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Subject: [Leica] Frogs, Jerry, and Ted mon ami.
From: philippe.amard at tele2.fr (Philippe AMARD)
Date: Sun Oct 12 11:25:05 2008
References: <79pc8o$pppt2@pd6mo1no-svcs.prod.shaw.ca>

Ted Grant wrote:

>Jerry Lehrer offered:
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>>>He is with that Frog outfit Peugeot, but they still have British
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>connections.  The commentators referred to him with high regard.<
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>Damn Jerry why couldn't you just be polite and say. 
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>" he is with that French outfit Peugeot?"
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>It's absolute dumb ass remarks like this on an international site that make
>Americans look stupid! Well you anyway! 
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>Or any other nationality who have to respond to some kind of "put down"
>language of another national!
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>For heaven sake we have all kinds of fine upstanding people of French &
>Canadian Nationality here whom we talk with daily, so your gutter comment is
>below the belt nonsense!
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>To the French members on list may I offer an apology for this poor choice of
>word by our American associate!
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>Jerry you might consider making an apology for the poor use of word?
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>ted
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Obviously offense was meant, but not felt here:
http://tinyurl.com/43g6x8

Yet, thank you Ted, YOU are a gentleman and an honour to the American 
continent by yourself.
Please, don't you worry. :-)
And as I know you never turned your back on motor racing here are 
today's frogs going cock-a-doodle-doos, and room for improvement for others:
Citroen : <http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12993_4303654,00.html>
Renault : <http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12433_4303176,00.html>

Avec mes remerciements renouvel?s Ted, toute mon amiti? et mon respect 
le plus profond.
Philippe du B?r?t de la Baguette.


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