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    Off-Topic The first album you remember buying

    Bob Dylan's, "Self Portrait" in 1970. I really liked it and was disappointed to later discover that many critics have said it was Dylan's worst. I still like it.
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    Off-Topic On This Day in 1875, Carolina Reopens: This Date in History

    What I remebered about Hardee's was that back in the day it was the preferred stop when dining out of town on a school or church trip. Armed with two quarters, you could get: (a) a burger, fries, and a Pepsi or (b) a burger and a milkshake. Two quarters would NOT get you a burger, fries, and...
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    Politics CURRENT EVENTS

    Link: Nukegate scandal - Wikipedia Riveting tale of how nuclear power thrives when building in a business friendly state like South Carolina.
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    Off-Topic On This Day in 1875, Carolina Reopens: This Date in History

    From your keyboard to the wish-fairy. But perhaps my thumbs are better described as fat and uncoordinated. Ah, wait, that's all of me.
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    Off-Topic On This Day in 1875, Carolina Reopens: This Date in History

    Loved your story. One of the additional benefits for me of knowing how to type was that it cut 2 or 3 weeks out of my AIT in the Army. I (slang for defacation) you not, Army instruction in typing was, for four hours straight, sitting at a teletype keyboad (all CAPS) with the instructor saying...
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    Off-Topic On This Day in 1875, Carolina Reopens: This Date in History

    Not really related, but I took a year long typing class as a sophmore in high school. I've not made many good decisions in my life, but that was definitely one of them. Before personal computers were a thing, knowing how to touch type, i.e., type without looking at the keyboard was nice, but...
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    Politics Is Trump dead?

    OK? I'm 71 and have been on blood thinners since 2008 and I, moments ago, confirmed with others to my arms don't look like I've been beaten with a bat.
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    Politics Is Trump dead?

    For all the trials and tribulations America has weathered from both foreign and domestic enemies, all it took was one compromised person, DJT, and one internet savvy enemy, Russia, to completely destroy America. And it happened on my watch. Damn, I absolutely suck at everything. The problem...
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    A ‘drink’ and a pack of 4-Corner Nabs

    1st Answer: I have no idea. 2nd Answer: To distinguish them from Ritz crackers, water bisquits, Tricuits, and biscuits.
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    Politics In my mid Life I was an actively engaged Christian

    Without belaboring the matter, I absolutely despise the commercialization that Christanity has undergone in my life.
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    Off-Topic On This Day in 1875, Carolina Reopens: This Date in History

    And New Orleans has never fully recovered. But then neither did Galveston. But Charlotte did from Hugo.
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    Off-Topic Travis and Taylor

    Little did we know when St. Donald of Mar-a-Lago was talking about those things during the 2024 campaign, they were campaign promises, not complaints about Biden.
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    Politics Trump to take over D.C. Policing | Chicago Next

    Apparently it wasn't a ham sandwich that was thrown at the morality police.
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    Off-Topic Travis and Taylor

    Of all the thread titles that I thought would have evolved into a serious discussison of major problems facing young adults in America, "Travis and Taylor" was pretty far down the list.
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    Politics CURRENT EVENTS

    How does this Lawler person find the time to be both a Member of Congress and star in the HBO series, "The Gilded Age" as George Russell? PICK A LANE!
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