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    Legio XXI Rapax

    Just FYI. I thought it kinda cool.
    Legio vigesima prima rapax (Latin for "Twenty-first Predator legion") was a German boarder army of the Roman Empire.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legio_XXI_Rapax
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    Nice. They happened to have been stationed in what is now Germany for most of their history.

    So pondering ideas with that shield as an image? Or maybe this inscription in this pic?

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    ...or the shield as a flag.... is what I thought he was thinking...
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    Not the happy ending I was hoping for.

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    Well, they met their end in Romania. At least it was Europe.
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    Thinking something like this.

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    Is that the hazard switch symbol at center bottom?

    Touché!
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    lol...it is!
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    Man that would make a great grill badge! I'd buy one!
    Ooh! If the roundel craftsmen get ahold of this!
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    Just a thought, continuing the Latin theme:

    EXXI Legio: Totus Via Plumbum ut Discrimen Switch.



    Rough Translation from the Latin: All Roads Lead to ... the Hazard Switch.

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    Tomscat, you found your latin dictionary! I've been looking for mine since Milotrain posted.

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    Don't laugh, fellas, but I actually DO have one on my desk at work! Okay, go ahead and laugh. A product of years of parochial and Jesuit education.

    But I cheated on this one.... Google translate does the trick.... although I dont really trust it.

    Tom
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    1975 Mercedes W115 300D (The Departed)
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