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2004-10-07 Afghanistan/South Asia

Taliban death threats deterring Afghan vote

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Posted by Dan Darling 2004-10-07 12:36:21 AM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Quagmire! Doom! Gloom! We must cower. Quick - under the covers!

Posted by 2b 2004-10-07 1:14:53 AM|| 2004-10-07 1:14:53 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 re: the last sentence -- Then if you must, you must ... or have the local phone # of the US military at hand ...

What's that line, the gun is the defense against tyranny? I getcha. :)

Posted by Edward Yee 2004-10-07 1:18:30 AM|| [http://edwardyee.fanworks.net] 2004-10-07 1:18:30 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 composed and printed out by computer
The superscript gave it away.

Posted by Steve 2004-10-07 8:20:54 AM|| 2004-10-07 8:20:54 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Yes, Steve, but Danny Delerious, Tom Troublesome, and Peter Perplexed will still say the note dates form 1973...

Posted by BigEd 2004-10-07 1:39:45 PM|| 2004-10-07 1:39:45 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 That SM looks in good shape for an olde analoge device.

Posted by Shipman 2004-10-07 4:06:11 PM|| 2004-10-07 4:06:11 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 And the green zone on it... is that the area of happy surprise?

Posted by Shipman 2004-10-07 4:06:46 PM|| 2004-10-07 4:06:46 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 If you go over 8.5 you have to sit down...

Posted by Fred 2004-10-07 4:30:43 PM|| 2004-10-07 4:30:43 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 Okay, got it. These are simple SM metres like a bearing only radar. The late WWII SM metres gave intensity and if the weather cooperated a simple (if usually untrustworthy) good/bad read out. I once had one of these oldies shatter during a Braves win/kennedy sober night.

Posted by Shipman 2004-10-07 7:09:40 PM|| 2004-10-07 7:09:40 PM|| Front Page Top

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