Remembering Mogadishu
02-27-2007 | 05:07 PM
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From: CFII MEI
Hey Jungle - man... thats wild. Is that your passport? Did you actually carry that 45. caliber pistol? That badge has a soviet coat of arms symbol on it. You do some pretty amazing flying! What is it that you do? Probably weird with all the questions but this stuff interests me. Wild times my friend, and please keep the pics coming!
02-27-2007 | 05:49 PM
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From: Burning the Agitprop of the Apparat
The passport came from the good citizens of Mogadishu who decided that under conditions of total anarchy it would be an excellent idea to loot the Government printing office. They took the tiles from the floor, plumbing fixtures and pipes and of course stacks of freshly printed passports and currency. The printing office did beautiful work and the currency was something to behold, filled with fine colored engravings of African animals and local color. All of this was worth less than a nice roll of double ply toilet paper.
You asked a lot of questions I'd rather not answer. Just enjoy it for what it is and if you ever meet anarchy on the road, you'll know what to do.
The Government that printed the Passport had ceased to exist by the time I got it. It has remained extinct to this day.
You asked a lot of questions I'd rather not answer. Just enjoy it for what it is and if you ever meet anarchy on the road, you'll know what to do.
The Government that printed the Passport had ceased to exist by the time I got it. It has remained extinct to this day.
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02-27-2007 | 08:39 PM
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From: CFII MEI
Right yeah, no its cool... I just noticed you have been to some interesting locations from your pics, MIA, Honduras, Columbia, wow... crazy flying there man! Thought you might fly cargo in Central and South America
02-27-2007 | 09:04 PM
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I can dig up some pics of that crap hole...although I don't WANT to remember it!!! I have one lovely pic of an M1 shielding my plane..one of the terminal riddled with bullet holes....etc...etc.
And in 2003 I got to go back to Africa and be very close to that place....ugh...the armpit of the world!
And in 2003 I got to go back to Africa and be very close to that place....ugh...the armpit of the world!
02-28-2007 | 11:59 AM
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HST rides again?
The passport came from the good citizens of Mogadishu who decided that under conditions of total anarchy it would be an excellent idea to loot the Government printing office. They took the tiles from the floor, plumbing fixtures and pipes and of course stacks of freshly printed passports and currency. The printing office did beautiful work and the currency was something to behold, filled with fine colored engravings of African animals and local color. All of this was worth less than a nice roll of double ply toilet paper.
You asked a lot of questions I'd rather not answer. Just enjoy it for what it is and if you ever meet anarchy on the road, you'll know what to do.
The Government that printed the Passport had ceased to exist by the time I got it. It has remained extinct to this day.
You asked a lot of questions I'd rather not answer. Just enjoy it for what it is and if you ever meet anarchy on the road, you'll know what to do.
The Government that printed the Passport had ceased to exist by the time I got it. It has remained extinct to this day.
Jungle,
Your writing style reminds me of HST, especially his earlier works, which I think were the best. Ever consider doing a book?
I saw him once in San Francisco, but he seemed in a bad mood, so I left him alone.
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