tanks have names???
Laurie --- Charles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How did tanks get their name? > > Tanks got their name from a diversionary tactic. The > Allied forces built the > first tanks in absolute secrecy because they wanted > to catch the Germans off > guard. In order to conceal their plan, they told the > workers building the > weapons that the machines would be used to transport > water on the > battlefield. They shipped the machines in crates > marked "tank," and the name > stuck. > > Charles Mims > http://www.the-sandbox.org > <http://www.the-sandbox.org/> > > > > ________________________________ > > Changes to your subscription (unsubs, nomail, > digest) can be made by going to > http://sandboxmail.net/mailman/listinfo/sndbox_sandboxmail.net ===== I wanted a perfect ending... Now, I've learned, the hard way, that some poems don't rhyme, and some stories don't have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment, and making the best of it, without knowing what's going to happen next. Delicious ambiguity. --Gilda Radner __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree ________________________________ Changes to your subscription (unsubs, nomail, digest) can be made by going to http://sandboxmail.net/mailman/listinfo/sndbox_sandboxmail.net
