On Mar 4, 4:33*pm, "gatt" wrote:
"William Hung" wrote in message

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The good old days, sure mis them. I flew in a PanAm 747 a few imes
and an Eatern 727 once as a kid and remember getting the wing from the
PanAm crew. Too bad I lost that wing.

The good old days when kids get wings from pilots, fire hats from firemen
and badges from policemen. I jnow the firemen still give out
fire hats at open houses, but the cops are no longer someone that kidslook
up to anymore. At least not around here.

Two years ago I stopped a gaggle of shoppers from jaywalking into traffic in
downtown Portland. *After they finally crossed, an officer that was standing
right there poked my arm and then gave me a Junior Crime Fighter sticker.
Apparently he'd been passing them out to kids. *I hadn't even noticed him
there. But, no matter.

I'm a Junior Crime Fighter. * Respect my authoritah!

As for the airlines, I must have kept my United and Continental wings until
I was a teenager. *I can still remember what they looked like. *If you think
about it, that's some inexpensive long-term advertising.

-c

Good to hear that there are still some out there doing that.

Wil