Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/03/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mark Rabiner responded: ted said: >> There are Christmas Eve stories about the Canadians at Vimy ridge and the >> German trenches so close that on Christmas Eve they stopped shooting at >> each >> other. Then broke out singing the same Christmas hymns or carols together >> in >> English and German. >> >> At day break they went back to battle! Damn we humans are a crazy lot! Mark responded: > I think a lot of the Christmas Carols are translated from the German. > I was in choirs in high school and College both and have a lot of them > down > and still remember a lot of the verses. If they've stopped doing that now > then i'm against that. ... Against Stopping doing it. During the holiday > season there can be tinsel coming out of my ears and eyeballs I'd be > happy. > I'm used to it. I think its a universal thing.<<< ted responded: Mark the only reason the changes were made and are made is for political gain by vote getting lousy two bit politicians! Sorry guys not Leica but a damn big sore spot for me! My apologize. ted