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To: bigbob
"10-4!"

You just gave away your age. For people of a certain age the image of Broderick Crawford on his police car radio giving a terse 10-4 to the person on the other end will remain indelibly etched in their minds. I don't know if Crawford would care that's how most people who watched the show would remember him, but that's the way it goes. 10-4.

p.s. Lately I've watched reruns of the show on a cable network, and I'm amazed at how fast Crawford's character spoke. Also, when they described cars, they never gave the make of a vehicle. It was always a "tan sedan" or whatever.

17 posted on 07/19/2014 7:11:49 AM PDT by driftless2 (For long term happiness, learn how to play the accordion.)
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To: driftless2
...they never gave the make of a vehicle. It was always a "tan sedan" or whatever.

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18 posted on 07/19/2014 2:04:19 PM PDT by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
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