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To: snippy_about_it
Thanks for the ping along. Learn something every day. The original name for 'duck' was DUKW. Well if it looks like a duck and floats like a duck, it should be called a duck.
Regards,
26 posted on 12/30/2003 8:37:14 AM PST by ex-snook (Americans need Balanced Trade - we buy from you, you buy from us. No free rides.)
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To: ex-snook
DUKW actually means something to the military, using their "sometimes strange" logic:

DUKW =
D, built in 1942
U, amphibious 2 1/2 ton truck,
K, front wheel drive,
W, rear wheel drive
51 posted on 12/30/2003 9:20:23 AM PST by SAMWolf (Help Wanted: Telepath. You know where to apply.)
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To: ex-snook
Your welcome for the pings. I learn something new everyday, too!!
52 posted on 12/30/2003 9:21:57 AM PST by snippy_about_it (Fall in --> The FReeper Foxhole. America's History. America's Soul.)
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