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Martin Eden

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39. Every day a man went to the newsstand; bought a paper; glanced at the front page; then threw the paper away in disgust

Reply to debm55 (Original post)

Sun Oct 20, 2024, 08:12 AM

Oct 2024

Finally one day the newsstand guy asked him why he did that. The man replied he was checking to see if someome had died.

But sir, obituaries are in the back of the paper.

When this sonofabitch dies, it will be on the front page!!!

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My late father was born and raised in Latrobe, PA. For that reason I watched to see if there were any relatives I knew. [View all] debm55 Oct 2024 OP

I am sorry for being upset debm55 Oct 2024 #1

Don't be. Anyone with ties to the area understands livetohike Oct 2024 #4

Girl, you have every right. nolabear Oct 2024 #5

My dad died last September and there are very few of us left. If Arnie was a Republican it was a totally different type debm55 Oct 2024 #8

No reason to be sorry! Dulcinea Oct 2024 #14

Rolling Rock -- the "Little Green Grenades" or Little Green Giants. 3Hotdogs Oct 2024 #19

I used to have a friend who grew up near Latrobe happybird Oct 2024 #28

No need to be sorry Lulu KC Oct 2024 #27

Thank you for telling it like it is debm55. He goes livetohike Oct 2024 #2

AB was a great receiver, but he is mentally Deminpenn Oct 2024 #7

I thought AB abused his girlfriend/s too. I know it was Tomlin called him a "cancer " in the Steeler's clubhouse. But debm55 Oct 2024 #9

I believe so, but AB has done a lot of other stuff, too. Deminpenn Oct 2024 #30

The home crowd laughed and MotownPgh Oct 2024 #11

They're sick. I grew up in Monroeville. Still have family livetohike Oct 2024 #12

Same here! Dulcinea Oct 2024 #15

Went to Norwin Class of 1973 Now live in Jefferson Hills. debm55 Oct 2024 #21

Gateway High class of 70! My Mom lived in our livetohike Oct 2024 #31

I was born in the Mon Valley! MotownPgh Oct 2024 #32

Do you know what made me really sad? I read livetohike Oct 2024 #33

I could go on and on. These dummies MotownPgh Oct 2024 #36

I could too. I really hope he gets a loud and negative livetohike Oct 2024 #37

I'm predicting they will cheer wildly since there MotownPgh Oct 2024 #38

My only hope is that those white guys voting block livetohike Oct 2024 #40

The older dems have rerired from MotownPgh Oct 2024 #41

I thought likewise. AB and Le'Veon are in disfavor here. n/t John1956PA Oct 2024 #42

I got that too. I am from Duquesne.PA Moved to North Huntington after 8th grade. doesn't the Mon Valley Steelworks only debm55 Oct 2024 #44

I grew up in Mt. Pleasant in Westmoreland County. PittBlue Oct 2024 #48

Wasn;t that horrible about what trump said. debm55 Oct 2024 #13

A large majority of the people in Trump's rallies aren't local Random Boomer Oct 2024 #20

Latrobe is red and Westmoreland MotownPgh Oct 2024 #34

Palmer was a guest on the Tonight Show many years ago. Carson made a joke about Arnie's wife playing with his putter. rsdsharp Oct 2024 #3

No he would not tolerate trump" s little story at all. And to see and hear an honest, kind and gentle man being debm55 Oct 2024 #6

Kick debm55 Oct 2024 #10

I remember hearing a different version of that interview with the Palmers. John1956PA Oct 2024 #45

Rolling Rock Beer. Sorry. marble falls Oct 2024 #16

It is no longer made in Latrobe area. Sorry. debm55 Oct 2024 #49

Sorry for the loss of jobs/not sorry for the loss of Rolling Rock. It's turned into the swill ironic hipsters can ... marble falls Oct 2024 #50

A family I know came from Youngstown, Ohio and one person in that family was a golf pro in ... Botany Oct 2024 #17

Similarly, I was told by a golf journalist that Mr. Palmer was a gentleman. n/t John1956PA Oct 2024 #43

That was disgusting. I hope people in the area were also disgusted enough to not vote for the orange ass-wipe. LoisB Oct 2024 #18

See my post. I had the privilege to meet him at Latrobe Airport in 1986. ProudMNDemocrat Oct 2024 #22

Per Wiki asm128 Oct 2024 #23

he was good to myself and my cousins. I am 69 years old. I had no idea what a Dem or a Repub was years ago.So trump is debm55 Oct 2024 #26

Yes he was republican. One of the MotownPgh Oct 2024 #35

Post removed Post removed Oct 2024 #24

Eventually we will all be slapped in the face by trump. LakeArenal Oct 2024 #25

..I too am looking forward to the demise.. thomski64 Oct 2024 #29

Every day a man went to the newsstand; bought a paper; glanced at the front page; then threw the paper away in disgust Martin Eden Oct 2024 #39

I can't imagine the gut check Ruby the Liberal Oct 2024 #46

Thank you. I think some people think the political climate was how it is now. It wasn't. Presidental campaign did not debm55 Oct 2024 #47

What a great story to share. My Aunt and my Mom loved to play the game. OAITW r.2.0 Oct 2024 #51