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angstlessk

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1. My dad amazed me too...in the 50's his best friend was a black man

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Thu Dec 29, 2016, 06:51 PM

Dec 2016

they were best of friends...Theodore is the name I remember...and I remember Theodore...my grandmother was the only white person at his funeral...and I know if Theodore thought he would be welcome at my father's funeral, he'd have been there!

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My dad continues to amaze. [View all] JPPaverage Dec 2016 OP

My dad amazed me too...in the 50's his best friend was a black man angstlessk Dec 2016 #1

Good luck to your father The Polack MSgt Dec 2016 #2

Sounds like my kind of guy. Good on all the dads who spend time with their kids. My dad did the zonkers Dec 2016 #3