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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 05:36 PM Original message |
Flying in the 60s: I was there. Memories prompted by "Pan Am". |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
1. Is the show kinda accurate? or is it just some Hollywood fantasyland unconcerned with details?? |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 05:47 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Haven't seen it yet, but reviews mostly pan it. |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 06:42 PM Response to Reply #5 |
29. The CIA thing wasn't fictional. |
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Major Nikon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 08:46 PM Response to Reply #29 |
54. Authentic or not, it seemed a bit much for the series premier |
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Logical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 07:12 PM Response to Reply #5 |
38. Many reviews have been good! |
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Major Nikon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 08:42 PM Response to Reply #5 |
53. The captain seems a bit young to be the captain of the fleet's flagship on it's maiden voyage |
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av8rdave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 10:15 PM Response to Reply #53 |
69. I first made Captain just shyof my 40th birthday, so it's possible |
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Major Nikon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 10:30 PM Response to Reply #69 |
74. I can certailnly believe it |
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av8rdave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 10:36 PM Response to Reply #74 |
76. Sounds like typical aviation made for entertainment... |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 10:39 PM Response to Reply #53 |
77. If you are ever in Chicago...go to the museum of science & industry |
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Major Nikon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 10:44 PM Response to Reply #77 |
78. Funny you should mention that |
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Hassin Bin Sober (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 01:19 PM Response to Reply #77 |
138. That's a 727 so it's even smaller than the 707. |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 06:32 AM Response to Reply #53 |
103. Senior captains were mostly WWII vets when I hired on. |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 07:10 PM Response to Reply #1 |
37. I still have my pan am card some place. I loved it. |
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Lucinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 05:42 PM Response to Original message |
2. Sounds like a great time in your life. |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
3. Why does it seem descriptions of a toilet are part of travel stories? |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 05:54 PM Original message |
Because it is IMPORTANT!!!!! |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 06:47 PM Response to Original message |
31. I encountered one of those in spring of 2008 when we were all sick from a virus. |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 02:02 AM Response to Reply #31 |
172. If I sin very much, that's where I'll be in Hell. |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
125. I suppose it is REALLY important for some traveling |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 02:04 AM Response to Reply #125 |
173. "Poo transport"??? POO TRANSPORT!!!!!!!???? |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 05:59 PM Response to Reply #3 |
14. Not everyone got a haircut or rode the bus or went to jail. |
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dana_b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 06:15 PM Response to Reply #14 |
22. for women too?? n/t |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 06:29 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. The brass footprints place was unisex. I wasn't gonna tell this, but... |
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dana_b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 06:37 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. "selfless"?? |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 06:37 AM Response to Reply #27 |
104. Believe me, lust was the farthest thing from my mind. |
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dana_b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 03:14 PM Response to Reply #104 |
156. I take it back then, sorry |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 05:29 PM Response to Reply #156 |
166. No need to apologize. |
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dana_b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 05:46 PM Response to Reply #166 |
167. good for you |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 07:20 PM Response to Reply #3 |
41. The Germans have public toilets down to a science. |
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Major Nikon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 12:51 AM Response to Reply #41 |
93. Pretty fucked up science if you ask me |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 10:16 AM Response to Reply #3 |
116. When I went to Germany & discovered toilets were different, it was puzzling that fact escaped |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
4. Thanks Trof...Great Read..Please do a Part II! |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 05:47 PM Response to Original message |
6. Great narrative - |
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MissDeeds (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 11:42 AM Response to Reply #6 |
131. +1 n/t |
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ceile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
7. Great read. |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
8. good post. My memories from early 70s to 80s. Anyone could walk on the plane. everyone smoking |
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Howler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 05:50 PM Response to Original message |
9. I read this yesterday in the lounge. |
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Brigid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 05:51 PM Response to Original message |
10. All right! Now I can rec this thread! |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 05:52 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. it's a shame we can't rec lounge posts. |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 01:10 PM Response to Reply #11 |
137. is it really... |
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DesertFlower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
12. the first time i was ever on a plane |
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tanyev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
13. Flew for the first time in 1984. |
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Brigid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 06:15 PM Response to Reply #13 |
23. But let's look at the other side too. |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 06:51 PM Response to Reply #23 |
32. Incivility seems to be the "norm" now and when |
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bbinacan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 07:09 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. And Trumka does the same |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 02:12 AM Response to Reply #36 |
98. Yes, it certainly is from both sides. Christie just came to my mind first because |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 07:39 PM Response to Reply #23 |
45. I think I am one of the few 20-somethings that knows how to be polite. |
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Brigid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 07:50 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. And you stay off our lawns too, right? |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 09:26 PM Response to Reply #47 |
61. You bet, LOL! |
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Major Nikon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 11:45 PM Response to Reply #23 |
86. They don't fuck around these days |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 02:52 PM Response to Reply #23 |
151. People become incivil when their life doesn't go their way. |
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usrname (134 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 10:00 AM Response to Reply #13 |
115. Everyone all dressed up |
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DrunkenBoat (584 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 06:01 PM Response to Original message |
15. "why I think it all changed." = that would be interesting, hope you do. |
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Siwsan (385 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 06:01 PM Response to Original message |
16. My very first flight was 1972, on Pan Am - Detroit to London |
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Celebration (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 06:02 PM Response to Original message |
17. People wore their Sunday best when they traveled |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 06:52 PM Response to Reply #17 |
33. Hey, trof. My mother worked for Braniff in Dallas for many years and we travelled |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 06:02 PM Response to Original message |
18. Great read ... |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 06:04 PM Response to Original message |
19. Damn, guys? |
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dana_b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 06:14 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. it's a good one!! |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 06:43 PM Response to Reply #21 |
30. I'm not sure if it's "fondness". |
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auntpurl (12 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 06:05 PM Response to Original message |
20. Don't think I would have enjoyed all the smoking... |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 07:41 PM Response to Reply #20 |
46. But, FREE BOOZE!!! |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 06:20 PM Response to Original message |
24. What a great read, my dear trof! |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
26. The old days of flying were not perfect |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 06:37 PM Response to Original message |
28. I remember the days as a passenger, first on DC 3s and |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 06:53 PM Response to Original message |
34. I only flew on Pan Am twice. |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
35. THANKS this is VERY interesting and great |
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bbinacan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 07:14 PM Response to Original message |
39. I really miss being able to smoke. n/t |
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Cali_Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 07:20 PM Response to Original message |
40. As a younger person, I find this absolutely fascinating |
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Gin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 07:21 PM Response to Original message |
42. what does this mean? especially if you were in your cups. |
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Brigid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 07:27 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. Translation: |
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hootinholler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 09:04 PM Response to Reply #42 |
59. Asked by Gin no less.. |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 06:25 AM Response to Reply #42 |
102. intoxicated |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 02:15 PM Response to Reply #42 |
147. That's a funny question from someone named Gin |
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Gin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 03:01 PM Response to Reply #147 |
154. a little yoke for you egg lovers.... :) seriously....I never heard |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 07:30 PM Response to Original message |
44. Awesome post, old fart! |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 08:10 PM Response to Original message |
48. My first flight was in 1965 with TWA. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 08:14 PM Response to Original message |
49. I still have the beautiful wool blanket given to my (then) fiance |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 08:18 PM Response to Original message |
50. Thanks Trof |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 08:20 PM Response to Original message |
51. All people want is to get on the plane in one city and get off in another. |
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dana_b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 09:40 PM Response to Reply #51 |
63. NOW maybe, but not |
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Liberal In Texas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 08:36 PM Response to Original message |
52. Ah, those were the days. |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 11:36 AM Response to Reply #52 |
127. Ahhh...those claustraphobia inducing Jet Ways... |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 05:13 PM Response to Reply #127 |
162. Yep, jetways remind me of cattle chutes. |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 08:47 PM Response to Original message |
55. and people dressed up to fly/travel |
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Liberal In Texas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 08:52 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. Oh yeah! We all had coats and ties, even the kids. Mom had a nice dress. |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
57. Great story trof...here's a couple of pix that will jar your memory |
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demtenjeep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 09:25 PM Response to Reply #57 |
60. I want one of those bags |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 12:12 PM Response to Reply #60 |
178. There are a couple of sites that sell them and Pan Am logo'd stuff |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 09:02 PM Response to Original message |
58. Really enjoyed this post. K&R |
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Carolina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 09:37 PM Response to Original message |
62. K&R Love, love, love |
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Snarkoleptic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 09:40 PM Response to Original message |
64. I grew up "on the wing" as my dad was a Continental Airlines maintenance supervisor. |
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spooky3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
65. Passengers also paid a lot more for tickets back then (inflation adjusted). This is interesting: |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 09:51 PM Response to Original message |
66. And Don't Forget PSA (Pacific Southwest Airlines) |
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Brigid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 10:18 PM Response to Reply #66 |
71. I think I remember seeing those ads back then! |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 10:34 PM Response to Reply #66 |
75. PSA -- "The Poor Sailor's Airline" |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 10:10 PM Response to Original message |
67. First flight was from Minneapolis to Churchill, Manitoba |
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SheilaT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 10:12 PM Response to Original message |
68. Hey Trof! I didn't realize you were ex-pilot! |
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Brigid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 10:30 PM Response to Reply #68 |
73. You were in Tehran in 1979? |
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SheilaT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 01:58 AM Response to Reply #73 |
97. Oops. It was 1977. Sometimes I lose track |
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Major Nikon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 10:46 PM Response to Reply #68 |
80. You can't be an ex-pilot unless the FAA permanently revokes your ticket! |
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GrannyGeek (1 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 09:43 AM Response to Reply #68 |
111. Mohawk |
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JHB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 02:12 PM Response to Reply #111 |
146. Welcome to DU |
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Remember Me (730 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 10:16 PM Response to Original message |
70. Yes, I am definitely interested in your thoughts on why it all changed |
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MrMickeysMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 10:21 PM Response to Original message |
72. I loved it, trof... |
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WildEyedLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 10:44 PM Response to Original message |
79. I would trade just about anything for a week in your shoes back in the day |
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BillyJack (653 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 10:48 PM Response to Original message |
81. Yes, I miss the 'old' days.....I really do. *sigh*. Thanks for this accurate recount. |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 10:50 PM Response to Original message |
82. "Coffee, Tea, or Me?" |
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A Physicist (145 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 03:40 PM Response to Reply #82 |
157. Showing your age |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 10:51 PM Response to Original message |
83. Do you know why the flight deck crew could be married |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 12:05 AM Response to Reply #83 |
89. You and me both. No nostalgia here for institutionalized misogyny. nt |
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October (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 11:14 PM Response to Original message |
84. Former "stew" here... a little later than you... but married to a pilot. |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 11:36 PM Response to Original message |
85. I fondly remember Eastern Airlines. |
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flamingdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 11:48 PM Response to Original message |
87. Pan Am to Europe |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 12:01 AM Response to Original message |
88. Did they filter the air back then, or did the cigarette smoke just linger? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 12:22 AM Response to Reply #88 |
92. Deleted message |
trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 09:16 AM Response to Reply #88 |
110. Here's how that works: |
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LibDemAlways (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 12:09 AM Response to Original message |
90. My dad travelled for business all the time in the 60s. He frequently |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 12:17 AM Response to Original message |
91. "Ever been to a Turkish prison, Billy? Scraps is a boy dog." I kid! I kid! |
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BillyJack (653 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 12:54 AM Response to Reply #91 |
94. No. WTF? |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 01:33 AM Response to Reply #94 |
96. Link: |
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VWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 10:42 AM Response to Reply #91 |
122. "Billy, do you like movies about Gladiators?" |
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flygal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 01:25 AM Response to Original message |
95. former fa here |
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TuxedoKat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 09:58 AM Response to Reply #95 |
114. Me too |
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JohnnyRingo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 02:34 AM Response to Original message |
99. Pure nostalgia... When they were "stewardesses" |
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eowyn_of_rohan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 02:42 PM Response to Reply #99 |
150. my grandmother called them glorified waitresses ;) -nt |
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JohnnyRingo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 12:11 PM Response to Reply #150 |
177. And I agree with your grandma |
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quarbis (235 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 02:46 AM Response to Original message |
100. I flew what seemed a lot from 1968 - 1972. |
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shireen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 05:25 AM Response to Original message |
101. please keep writing ... i'd love to hear more about your flying days. |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 06:47 AM Response to Original message |
105. I will never forget my ride in the cockpit of a CP Air DC-8 |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 06:48 AM Response to Original message |
106. I loved flying back then. It was a special event. |
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Brigid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 10:44 AM Response to Reply #106 |
123. I had to scrap the idea of becoming a stewardess for the same reason. |
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HappyMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 08:15 AM Response to Original message |
107. K&R |
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malthaussen (413 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 08:26 AM Response to Original message |
108. When Flying Was Glamorous |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 08:27 AM Response to Original message |
109. "EVERY meal tray had a complimentary pack of 4 cigarettes. |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 09:54 AM Response to Original message |
112. PanAm introduced me to caviar! |
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n2doc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 09:57 AM Response to Original message |
113. I remember the days when people could meet you at the gate. |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 10:19 AM Response to Original message |
117. pan am was my fav -- then twa -- the experience |
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Puglover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
118. We used to get free passes on TWA at NWA. |
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Cruzan (806 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 10:34 AM Response to Original message |
119. A few ads from then |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 10:44 AM Response to Reply #119 |
124. "I'm ______. Fly Me!" |
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PlanetBev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 11:41 AM Response to Reply #124 |
130. I remember the National Organization of Women's respsonse to that ad |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 12:49 PM Response to Reply #119 |
134. +1.....Yep...now we know why "Flight Attendants" is a better term.. |
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riverbendviewgal (377 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
120. My first flight was from Miami to Newark |
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riverbendviewgal (377 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 10:41 AM Response to Reply #120 |
121. Oops, I forgot to put the year that was |
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Lions_fan (122 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
126. Forget the TV show |
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MissDeeds (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
128. Wonderful post |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
129. my 1st flight was on Pan Am |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
132. Working in the UN I contracted with Air Vietnam to bring out some of the |
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sandyj999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
133. And I was on some of those flights |
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LibertyLover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
135. I still remember my first flight - 1964 |
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BumRushDaShow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
136. Great story! First flight for me was 1970 |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
139. Southwest Airlines, orange hot pants and white go-go boots. |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 03:00 PM Response to Reply #139 |
153. WAsn't that the old Pacific Southwest Airlines? |
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iandhr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
140. Not complaining... |
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Jack Sprat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
141. Fantastic post and memories. |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
142. "Why it all changed" is posted here: |
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swilton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
143. They also had student/military stand-by |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
144. Sounds like a good experience, save for the inescapable chamber of emphysema. |
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gtar100 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 02:08 PM Response to Original message |
145. When the whole purpose of a business is to make money, |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
148. Great read! |
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eowyn_of_rohan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
149. Air France 747 in 1973 |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 04:57 PM Response to Reply #149 |
160. I confess. I 'collected' the little salt and pepper shakers. |
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Peregrine Took (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
152. My friend was a "stew" for TWA and she said they used to have to go into |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 04:32 PM Response to Reply #152 |
158. Hardly. |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
155. First flight I remember was in 1963, Toronto-LA on a Vickers Vanguard. |
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fiberlady (10 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 04:57 PM Response to Original message |
159. Started work for United in 1969 |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 05:15 PM Response to Reply #159 |
163. Welcome to DU and thanks for your comments. |
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Dr Fate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 05:03 PM Response to Original message |
161. The show sounds like a Mad Men knock off, but I am glad they are showing things like this... |
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Flatulo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
164. LOL - my sister was a stew for American in in the late sixties. The |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 05:46 PM Response to Reply #164 |
168. Pot smoking came MUCH later during my career. |
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Flatulo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 08:56 PM Response to Reply #168 |
171. Tragically, weed never had the desired effect on me. I tried it |
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GSLevel9 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
165. post of the day... LOVE IT!! nt |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
169. I still remenber the first time I flew by myself as a kid, back in the Sixties. |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 06:21 PM Response to Reply #169 |
170. That got a chuckle. AIRLINE was a great spoof. |
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trumad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 06:43 AM Response to Original message |
174. The first five times I flew in a plane---I did not land in them. |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 07:00 AM Response to Reply #174 |
175. I always managed to have takeoffs = landings. |
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tpsbmam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 07:44 AM Response to Original message |
176. Brings back so many memories....I used to hop the Eastern shuttle for $25 to |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
179. Thanks again for this thread...bookmarked |
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