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CaliforniaPeggy

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1. Wow, so many years, my dear Solly Mack!

Fri Sep 1, 2017, 05:01 PM

Sep 2017

You joined before I did...I used to have many messages in my inbox too.

I decided that I would delete most of mine, since they made sense to no-one but me. They remain largely in my memory...

They are woven into, and have become part of the fabric of my entire life.

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I have 14 years of messages in my DU Mailbox. [View all] Solly Mack Sep 2017 OP

Wow, so many years, my dear Solly Mack! CaliforniaPeggy Sep 2017 #1

I've been here since early 2001. Solly Mack Sep 2017 #2

I joined about the same time, but no longer have mine because of MIRT hlthe2b Sep 2017 #3

It does give pause. All we've lost, all that's happened. Solly Mack Sep 2017 #4

I still have correspondence from WCGreen in my inbox Cirque du So-What Sep 2017 #5

It's hard to give up that one touchable thing that is left of someone who touched our lives. Solly Mack Sep 2017 #7

My habit, with DU mail as well as regular email, is read then delete. Binkie The Clown Sep 2017 #6

Sounds tidy and efficient. Solly Mack Sep 2017 #8

I've been here 10 years, and I feel the same way. secondwind Sep 2017 #9

Reading my old messages is like looking through old yearbooks. Solly Mack Sep 2017 #10

I started reading DU in 2001, but didn't join until 2004. Don't think japple Sep 2017 #11

I figure if I kept mine, maybe others kept theirs, and all that history of DU sounds cool to me. Solly Mack Sep 2017 #14

You should be proud. The last bit of DU mail I got was from someone who said he was going to throw Hoyt Sep 2017 #12

Yeah. That freak periodically selects people to send his thoughts to. Solly Mack Sep 2017 #15

Mine only goes back to 2011... Phentex Sep 2017 #13

The old ones are archived but I have a link for them right in my inbox. Solly Mack Sep 2017 #16

YAY! I do too! Phentex Sep 2017 #18

Excellent! Solly Mack Sep 2017 #24

MFM Was One of the main Reasons I Joined DU Leith Sep 2017 #38

Be neat to read history... SWBTATTReg Sep 2017 #17

That's my favorite part of it, the personal side as the news happens. Solly Mack Sep 2017 #21

Has the Moon recovered yet...? First Speaker Sep 2017 #19

Never! How could it? It's still laughing. Laughing that long and that hard comes with its own Solly Mack Sep 2017 #22

((Love to you, Solly Mack)) blm Sep 2017 #20

Love you, blm!! Solly Mack Sep 2017 #23

My brother's widow is a hoarder left-of-center2012 Sep 2017 #25

LOL! I knew someone would say that. lolololol Solly Mack Sep 2017 #26

"I knew someone would say that." left-of-center2012 Sep 2017 #27

I knew someone would bring up hoarding in some fashion. Solly Mack Sep 2017 #28

Your post reminded me of 2 favorites NNNOLHI and god_bush_and_Cheney The_Casual_Observer Sep 2017 #29

Yes! Solly Mack Sep 2017 #30

me, too KG Sep 2017 #31

Cool! Even a few, and I have never been popular on DU, makes for a story to tell. Solly Mack Sep 2017 #33

Dear Khephra DUgosh Sep 2017 #32

Yes, but never forgotten. Solly Mack Sep 2017 #35

I wish I had done that proud patriot Sep 2017 #34

Oh, thinking didn't play into it. lol Solly Mack Sep 2017 #36

hmm been here 14 years and not sure how many years I have.... steve2470 Sep 2017 #37

Oh, the tales we could tell. Solly Mack Sep 2017 #40

13 years my mistake, and yes :) nt steve2470 Sep 2017 #41

O.M.G. NanceGreggs Sep 2017 #39

Isn't it great! I have some of the nicest PMs from Jeff. Solly Mack Sep 2017 #42

Wow, lots of memories! UrbScotty Sep 2017 #43

Gee. I haven't looked in there for a while. yewberry Sep 2017 #44

It's a walk down memory lane. Solly Mack Sep 2017 #46

I have quite a few that I saved too. femmocrat Sep 2017 #45

I don't think you can delete more than one at a time. Solly Mack Sep 2017 #47

Thanks. femmocrat Sep 2017 #48