Re: Digikey policy change on backorders


"Tim Hubberstey" <bogus@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Richard Henry wrote:
>
> > "Tim Hubberstey" <bogus@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > news:0lEye.108495$9A2.36453@xxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> >
> >>Watch it there, Sonny! Why I remember a time when the mighty y'all-buck
> >>was worth LESS than the Canuck-buck! OK, it was over 20 years ago -- but
> >>it happened!
> >
> >
> > I remember when I moved up near the border (late 50's) we got 4 cents
extra
> > for a Buck Canuck.
> >
> >
> >>Mumble, mumble, mumble... And we whipped your butts in the War of 1812
> >>too! So there!
> >
> >
> > Not entirely. Look up "Battle of Lake Erie".
>
> One battle does not a war make. There were similar whippings dished out
> by the Canadians (Fort George, for instance). The end result was that
> the American invasion of Canada was rebuffed and the border was
> essentially unchanged.
>
> I'd be willing to bet that what we were taught in school differs
> significantly from what Americans were taught. While it is true that
> "history is written by the winners", I believe it is also true that when
> it ends in a draw, history is written by each side's textbook authors.

I remember being taught that the war was over free passage on the high seas,
that the White House was burned, and that the British ran so fast the hounds
couldn't catch'em at New Orleans.


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