<br></div><div dir="ltr">thing as Europe because the EU is a kind of club. Strangely enough the EU<br></div><div dir="ltr">has been viewed by some members and one ex-member as a club where not all<br></div><div dir="ltr">the members pay in enough money or get equal benefits out of it. The<br></div><div dir="ltr">republic of Ireland is not in NATO but is in Europe and is in the EU. The<br></div><div dir="ltr">United Kingdom (Great Britain, sort of) is in NATO and is in Europe but is<br></div><div dir="ltr">not in the EU (it left some years ago).<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Is Europe being taken over by Islamic (Moslem) immigrants? Well, I don?t<br></div><div dir="ltr">think so. I could make a joke and say that in England at least, the Hindus<br></div><div dir="ltr">and Sikhs would never allow that to happen. You also have to understand<br></div><div dir="ltr">there are actually 2 major and one lesser Islamic group ? not sure if this<br></div><div dir="ltr">is quite the same thing as Catholics and Protestants but it?s how I like to<br></div><div dir="ltr">think of it. Over the years I?ve worked alongside Moslems and they were<br></div><div dir="ltr">great people and not extremists.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">I read a lot that the reason Europeans have free healthcare is because they<br></div><div dir="ltr">rely on the US, as part of NATO, to protect them rather than pay for their<br></div><div dir="ltr">own protection. In the UK free healthcare came into being after WW2 and<br></div><div dir="ltr">existed all the way through the Cold War at a time when the UK spent a lot<br></div><div dir="ltr">more on defence than it does now. However, it?s not quite as encompassing<br></div><div dir="ltr">as it used to be. For example, when I was a child, medical prescriptions<br></div><div dir="ltr">were free but for decades since there has been a fee to pay. Similarly,<br></div><div dir="ltr">all dental care was free when I was a child but now while it is still<br></div><div dir="ltr">subsidised there is 3 tier system of fees and it can still be very<br></div><div dir="ltr">expensive. I think at least one country in Europe has free healthcare. A<br></div><div dir="ltr">question to consider then is if the US spent less money on NATO and defense<br></div><div dir="ltr">generally would it be enough for free healthcare?<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">I think that?s all the stuff I believe I can help others with their<br></div><div dir="ltr">understanding of and I?m confident that listers are generally smarter than<br></div><div dir="ltr">everyone else but may have friends with lesser rides and knowledge<br></div><div dir="ltr">generally! Also, while I have political opinions, I am not a member of any<br></div><div dir="ltr">political party and haven?t always voted for the same political party. I<br></div><div dir="ltr">have enlisted military service but not combat experience. Recently I even<br></div><div dir="ltr">applied for and have been granted a HM Forces Veteran ID card and maybe<br></div><div dir="ltr">when I get my 3rd one it will actually correctly record the initials for my<br></div><div dir="ltr">Christian/Fore names. . . .<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">I?d like to finish with a quote from Henry Ford: ?Any man who thinks he can<br></div><div dir="ltr">be happy and prosperous by letting the government take care of him better<br></div><div dir="ltr">take a closer look at the American Indian?. However, it seems to be bunk<br></div><div dir="ltr">and that he never said that but did say a bunch of other stuff. So, how<br></div><div dir="ltr">about a quote from the bible? Matthew Ch19 v30 (NIV) But many who are first<br></div><div dir="ltr">will be last, and many who are last will be first.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Daniel<br></div><div dir="ltr">-------------- next part --------------<br></div><div dir="ltr">An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<br></div><div dir="ltr">URL: <<a href="http://autox.team.net/pipermail/spridgets/attachments/20260620/4fb9c45e/attachment-0001.htm" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/pipermail/spridgets/attachments/20260620/4fb9c45e/attachment-0001.htm</a>><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">------------------------------<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Subject: Digest Footer<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">_______________________________________________<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Spridgets mailing list<br></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="mailto:Spridgets@autox.team.net" target="_blank">Spridgets@autox.team.net</a><br></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/spridgets" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/spridgets</a><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">------------------------------<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">End of Spridgets Digest, Vol 181, Issue 2<br></div><div dir="ltr">*****************************************<br></div><blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></div>
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