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- Tobacco cam
- Basic fact I learned only later in life
- Put a Lid on it!
- Pinstripes in the Tower
- Sound enhancement
- 3438 in '38
- Second Career
- Their days are numbered
- Only the Sensor
- Train control mechanism
- Rarest of the Rare?? & Classy 3400 Class
- Control Mechanism
- Those standpipes
- Wrenches
- International D-40 I believe
- Job prospects
- You had me at Train
- Land of the free
- Broad-Exchange Bldg
- Parking innovation
- The old block
- "Peck turned a sweet propeller"
- National Bank Building
- Notch shot
- Straight ahead (right, left, left, right)
- Ship lifespans
- New service
- You Say Station, I Say Potato ...
- Iron Age
- Thank you, Cornelius Vanderbilt
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Polar Bare: 1950
Washington, D.C., circa 1950. "Four naked boys, viewed from behind, sitting on large blocks of ice." Photo by Aaron Miller. View full size.
Ice delivery
I'm here to pick up my ice order. Ahhh, never mind.
Hot seat ... Not!
Not a comment, but several questions: Why sitting on blocks of ice? And why bare butt? Wouldn't that create frostbite in a most uncomfortable place?
[This was a newspaper photo of the genre frequently seen during heat waves. - Dave]
Bare Brothers
I'm willing to bet we're looking at two sets of brothers here. Boy #1 bares a strong resemblance to Boy #3, as does Boy #2 to Boy #4.
And that's not just in their ears.
Mom would say:
"You'll ruin your kidneys that way".
On The Rocks!
So — that explains the slightly odd taste of my martini!
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