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struggle4progress

(118,320 posts) Fri Nov 23, 2012, 05:33 PM Nov 2012

Can You Crack the Secret Code From World War II?

November 23, 2012, 3:36 pm
By JENNIFER PRESTON

... an encrypted handwritten message from World War II that has been found in a tiny red canister attached to the leg of a long-dead carrier pigeon in a household chimney in Surrey, England ...

http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/23/can-you-crack-the-secret-code-from-world-war-ii/

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Can You Crack the Secret Code From World War II? (Original Post) struggle4progress Nov 2012 OP

"Be sure to drink your Ovaltine ." ... Brother Buzz Nov 2012 #1

GUFFAW!!!!! dixiegrrrrl Nov 2012 #2

! struggle4progress Nov 2012 #5

without looking it up dixiegrrrrl Nov 2012 #7

dunno struggle4progress Nov 2012 #9

ahhhhh... dixiegrrrrl Nov 2012 #10

Now dust off that Enigma machine. Graybeard Nov 2012 #3

Looks like my gramp's recipe for smoked pigeon ! HereSince1628 Nov 2012 #4

"Der Messerschmitt 210 ist scheisse!" Doc_Technical Nov 2012 #6

cool thanks! n/t k&r DebJ Nov 2012 #8

Brother Buzz

(36,452 posts)

1. "Be sure to drink your Ovaltine ." ...

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Fri Nov 23, 2012, 05:49 PM

Nov 2012

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)

2. GUFFAW!!!!!

Reply to Brother Buzz (Reply #1)

Fri Nov 23, 2012, 06:04 PM

Nov 2012

That was so perfect!

struggle4progress

(118,320 posts)

5. !

Reply to Brother Buzz (Reply #1)

Fri Nov 23, 2012, 06:21 PM

Nov 2012

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)

7. without looking it up

Reply to struggle4progress (Reply #5)

Sat Nov 24, 2012, 09:31 PM

Nov 2012

do you know who the actor is?

Seems to me he was in lots of shows? back in the day.

struggle4progress

(118,320 posts)

9. dunno

Reply to dixiegrrrrl (Reply #7)

Sat Nov 24, 2012, 09:53 PM

Nov 2012

showbiz history is one amonst many topics that ain't my strong suit

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)

10. ahhhhh...

Reply to struggle4progress (Reply #9)

Sat Nov 24, 2012, 11:11 PM

Nov 2012

Mr. D and I have this trivia fever thing.
Well, thanks to YOU, when I showed him this post and the clip, he of course would not rest until he remembered who had played Captain Midnight.
"The Captain Midnight TV series, produced by Screen Gems and starring Richard Webb, began September 9, 1954, on CBS, continuing for 39 episodes until January 21, 1956."

That was the beauty of A Christmas Story..Jean Shepard nailed right down to the tiniest detail.

Graybeard

(6,996 posts)

3. Now dust off that Enigma machine.

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Fri Nov 23, 2012, 06:09 PM

Nov 2012

When you were kids playing in your Fascist Grandpa's attic ( that funny looking typewriter thingie.)

Oil it up and pop in one of the discs and go to it !