Possible WOTY 2015?

[Jonathan Lighter]

But don't forget the 1944 photo of the drone sidling up to Marilyn Monroe:

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radioplane_OQ-2

JL

On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 7:39 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 12:54 PM, Dan Goncharoff <thegonch at gmail.com>
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> > Why Some Drone Makers Hate the Word "Drone" and Want to Change It
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> Because it's an insult to the gentle, honey-bee drone, which lives only to
> love?
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