Re: Adapter Names on Stretch [OT]

From	David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: Adapter Names on Stretch [OT]
Date	2015-08-30 21:00 +0200
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Quoting Gene Heskett (gheskett@wdtv.com):

> You may well be correct, but to my grandfather they were loaned.  I do 
> know that when they left, each was equipt with a good sturdy tag/label 
> bareing the owners name & address, well sealed against the elements.
> 
> I would suspect that the possibility of a little history rewriting may 
> have been done over the last 70 years to lesson the language from "loan" 
> to "gift".  Recall as always, that the history of a war is written by 
> the winners.

That's difficult to do with contemporary newspaper appeals:

https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=861&dat=19401112&id=vDFSAAAAIBAJ&sjid=EjYNAAAAIBAJ&pg=3629,1766022&hl=en

https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1314&dat=19401208&id=mChWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CuQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6924,2616059&hl=en

(The latter pops up one column to the right of the story's start.)

Cheers,
David.

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Adapter Names on Stretch Tim Tepatti <ttepatti@gmail.com> - 2015-08-26 18:50 +0200
  Re: Adapter Names on Stretch Eike Lantzsch <zp6cge@gmx.net> - 2015-08-26 19:10 +0200
    Re: Adapter Names on Stretch Renaud (Ron) OLGIATI <renaud@olgiati-in-paraguay.org> - 2015-08-26 19:20 +0200
      Re: Adapter Names on Stretch Eike Lantzsch <zp6cge@gmx.net> - 2015-08-26 20:10 +0200
        Re: Adapter Names on Stretch "Gian Uberto Lauri" <saint@eng.it>  - 2015-08-27 09:50 +0200
          Re: Adapter Names on Stretch Erwan David <erwan@rail.eu.org> - 2015-08-27 10:10 +0200
      Re: Adapter Names on Stretch David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2015-08-26 20:40 +0200
      Re: Adapter Names on Stretch Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2015-08-26 21:00 +0200
        Re: Adapter Names on Stretch Renaud (Ron) OLGIATI <renaud@olgiati-in-paraguay.org> - 2015-08-26 22:30 +0200
          Re: Adapter Names on Stretch Christian Seiler <christian@iwakd.de> - 2015-08-27 00:10 +0200
            Re: Adapter Names on Stretch Chris Bannister <cbannister@slingshot.co.nz> - 2015-08-27 01:40 +0200
  Re: Adapter Names on Stretch Charlie Kravetz <cjk@teamcharliesangels.com> - 2015-08-26 21:20 +0200
  Re: Adapter Names on Stretch Christian Seiler <christian@iwakd.de> - 2015-08-26 21:30 +0200
  Re: Adapter Names on Stretch Gary Dale <garydale@torfree.net> - 2015-08-26 22:30 +0200
    Re: Adapter Names on Stretch Renaud (Ron) OLGIATI <renaud@olgiati-in-paraguay.org> - 2015-08-26 23:00 +0200
      Re: Adapter Names on Stretch David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2015-08-26 23:50 +0200
      Re: Adapter Names on Stretch Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2015-08-27 00:00 +0200
        Re: Adapter Names on Stretch Eike Lantzsch <zp6cge@gmx.net> - 2015-08-27 01:30 +0200
          Re: Adapter Names on Stretch Renaud (Ron) OLGIATI <renaud@olgiati-in-paraguay.org> - 2015-08-27 02:10 +0200
            Re: Adapter Names on Stretch Gene Heskett <gheskett@wdtv.com> - 2015-08-27 03:20 +0200
              Re: Adapter Names on Stretch Renaud (Ron) OLGIATI <renaud@olgiati-in-paraguay.org> - 2015-08-27 03:30 +0200
                Re: Adapter Names on Stretch Gene Heskett <gheskett@wdtv.com> - 2015-08-27 04:20 +0200
                Re: Adapter Names on Stretch Renaud (Ron) OLGIATI <renaud@olgiati-in-paraguay.org> - 2015-08-27 12:00 +0200
              Re: Adapter Names on Stretch Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2015-08-28 14:40 +0200
                Re: Adapter Names on Stretch John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2015-08-28 15:10 +0200
                Re: Adapter Names on Stretch Renaud (Ron) OLGIATI <renaud@olgiati-in-paraguay.org> - 2015-08-28 15:50 +0200
                Re: Adapter Names on Stretch Gene Heskett <gheskett@wdtv.com> - 2015-08-28 16:10 +0200
        Re: Adapter Names on Stretch Chris Bannister <cbannister@slingshot.co.nz> - 2015-08-27 20:10 +0200
          Re: Adapter Names on Stretch Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2015-08-28 14:50 +0200
            Re: Adapter Names on Stretch Ric Moore <wayward4now@gmail.com> - 2015-08-28 16:40 +0200
              Re: Adapter Names on Stretch David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2015-08-28 17:30 +0200
                Re: Adapter Names on Stretch Ric Moore <wayward4now@gmail.com> - 2015-08-28 17:50 +0200
                Re: Adapter Names on Stretch Chris Bannister <cbannister@slingshot.co.nz> - 2015-08-29 00:10 +0200
                Re: Adapter Names on Stretch Tixy <tixy@yxit.co.uk> - 2015-08-29 08:40 +0200
                Re: Adapter Names on Stretch Matt Ventura <mattventura@mattventura.net> - 2015-08-29 09:30 +0200
                Re: Adapter Names on Stretch Tixy <tixy@yxit.co.uk> - 2015-08-29 11:10 +0200
                Re: Adapter Names on Stretch David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2015-08-29 17:50 +0200
              Re: Adapter Names on Stretch Gene Heskett <gheskett@wdtv.com> - 2015-08-28 18:00 +0200
                Re: Adapter Names on Stretch Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2015-08-28 18:10 +0200
                Re: Adapter Names on Stretch Gene Heskett <gheskett@wdtv.com> - 2015-08-28 19:00 +0200
                Re: Adapter Names on Stretch Ric Moore <wayward4now@gmail.com> - 2015-08-28 19:50 +0200
                Re: Adapter Names on Stretch Gene Heskett <gheskett@wdtv.com> - 2015-08-29 03:10 +0200
                Re: Adapter Names on Stretch Chris Bannister <cbannister@slingshot.co.nz> - 2015-08-29 03:40 +0200
                Re: Adapter Names on Stretch Gene Heskett <gheskett@wdtv.com> - 2015-08-29 03:50 +0200
                Re: Adapter Names on Stretch Chris Bannister <cbannister@slingshot.co.nz> - 2015-08-29 04:00 +0200
                Re: Adapter Names on Stretch Gene Heskett <gheskett@wdtv.com> - 2015-08-29 04:10 +0200
                Re: Adapter Names on Stretch Gene Heskett <gheskett@wdtv.com> - 2015-08-29 04:20 +0200
                Re: Adapter Names on Stretch Gene Heskett <gheskett@wdtv.com> - 2015-08-29 04:40 +0200
                Re: Adapter Names on Stretch Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2015-08-29 12:20 +0200
                Re: Adapter Names on Stretch Renaud (Ron) OLGIATI <renaud@olgiati-in-paraguay.org> - 2015-08-29 12:40 +0200
                Re: Adapter Names on Stretch Gene Heskett <gheskett@wdtv.com> - 2015-08-29 15:40 +0200
                Re: Adapter Names on Stretch Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2015-08-29 23:40 +0200
                Re: Adapter Names on Stretch Gene Heskett <gheskett@wdtv.com> - 2015-08-30 03:10 +0200
                Re: Adapter Names on Stretch [OT] David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2015-08-30 06:10 +0200
                Re: Adapter Names on Stretch [OT] Gene Heskett <gheskett@wdtv.com> - 2015-08-30 07:30 +0200
                Re: Adapter Names on Stretch [OT] David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2015-08-30 21:00 +0200
                Re: Adapter Names on Stretch [OT] Gene Heskett <gheskett@wdtv.com> - 2015-08-31 03:50 +0200
                Re: Adapter Names on Stretch [OT] Charles Kroeger <ckrogrr@frankensteinface.com> - 2015-09-07 09:00 +0200
                Re: Adapter Names on Stretch Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2015-08-30 21:40 +0200
                Re: Adapter Names on Stretch Ric Moore <wayward4now@gmail.com> - 2015-08-29 06:10 +0200
                Re: Adapter Names on Stretch David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2015-08-28 21:20 +0200
                Re: Adapter Names on Stretch Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2015-08-28 23:40 +0200
            Re: Adapter Names on Stretch Chris Bannister <cbannister@slingshot.co.nz> - 2015-08-29 00:10 +0200

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