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toby jo

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9. My neighbor is 92, sharp as a tack, lives on her own, liberal inside and out.

Mon Apr 8, 2013, 10:34 PM

Apr 2013

I love her. Christ, she tells me stories of the neighbors going to town with their horse and buggy to get supplies, they left in the morning before dawn and got home after dark. And how they cleared their hayfield by hand - saws, the kind without gas, then dug out the stumps. And the day electric came to town. It was well appreciated, she says, especially the lights. But with TV, folks went off in their own 'little worlds', and there wasn't the camaraderie of card games, dances, pie contests, story-telling and whatnot.

Good people, our elders.

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Big news, Abe Vigoda [View all] DainBramaged Apr 2013 OP

I smelled something fishy here graham4anything Apr 2013 #1

I see what you did there RetroLounge Apr 2013 #12

Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!! johnp3907 Apr 2013 #2

didnt he give the eulogy at Roger Moore's funeral? nt markiv Apr 2013 #3

damnit, you got me. nt awoke_in_2003 Apr 2013 #4

92 years old ... a supposedly making another movie! Auggie Apr 2013 #5

I used to have an app... bvar22 Apr 2013 #6

Those rolling eyes at every turn.... WCGreen Apr 2013 #7

And he doesn't look a day older than he did when he was on "Barney Miller". rmax Apr 2013 #8

My neighbor is 92, sharp as a tack, lives on her own, liberal inside and out. toby jo Apr 2013 #9

My Mom was the same way, she passed at 92 four years ago DainBramaged Apr 2013 #10

He got whacked in the 70's when I was just a kid rufus dog Apr 2013 #11

I was on a bus in Seattle a week ago HeiressofBickworth Apr 2013 #13