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Originally Posted by xyzzy (Post 12398346)

Oh -- what the heck -- I'm still here and 30 seconds won't kill me.

Good luck!!! :D

Everyone's waiting for someone else to post? :confused:

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Originally Posted by Brituchenite (Post 12398326)

Black Hawk Down has to be one of the most gripping movies I've ever seen.

I met one of the guys who was actually there, in the real event, several years ago at a business seminar.

The movie takes some dramatic license in some places. The book is many times more enthralling than the movie. One of the pilots involved in the real thing recreated his actions for the movie.

A handful of the 1993 vets are on the lecture circuit. Most of any, who I would want to see is Mike Durant. His personal memoir has a few moments in it that made me stop and cry.

and the winner is... ME!! :D

Holy cow!!! Two in ONE DAY!!! I didn't even expect that, just good timing.

:-::-:89,000:-::-:

I haz missed milestone again? :rolleyes:

Okay -- now it's time for some zzzz...

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Originally Posted by ConciergeMike (Post 12398223)

Bonus question: Before Lincoln went to the theater that night, he signed paperwork that created a new federal agency. Which one?

secret service.

Was looking at the Ferdinand picture. Did somebody get ahead of me on Dien Bien Phu?

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Originally Posted by colpuck (Post 12398370)

secret service.

Which, as of March 2003, reports to DHS. Same parent agency as TSA! :-:

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Originally Posted by Flyer_70 (Post 12398338)

I liked the TSA better.. :D

Bookmark this post - first time that construction of words has ever been used on FlyerTalk.

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Originally Posted by FT Lurker (Post 12398348)

I was going to guess Secret Service, but decided to provide a little :rolleyes:.

:D

It's a great ironic question. The Secret Service, at that time, had no protective mission. That didn't come until after McKinley was killed. It was founded for the mission it still does today - eradication of counterfeiting and associated financial crime. The Secret Service headquarters in Beltsville, MD has the world's largest known collection of ink. They hold on to samples of nearly every known type of ink to run comparisons against what they find in investigations.

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Originally Posted by xyzzy (Post 12398356)

Darn!

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Originally Posted by FT Lurker (Post 12398358)

Missed it.

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Originally Posted by ConciergeMike (Post 12398360)

I haz missed milestone again? :rolleyes:

Meh. Missed the fake milestone and the real one today.

curses, foiled again

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Originally Posted by xFF (Post 12398373)

Was looking at the Ferdinand picture. Did somebody get ahead of me on Dien Bien Phu?

I thought I gave you a @:-) for being correct.