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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 10:46 AM Original message |
TO ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED the 40's-70's |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
1. Oh brother. |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 11:36 AM Response to Reply #1 |
47. sheeesh... |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 11:43 AM Response to Reply #47 |
52. Oh yes, |
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Prisoner_Number_Six (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 05:19 PM Response to Reply #47 |
143. Just means that today there are a LOT more wussies |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 05:30 PM Response to Reply #143 |
144. Wussies? I notice YOU'RE here... |
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Prisoner_Number_Six (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 08:53 PM Response to Reply #144 |
167. I survived the 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s. and so far half the 00s. |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 09:55 PM Response to Reply #167 |
179. Was your first post sarcastic? |
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Prisoner_Number_Six (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 11:06 PM Response to Reply #179 |
190. Not rosier by far-- but very much simpler. |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-05 12:12 AM Response to Reply #190 |
196. If that's what you remember, great. |
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Prisoner_Number_Six (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-05 12:38 AM Response to Reply #196 |
198. Of course there were bad times too. |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-05 01:02 AM Response to Reply #198 |
202. I won't argue with you there. |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-05 12:42 AM Response to Reply #167 |
199. Quadrophenia is THE.BEST.ALBUM.EVER!!! |
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ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 11:38 AM Response to Reply #1 |
48. And, additionally, look who put all these precautions and restrictions |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 11:44 AM Response to Reply #48 |
54. Exactly. |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
2. Ah yes, romanticizing the good old days. |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 10:54 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Yep-I got this email too. |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 10:57 AM Response to Reply #6 |
11. I say, if you're so in love with the 50s, |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 11:01 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Now THAT |
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Enraged_Ape (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 05:55 PM Response to Reply #11 |
147. Let's bring back the salary structure too |
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catzies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 12:10 PM Response to Reply #6 |
64. Me too. Knew before I finished reading it where it was going. Sheesh. |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 12:26 PM Response to Reply #64 |
74. I've seen articles |
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getmeouttahere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 10:56 AM Response to Reply #2 |
9. But people also forget that.... |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 11:01 AM Response to Reply #9 |
16. Amen. And what a struggle it was. |
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getmeouttahere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 11:06 AM Response to Reply #16 |
24. Excellent, Trotsky.... |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 11:03 AM Response to Reply #2 |
19. i dont know sems like repugs are pretty hip on this too n/t |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 06:54 PM Response to Reply #2 |
156. Really? My thoughts on it all. |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 08:59 PM Response to Reply #156 |
170. "WE" had freedom? |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 09:29 PM Response to Reply #170 |
178. True enough, but |
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ewagner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
3. Amazing isn't it...... |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 10:56 AM Response to Reply #3 |
10. well |
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ewagner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 11:16 AM Response to Reply #10 |
27. You're right about more freedoms |
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getmeouttahere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 12:10 PM Response to Reply #27 |
63. Exactly, ewagner.... |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 03:59 PM Response to Reply #10 |
130. More innocent? Sounds like more ignorant. |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 06:45 PM Response to Reply #130 |
153. well sometimes ignorance |
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bowens43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
4. This is a lot like another post of yours.... |
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progressivebydesign (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 12:05 PM Response to Reply #4 |
60. I was thinking the same thing... I'm thinking of the smoking thread n/t |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 07:07 PM Response to Reply #60 |
161. And the sunscreen thread |
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Hong Kong Cavalier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 12:12 PM Response to Reply #4 |
67. It's apparent to me |
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NewWaveChick1981 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
5. Yeah. |
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LiberalEsto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
7. One word |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 10:58 AM Response to Reply #7 |
14. Thanks. |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 11:29 AM Response to Reply #7 |
41. another word |
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Individualist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 11:53 AM Response to Reply #7 |
58. DDT |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 12:40 PM Response to Reply #7 |
78. Mercury |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
8. I fell off my bike a lot |
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Ravenseye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 11:21 AM Response to Reply #8 |
31. One of my best friends died from falling off her bike |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 02:44 PM Response to Reply #31 |
113. Good point |
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Lugnut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 11:29 AM Response to Reply #8 |
40. And... |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 01:17 PM Response to Reply #40 |
95. Why not PREPARE them for failure... |
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DemExpat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 01:05 PM Response to Reply #8 |
91. Yes, and I enjoy living here in the land of bicycles where people |
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minerva50 (229 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
12. I had a retarded aunt |
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Wilber_Stool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
13. Your right |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
17. Sounds like something I read from a Garrison Keillor book |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 04:09 PM Response to Reply #17 |
132. Garrison Keillor wouldn't be stupid enough... |
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unsavedtrash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
18. No era was perfect but I very much liked this post |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 11:06 AM Response to Reply #18 |
22. i was using bottle water myself, and i was the one serving |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 11:03 AM Response to Original message |
20. Learned a new word today: "Glurge" |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 11:28 AM Response to Reply #20 |
39. I remember sitting in the front of a pickup truck |
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latebloomer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 06:59 PM Response to Reply #39 |
157. ugh, I remember that too! |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 11:42 AM Response to Reply #20 |
51. "Down with gov regulation" |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 11:03 AM Response to Original message |
21. Perhaps you could pen a similar message for all that DIDN'T survive |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 11:22 AM Response to Reply #21 |
32. Exactly. |
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SmokingJacket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
23. It was because of the kids that didn't survive those days... |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 11:16 AM Response to Reply #23 |
28. You are correct |
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undergroundpanther (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 11:25 AM Response to Reply #23 |
35. In the old days |
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Greybnk48 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
25. I bought cigarettes out of a machine at 9 years old!! |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 11:26 AM Response to Reply #25 |
36. Ahhhhhhhhhhh, yes. |
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Jo March (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 02:02 PM Response to Reply #25 |
106. The field right behind our house was regularly crop-dusted |
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latebloomer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 07:02 PM Response to Reply #25 |
159. "Kent with the miconite filter" |
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donsu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 11:12 AM Response to Original message |
26. well, my mother never smoked or drank |
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plcdude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 11:18 AM Response to Original message |
29. well simple is as |
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shrike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
30. I knew a woman who smoked and drank during her pregnancy |
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catzies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 03:08 PM Response to Reply #30 |
120. My mom smoked & drank too and I have the birth defects to prove it |
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Nay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 06:01 PM Response to Reply #120 |
149. My mom smoked like a chimney and my brother and I were both |
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bennywhale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
33. What a moist eyed, lip quivering read. RE: Used to side with the Law. Why |
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mindfulNJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
34. My favorite was |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 11:33 AM Response to Reply #34 |
45. Yeah |
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bunkerbuster1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 12:15 PM Response to Reply #34 |
70. And the jungle gyms set in concrete |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
37. We also lived during segregation... |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 12:02 PM Response to Reply #37 |
59. white male propoaganda reactionary BS! |
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earthboundmisfit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
38. But back then you couldn't tell anyone if things WEREN"T "perfect". |
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Ravenseye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
42. And the ones who died aren't here to read this message. |
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TrogL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
43. That's not how I remember the 50-60's. |
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tinrobot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
44. My best friend didn't survive the 70's. |
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maveric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 12:53 PM Response to Reply #44 |
84. I have many friends who didnt survive the 70's. The lowering of the legal |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
46. Yeah. If kids are bad at stuff, they need to be shown for the losers they |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
49. I was mulling why the tone of this spam is so annoying. |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 11:44 AM Response to Reply #49 |
53. Someone should write one about the generation that survived the Plague |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 12:14 PM Response to Reply #53 |
69. LMAO |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 12:17 PM Response to Reply #53 |
71. "Sure, people dropped dead in front of us... |
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latebloomer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 07:05 PM Response to Reply #71 |
160. LOL!! n/t |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-05 12:11 AM Response to Reply #53 |
195. LOL! |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 02:37 PM Response to Reply #49 |
110. exactly |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 02:55 PM Response to Reply #49 |
115. I've received similar spam from repugs |
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ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
50. Spam email from someone living the a past that only Republcans remember |
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progressivebydesign (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 12:06 PM Response to Reply #50 |
61. I don't see anywhere that SeaBeyond received this as an email.. |
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lukasahero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 12:12 PM Response to Reply #61 |
65. It's been around for a while |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 02:10 PM Response to Reply #65 |
107. I first read it at Datalounge (!) |
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lukasahero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 02:45 PM Response to Reply #107 |
114. Ooh I have a new word - thanks! |
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ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 03:06 PM Response to Reply #61 |
119. At the very least it is very similar to spam email I have seen over and ov |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 05:17 PM Response to Reply #61 |
142. i didnt write it, dont want credit for writing it |
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comsymp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 12:46 PM Response to Reply #50 |
80. That isn't really true |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 01:27 PM Response to Reply #80 |
100. I disagree on Seatbelts... |
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comsymp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 02:35 PM Response to Reply #100 |
109. Can't argue with that... |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 03:28 PM Response to Reply #109 |
125. That is an interesting thing though... |
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OnionPatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
55. Yes, I remember those days |
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Jose Diablo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
56. Uh, what's so good about the 40's-70's |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
57. 1950 Infant Mortality rate for Black children: 43% |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 12:12 PM Response to Reply #57 |
66. That's horrible! |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 12:19 PM Response to Reply #57 |
72. I never knew that. |
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foo_bar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 07:12 PM Response to Reply #57 |
162. that's 43 per 1000, not 43 per cent |
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Ms. Clio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 07:55 PM Response to Reply #57 |
165. Sorry, but I think you are reading the table incorrectly? |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 09:04 PM Response to Reply #165 |
171. Correct, for every 1000 Black babies born, 43% DIED before 1 yo |
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foo_bar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-05 07:30 AM Response to Reply #171 |
215. 4.3% (n/t) |
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lukasahero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
62. One correction: "Little League had tryouts" for boys |
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Logansquare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
68. Cueing Dana Carvey's old man |
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Hubert Flottz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
73. We were told at school that America belonged to all the people. |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 12:37 PM Response to Reply #73 |
76. The truth? |
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Hubert Flottz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 12:47 PM Response to Reply #76 |
81. It was a hell of a lot closer to the truth than what today's kids are |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 12:55 PM Response to Reply #81 |
85. I had no idea you would let your kids listen |
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Hubert Flottz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 01:02 PM Response to Reply #85 |
90. It must have been bad! |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 01:08 PM Response to Reply #90 |
92. Koolaid. |
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Hubert Flottz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 01:42 PM Response to Reply #92 |
104. I did! |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 01:56 PM Response to Reply #104 |
105. sigh... |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 04:36 PM Response to Reply #76 |
134. Left off the list: the KKK helped place "under god" in the pledge. |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 05:54 PM Response to Reply #134 |
146. Yes, and how SAD it is to |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-05 02:58 PM Response to Reply #146 |
219. SNORT! Good thing I wasn't drinking anything, "kool" or otherwise! |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 08:55 PM Response to Reply #134 |
168. The Knights of Columbus did that, not the KKK n/t |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-05 02:57 PM Response to Reply #168 |
218. Uh, you might want to look into that org's ties to the KKK. |
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Kathryn STone (229 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-05 01:01 AM Response to Reply #134 |
201. god that's so true |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-05 02:56 PM Response to Reply #201 |
217. Hey, welcome to DU! |
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Ms. Clio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
75. Why did you post this as if you wrote it yourself? |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 12:39 PM Response to Reply #75 |
77. I was going to ask |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 04:38 PM Response to Reply #75 |
135. The lack of attribution is odd. |
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Ms. Clio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 07:43 PM Response to Reply #135 |
163. I don't know, she hasn't answered my question |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 10:00 PM Response to Reply #163 |
180. Another odd |
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Ms. Clio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 10:11 PM Response to Reply #180 |
182. Perhaps some bad influences at work here |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 10:14 PM Response to Reply #182 |
183. BWAHAHAHA! |
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Ms. Clio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 10:54 PM Response to Reply #183 |
188. Yeah, those were the days, my friend, we thought they'd never end |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
79. I was a kid in the forties and a teenager in the fifties, |
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China_cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 12:49 PM Response to Reply #79 |
82. You missed one of the big reasons |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 12:59 PM Response to Reply #82 |
87. Also, a modest single family home was affordable and people |
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China_cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 05:02 PM Response to Reply #87 |
140. Well, not if you lived on a farm. |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 05:52 PM Response to Reply #140 |
145. Sounds like your farm was rather rich. |
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Jose Diablo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 02:43 PM Response to Reply #79 |
112. What you said dredged-up more memories of the 'good' old days |
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Walt Starr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
83. Ahhhh, nostalgia, the way things never were. |
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booksenkatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
86. Why is everything at DU so "either/or?" |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 01:01 PM Response to Reply #86 |
88. Sorry, some of us |
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booksenkatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 01:12 PM Response to Reply #88 |
94. I understand |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 01:20 PM Response to Reply #94 |
96. Kindness, |
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booksenkatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 01:25 PM Response to Reply #96 |
99. OK, now I don't understand |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 01:31 PM Response to Reply #99 |
103. Sorry, that's |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 04:50 PM Response to Reply #94 |
138. The problem is that this rw astroturf is DISHONEST. |
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booksenkatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 06:51 PM Response to Reply #138 |
154. Agree w/every word you wrote, Zhade |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 07:48 PM Response to Reply #154 |
164. I've always thought she was a good person. |
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Canadian Socialist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 09:23 PM Response to Reply #154 |
176. I don't think seabeyond meant anything by this post |
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gollygee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
89. We need a thread to the kids who *didn't* survive the 40s through the 70s |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
93. Well, I lived through them too, and although there has been progress |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 01:24 PM Response to Reply #93 |
98. Uh, |
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gollygee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 01:28 PM Response to Reply #93 |
101. 1) lead paint flakes off house and onto ground 2) lead gets in groundwater |
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TrogL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-05 03:51 AM Response to Reply #93 |
214. We have to deal with you after you've gone through the windshield |
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Goldmund (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
97. I'm not going to get into the bigger discussion, |
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comsymp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 03:00 PM Response to Reply #97 |
117. Speaking of which... |
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Goldmund (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 03:03 PM Response to Reply #117 |
118. It's a great example |
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bpilgrim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
102. WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING! - even on the streets of PHILLY |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
108. Post hoc, ergo propter hoc. |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
111. There is a reason |
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Just Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
116. *LOL* How DID we do it? Survive all that? |
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DTinAZ (325 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
121. Libertarian crap |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
122. Shove these rightwing talking points where the sun don't shine... |
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Zing Zing Zingbah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
123. If I had a bike I would still ride it without a helmet. |
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DTinAZ (325 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 03:25 PM Response to Reply #123 |
124. it's not knowing how... |
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Zing Zing Zingbah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 03:44 PM Response to Reply #124 |
126. Like I said... I know how to ride a bike |
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DTinAZ (325 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 03:54 PM Response to Reply #126 |
129. aw c'mon... |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 04:57 PM Response to Reply #126 |
139. Uh, that's pretty unconvincing. |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 03:46 PM Response to Reply #123 |
128. I knew somebody who thought like that |
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OldLeftieLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
127. No, it makes me - a Baby Boomer - want to stop you |
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AnnInLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
131. We played kick-the-can outside at dusk all over the neighborhood, |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
133. i read this about a year ago and loved it, had forgotten about it |
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DTinAZ (325 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 04:48 PM Response to Reply #133 |
137. a comment/attribution would have helped |
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Gloria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 04:47 PM Response to Original message |
136. We also survived cow milk with Strontium 90 in it.... |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
141. And don't forget Superelasticbubbleplastic |
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bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
148. More mercury and PCBs for everybody - yea! |
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VOX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
150. Googled this, it's on G. Gordon Liddy's site for starters... |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 06:51 PM Response to Reply #150 |
155. Good catch... |
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Catchawave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 06:08 PM Response to Original message |
151. I don't miss the physical and emotional abuse ! |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 06:12 PM Response to Reply #151 |
152. One of my best friends used to tell me |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
158. We're goin' back to the Shadows again ! |
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Burma Jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 08:07 PM Response to Original message |
166. Yeah, so you use this as an excuse to do things you shouldn't |
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Ksec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 08:56 PM Response to Original message |
169. ah memories |
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johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 09:07 PM Response to Original message |
172. I survived since 57, and I can tell you that the reason we have |
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WI Independent (156 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 10:49 PM Response to Reply #172 |
187. I think we've become too informed... |
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bpilgrim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 11:52 PM Response to Reply #172 |
193. we are obsessed with irrational FEAR promoted by CONSUMERISM |
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all.of.me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 09:11 PM Response to Original message |
173. i think the point of this is that we live in fear |
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cajones_II (149 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 09:18 PM Response to Reply #173 |
174. not really |
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all.of.me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 09:28 PM Response to Reply #174 |
177. i didn't read that very last part |
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NorthernSpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 09:21 PM Response to Original message |
175. how about an ode to above-ground nuke testing? |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 10:04 PM Response to Reply #175 |
181. My favorite apple |
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chknltl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 10:24 PM Response to Reply #175 |
184. above ground nuke testing is still here...yet the band plays on! |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 10:30 PM Response to Reply #184 |
185. Wow. |
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chknltl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 10:39 PM Response to Reply #185 |
186. Question.... |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 11:22 PM Response to Reply #186 |
191. Are you talking about depleted uranium? |
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chknltl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 11:36 PM Response to Reply #191 |
192. I live up to my namesake... |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-05 12:04 AM Response to Reply #192 |
194. GD is not a good forum for topics |
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donsu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-05 01:19 PM Response to Reply #175 |
216. nostalgia, romance, are constructs |
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Demonaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-05 11:02 PM Response to Original message |
189. Thanks, I grew up in that era and I did all you described |
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REP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-05 12:29 AM Response to Original message |
197. WHO CAN I SUE????!!!!! |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-05 12:50 AM Response to Original message |
200. Reich Wing propaganda... |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-05 01:44 AM Response to Reply #200 |
203. Swamp, you da man! |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-05 02:08 AM Response to Reply #203 |
204. Dank u |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-05 02:15 AM Response to Reply #204 |
205. You do all that with a pared down version? |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-05 02:29 AM Response to Reply #205 |
208. That's a GREAT idea! |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-05 02:31 AM Response to Reply #208 |
209. Wouldn't that be a coup? |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-05 02:22 AM Response to Reply #204 |
206. Off topic but did you catch this: |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-05 02:36 AM Response to Reply #206 |
210. I just posted this to that thread: |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-05 02:51 AM Response to Reply #210 |
212. I just posted |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-05 02:55 AM Response to Reply #212 |
213. Boa noite! |
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MisterP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-05 02:25 AM Response to Reply #204 |
207. always good advice, that |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-05 02:38 AM Response to Reply #207 |
211. Thanks |
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