The Real 'Fury' Tank - The Last Stand of 'Fray Bentos'
This video popped up on YouTube. It tells a crazy story about a WW1 tank crew, but it doesn't tell us how the tank got it's name. Fortunately we have Google, who knows everything even if it isn't willing to tell us exactly what we want to know right off the bat. Sometimes we have to dig a little.
Fray Bentos (upper left), Beunos Aires (lower left), & Montevideo (lower right) |
Fray Bentos 'Classic' Steak and Kidney |
Fray Bentos Abandoned Meat Packing Plant |
Okay, so we know where the name 'Fray Bentos' comes from, but how did it get applied to the tank? You may have already figured this out. Because being inside the tank when things were heating up outside, the crew felt like tinned meat.
More:
- The frontispiece for the video comes from Andrea Miniatures.
- Some dude thinks the name Fray Bentos is derived from Friar Benedict.
UPM's Fray Bentos Pulp Mill (foreground) and the Libertador General San MartÃn Bridge to Argentina (background) |
The bridge is like 3 miles long but only 2 lanes.
P.S. I always thought 'frontispiece' was spelled 'frontspiece'. Don't think it needs the first i, but that's spelling for you, always sticking in extra letters where they aren't needed.
P.S. I always thought 'frontispiece' was spelled 'frontspiece'. Don't think it needs the first i, but that's spelling for you, always sticking in extra letters where they aren't needed.
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