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greatauntoftriplets

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6. Great song.

Reply to lamp_shade (Original post)

Sun Sep 14, 2025, 06:04 PM

Sep 2025

Loved the names of the stops in Boston. They were different from the ones in Chicago.

I wondered if Jamaica Plain looked anything like Jamaica. Remember, I was very young at the time, almost a fetus.

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Some of you old timers will remember this (poor old charlie) [View all] lamp_shade Sep 2025 OP

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One for the ages 👍😊 FakeNoose Sep 2025 #2

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