my query ( " ..... do any of the ...." ) was purely rhetorical; I do know what
they (aces of spades) were used for in vietnam; but the link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%26M%27s#1970s_and_1980s
has me puzzled ..... what do M&M-s have to do with it ??? other than c-ration
chocolate patties, I never saw ANY chocolate in viet-nam, much less M&M-s ....
also, what's GIYF?? ( and I don't do too well with "emoticons" either .....
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Paul Gilmartin
Sent: Tuesday, 08 November, 2011 08:06 AM
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Subject: Re: units (was: Out damn'd GMT ...)
On Tue, 8 Nov 2011 06:36:07 -0500, Bonno, Tuco wrote:
>>>>And then there were the Bicycle Brand 52 card decks containing only Ace of
>>>>Spades which were officially printed for use in the >>>US Military.
>
>... and do any of the august members of this listserver community know what
>those were used for, or, perhaps have the personal experience thereof?
>
GIYF:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ace_of_spades#War
And:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%26M%27s#1970s_and_1980s
-- gil
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