That was the first time I ever heard about..

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expat replied

11 March 2009, 18:57
Originally posted by EternalOptimist View Post

I remember thinking 'these fckers are trouble and they need stopping NOW)

I thought the same about Thatcher and her evil gang in 1979, and damn me was I right!
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EternalOptimist replied

11 March 2009, 18:47
Originally posted by BrilloPad View Post

I first remember the credit crunch with Bear Stearns going under : March 15th 2008?

well that was six months before it registered with me
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BrilloPad replied

11 March 2009, 18:33
Originally posted by EternalOptimist View Post

I was pondering the credit crunch this morning and was wondering when the first time I ever heard about it was, and when it actually sunk in.

Ditto the Taliban. Except I know the answer to that one.(march 2001) Was reading an article in a magazine about two giant statues of Bhudda being dynamited by the Taliban rulers of Afghanistan. ( a project to rebuild one of them is underway, to be completed this year.)
I remember thinking 'these fckers are trouble and they need stopping NOW)

I first remember the credit crunch with Bear Stearns going under : March 15th 2008?
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BrowneIssue replied

11 March 2009, 18:19
No, he's from Oceania and supporting Eastasia against Eurasia.

More Victory Gin, anyone?
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blacjac replied

11 March 2009, 14:22
Originally posted by Foxy Moron View Post

I like Rambo III where he fights with the Taliban (freedom fighters as they are depicted in the film) against the Ruskies

No, he fights against the Taliban & Ruskies alongside the Mujahideen, most of whom are now in the Afgan Army.

You'd know that if you paid attention to the latest Ross Kemp series on Sky one
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Foxy Moron replied

11 March 2009, 11:51
I like Rambo III where he fights with the Taliban (freedom fighters as they are depicted in the film) against the Ruskies
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sasguru replied

11 March 2009, 11:02
Originally posted by Ruprect View Post

Thought the same about the Bush administration, at around the same time.

While Bush and the people around him were complete winkers, so were their opposition the Taliban. Perhaps Bush was the right person for the time.
After all regime change and invasion in the Middle East was a complete shock to the other Midlle eastern countries, who had assumed that America had not got the stomach for war. Sometimes unpredictability a nd giving someone a bloody nose is a good thing.

While I didn't like Bush, I know which side I'm on. Compared to Bush, the Taliban, Saddam and their ilk are off the scale in winkerishness.
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Ruprect replied

11 March 2009, 10:56
Originally posted by EternalOptimist View Post

.(march 2001) ...
I remember thinking 'these fckers are trouble and they need stopping NOW)

Thought the same about the Bush administration, at around the same time.
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EternalOptimist started a topic That was the first time I ever heard about..

11 March 2009, 10:38
That was the first time I ever heard about..

I was pondering the credit crunch this morning and was wondering when the first time I ever heard about it was, and when it actually sunk in.

Ditto the Taliban. Except I know the answer to that one.(march 2001) Was reading an article in a magazine about two giant statues of Bhudda being dynamited by the Taliban rulers of Afghanistan. ( a project to rebuild one of them is underway, to be completed this year.)
I remember thinking 'these fckers are trouble and they need stopping NOW)
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