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Wicked Blue

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150. Oh yes, I miss it

Thu Dec 24, 2020, 09:35 PM

Dec 2020

Sometimes I dream about being back in the newsroom. The excitement of approaching deadlines. The clatter of metal typewriter keys, before the days of computers. Editors shouting "Copy boy!" Shoving stories into the vacuum tubes. Your story making Page 1. Better yet, getting picked up by AP and sent all over the country.

But also the tedium of sitting through long, dull public meetings.

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What was the best job you ever had? [View all] AmyStrange Dec 2020 OP

Owning an antique shop for awhile. CatMor Dec 2020 #1

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I'm doing it now. Lunabell Dec 2020 #2

I got to do that for a while also uppityperson Dec 2020 #7

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You are one of God's people, aren't you? AmyStrange Dec 2020 #18

That's how I feel about my current job too Generic Brad Dec 2020 #51

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I still are one, onethatcares Dec 2020 #15

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I do, too. LisaM Dec 2020 #110

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High School librarian.... Freedomofspeech Dec 2020 #28

yes, you were. onethatcares Dec 2020 #34

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Telescopes. Ptah Dec 2020 #63

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Gotcha. AmyStrange Dec 2020 #84

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THANK YOU EVERYONE... AmyStrange Dec 2020 #72

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As always, you're the best and thank you. AmyStrange Dec 2020 #128

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Oh yes, I miss it Wicked Blue Dec 2020 #150

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Karate and Northern Shaolin mainly. sakabatou Dec 2020 #145

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funny AmyStrange Dec 2020 #148

I'm pretty sure there's some stuff you really know that I'm ignorant of sakabatou Dec 2020 #149

No prob. The giant smiley face kind of made it obvious. AmyStrange Dec 2020 #151