• Re: Royals ... (Denmark, anyone?)

    From Lars Poulsen@lars@cleo.beagle-ears.com to comp.os.linux.misc,alt.comp.os.windows-11 on Fri Aug 29 02:39:44 2025
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    On 2025-08-28, c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> wrote:
    I'll hand it to the Brit royals, they DO tend to get
    into the actual SHIT. Tradition. Even QE2 got her
    hands filthy in the mil motor pool, got bombed, was
    trained to use a sub-machinegun. Too bad other Euro
    royals rarely follow suit, it'd make them far more
    relevant, worthy of their lineage.

    King Frederik of Denmark is respected for his military service, as well
    as his political science education. Queen Mary is the daughter of an
    Australian professor; she studied commerce and law at the University of Tasmania, and worked in marketing for Microsoft after Uni. She also
    serves in the military (Home Guard ... our version of the "standing
    reserves".
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  • From Daniel70@daniel47@somewhere.someplaceelse to comp.os.linux.misc,alt.comp.os.windows-11 on Fri Aug 29 21:58:37 2025
    From Newsgroup: comp.os.linux.misc

    On 29/08/2025 12:39 pm, Lars Poulsen wrote:
    On 2025-08-28, c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> wrote:
    I'll hand it to the Brit royals, they DO tend to get
    into the actual SHIT. Tradition. Even QE2 got her
    hands filthy in the mil motor pool, got bombed, was
    trained to use a sub-machinegun. Too bad other Euro
    royals rarely follow suit, it'd make them far more
    relevant, worthy of their lineage.

    King Frederik of Denmark is respected for his military service, as well
    as his political science education. Queen Mary is the daughter of an Australian professor; she studied commerce and law at the University of Tasmania, and worked in marketing for Microsoft after Uni. She also
    serves in the military (Home Guard ... our version of the "standing reserves".

    "Home Guard"?? Aren't they all really, really old Men?? ;-P
    --
    Daniel70
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  • From rbowman@bowman@montana.com to comp.os.linux.misc,alt.comp.os.windows-11 on Fri Aug 29 17:45:57 2025
    From Newsgroup: comp.os.linux.misc

    On Fri, 29 Aug 2025 21:58:37 +1000, Daniel70 wrote:

    On 29/08/2025 12:39 pm, Lars Poulsen wrote:
    On 2025-08-28, c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> wrote:
    I'll hand it to the Brit royals, they DO tend to get into the
    actual SHIT. Tradition. Even QE2 got her hands filthy in the mil
    motor pool, got bombed, was trained to use a sub-machinegun. Too
    bad other Euro royals rarely follow suit, it'd make them far more
    relevant, worthy of their lineage.

    King Frederik of Denmark is respected for his military service, as well
    as his political science education. Queen Mary is the daughter of an
    Australian professor; she studied commerce and law at the University of
    Tasmania, and worked in marketing for Microsoft after Uni. She also
    serves in the military (Home Guard ... our version of the "standing
    reserves".

    "Home Guard"?? Aren't they all really, really old Men?? ;-P

    Don't underestimate us old men.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Whittemore
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