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rsdsharp

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9. Thank you. It was 1969.

Reply to debm55 (Reply #7)

Sat Apr 8, 2023, 05:59 PM

Apr 2023

I won’t say I’m over it, but the passage of more than fifty years takes a lot of the sting out of it.

Still glad we got rid of that damn chicken 🐥, though!

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I was thinking of a sad memory of Easter--those colored real live peeps. I remember getting my new [View all] debm55 Apr 2023 OP

Won a chick snowybirdie Apr 2023 #1

I don't know what they were thinking to give a child a fragile baby animal. I was about 5 when it debm55 Apr 2023 #2

Sorry snowybird. I am so glad that tradition of giving chicks away for Easter is far behind us. It's debm55 Apr 2023 #8

That's sad. debm55 Apr 2023 #15

I was thinking of a sad adopted kitten XanaDUer2 Apr 2023 #3

Sorry XanaDUer 2 and sorry for the poor kitten. debm55 Apr 2023 #5

Ty XanaDUer2 Apr 2023 #6

We didn't do that, but when my little sister was in first grade, she got the class chick. rsdsharp Apr 2023 #4

So sorry rsdharp for your dad and your family.. debm55 Apr 2023 #7

Thank you. It was 1969. rsdsharp Apr 2023 #9

I remember my brother worked at a gas station blueinredohio Apr 2023 #10

I am glad they stopped that. debm55 Apr 2023 #16

right now markie Apr 2023 #11

I think you misunderstood my post. And I know that it is against policy to sell the dyed chicks. I debm55 Apr 2023 #13

so sorry markie Apr 2023 #17

We got a couple as gifts Yonnie3 Apr 2023 #12

yes, back then it was. I am glad that it has stopped. I sort of blamed myself for what happened to debm55 Apr 2023 #14