[Nebraska-Senior-Blind] HAPPY CHRISTMAS, or is it Merry Christmas? - RE:

[debandjeff at allophone.com]

Hello Robert,

 

Great story, very funny!

 

Oh by the way, a fellow named Karl Benz is credited with creating the first gasoline powered car. Later he partnered with a fellow named Daimler to begin manufacturing cars. A bit later, Benz created the first conventional layout, front engine-rear drive, car. In order to please one of his investors he named this car after the investor’s daughter, Mercedes, and you know the rest of the story.

 

Jeff

 

 

From: Nebraska-Senior-Blind <nebraska-senior-blind-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Robert Leslie Newman via Nebraska-Senior-Blind
Sent: Friday, December 22, 2023 9:57 AM
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Subject: [Nebraska-Senior-Blind] HAPPY CHRISTMAS, or is it Merry Christmas? - RE:

 

Happy Or Merry Christmas, Youal! 

 

Note- Where we in the US say- Merry Christmas, the English say- Happy Christmas. Yeah, the difference between what the USA and UK voice the Christmas greeting, is not a big deal, it reminds me of what an Englishman once said to me- We were talking about cars and I said something like- “You know, we invented the car and where we call the cover over the engine the hood, you guys say bonnet. And where we call the storage area at the rear of the car the trunk, you renamed it to be the boot!” And he answered- “Oh yes dear chap, you may have invented the automobile, we invented the language!”

 

HoHoHo  RLN 

 

From: Nebraska-Senior-Blind <nebraska-senior-blind-bounces at nfbnet.org <mailto:nebraska-senior-blind-bounces at nfbnet.org> > On Behalf Of Eli Sidders via Nebraska-Senior-Blind
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Subject: Re: [Nebraska-Senior-Blind] (no subject)

 

Merry Christmas!

Eli Sidders

 

308-379-9483

National Federation of the Blind of Nebraska Greater At-Large Chapter Treasurer

 

On Dec 21, 2023, at 4:13 PM, Doug Peterson via Nebraska-Senior-Blind <nebraska-senior-blind at nfbnet.org <mailto:nebraska-senior-blind at nfbnet.org> > wrote:

 

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all.

from Doug Peterson

 

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