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luvs2sing

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3. Same here.

Reply to Cirque du So-What (Reply #2)

Tue Jan 12, 2021, 02:25 PM

Jan 2021

I grew up in a semi-rural area about fifty miles from an Air Force base. I swear they used to fly those jets out to our area to practice breaking the sound barrier. We got used to it after a while, and it was weird when they stopped.

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This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Jan 2021 #1

Jet fighters smashing through the sound barrier occurred regularly in my youth Cirque du So-What Jan 2021 #2

Same here. luvs2sing Jan 2021 #3