The Random 411 thread

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veefer800canuck:
OK, post up something random, possibly obscure. Simply find some 411 that is random and put it here. That is all.

I will begin:

http://www.airdisaster.com/reports/ntsb/AAR78-06.pdf

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A t 1845:12 N55VM advised Houston, "Center, five v i c t o r Mike
we're out of fuel." The center replied, "Roger, understand you'rs out
of fuel?" N55W r e p l i e d , "I am sorry, it's j u s t an indication @f it."

Mr.Black:
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During World War II, with German submarines torpedoing ships off Cape May, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, in a wartime emergency act, sliced across the peninsula from the Coast Guard base to Delaware Bay, digging a three-mile canal to protect U.S. military maneuvers.

Rebuilding a beach.

veefer800canuck:
@ Frenchie: No link to peruse? :headscratch:

http://www.damninteresting.com/lake-peigneur-the-swirling-vortex-of-doom

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Early in the morning on November 21, 1980, twelve men decided to abandon their oil drilling rig on the suspicion that it was beginning to collapse beneath them. They had been probing for oil under the floor of Lake Peigneur when their drill suddenly seized up at about 1,230 feet below the muddy surface, and they were unable free it. In their attempts to work the drill loose, which is normally fairly easy at that shallow depth, the men heard a series of loud pops, just before the rig tilted precariously towards the water.

Mr.Black:
Quote from: veefer800canuck on April 12, 2011, 05:03:03 AM

No link to peruse? :headscratch:

http://www.damninteresting.com/lake-peigneur-the-swirling-vortex-of-doom#more-6

Self serving French bastards.

veefer800canuck:
Quote from: Mr.Black on April 12, 2011, 05:05:14 AM

Self serving French bastards.

Posting. :facepalm: You're doing it wrong.

http://www.damninteresting.com/ive-got-the-same-combination-on-my-luggage

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America’s gaggle of “Minuteman” long-range nuclear missiles went on line for the first time during the Cuban missile crisis in 1960 1962. But the world was supposedly protected from mutual assured destruction by the “Permissive Action Links” (PALs) which required an 8-digit combination in order to launch. Robert McNamara, then the U.S. Secretary of Defense, personally oversaw the installation of these special locks to prevent any unauthorized nuclear missile launches. He considered the safeguards to be essential for strict central control and for preventing nuclear disaster.

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