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  1. 12-09-2007, 05:17 PM #1
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    Default Monopoly Saved Lives

    This is just about the coolest thing I've seen in quite some time:
    Monopoly helped free POW's
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  2. 12-09-2007, 05:40 PM #2
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  3. 12-09-2007, 06:10 PM #3
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    I saw that a while ago. Definitely some thought went into that.
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  4. 12-09-2007, 06:26 PM #4
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    Very Cool! I didnt know this.
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  5. 12-09-2007, 08:24 PM #5
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    WOW, very interesting.
    recession.......your neighbor loses his job
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  6. 12-09-2007, 08:41 PM #6
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    Word has it that they teach something about this in survival school. It keeps POW minds off the current situation and helps them survive.
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  7. 12-09-2007, 08:41 PM #7
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    Nice!
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  8. 12-11-2007, 11:19 AM #8
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    Why didn't we learn about this in History? As an idea it ranks up there with the Navajo Code Talkers.
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  9. 12-11-2007, 11:29 AM #9
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    That's prtty cool.
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    There was a box of Te Amo, a donkey and a very courageous young lady.....Juarez, Mexico 1992.....


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  10. 12-11-2007, 11:34 AM #10
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    I actually have an authentic WWII silk airmen's map that I received as a gift from a Geographic Squadron in the British Army.

    Pretty dang cool idea.
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  11. 12-11-2007, 11:34 AM #11
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    super cool. I never even knew they made silk maps until this article. great idea.
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  12. 12-11-2007, 12:10 PM #12
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    Very cool!
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