A Sturmgewehr 44 in the closet

[Dave W]

Several years later that Mauser looked great.

 

[rahock]

I'd say so too. She was in good faith if I've ever seen it.

But it belongs to us really!

There's a U Boat in Chicago you may want to go to court for too.
Rick

[uwe]

I never found U-Boat warfare especially chivalrous, Rick, believe me. It's sniping on civilians underwater. And then not having room enough to save the survivors. Keep the darn thing please.

[rahock]

I wish you would have mentioned this earlier. I already had it crated up and shipped to your address. It should be there by Christmas .
Oh yeah, Happy New Year too.
Rick

[uwe]

A U-Boat as a C.A.R.E. package you mean?  

 Rick, your utterly idiotic gun views aside, I have no issues with you. I'm sure you are a lovable and decent guy and I'm glad to have you here, unarmed or not. Fröhliche Weihnachten to you too.

Uwe

[rahock]

Did I ever mention that my family came here from Germany many years ago. I have a distant cousin of some sorts who is sort of a national hero back in the fatherland , Georg Hackl, the guy with more gold medals in the luge event than anyone in the history of the sport.
I don't think I ever mentioned I have a cat named Uwe either. Yeah, I figure I'm a pretty decent guy too. Not so sure about the lovable thing.
I certainly have no issues with you either.That is, aside from your idiotic gun views. Well, I gotta go load my guns now , I sure hope you enjoy that U Boat. 
Rick

[Pilgrim]

Well, I gotta go load my guns now , I sure hope you enjoy that U Boat. 
Rick

I have this image of the crew Uwe would pick....

[Highlander]

Wasn't he in Sweden earlier this year...? Talent scouting...

[uwe]

No darn scruffy U-Boat beards too!

[Pilgrim]

No darn scruffy U-Boat beards too!

Nooooooooooooooooooo comment.

[uwe]

I wasn't talking about carriers and landing strips.

[Highlander]

I hope he's not commenting on the state of my trawlermans facial growth... I get enough grief from SWMBO...

[Denis]

I had a distant relative who commanded a U-boat. When my family came to America in the 1700s they did what many Germans did; drop letters from their names to make them seem less German.

http://uboat.net/men/commanders/767.html

[rahock]

The spelling of my family name was changed also. My family came here before WWI and through the course of two wars with Germany, even speaking German was forbidden.  Although two generations later and  being raised with a great deal of pride in my ethnic heritage , speaking German was still not encouraged. My grandfather used to say you're an American, it's best to leave the old ways behind. He was subject to a bit of predjudice, including a "witch hunt" type investigation during the war years.
Rick

[uwe]

I was surprised to read years ago that of all US immigrant groups the Germans were the largest, they just came pretty evenly over the centuries and not in waves like others. And they assimilated as opposed to forming ethnic hubs. Part of it has to do with the fact that Germany only evolved as a state late in the 19th century, there wasn't much of a national identity for the immigrants to fall back upon.