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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Honolulu Dick, post: 941925, member: 24745&quot;]OK! Thanks for the correction/ info, and especially to the Wikipedia link.&nbsp; That was a good read.&nbsp; Knowing the history increases appreciation.</p><p><br /></p><p>The last Barber Shop songfest I attended they used the 6-bits version.&nbsp; Probably the result of inflation.&nbsp; Anyway, it sounds damn good both ways as a tag-line.&nbsp; Just love that close harmony!</p><p><br /></p><p>Thoroughly enjoyed the reference to Vietnam and use of the tap code.&nbsp; When we were hunkered down in our bunkers during mortar attacks, we would drill each other in the use of this code.&nbsp; Doing so occupied the down time, gave our minds something to do, diverted our attention and gave us a false feeling of being prepared, just in case.&nbsp; The way we were taught, the letter K replaced the Q, but that was in the in-country boonies and not the comfort of a classroom.</p><p><br /></p><p>To make light of an otherwise serious situation, I kept telling my fellow boonie rats that all &quot;they&quot; had to do was make me miss one meal and I would tell them anything &quot;they&quot; wanted to know.&nbsp; If I didn&#039;t get the beans, I sure in hell would spill them.&nbsp; Big time! [LMAO]</p><p><br /></p><p>Nuff said.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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