@wellerstein I'm guessing the red one was probably a spare.
I got to hold the original arming plugs that were removed from Little Boy while it was en route to Hiroshima.pic.twitter.com/IIxwYtaUZU
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@Fingleheimer Right. The weaponeer brought along a number of spares of the red one, b/c it was mission-critical.
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@wellerstein Hard to get closer to "Little Boy" than that. Those plugs were sold at auction in 2002 for $167,000 - http://www-personal.umich.edu/~sanders/214/other/news/082002plugsPT.html ….Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@TAbugharsa@wellerstein I got to hold a dead bird that was instrumental in building the theory of continental biogeography.
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@wellerstein Festive!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sneakatdatavibe@wellerstein My reaction exactly
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@wellerstein@NewtonMark Can't put them back in it seems.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@wellerstein spun the nut on Cortez' garrote chair in Cuernavaca once.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@wellerstein Even just looking at the image sends a shiver down my spine.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@wellerstein@ArmsControlWonk WOW!!! Do you have a piece of this stuff?pic.twitter.com/v5PkUiPNHK
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@wellerstein@ArmsControlWonk Gramps was set to be Beach Commander for invasion of Tokyo Bay. I wouldn't be here if not for their removal. -
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@Chazperin That is the greatest response ever.@wellerstein
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