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4. Does this mean he was a unior member?

Reply to murielm99 (Reply #2)

Wed Dec 27, 2017, 12:28 AM

Dec 2017

In those days, union members were quite conservative, I think, did not appreciate the opposition to Vietnam

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What was Archie Bunker's job? Or occupation? [View all] question everything Dec 2017 OP

Cab driver RandySF Dec 2017 #1

Part time. n/t jaysunb Dec 2017 #12

He worked on a loading dock. murielm99 Dec 2017 #2

Does this mean he was a unior member? question everything Dec 2017 #4

Yes, he went on strike at one point. David__77 Dec 2017 #19

Longshoreman, cab driver jberryhill Dec 2017 #3

I don't think longshoreman GP6971 Dec 2017 #6

Well, right, but.... jberryhill Dec 2017 #7

I believe he worked on a loading dock? dflprincess Dec 2017 #5

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Nope, born and raised in NYC... Orange Free State Dec 2017 #15

I think he was born and raised in Queens bottomofthehill Dec 2017 #16

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Not just for his sake. We should never mix the actors and the characters question everything Dec 2017 #11

I think only a dyed in the wool liberal would have been willing to portray Archie. The character was lunamagica Dec 2017 #23

I really believe Archie Bunker radical noodle Dec 2017 #26

Didn't he eventually take over Kelso's Bar? spinoff eShirl Dec 2017 #10

That was the spinoff question everything Dec 2017 #13

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College deferral? David__77 Dec 2017 #20

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I did not know that. Thank you lunamagica Dec 2017 #31

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A lot of men went on to grad school in that time period, in order to keep the college deferment Canoe52 Dec 2017 #38

Bone spurs Orange Free State Dec 2017 #25

... lunamagica Dec 2017 #30

College deferral at first radical noodle Dec 2017 #27

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Christmas episode - 1976 hexola Dec 2017 #41

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The job... Mike Nelson Dec 2017 #40

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