Ever heard of a short snorter? Well, now you have.

[diggummup]

I'd never heard the term before I came across this while researching something else.It seems I always find something interesting while researching something else! .Here's a photo of a short snorter and the link to explain what it is

 

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[jeff of pa]

Your Link Dosn't work.

In fact I'm Going to need to Restart My Computer to get rid of What Popped Up

 

[diggummup]

Really? Don't know what that was about? Lets try again...http://www.pdxcoinclub.org/articles/FoundAtTheShowJune_29_2002/FoundAtShow.html

Seems to work fine for me,this is the same link as last time.

 

[PBK]

The link works fine for me, too. Interesting info, Dig... thanks for posting!

 

[civilman1]

Kinda look's like it was rolled up at one time .....Thank's Diggum.....

 

[jeff of pa]

it's Working This time "D"

 

[Waco Kid]

During World War II, a short snorter was a little less than a full drink at a bar. But an aircrew member's short snorter was a chain of paper currency, taped together, end-to-end, from various countries they had visited. The longer your short snorter, the more countries you had visited. Long short-snorters also meant free drinks at the bar, since the person with the shortest one had to buy the round, says retired Lt. Col. Edward J. Komyati, an aviation historian and former WW II pilot.

Wow! That link solved a mystery I have wondered about for years. My dad was a pilot in WWII. When his squadron finished their training at Greenville, SC, they had to ferry their B-25s to their first base of operations, in North Africa. They went by way of Central and South America, then crossed over to Africa at the narrowest part of the Atlantic. As the war progressed, they moved to Sicily, then mainland Italy, then to eastern India by way of the Suez Canal. When I was a kid, I always liked to play with this huge roll of paper money he had. All the bills were taped together, and they were from countries in all of those regions. When I asked, he just told me they were all from countries he'd been to. I guess he thought Mom would get mad if he told me the part about the free drinks.

 

[diggummup]

8) 8) Good deal!!