In article , Mike Coslo
writes:

Was it Lady Astor who said to Sir Winston:

"My good sir, I do believe you are drunk!"

"Yes, m'lady, I am. And you are quite ugly. But tomorrow I will be
sober...."

No. good guess, but that was an exchange he had with Bessie Braddock, a
House of Commons member from Liverpool.

HAW! Thanks Mike!

His exchange with Lady Astor came after a weekend of arguing with her
while at the Astor mansion. During the pouring of coffee at one point,
she said:

"Winston, if I were your wife, I'd put poison in your coffee."

"Nancy," Churchill replied, "if I were your husband, I'd drink it."

Even better!

Now how about this one:

He was in some enormous hall or other (House of Commons?) and someone remarked
that he was reputed to have drunk enough liquor in his life thus far to fill
the hall to its first balcony level.

Sir Winston looked around slowly, taking in the majestic ceiling far above, and
said quietly: "So much more to do, so little time..."

Why Lenover21 resists my suggestions that this is what is going on is
beyond me. It is no insult, its just how things go sometimes.

He resists them because admitting them would spoil his game.

"Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!"

He resists a lot. Common sense. Civility. Friendship. He'd rather
you slap him around a bit than shake his hand.

Of course. Now think what his real purpose could be. Here's a hint: It's
not about making amateur radio better or advancing it

Lennie loves to berate othrs for "assuming", "rank and priviledge",
and
swears he does NOT berate others for thier services regardless.

That's been misproven repeatedly. Just google up the famous "sphincters
post",
where he berated and denigrated a US Coast Guard radio operator for his
recollections of his duties at NPM.

I do not have now, and I never did have any military rank. That needs
to be clear. But there are more ways than that of serving your country.

Agreed 100%

Absolutely.

Lennie did one active duty tour in the Army. Good for him.

But I know people who have made far greater contributions to the United
States who never left thier home state than Lennie ever hoped to "passing
1.2 million messages at ADA in 1953".

Len and over 700 other military personnel there at the time...

That's what get's his goat. The really sad thing is that Lennie COULD
be in that same boat...but just hasn't got the guts to be anything other
than what he is now...bitter and angry.

What makes you think Len is bitter or angry? I don't see that at all.

Hard to say, Jim. I don't think posts such as his come from a sense of
being in harmony with the world, tho'!

You do have a point. And upon reflection, Len often comes across as very angry.
Then he denies it, which proves the point.

OTOH, some people *like* being angry. Makes them feel alive, to rant at others
and tell them a thing or two. Sounds odd but I've known people like that -
they're not really happy unless they're yelling and fighting.

I'd rather be contemplating the beauty and wonder of our world and universe.
Like the aforementioned Ms. Klum.....

73 de Jim, N2EY