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In reply to the discussion: Forty-seven years ago today, the world changed--a revisit and a revision of a seven year old post: [View all]DFW
(54,370 posts)150. They might have do some embellishing with the screenplay
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A friend of mine actually did get a film made about him.* The film actually became a smash hit, but the actor that portrayed him was NOTHING like the real man, and the things they showed him doing in the film were so far exaggerated, he said they would have landed him behind bars for decades instead of making him a celebrity. Even after the film was a hit, the portrayal of him was so far from the real man, no one ever recognized him on the street, which was fine with him.
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Forty-seven years ago today, the world changed--a revisit and a revision of a seven year old post: [View all]
DFW
Jul 2021
OP
Thank you for sharing part of your amazing life with us. May you and your wonderful family
niyad
Jul 2021
#5
Thank you SO MUCH for sharing of yourself and your family and friends and your life. And PBO!
CurtEastPoint
Jul 2021
#10
Thanks for the absolutely wonderful photos and the stories, my dear DFW!
CaliforniaPeggy
Jul 2021
#42
Congrats to all of you, DFW, and thanks for sharing this view into your lives.
Hortensis
Jul 2021
#44
Good on you two. Congratulations! BTW, my advice is, keep the beard. Looks great on you.
Shrike47
Jul 2021
#48
What a wonderful story. At 59yo with a wife I met in high school and 4 kids later It's scary to
Pepsidog
Jul 2021
#65
Thanks for sharing, DFW and a happy 47/39 anniversary to you both. Prime numbers for a prime couple.
yonder
Jul 2021
#87
Yes, total truth. DFW..Thank You for mentioning this..What is "Hitting the Jackpot"?
Stuart G
Jul 2021
#135
i hope to follow my mother's example and continue on with spirit, grace and joy
PWPippinesq
Jul 2021
#164
My dad was in the Kennedy administration under Dean Rusk at the State Dept.
PWPippinesq
Jul 2021
#166