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Joe: This is a birthday I certainly wouldn't miss. (Original Post) soothsayer Apr 2021 OP
A nice, nostalgic picture! BobTheSubgenius Apr 2021 #1
Ha! Gosh I used to post its tweets a lot and I don't recall it soothsayer Apr 2021 #2
I wonder if our memories are mercifully putting a soft filter over all of it as a defence. BobTheSubgenius May 2021 #3
From the fall of 1972 to the fall of 1975, I used to curse Amtrak in Philadelphia DFW May 2021 #4
God bless you, Mr. President! calimary May 2021 #5

BobTheSubgenius

(11,764 posts)
1. A nice, nostalgic picture!
Fri Apr 30, 2021, 01:45 PM
Apr 2021

And, not apropos to this shot at all, I like he "US government official." I can't remember for the life of me, but I'd be willing to bet that the Previous Guy didn't refer to himself as "US govt. official." Nowhere near grand enough for such an exalted leader, right?

soothsayer

(38,601 posts)
2. Ha! Gosh I used to post its tweets a lot and I don't recall it
Fri Apr 30, 2021, 02:02 PM
Apr 2021

It’s slightly annoying in that it posts as the first line of text so I’m always moving it up to where I think it belongs, but it’s comforting to see it.

BobTheSubgenius

(11,764 posts)
3. I wonder if our memories are mercifully putting a soft filter over all of it as a defence.
Sat May 1, 2021, 10:37 AM
May 2021

At my age, I don't think my mind will have the time to fully repress all of it, have it percolate until it reaches critical mass, then be evoked in therapy.

Nope. I think I'm good.

DFW

(56,326 posts)
4. From the fall of 1972 to the fall of 1975, I used to curse Amtrak in Philadelphia
Sat May 1, 2021, 10:47 AM
May 2021

They had a discontinued timetable information number that was very similar to the phone number I had in my student apartment in Philadelphia when I got my own place (I roomed with 2 friends I had known in high school for the first two years). At all hours of the day and night, my phone would ring with people wanting information about departing and arriving trains. After the first few months, those that called at 6:30 AM, didn't even bother to ask if I was Amtrak, and just wanted to know when "my" trains left for Newark, New Jersey, and how much they cost, were not always given useful information. "My trains" to Newark cost $500 a ticket, and were always routed via Missoula, Montana. Some of them were even bright enough to guess they had NOT called Amtrak.

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