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May 14, 2024
10:41:55am

Borg All-American

We would be Canada

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Borg

Previous username: Blue Panda
Bio page: Borg
Joined: Mar 6, 2001
Last login: May 30, 2024
Total posts: 49,040 (11,085 FO)

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I work for a French energy company, and last week we had a banquet with the corporate CEO, who is also French.

Texas Hammer Amazon’s favorite customer

May 14, 10:35am

The French gave us the Louisiana purchase (well Napoleon did) and helped us in

homegrown

May 14, 10:40am

We would be Canada

Borg

May 14, 10:41am

RE: We would be Canada

homegrown

May 14, 10:50am

Maybe he's sadly thinking about the current state of the USA, and wondering if help might be needed in the future.

May 14, 10:43am

Why do you hate America so much?

fattycoug

May 14, 5:54pm

You seem to deeply dislike America. Or at least love America but hate Americans

macdizzle

May 14, 6:41pm

It's so true. Also, we wouldn't have won the American Revolution without

AF_Puma

May 14, 10:43am

And the US benefited greatly as a result of the engineering drawings the UK sent us to manufacture. Up to that point, we

May 14, 10:52am

I’m no buff, but did the British win the Battle of Britain without America?

Warner

May 14, 10:53am

Our aid surely helped, but I wouldn't steal any light from the British related

AF_Puma

May 14, 12:04pm

There was thing called lend lease. We provided a ton of materiel and petroleum and ammo

BYU Grounds

May 14, 6:05pm

Refreshing to hear the French saying something nice about Americans.

BlooCoug

May 14, 10:48am

When I was a missionary in France, many people said similar things

BYU Fan

May 14, 10:49am

EDF? We have a few power purchase agreements with them.

The Pope

May 14, 10:52am

Nope, not EDF.

May 14, 10:57am

Then I’d like my question smitten from the record.

The Pope

May 14, 11:19am

Axa?

Mister P

May 14, 11:45am

Nope

May 14, 1:05pm

Your coworker actually said "lol"? That's a new one.

gangbusters

May 14, 10:52am

I'm guessing it was via Slack or email.

DubuMfalme

May 14, 10:56am

RE: I'm guessing it was via Slack or email.

gangbusters

May 14, 10:58am

Marquis de Lafayette is arguably the most important figure in US History...

DansmithUVU

May 14, 11:32am

is he the character in "The Patriot" with mel gibson?

claw

May 14, 12:56pm

No. That's not Lafayette. That was Major Jean Villeneuve. Maybe fictional.

AF_Puma

May 14, 1:05pm

Unger's "Lafayette" is an excellent read.

KCFan85

May 14, 1:26pm

Don’t forget Jean lefitte

BYU Grounds

May 14, 6:19pm

Good to hear that Schlum gets it.

FossilEnergy

May 14, 11:47am

I appreciate the French families of Normandy who to this day take care of the graves of our fallen soldiers

BYU Grounds

May 14, 6:06pm

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