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Hortensis

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14. I haven't "accepted" anything you imagine. You have a very

Reply to PJMcK (Reply #11)

Sat Jan 16, 2021, 07:45 PM

Jan 2021

romantic notion of a time when people were better. I know better. Those who came before us had to defeat these sorts before and did, after coming dreadfully close to losing. We have become better people and society over the past 100 years, and I feel sorry for those who can only see problems and not realize that.

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Weird, isn't it? PJMcK Jan 2021 #5

Very weird! tblue37 Jan 2021 #16

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Sadly, you're welcome (n/t) PJMcK Jan 2021 #4

Here's my father's DC memory. He was going to Georgetown law school when Karadeniz Jan 2021 #3

Great story! PJMcK Jan 2021 #8

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Sad lack of imagination. You're not even sleeping with your Hortensis Jan 2021 #6

Well, we don't know one another's lives PJMcK Jan 2021 #11

I haven't "accepted" anything you imagine. You have a very Hortensis Jan 2021 #14

Okay, here are a few questions PJMcK Jan 2021 #18

Not walking in your shoes. Look, these people have already Hortensis Jan 2021 #22

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Absolutely right! PJMcK Jan 2021 #13

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I hear you! cilla4progress Jan 2021 #10

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Your details are correct PJMcK Jan 2021 #29

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