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  • N Nish Nishant

    - [Brexit 18th century](http://i.imgur.com/vWnv2Zu.png) source: reddit

    Nish Nishant Consultant Software Architect Ganymede Software Solutions LLC www.ganymedesoftwaresolutions.com

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    Richard Andrew x64
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    Happy birthday, United States of America! :jig:

    The difficult we do right away... ...the impossible takes slightly longer.

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    • T Tim Carmichael

      Nish, my grandmother emigrated from Scotland as a child to Canada, I emigrated from Canada to the USA as an adult. I tell the kids I work with (grade 1 to grade 6): if you live in this country, respect the American flag. Even if I'm not a citizen, this country is where I call home.

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      Nish Nishant
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      Excellent attitude. Respect. :thumbsup:

      Nish Nishant Consultant Software Architect Ganymede Software Solutions LLC www.ganymedesoftwaresolutions.com

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      • F Forogar

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        personal safety

        Are you kidding? I have lived in five countries, England, Sweden, Germany, France and the US and in all but one of them I have felt fairly safe on a day to day basis... all of them except the US, actually. There seems to be a background threat of violence more often in the US than any of the other places I have lived (or visited, for that matter... although I don't plan on going back to Tunisia any time soon!) There are many areas I have been told, "don't go there after dark" and I see the police going around in pairs of cars, not just one policeman (with no gun) on foot like it used to be in England.

        - I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.

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        From my perspective, where I moved from South Africa (where we never felt safe and had several guns in the house) to the USA, where I never even felt the need to own a firearm, the USA is a safe place. But of course you have unsafe areas that you have to avoid. It's just matter of using common sense. Thanks, but I am OK in the good ole USA!

        Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!

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        • R Roland M Smith

          As long as you don't live in Chicago or a few other high crime areas, the chances that you will be murdered by a stranger are pretty low.

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          jeron1
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          Guess I must be lucky to be alive, having lived in and around Chicago for 50+ years and all... :|

          "the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment "Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst "I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle

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          • F Forogar

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            why they'd want to live here

            It's all about the money! [money, money♫]

            - I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.

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            Rajesh R Subramanian
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            Forogar wrote:

            It's all about the money! [money, money♫]

            Different people have different motivations. Money for you (nothing wrong with it), safety for someone else, and quality of life for yet another.

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            • N Nish Nishant

              You can infer it that way, yes. As a first gen American, I am sensitive to others who move here and continue to think their previous country's the greatest in the world. Just don't get why they'd want to live here in that case.

              Nish Nishant Consultant Software Architect Ganymede Software Solutions LLC www.ganymedesoftwaresolutions.com

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              So from that statement I'm inferring you believe America is better than your previous country. Surely it's not that black and white though? Sport. Food. Firearms laws. Are just three, I can think of from the top of my head where I (hope) you still think your previous country was better?

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              • F Foothill

                You know, some really good fiction is written about how things would have turned out if James II was forced to flee to the American Colonies in 1688 instead of France; re-establishing of the Throne of England in the New World.

                if (Object.DividedByZero == true) { Universe.Implode(); } Meus ratio ex fortis machina. Simplicitatis de formae ac munus. -Foothill, 2016

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                As a Catholic he was drawn to his despotic pals on the continent. THe protestant colonies in the AMericas would not have wanted him. :)

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                • T The pompey

                  So from that statement I'm inferring you believe America is better than your previous country. Surely it's not that black and white though? Sport. Food. Firearms laws. Are just three, I can think of from the top of my head where I (hope) you still think your previous country was better?

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                  You forgot to mention the previlage to announce July 4. :-D

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                  • J Jagger B

                    You forgot to mention the previlage to announce July 4. :-D

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                    Rajesh R Subramanian
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                    Member 12682271 wrote:

                    previlage

                    ...and let's not forget better spelling and grammar in general, for those who are anal about it. :)

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                    • R Rajesh R Subramanian

                      Member 12682271 wrote:

                      previlage

                      ...and let's not forget better spelling and grammar in general, for those who are anal about it. :)

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                      Jagger B
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                      You anal it. :thumbsup: The 100 year Brit colony really worked. It tablet auto correct issue.

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                      • J Jagger B

                        You anal it. :thumbsup: The 100 year Brit colony really worked. It tablet auto correct issue.

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                        Rajesh R Subramanian
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                        Jagger B wrote:

                        The 100 year Brit colony really worked.

                        :laugh: Excellent joke! In case you were serious about that :omg: , we Indians speak anywhere between 3 to 7 different languages on an average, and that could include complex languages like Tamil, which has 247 letters. Learning a relatively simple language isn't hard for the vast majority of us. Yes, the Limeys parked up here for a while, but there's nothing that they've "given". It was all take, take, and take.

                        Jagger B wrote:

                        It tablet auto correct issue.

                        Auto-correct would generally fix typos, not introduce typos. In case you were mentioning that auto-correct wasn't working and you were relying on it for spelling, that was kind of my point. Anyways, have a nice day. Or have another gloomy day in case you're in London or something. :)

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                        • R Rajesh R Subramanian

                          Jagger B wrote:

                          The 100 year Brit colony really worked.

                          :laugh: Excellent joke! In case you were serious about that :omg: , we Indians speak anywhere between 3 to 7 different languages on an average, and that could include complex languages like Tamil, which has 247 letters. Learning a relatively simple language isn't hard for the vast majority of us. Yes, the Limeys parked up here for a while, but there's nothing that they've "given". It was all take, take, and take.

                          Jagger B wrote:

                          It tablet auto correct issue.

                          Auto-correct would generally fix typos, not introduce typos. In case you were mentioning that auto-correct wasn't working and you were relying on it for spelling, that was kind of my point. Anyways, have a nice day. Or have another gloomy day in case you're in London or something. :)

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                          Yes, the Limeys parked up here for a while, but there's nothing that they've "given".

                          Atleast they thought you how to ccorrect english spelling. Now you parked here, in codeproject and preach what they thought you.

                          acha acha

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                          Auto-correct would generally fix typos, not introduce typos

                          Suppose to, but not always exact match. Atleast in my tablet.

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                          • F Forogar

                            In our family we call it "Cutting our Losses Day". Dumping that failed colony was the best thing we did!

                            - I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.

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                            failed colony

                            Failed colony? That from someone living in the UK that had to be bailed out in two world wars by the "failed" colony? :)

                            Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!

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                              failed colony

                              Failed colony? That from someone living in the UK that had to be bailed out in two world wars by the "failed" colony? :)

                              Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!

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                              bailed out

                              The US of A sold Britain and it's allies all it could and then stepped in at the last minute to claim all the credit as usual. Since the UK, and France, Belgium and The Netherlands have been paying you back in hard currency for decades ever since I think the US can be officially classed as "war profiteers". I understand that the UK paid the last installment just last year ("bail money"?); so how will the US survive now without Europe paying off the war debts (known by some as "usury")? The US was in a pretty poor state economically just before WWII and it was the best thing, economically, that could have happened for it! Especially with US statesmen such as Joseph Kennedy stirring things up against Britain... OK, I'm not going to get into it any further. I quite like the US and anyway, many countries have things in their past that they would rather not talk about. Germany for example, until recently, was a great place to live.

                              - I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.

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                                Yes, the Limeys parked up here for a while, but there's nothing that they've "given".

                                Atleast they thought you how to ccorrect english spelling. Now you parked here, in codeproject and preach what they thought you.

                                acha acha

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                                Auto-correct would generally fix typos, not introduce typos

                                Suppose to, but not always exact match. Atleast in my tablet.

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                                Rajesh R Subramanian
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                                The only thing the Limeys "thought" of was to make lemon juice. Your confidence in writing, albeit the writings riddled with typos is absolutely hilarious. Your lack of historical knowledge makes it even better. Keep the incredulous entertainment coming. Or take a few lessons from the Limeys yourself. :laugh:

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                                  So from that statement I'm inferring you believe America is better than your previous country. Surely it's not that black and white though? Sport. Food. Firearms laws. Are just three, I can think of from the top of my head where I (hope) you still think your previous country was better?

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                                  Nish Nishant
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                                  I agree - it's not as black and white as that. I don't believe any one country or region can claim accurately to be the greatest in the world. But once you move to a country and naturalize, I believe that should be your first country - even if you continue to have warm feelings for your previous country. There are folks who move here and continue to dislike the country. I just find those people to be extreme hypocrites.

                                  Nish Nishant Consultant Software Architect Ganymede Software Solutions LLC www.ganymedesoftwaresolutions.com

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                                  • R Rajesh R Subramanian

                                    The only thing the Limeys "thought" of was to make lemon juice. Your confidence in writing, albeit the writings riddled with typos is absolutely hilarious. Your lack of historical knowledge makes it even better. Keep the incredulous entertainment coming. Or take a few lessons from the Limeys yourself. :laugh:

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                                    Nish Nishant
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                                    I never imagined that a casual joke post would turn out to be a bit of a flame-fest :-)

                                    Nish Nishant Consultant Software Architect Ganymede Software Solutions LLC www.ganymedesoftwaresolutions.com

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                                    • R Rajesh R Subramanian

                                      The only thing the Limeys "thought" of was to make lemon juice. Your confidence in writing, albeit the writings riddled with typos is absolutely hilarious. Your lack of historical knowledge makes it even better. Keep the incredulous entertainment coming. Or take a few lessons from the Limeys yourself. :laugh:

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                                      Jagger B
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                                      Your confidence in writing, albeit the writings riddled with typos is absolutely hilarious. Your lack of historical knowledge makes it even better. Keep the incredulous entertainment coming.

                                      Head shake[^] :D

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