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To: sandintoes who wrote (114066)	3/21/2006 11:40:56 PM
From: ManyMoose	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 225578

I remember when I was a kid my buddy and I swiped some old K-Rations and ate them while playing soldier. They had little packs of four cigarettes, which we ate. (NOT!) Remember Phil Silvers in "You'll Never Get Rich?" The sponsors of that show were tobacco companies and made much of their donations of cigarettes to VA hospitals and soldiers.

To: sandintoes who wrote (114066)	3/22/2006 11:27:09 AM
From: Lady Lurksalot	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 225578

sandintoes and thread, Holly and cigarette packages on airline food trays Message 3090817 Nicotine staining and metal fatigue Message 3090721 Some surprising replies siliconinvestor.com Message 3099064 Winding things up Message 3099153 Cites (Laz will be so proud of me <g>): montereypeninsulaairport.com (Near the bottom of the page) " . . .The royal aeronautical establishment metallurgical laboratory at farnsborough has confined the presence of fatigue in the fracture of the outer main cargo doorskin in the area between fuselage station 540 and 560. Multiple fatigue nuclei were found at numerous rivet holes near the center of the approximate 22-inch primary fracture line. Heavy nicotine staining on the skin and adjacent frames indicated that cabin air had been exiting through the skin crack forsome time. The area had last been inspected 368 hours before the depressurization incident. The total aircraft time was 20,820 hours." forpilots.com "Eastern had a crack in a ship some where in the main landing gear well. The way it was found was by a nicotine stain that drew attention to it" - Holly