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2005-01-17 Home Front: Tech

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Posted by tipper 2005-01-17 01:38|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Enola Gay pilot Paul Tibbets signed the replica with a silver permanent marker--in the same place he signed the original.

There's just something about this that sends a shiver down my spine.

Posted by AzCat 2005-01-17 9:19:30 AM|| 2005-01-17 9:19:30 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 While reading this article, several times I felt a momentary urge to bitch-slap Mr Hyphenated-Historian. I wonder why?

Posted by .com 2005-01-17 12:35:22 PM|| 2005-01-17 12:35:22 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Isn't it obvious that some female beat you to it? ;)

Posted by AzCat 2005-01-17 1:41:28 PM|| 2005-01-17 1:41:28 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Bitch slap him again.

Posted by John Q. Citizen 2005-01-17 1:44:06 PM|| 2005-01-17 1:44:06 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 In today's security-obsessed, post-9/11 era, one might think that it would be difficult to haul a convincing replica of an atomic bomb across the country. Not so, as John Coster-Mullen inadvertently proved in October 2004.

And the purpose of this opening paragraph is?... (/editor mode)

Posted by Pappy 2005-01-17 3:46:48 PM|| 2005-01-17 3:46:48 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 So he was able to ship a big hunk of metal around. BFD.

Now, I'd be far more interested if the big hunk of metal set off geiger counters.

Posted by jackal 2005-01-17 4:47:29 PM|| [http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html] 2005-01-17 4:47:29 PM|| Front Page Top