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Last Survivor of the Hindenburg Disaster Dies at Age 90
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| 11/16/2019
Posted on 11/16/2019 4:02:03 PM PST by BenLurkin
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posted on
11/16/2019 4:02:03 PM PST
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BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
11/16/2019 4:05:44 PM PST
by
BRL
To: BenLurkin
Hydrogen burns BLUE.
The fire was RED:
they doped up the skin paint in silver, which had chemical components similar to ROCKET FUEL.
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posted on
11/16/2019 4:07:06 PM PST
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gaijin
To: BRL
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posted on
11/16/2019 4:07:52 PM PST
by
a fool in paradise
(Recall that unqualified Hillary Clinton sat on the board of Wal-Mart when Bill Clinton was governor)
To: gaijin
they doped up the skin paint in silver, which had chemical components similar to ROCKET FUEL. It was a powdered aluminum "silver" paint, applied over a powdered red iron oxide primer.
Powdered aluminum+powdered iron oxide=Thermite
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posted on
11/16/2019 4:11:12 PM PST
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null and void
(Convicted spies are shot, traitors are hanged, saboteurs are subject to summary execution...)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
11/16/2019 4:12:40 PM PST
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NRx
(A man of honor passes his father's civilization to his son without surrendering it to strangers.)
To: BenLurkin
When Manatees were huge...
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posted on
11/16/2019 4:15:25 PM PST
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mrsmith
(Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
11/16/2019 4:28:36 PM PST
by
Fiddlstix
(Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
To: a fool in paradise
is that Brian Williams? He reported it s/
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posted on
11/16/2019 4:31:10 PM PST
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max americana
(Fired ONE libtard at work at every election since 2008 because I enjoy them crying)
To: gaijin
is that so? I always like your historical explanations..
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posted on
11/16/2019 4:32:28 PM PST
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max americana
(Fired ONE libtard at work at every election since 2008 because I enjoy them crying)
To: max americana
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posted on
11/16/2019 4:37:07 PM PST
by
a fool in paradise
(Recall that unqualified Hillary Clinton sat on the board of Wal-Mart when Bill Clinton was governor)
To: max americana
Germany wanted to use helium, which was far safer than hydrogen but it had been embargoed because of the Nazis racial policies.
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posted on
11/16/2019 4:39:05 PM PST
by
jmacusa
("If wisdom is not the Lord, what is wisdom?)
To: BenLurkin
WOW! Thanks for posting. Condolences to any surviving family and friends.
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posted on
11/16/2019 4:40:18 PM PST
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PGalt
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
11/16/2019 4:42:29 PM PST
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ClearCase_guy
(If White Privilege is real, why did Elizabeth Warren lie about being an Indian?)
To: jmacusa
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posted on
11/16/2019 4:43:14 PM PST
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max americana
(Fired ONE libtard at work at every election since 2008 because I enjoy them crying)
To: BenLurkin
My dad told me that as a 15-year-old living in New Jersey near Freehold, the Hindenburgh flew over his house. He told me he and his mother and stepfather went outside to watch, his Norwegian born mother cursing at it when she saw the Swastika. Germany wouldnt invade Norway until 1940 but my grandmother already had a great dislike for Germany.
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posted on
11/16/2019 4:58:29 PM PST
by
MD Expat in PA
(No. I am not a doctor nor have I ever played one on TV. The MD in my screen name stands for Maryland)
To: BenLurkin
The famous film and audio recording were made by a crew for WLS radio out of Chicago, that had originally headed east to report on flooding of the Ohio River.
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posted on
11/16/2019 5:04:24 PM PST
by
M1903A1
("We shed all that is good and virtuous for that which is shoddy and sleazy...and call it progress")
To: BenLurkin
The same thing happened to all the survivors of the Great Chicago Fire.
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posted on
11/16/2019 5:13:28 PM PST
by
DannyTN
To: NRx
Yes! Memory eternal!
I read about this - which occurred well before my time - on some anniversary many years ago. It was an account by someone who had survived - I dont recall whether the writer was male or female - after losing their father and then seeing an older sister slide down the deck into the flames. The writer followed a man out of the wreckage who was so badly injured that his some of his bones were visible and it didnt even bother him to push aside or rip out red hot wires and things that impeded their progress. He died, but the writer survived.
Decades later, on 9/11, I recalled this. A scene of total horror.
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posted on
11/16/2019 5:15:15 PM PST
by
livius
To: BenLurkin
My dad witnessed the Hindenburg crash first hand when he was 12 years old. Grandpa took him and the rest of the family to NAS Lakehurst to watch it land.
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posted on
11/16/2019 5:29:57 PM PST
by
wjcsux
(The hyperventilating of the left means we are winning! (Tagline courtesy of Laz.))
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