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The Agent, The Girl, and the Fidelistas

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Praefectus praetorio said:
BTW PPK stands for Polizeipistole Kurz (for you German speakers)

To quote Fleming in Dr. No (which you have to respect for no other reason than Ursula Andress' swimsuit)

"Walther PPK. 7.65mm, with a delivery like a brick through a plate glass window. Takes a Braush silencer with very little reduction in muzzle velocity. The American CIA swears by them."
– Maj. Boothroyd, to 007, in Dr. No

I, as an amateur with guns took this to mean the CIA liked them. Per Wikipedia:

"Geoffrey Boothroyd was a highly esteemed British firearms expert and author of several standard reference works on the subject, who is best known to the general public for giving weapons advice to James Bond author Ian Fleming."
"Beginning with A Guide to Gun Collecting and Guns Through the Ages (both 1961) to The British Over and Under Shotgun co-authored with Susan Boothroyd (2004), Boothroyd was a prolific author on the subject of firearms"

That was my limited research on the subject.
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But I myself have never fired a gun, nor served in the CIA or other government agency or employment (nor crewed a sailboat). So expect to find many errors if you look hard enough. Mea Culpa, Mea Culpa, Mea Maxima Culpa
 
Praefectus praetorio said:
But I myself have never fired a gun, nor served in the CIA or other government agency or employment (nor crewed a sailboat). So expect to find many errors if you look hard enough. Mea Culpa, Mea Culpa, Mea Maxima Culpa
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Oh, also never been South of Miami.
 
September 1961 NewsMagazine take on the troubles in Cuba
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While I posted this apropos Jewels and Barb,
the really fascinating story for an old fart like me is "Have G-string, Will Strip in you Home" - new racket to fleece aging playboys. I just love the American entrepreneurial spirit!
 

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Praefectus praetorio said:
Preview of upcoming action:
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Me and my trusty PPK (sorry connoisseurs) taking on the Fidelistas. Oh, Barb is there also to help by generous cleavage exposure!
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I have to apologize. I hate it when someone disturbs a fine story only to harp on about a subsidiary detail. Now I have done it myself. Obviously you have pressed a button I didn´t know I had. And there I thought getting older would make me wiser :)
 
Scene form another future action/adventure
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Barbara again using her assets to help.

Looking at the text, I'm wondering is Barb the "beat up widow", the "raped daughter", or just a very friendly girl that I ran into in the rain? Or....all three!
 
connoisseurs said:
I have to apologize. I hate it when someone disturbs a fine story only to harp on about a subsidiary detail. Now I have done it myself. Obviously you have pressed a button I didn´t know I had. And there I thought getting older would make me wiser :)
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Don't worry. Interesting discussion helped keep me humble. I won't shoot you (or if I do it will be with the long barrel Colt 45 - I presume you would agree that can do some real damage!)
 
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