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Date:         Fri, 21 Sep 2001 23:27:05 -0500
Reply-To:     Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
Subject:      Re: A Friday thought
Comments: To: hksawyer@catt.com
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Well they're painting trucks tan color again here at Texas millitary bases.

Stan

On Fri, 21 Sep 2001 22:54:52 -0400 "Horace K. Sawyer" <hksawyer@catt.com> writes: > Now that you mention it, I remember, in about 1987 ( I remember the > date because I was working in the U.S. Attorney's Office) that > there > desert tan tanks stranded on the side of the road one day on my way > from > work. I thought it odd because when I was growing up, the threat > always > seemed to be a European ground war with Soviet tanks pouring into > West > Germany, and NATO trying desperately to stop them, ultimately having > to use > Minuteman's with nukes to halt the onslaught. That was the scenario > > feared, anyway. > > hk > > > > > At 07:25 PM 9/21/01 -0500, Stan Wilder wrote: > >In 1987 I was in Houston Texas at a company that specializes in > thread > >design (like pipe thread) . They had about thirty complete and bare > >castings for helicopter refueling valves lying around in various > levels > >of assembly. > >They were testing existing threads and designing improved threads > for the > >refueling valves. > >I noticed that all of the castings for the valves said US Air Force > on > >the castings and I commented that the Air Force colors were Blue, > the > >Army; Olive Green, The Navy; Gray and I didn't know about the > Marines > >color for ground equipment but it seemed strange for all of these > >refueling valves to be Sand colored. > >The company owner casually mentioned "Oh. We're going to have a > desert > >war.", and we sure did in 1991. > > > >Stan Wilder > > > >________________________________________________________________ > >GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! > >Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! > >Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: > >http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. >

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