Re: [MV] Normandy Trivia

From: Fred Martin (mung@in-touch.net)
Date: Mon Jan 12 2004 - 21:05:49 PST


Could that be the wrench they used to wake up Gen. Patton with...look at
it and see if it has unusual indentations...more valuable!

Ryan M Gill wrote:
> 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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