omg checkoslavakia isn't a country anymore

**Toker** · 02-12-10, 02:32 PM

Originally Posted by Gumby

My experience is that in Eastern Europe, Americans are liked much more than in Western Europe.
But hey, what do I know, I just live here.

:9

**Xavsnipe** · 02-12-10, 05:34 PM

Originally Posted by Gumby

Originally Posted by Xavsnipe

Everywhere I've been in Europe, no one likes Americans Dollars.

Who said anything about spending American Dollars?

I did.

**Partyball** · 02-12-10, 05:47 PM

Originally Posted by dex71

Originally Posted by jmw_man

Originally Posted by BruceBloodMaster

LOL Actually JMW none of those "balloon bombs" ever made it to Hawaii however they did land on the west coast in Oregon and Washington and I think the furthest one traveled was found in Idaho. But because they were launched at the time of the year when the northwest was the wettest with rain these bombs were ineffective.

I heard that that was exactly what our government wanted our people to think so when Japan got news that their balloons were successful then they would have started sending them with nukes. I heard they stopped sending them because they assumed they weren't making it over here since the US was keeping it hush hush. I heard this from a co-worker who's from Hawaii. I suppose he could be making it up, though I wouldn't know why...

The Japanese never had nukes......and still don't. I have a feeling he is pulling your tit...

They were more interested in a radio wave "death-ray". Which, at the time a few countries were working on it. All of which lead to other things such as RADAR and the magnetron(Microwave). They just kept working on the "death-ray".

I wonder how that worked out for them?

**gatita_andy** · 02-12-10, 06:13 PM

Originally Posted by jmw_man

I was shocked and surprised once. My Mom comes from a Czech heritage which I had always known. The two family names I'm familiar with are Sembera and Veselka. My Mom grew up in a Czech town south of Houston off 59, El Campo. My grandparents still live there. Anyhow, their favorite restaurant to go to in El Campo happens to be Dairy Queen L M A O. Well, apparently a lot of the local old timers gather there to hang out or whatever. Well, this was about 4 years ago when my girl and I paid the grandparents a visit. We went to Dairy Queen for a late lunch. When we sat down to eat some folks that my grandpa knew came over and started visiting with him. The shocking part was not understanding what they were speaking. Obviously they were speaking Czech as I've heard it before but all those years and I never knew he spoke the language. He usually never did say much, usually was a very quiet person....

ahhh Coool poop, nice way to find out, now u can ask him why he didnt teach u, my parents did that with english, when i was a kid they used to speak english arround us when they didnt want us to understand whatever they were saying, now we talk to him and as it turns out HE BARELY SPEAKS, i can just imagine how funny the conversations were...
PS.. Nickys dad was from checoslovakia when it was chechoslovakia

**deathgodusmc** · 02-12-10, 06:28 PM

Originally Posted by Jonas_of_Hand

the only experience japan has had with nukes has been on the receiving end.

Actually they had a nuclear weapons program but shut it down. For a couple years now they have been considering starting it back up.

**flame** · 02-12-10, 06:45 PM

I dated a check once

Seriously though her mom could cook! Thats about all I miss.

**jabberwock** · 02-12-10, 07:39 PM

Originally Posted by deathgodusmc

Originally Posted by Jonas_of_Hand

the only experience japan has had with nukes has been on the receiving end.

Actually they had a nuclear weapons program but shut it down. For a couple years now they have been considering starting it back up.

Yeah, they shut it down back in '45. They certainly have the know how, materials, and a viable delivery system as it stands, so nukes could be banged out in very short order if necessary. A large portion (40% or so) of Japan's power comes from nuclear reactors.

The Non Proliferation Treaty that Japan's in on depends on US extended deterence, as written into the treaty itself. With North Korea, India, and Pakistan going for it, Japan's probably been thinking about a weapons program since '98.