From:	Gurth <gurth@******.NL>
Subject:	Re: What's on the Trid?
Date:	Tue, 5 May 1998 11:30:51 +0100

Spike said on 11:49/ 4 May 98...

> And verily, did Gurth hastily scribble thusly...
> |I wasn't paying too much attention to the news when that one started...
> |(For the record, I was about 6.)
>
> SIX!?
> Oh my aching bones...
> I was 22 when it started.

So you've suddenly gone from 30 to 40 years old in the space of a few
months? I was referring to the Iran-Iraq war, which started when I was
about 6. The other Gulf War was some 10 years later...


Spike said on 22:25/ 4 May 98...

> Eh? That wasn't CALLED the Gulf War. That was the Iran/Iraq war.

That WAS called the Gulf War (at least in this part of the world), until
Iraq invaded Kuwait, then that name was suddenly applied to the allied
efforts to get them out again. My guess is that if another war breaks out
there, it'll be called the Fourth Gulf War or something, to further
confuse those who pay attention to these things... :)

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