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No, but I lived in one.
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dtaai-maai wrote:I'm a bit of a classic, chaste and pure for a special union.
I was one, but I was many and for hundreds of years the most influential people of the age sought me out.
Dolphins have a special place in my heart, but pythons do not.
Did I spend a lot of my time high? Nobody can say for sure, though my gassy crack might be relevant... :shock:

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Are you the Virgin Mary?
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No, I was around long before her time. And long after, too, until the guy who got rid of the Games also got rid of me and my like.
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The Delphic Oracle?
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STEVE G wrote:The Delphic Oracle?
Oh yes, nicely done, Sir!
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Damn..........I was getting close-ish :banghead: Well done Steve :thumb:
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Which air force at one time flew bombers with green crosses?
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Jimbob wrote:Which air force at one time flew bombers with green crosses?
That one baffled me for a while as I've been involved and interested in aviation for my whole life and green crosses didn't ring any bells at all but after much digging, it leads to an interesting story that I wasn't aware of before:
http://www.vintagewings.ca/VintageNews/ ... -Bear.aspx
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STEVE G wrote:
Jimbob wrote:Which air force at one time flew bombers with green crosses?
That one baffled me for a while as I've been involved and interested in aviation for my whole life and green crosses didn't ring any bells at all but after much digging, it leads to an interesting story that I wasn't aware of before:
http://www.vintagewings.ca/VintageNews/ ... -Bear.aspx
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Nice to baffle a aviation fanatic for a while. The next clue would have been 'Betty' which would have shortened the search.
A friend recently emailed me a similar link but it did not include the photo of the Japanese officer still wearing a samurai sword and one soldier carrying flowers? I'm sure the quick draw MPs were cautious. I'm going to Japan in two weeks but will not mention the w...
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^ Related in a way in that had dinner on Friday with some Japanese friends and we never talked about things before. Turns out the wife's entire family lived in Hiroshima outskirts during the war. To her knowledge only one was affected. Interesting conversation, and they actually wanted to talk about it more than I did. Pete
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what, (or who), is the connection?
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York?
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Nope :mrgreen:
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