A Sturmgewehr 44 in the closet

Dave W · December 15, 2012, 08:57:36 AM

Quote from: eb2 on December 15, 2012, 12:35:06 AM

Several years later that Mauser looked great.

rahock · December 15, 2012, 09:00:47 AM

Quote from: uwe on December 11, 2012, 02:38:48 PM
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 · December 15, 2012, 10:01:09 AM

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 · December 15, 2012, 10:20:13 AM

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

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Oh yeah, Happy New Year too.
Rick

uwe · December 15, 2012, 10:40:00 AM

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 · December 15, 2012, 01:54:16 PM

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 · December 15, 2012, 03:31:25 PM

Quote from: rahock on December 15, 2012, 01:54:16 PM
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 · December 15, 2012, 05:19:16 PM

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

uwe · December 15, 2012, 05:53:17 PM

No darn scruffy U-Boat beards too!

Pilgrim · December 15, 2012, 05:55:33 PM

Quote from: uwe on December 15, 2012, 05:53:17 PM
No darn scruffy U-Boat beards too!

Nooooooooooooooooooo comment.

uwe · December 15, 2012, 08:10:38 PM

I wasn't talking about carriers and landing strips.

Highlander · December 16, 2012, 03:28:49 AM

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

Denis · December 16, 2012, 06:51:27 AM

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 · December 16, 2012, 07:23:44 AM

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 · December 22, 2012, 09:47:26 PM

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.