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This country used to be a lot more fun BeyondGeography Aug 2014 #1
Student loans and college were both affordable even to a truck drivers kid with 4 siblings.... Rowdyboy Aug 2014 #2
Infrastructure was cheap too Bonx Aug 2014 #4
I don't remember those days. onethatcares Aug 2014 #7
Factory town in the 50's Bonx Aug 2014 #12
Yup...College costs have increased 10X since the 70s BeyondGeography Aug 2014 #8
Also housing and food have skyrocketed while minimum wage has barely tripled.... Rowdyboy Aug 2014 #9
Amen! I hitched around the babylonsister Aug 2014 #6
Did you ever make the trail to Vogelsang Camp. or the Golden Crown Mine? Adsos Letter Aug 2014 #3
You must've spent time down in the Poopenaut Valley NBachers Aug 2014 #5
Thank you for the reminder woo me with science Aug 2014 #10
someobody stole Yosemite National Park! snooper2 Aug 2014 #11
Deny, deflect, deceive... woo me with science Aug 2014 #13
I thought it was "act like Putin" day snooper2 Aug 2014 #14
You forgot to add something about Ron Paul, or Teabaggers. woo me with science Aug 2014 #15
Ron Paul? Is that the smoker dude? snooper2 Aug 2014 #16
Deny, deflect, deceive. woo me with science Aug 2014 #17
Yes, *we* know better. Brigid Aug 2014 #19
+1 It's important to take this stuff beyond DU. woo me with science Aug 2014 #22
We did something similar traveling and seasonally working the fruit, or if we found Zorra Aug 2014 #18
I'm dejected at how much being a ladder climbing workaholic is glamorized Populist_Prole Aug 2014 #20
No shit! At the time, we were probably taking home $50.00 to $60.00 a week. OffWithTheirHeads Aug 2014 #21
kick woo me with science Aug 2014 #23
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