Re: [MV] Normandy Trivia

From: Ryan M Gill (rmgill@mindspring.com)
Date: Mon Jan 12 2004 - 11:44:28 PST


At 11:42 AM -0800 1/12/04, chance wolf wrote:
>
>Wrench: NAPA, $8.97 + tax
>Story: $1157.43

Make it a special 'Commando Parachute battalion' maintenance wrench
and you'll get at least another thousand out of it. You'll have to
change the transport bit to the "air landing brigade glider that
crashed in the swamp near St Mere Egliese".

>EUC required. No foreign shipments on this item. $31.47 Handling Charge
>applies because "you have to use extra care packing these things". Buyer
>must pay me the 2% + 1.17 + .43 that PayPal charges me because I'm not
>making enough money on this story..err...'item'. All sales final.
>Certificate of Authenticity included, signed by the guy who told the guy who
>told my uncle who told my friend that he heard it's all true.
>
>(Do we all get this jaded after collecting military vehicles and stuff for a
>few years, or is it something in my local water supply? :)

Nahh. Just sharp and pointy towards the BS.

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