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I LOVE tickling the feet of those I have engaged for the week-end. Sometimes, I even go further "upward" in their anatomy. Best regards, RA1

There is actually a documentary about this that I saw on the History or Discovery Channel or some such within the last two years. I posted about it in some previous thread the specifics I do not recall now. Very chilling. The Sovs were ready to pull the trigger when Reagan backed out of the games to take care of other pressing needs, being replaced by a much lower subordinate. The Sovs figured it this was real he would not have done that. Whew!! As chilling a tale was recently uncovered and described in another documentary on one of the said cable channels. It involved three Sov nuclear missile subs on a secret mission off the US in '87 I believe. Two subs had the usual complement of commanding officers onboard but the third also has the top guy in the Navy or the Sub branch, I do not recall now which. He was a survivor of the K-19 nuclear sub disaster. He knew first hand the devastation of nuclear poisoning as that crew lost half a dozen men to it in that disaster. I do not have time to get into the details now but the quick story is: The mission gave each of the three sub captains authority to launch missiles on their own initiative if they lost communications on the mission. The communications was lost in the sub that had the Navy Admiral. The captain apparently became a very sketchy under pressure and actually ordered his second-in-command to assist him in activating the launch sequence. The Top Navy Admiral ordered him to stand down but the Capt refused. Only when the second-in-command accepted the Admiral's order was the event defused. This came to light only after that Admiral died in recent years and his wife released papers of his. It is a very chilling documentary. Wish I could share more but I have to run to the bank before closing.

LOL, as do I, RA1, but sometimes the old dears make it awfully difficult to be tolerant. ---- I suspect you are quite correct about the 99+% but the point is that nobody who counted much cared what the 99% knew or thought, at least as long as said 99% didn't get their panties in a knot and start chopping off the heads of those who mattered. Hmmm...not so different from today LOL.

Worst tuck ever!

LOL, and giving it to Lucky with every ALL-CAP, "quoted", bold face and randomly capitalized Word in your arsenal. Good on YOU! ---- Still, I am old fashioned enough to think that "quoted" bold face & all-cap BOLD FACE is just a smidgen over the top. Sigh...I "suspect" we'll Just have "agree" TO DISAGREE.

I take them pretty seriously, never been to Chick fil 'o hate, don't buy Russian Vodka anymore. I will see Ender's Game, but will pay for a ticket to another movie...