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13. I know, right...married 52 years; Lennon 42nd anniversary - so it happened

Reply to bdamomma (Reply #6)

Thu Dec 8, 2022, 01:13 PM

Dec 2022

only 10 years ago, LOL - nope - 42 years ago - I was folding laundry and listening to music on the radio while awaiting DH to return from his class at the community college when the new "alert" broke...just like a "day the music died."

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