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Gimli'sBox
Gondor
Dec 7 2011, 6:53pm
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9-11. I was pretty young, around 6-7 and I just remember
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my mom and dad watching tv at my grandparent's house talking about a plane that hit a big building. Also, how old were you at the time? In my family, the age seems to be about 6-11.
Seems like that's when most people have their first big news story. I wonder if that's when you really start listening to the bigger things going on around your little world of play and fun.
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Subject
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User
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Time
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What's the first big news story you remember?
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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Dec 7 2011, 3:08pm
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Eisenhower's re-election
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Annael
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Dec 7 2011, 3:35pm
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The first election I remember was LBJ
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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Dec 7 2011, 3:54pm
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Yep, Eisenhower!
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Alcarcalime
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Dec 8 2011, 2:07am
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I remember watching Eisenhauser on the tv
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silneldor
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Dec 8 2011, 2:36am
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Probably the first Gulf War
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Arwen's daughter
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Dec 7 2011, 4:33pm
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That's mine too
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acheron
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Dec 8 2011, 1:22am
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Yep, fellow 1982 baby here //
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Arwen's daughter
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Dec 8 2011, 7:09pm
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Kennedy--and not just from the news--
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Ethel Duath
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Dec 7 2011, 4:50pm
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I remember when they announced in our class...
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RosieLass
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Dec 7 2011, 7:11pm
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And what does it say about our Demographic here (or our interest
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Ethel Duath
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Dec 7 2011, 4:53pm
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Oops! I spoke way too soon . . . //
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Ethel Duath
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Dec 7 2011, 7:49pm
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Sputnik.
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dernwyn
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Dec 7 2011, 5:44pm
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I remember a few years later
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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Dec 7 2011, 10:02pm
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the 1969 moon landing
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Magpie
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Dec 8 2011, 12:17am
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I was in a motel outside of Denver.
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dernwyn
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Dec 8 2011, 3:31am
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You were?
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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Dec 8 2011, 3:45am
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we did that too!
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Annael
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Dec 8 2011, 3:48am
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Lunar phase...
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GAndyalf
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Dec 23 2011, 10:15pm
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Yep, me too, but a bit later in the day
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Ethel Duath
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Dec 10 2011, 12:14am
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My husband and kids went to Florida to watch the launch.
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Elizabeth
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Dec 8 2011, 7:01am
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I had a teacher in high school...
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Maiarmike
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Dec 10 2011, 1:49am
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The Erebus disaster.
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Ataahua
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Dec 7 2011, 6:36pm
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The death of Princess Diana
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Nightingale
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Dec 7 2011, 6:43pm
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Well, if some nice admin would change my accidental "Other" vote to "Watergate", I'll be all set.
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Alassėa Eruvande
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Dec 7 2011, 6:45pm
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I had a Jackie and Caroline paper doll set
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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Dec 7 2011, 10:07pm
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No nice admins around
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Ataahua
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Dec 7 2011, 10:35pm
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You'll have to do, I guess.
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Alassėa Eruvande
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Dec 8 2011, 12:09am
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9-11. I was pretty young, around 6-7 and I just remember
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Gimli'sBox
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Dec 7 2011, 6:53pm
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I was 8 going on 9,
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One Ringer
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Dec 14 2011, 3:03pm
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Watergate.
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RosieLass
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Dec 7 2011, 7:09pm
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Definitely the Challenger explosion
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taekotemple
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Dec 7 2011, 7:32pm
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It was early in 1986. I was taking a college freshman chemistry test.
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Alassėa Eruvande
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Dec 8 2011, 12:23am
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I remember that clearly too.
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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Dec 8 2011, 3:43am
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I was watching it live,
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Elizabeth
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Dec 8 2011, 6:57am
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1986
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GAndyalf
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Dec 23 2011, 10:24pm
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The Gary Powers U-2 incident
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Darkstone
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Dec 7 2011, 8:10pm
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Do you remember the paper doll
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dernwyn
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Dec 8 2011, 3:21am
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Oh, yeah!
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Darkstone
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Dec 8 2011, 2:23pm
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We were all so innocent
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dernwyn
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Dec 12 2011, 12:56am
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MS Estonia sinking in 1994
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Faenoriel
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Dec 7 2011, 8:38pm
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Pretty sure now the bodies were seen on the news.
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Faenoriel
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Dec 7 2011, 8:41pm
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The sinking I remember is the Edmund Fitzgerald
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Magpie
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Dec 8 2011, 12:24am
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The one I remember was the Thresher.
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Darkstone
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Dec 8 2011, 7:44pm
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I remember that! //
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Annael
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Dec 8 2011, 10:24pm
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Okay, READ before posting! LIP
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GAndyalf
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Dec 23 2011, 10:59pm
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I know what you mean about a local marine accident...
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GAndyalf
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Dec 23 2011, 10:50pm
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The murder of the athletes in the '72 Olympics made a big impression on me too.
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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Dec 7 2011, 10:01pm
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It was just before Watergate...
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GAndyalf
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Dec 23 2011, 11:04pm
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VE-Day.
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Elizabeth
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Dec 7 2011, 10:43pm
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JFK
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Magpie
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Dec 7 2011, 11:57pm
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Probably the Thredbo Landslide and the rescue of Stuart Diver
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Spencissimus
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Dec 8 2011, 12:31am
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Yes, I remember Thredbo.
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Ataahua
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Dec 8 2011, 3:36am
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Sputnik
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silneldor
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Dec 8 2011, 1:59am
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Well, someone may guess I am old!
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Alcarcalime
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Dec 8 2011, 2:04am
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This exercise does separate people by age, doesn't it?
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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Dec 8 2011, 3:48am
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Gotcha.
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Elizabeth
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Dec 8 2011, 6:54am
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I remember sitting in class and watching Challenger explode.
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Silverlode
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Dec 8 2011, 3:45am
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I was fascinated by the election of John Paul II as Pope even though I'm not Catholic
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zarabia
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Dec 8 2011, 9:10am
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I remember...
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Darkstone
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Dec 8 2011, 3:10pm
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That *would* be awsome. //
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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Dec 8 2011, 5:31pm
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I agree!
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Annael
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Dec 8 2011, 5:58pm
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Pope George Ringo:) Maybe one day that injustice will be remedied:)
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zarabia
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Dec 9 2011, 3:11am
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Some of you guys have lived through some pretty important stuff!
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Maiarmike
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Dec 8 2011, 12:27pm
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*creaky voice* why, I remember . . .
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Annael
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Dec 8 2011, 6:14pm
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Yup :-)
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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Dec 9 2011, 12:24pm
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I thought about this when my grandmother passed away last July...
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GAndyalf
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Dec 23 2011, 11:25pm
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9-11
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tolkiennerd
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Dec 8 2011, 5:42pm
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Oops..
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Donry
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Dec 9 2011, 4:21am
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Does a presidential election count as a big news story?
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Finding Frodo
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Dec 9 2011, 6:42am
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Sure, if it made an impression on you.
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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Dec 9 2011, 12:21pm
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You, too? Cool!
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Arandiel
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Dec 15 2011, 7:26pm
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Does the shooting of John Lennon count?
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greendragon
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Dec 9 2011, 7:11pm
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That's another event I remember clearly
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Magpie
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Dec 9 2011, 7:26pm
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Of course it counts! //
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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Dec 9 2011, 7:59pm
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I also remember Stevie Ray Vaughan's death.
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RosieLass
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Dec 9 2011, 11:39pm
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We sang "Imagine" in church this morning <3 //
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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Dec 11 2011, 7:11pm
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of course you did
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Annael
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Dec 11 2011, 9:13pm
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You know us all too well :-) //
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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Dec 12 2011, 3:25am
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born and raised in the briar patch! //
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Annael
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Dec 15 2011, 3:41pm
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Mods up!//
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GAndyalf
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Dec 23 2011, 11:31pm
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The children sang his "Happy Christmas"
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dernwyn
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Dec 12 2011, 12:53am
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i always loved that song!
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greendragon
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Dec 12 2011, 6:48am
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Me too!
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Marillė by the Sea
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Dec 14 2011, 10:37pm
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Blimey, you people are OLD!
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Faenoriel
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Dec 9 2011, 10:04pm
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I may be old.
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Darkstone
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Dec 9 2011, 10:08pm
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Or as my husband says:
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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Dec 9 2011, 10:43pm
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what fun is there in that?
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Magpie
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Dec 9 2011, 10:32pm
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I love it when young whipper snappers say that...
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silneldor
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Dec 9 2011, 11:04pm
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Eh? What's that you say? I can't hear you because I'm OLD!!
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Alassėa Eruvande
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Dec 9 2011, 11:11pm
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I hope people didn't get insulted
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Faenoriel
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Dec 9 2011, 11:33pm
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I can only speak for myself.
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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Dec 10 2011, 12:07am
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I thought it was funny, too.
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Magpie
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Dec 10 2011, 1:26am
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No, no Faenoriel
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silneldor
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Dec 10 2011, 3:52am
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Our obsession with youth is so silly
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zarabia
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Dec 11 2011, 6:08am
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It was a compliment until...
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GAndyalf
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Dec 23 2011, 11:36pm
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LOL! Old is just a state of mind. ;)
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Maiarmike
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Dec 10 2011, 1:47am
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I think I used to believe...
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Magpie
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Dec 10 2011, 3:17am
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Thank you.
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Maiarmike
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Dec 10 2011, 4:20am
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Or Roger and the boys...
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GAndyalf
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Dec 23 2011, 11:40pm
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I've lived 60 years, yes, but I'm not old yet!
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Annael
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Dec 10 2011, 3:33pm
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That's what was implied
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Faenoriel
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Dec 10 2011, 3:46pm
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You must be descended from Bullroarer Took:)
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zarabia
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Dec 11 2011, 6:34am
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one of my great-aunts
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Annael
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Dec 11 2011, 9:18pm
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Bullroarer?
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GAndyalf
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Dec 23 2011, 11:43pm
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Congratulations, you passed my little test to see if anyone would notice...you buying that???:P
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zarabia
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Dec 24 2011, 7:36am
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Of COURSE, gentle zarabia!
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GAndyalf
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Dec 24 2011, 9:07am
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As (apparently) the oldest person here,
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Elizabeth
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Dec 11 2011, 4:49am
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"I counted them all out and I counted them all back"
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Hengist
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Dec 10 2011, 12:02am
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Ah, you mean . . .
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Alcarcalime
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Dec 10 2011, 1:16am
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ah, a well known quotation!
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greendragon
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Dec 12 2011, 6:44am
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this historic event is not mentioned...
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willowing
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Dec 10 2011, 10:18am
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I picked other
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Rosie-with-the-ribbons
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Dec 10 2011, 1:07pm
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It seems like
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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Dec 10 2011, 5:10pm
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To be fair...
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GAndyalf
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Dec 23 2011, 11:50pm
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Watergate
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ByThorinsBeard
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Dec 11 2011, 10:52pm
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Kennedy assassination
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FantasyFan
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Dec 12 2011, 5:13pm
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Sputnik; Kennedy v. Nixon 1960 campaign; Berlin wall; Cuban missile crisis
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ElanorTX
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Dec 14 2011, 11:48am
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The Cuban missile crisis . . .
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Annael
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Dec 15 2011, 3:49pm
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Nice to see the Berlin Wall RAISED as opposed to falling make the list...
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GAndyalf
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Dec 23 2011, 11:53pm
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Princess Diana & 9/11
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Marillė by the Sea
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Dec 14 2011, 10:35pm
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I felt the same way about her not wearing a seatbelt and I'm a LOT older//
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GAndyalf
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Dec 23 2011, 11:56pm
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John Lennon's assassination...
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diedye
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Dec 15 2011, 7:11pm
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Fall of the Berlin Wall
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HappyHobbitess
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Dec 20 2011, 7:20pm
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My son remembers that because
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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Dec 24 2011, 1:43am
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Depends upon what is 'news'...
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GAndyalf
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Dec 23 2011, 10:01pm
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It is whatever you define it to be.
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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Dec 23 2011, 11:44pm
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I asked my Mum if I would be drafted...
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GAndyalf
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Dec 23 2011, 11:58pm
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You are a master of irony. //
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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Dec 24 2011, 12:12am
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Only when one faces a fear may it be defeated...
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GAndyalf
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Dec 24 2011, 12:16am
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The Watergate hearings interrupted
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Lothlorian
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Dec 26 2011, 10:29pm
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The JFK funeral interrupted Captain Kangaroo.
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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Dec 27 2011, 10:02am
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I was 11 when JFK was assassinated.
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grammaboodawg
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Dec 30 2011, 9:09pm
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A few years ago we found a time capsule in our house
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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Dec 30 2011, 10:08pm
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