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Pluvious

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4. Great story, thanks for sharing

Reply to Staph (Reply #3)

Sun Jul 1, 2018, 09:22 PM

Jul 2018

I remember my mom telling me stories of the family gathering around the radio for post dinner entertainment, and kids begging the iceman for pieces of ice treats !!

Lol.

We have to wonder, where are we headed...

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The Speech Nixon Never Gave (in event of men stranded on Moon) [View all] Pluvious Jul 2018 OP

Nixon may have been a paranoid, crooked son of a bitch, but that sounds like a helluva good speech MrScorpio Jul 2018 #1

+1 MichMary Jul 2018 #2

You're right -- he was a paranoid, crooked, SOB HeiressofBickworth Jul 2018 #5

I remember in the mid-1960s Staph Jul 2018 #3

Great story, thanks for sharing Pluvious Jul 2018 #4

My grandmother was born days before the Wright brothers' first flight,,, lastlib Jul 2018 #6

The alleged ranger comment may be inaccurate: Wikipedia indicates the photographer died in 1948 struggle4progress Jul 2018 #7