On 28 Aug 2005 11:09:07 -0700, "
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http://www.icehouse.net/wirenut/dogtag.jpg

I downloaded your previous three images. Now I know what a
"bluenose" is! :-)


Hit the tropics on ship and you become a "Turtleback".


Please tell me what a "TT" is...it is unfamiliar to one who has
never been to the Middle East.


That is a telephone token. The telephones in Israel didn't take money
because the inflation rate was super high -- when we arrived in the
spring the "moneychangers" rate was 200 sheckles to the dollar, and on
our last visit in July it was 600 per dollar. And to think people here
get upset if the inflation rate rises above 5%.....







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