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zarabia
Tol Eressea
Dec 11 2011, 6:08am
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Our obsession with youth is so silly
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But I remember when I was in Poland, a friend once called me Aged P (my real name starts with P). At first I was a bit hurt, thinking, "Middle-aged P, maybe, but not Aged P." But the tone in her voice as she saw me approach made it clear she was happy to see me and in no way intended to be hurtful. Plus, Aged P is a lovable character in Great Expectations, so I decided to take it as it was meant, a term of endearment. Now I'm actually fond of the name. I think we Americans are especially guilty of worrying about age; we could learn a lot from other cultures' attitudes about it.
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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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