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    thats why they make them so pretty...

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    I always liked the name given to the P-47 as the "Flying-Jug!

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    I think the Brits during WW2 came up with it

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    I like nice jugs.

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    Especially while flying high!

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    Fort Pitt Brewing Company workers. 1949.

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    Fort Pitt Brewing Company workers. 1949.

    There was a time when the guys in my group had guys like these on overtime.
    Jim

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    No romance in industrial beer production...

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    Quote Originally Posted by IntheGroove View Post
    No romance in industrial beer production...
    au contraire, to a degree anyway.
    Visit Anheuser-Busch/ Budweiser Van Nuys CA. We did pipefitting and pump work there. No, not exactly romantic, but the most beautiful factory imaginable. More stainless steel than you could shake a stick at.
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    I did visit Busch Gardens about 50+ years ago...

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