On Sun, 4 Oct, Mike Field wrote:
>My friends,
>
>Having now had a chance of reading what interests you galoots
>it seems that over here in 'little ole England' we are pretty
>much the same except that we do have the advantage of being the
>first people to invent and manufacture all the tools you now
>'drool' over, for you have to remember that the first settlers
>who colonised the States 'exported' these tools from England,
>otherwise you wouldn't have any tools at all to collect {your
>American ones being only English copies ;-) }.

First he wants to climb into bed, then he claims the Brits
invented some or all tools. If his research went any farther
than British sources, he would know that all the tools were
invented by the Romans and the Brits merely failed to lose those
inventions. The wise emmigrants to America brought those
retained ideas over and perfected them there.

Since Mike later goes on to admit his interest is in the people
who used the tools (note used, not invented) it appears that
his first paragraph is a troll.

The Brits must have invented something. As yes, afternoon tea! A
worthy nation.  ;)

Brent

Brent Beach, Victoria, BC, CA