Posted on 10/06/2013 9:07:11 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
When Margaret Boyle took an American to be her husband in 1943, she was one of 70,000 British wartime women won over by their wealth and charm.
With their pay five times that of a British Tommy, and all the glamour of Hollywood around them, the servicemen proved irresistible to the many young ladies who became GI Brides.
They were offered free passage by the U.S. Army to start a new life on the other side of the Atlantic.
But many found the American dream was not what they expected as the reality of life in the States set in once their husbands were out of uniform.
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Good points...
Good for you :-)
I hope you at least taught her how to make a good sweet tea!
“A good deal of southern Sweden lost 1/2 to 1/5 of its population to immigration in quite a short time. The census records are quite amazing.”
If interested, books by Wilhelm Moberg deal with it.
Some years ago, I was being driven around the "bush" country of Western Australia while touring the lobster fishery....mid-afternoon, I began to notice that much of the traffic on these backwater roads was pulled over and the boots were open.
My buddy explained it easily and quickly: "Teatime, Bazza - teatime".
lol, naw, God had to practice making man, then went on to perfection with woman ;-)
My Father, a Texan, meet and married my Mother, an Englishwoman, when he was in the Air Force in the 1960s. When I was a kid they used to go to English themed Christmas Parties thrown by a group of English women who had married GIs in WWII. I know at least one of them's husband was a shiftless drunk, but by and large they seemed happily married. My Mother still visits one of the ladies, who has been widowed for about 20 years.
right. helen thomas? QED. :)
My Great-great grandmother lived with my mother when she was growing up. GGGM’s husband was killed at Appomattox. She wouldn’t allow a Yankee in the house.
I think some imps get in on that ‘creation’
How about Sophia Loren
Rachel Welsh
Catherine Deverou (sp)
You get my drift - all in good fun ~
yeah :)
but another way to interpret it is God thought ribs were perfect. man just added fire and bbq sauce...
incidentally did you know that there is one set of ribs on people that if removed, will grow back?
lol, clever
No, I didn’t know that about ribs, very interesting.
Where can I read about this interesting tid bit?
Scant toilet paper?.
Oh, and the British ARE citizens and have been since 1948. Its a myth we are subjects because we have the Queen.
p.s you forgot the Sikhs.
p.s you forgot the Sikhs.
I mentioned muslims....
Oh, and the British ARE citizens and have been since 1948. Its a myth we are subjects because we have the Queen.
British are subjects BECAUSE they are socialists..
Socialism allows zero citizens.. the gov’t OWNS them...
Democracy is the road to socialism. -Karl Marx
Democracy is indispensable to socialism.
The goal of socialism is communism. -V.I. Lenin
The meaning of peace is the absence of opposition to socialism .-Karl Marx
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