Guest Eliza Posted December 18, 2003 Posted December 18, 2003 Gentlemen,The United States of America will always look up to the UK and Europe as older relations of the same family. My brothers see me as a romantic, silly, middle-aged fuddy-duddy and they're off having adventures of their own. But they know that if they get in trouble, as much as they don't "need" me, that I would spare no effort in helping them.New avatar! Eliza Quote
Chris Perkins Posted December 18, 2003 Posted December 18, 2003 The USA is welcome to see us as an older relation, of course that is true, but that has nothing to do with economies. The world and politics is all about economies, maybe that isn't right, but it's true.What is that new Avatar then?Chris Quote
Guest Guest Posted December 18, 2003 Posted December 18, 2003 Something like the personal standard of the Grand Duke of Hesse. No doubt one of my distaff relations. I was struck by the Garter device. I'll have to do more research.Good point about economies. If there's one antidote to romantic nostalgia, it's economics. Eliza Quote
Chris Perkins Posted December 18, 2003 Posted December 18, 2003 Apparently that flag was was adopted in 1949, I imagine your ancestors had a previous one?http://flagspot.net/flags/de-he.htmlChris Quote
Guest Eliza Posted December 19, 2003 Posted December 19, 2003 No doubt, Chris! I was trying to find something colourful.I've found this site to be very educational:http://www.ngw.nl/int/dld/germany.htmThe whole field of civic heraldry I find fascinating. I have two Kreuzers of 1750s Hesse-Darsmtadt and Hesse-Cassell and the lion rampant/all-stripey is very apparent. (I know "all-stripey" is NOT a legitimate heraldic term.)There are other sites online that cater to Napoleonic wargamers (miniatures and board games) and they offer a lot of heraldic history. Eliza Quote
Emperor Oli Posted December 19, 2003 Author Posted December 19, 2003 In your opinion. You cannot make a statement like that without being properly qualified to make it. You are free however, to voice your opinion, and in your opinion Europe has a strange smell and so does it's single currency!Yes, it's my opinion; a forum is there to express one's opinions. I am not qualified, well are you? What do you class as qualified? And you know what me and Eliza mean when we say Europe stinksThe world and politics is all about economies, maybe that isn't rightOf course it's right Quote
Guest Eliza Posted December 19, 2003 Posted December 19, 2003 "... what me and ELIZA mean when we say Europe stinks."Kind sir, I fear you have COMPLETELY misunderstood my point. In fact, I do NOT join you in condemning Europe. In fact, I am *asserting* the worthiness of Europe and highlighting my own varied and beloved European roots.DON'T add me to *your* opinion, especially when it's 180' off from my own.Eliza,whose knickers are *sorely* in a twist at this pointPS Let me clarify: I think the Euro stinks. I understand the necessity of a unified European economy facing that of the US (primarily), but I think the withdrawal of the "national" currencies is wrong-headed. Quote
Sylvester Posted December 19, 2003 Posted December 19, 2003 I'm keeping well out of it!Sylvester... Quote
Chris Perkins Posted December 19, 2003 Posted December 19, 2003 Yeah, me too from now on. Have no time for this pointless argument about nothing imparticular.Oli, we'll have to agree to disagree and just try to be friends again, ok?You are most welcome among us, so please stick around, I am interested to hear your views on coin matters. You certainly know what your talking about with British coins and that is commendable.Chris Quote
Emperor Oli Posted December 20, 2003 Author Posted December 20, 2003 we'll have to agree to disagree and just try to be friends againYes, we are too set in our ways! Quote
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