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[quote=YINDUFFY,301732]In the U.S. ,and other countries, if a home has piped in water, there will be a spigot on the outside that a garden hose can be attached to. A garden hose is used to water a garden, wash your car, water the lawn or whatever. It is so common that when U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt made his speech in March 1941 asking Congress to approve the lend/lease act  everyone understood. 
   In March 1941, Germany had conquered or overrun Austria, Czechoslovakia,Denmark,Poland, Holland, Belgium, Norway and France. Great Britain was fighting the Nazis and in need of equipment and food. The U.S. was not at war yet but as a good neighbor, would be willing to help. As if your neighbor's home was on fire, it would be natural for you to lend him your garden hose to help put out the fire in such an emergency. You would expect the hose back when finished and wouldn't charge your neighbor for the use of the hose.
  Eventually the U.S. supplied goods to most allied countries, including China. Look up other references to "Lend/lease".[/quote]

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