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19 years and 17k posts...
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Dearborn, MI (Southeast Michigan)
Posts: 17,444
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When I was in the US Navy ('82-'91) we were told that the USS Iowa and New Jersey were being recommissioned to "show the flag" around the world. Battleships aren't very easy to manuver in small bodies of water (Persian Gulf) and are very expensive to maintain. During Desert Storm, we saw and heard the shells from the battleships hit Iraq and it was pretty devastating, but long-range bombers are more effective.
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Art Zasadny
1974 Porsche 911 Targa "Helga" (Sold, back home in Germany)
Learning the bass guitar
Driving Ford company cars now...
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