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I was 12 in 1976, perfect age to enjoy the celebrations everywhere. My old man was a schoolteacher so we spent summers camping and traveling with a pop up camper. We went there, into Boston, D.C. , Gettysburg, and countless other battlefields and Indian mounds type places.
It was glorious.
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Plinsc wrote: Mon Nov 20, 2023 4:59 pm I was 12 in 1976, perfect age to enjoy the celebrations everywhere. My old man was a schoolteacher so we spent summers camping and traveling with a pop up camper. We went there, into Boston, D.C. , Gettysburg, and countless other battlefields and Indian mounds type places.
It was glorious.
In what year were you born? If you don't mind my asking.
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1964
Just a hill William with a BS in Appalachian Engineering
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Citizen B wrote: Mon Nov 20, 2023 5:13 pm
Plinsc wrote: Mon Nov 20, 2023 4:59 pm I was 12 in 1976, perfect age to enjoy the celebrations everywhere. My old man was a schoolteacher so we spent summers camping and traveling with a pop up camper. We went there, into Boston, D.C. , Gettysburg, and countless other battlefields and Indian mounds type places.
It was glorious.
In what year were you born? If you don't mind my asking.
Reminds me of the old logic questions on math tests... If Jimmy was 12 in 1976 what year was he born...
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Mr Beardsley wrote: Mon Nov 20, 2023 5:26 pm
Citizen B wrote: Mon Nov 20, 2023 5:13 pm
Plinsc wrote: Mon Nov 20, 2023 4:59 pm I was 12 in 1976, perfect age to enjoy the celebrations everywhere. My old man was a schoolteacher so we spent summers camping and traveling with a pop up camper. We went there, into Boston, D.C. , Gettysburg, and countless other battlefields and Indian mounds type places.
It was glorious.
In what year were you born? If you don't mind my asking.
Reminds me of the old logic questions on math tests... If Jimmy was 12 in 1976 what year was he born...
42
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Piping Abe wrote: Mon Nov 20, 2023 5:38 pm
Mr Beardsley wrote: Mon Nov 20, 2023 5:26 pm
Citizen B wrote: Mon Nov 20, 2023 5:13 pm

In what year were you born? If you don't mind my asking.
Reminds me of the old logic questions on math tests... If Jimmy was 12 in 1976 what year was he born...
42
No, man. If this guy was born in 1964 he is older than 42. That lame duck LBJ was president.
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Citizen B wrote: Mon Nov 20, 2023 8:25 pm
Piping Abe wrote: Mon Nov 20, 2023 5:38 pm
Mr Beardsley wrote: Mon Nov 20, 2023 5:26 pm

Reminds me of the old logic questions on math tests... If Jimmy was 12 in 1976 what year was he born...
42
No, man. If this guy was born in 1964 he is older than 42. That lame duck LBJ was president.
What is North Dakota?
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Piping Abe wrote: Mon Nov 20, 2023 8:52 pm
Citizen B wrote: Mon Nov 20, 2023 8:25 pm
Piping Abe wrote: Mon Nov 20, 2023 5:38 pm

42
No, man. If this guy was born in 1964 he is older than 42. That lame duck LBJ was president.
What is North Dakota?
It's not Texas, I will tell you that.
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Plinsc wrote: Mon Nov 20, 2023 5:15 pm1964
You should have posted your first thought. :lol:
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Tsal wrote: Mon Nov 20, 2023 1:08 pm
Ronv69 wrote: Mon Nov 20, 2023 12:26 pm
Tsal wrote: Mon Nov 20, 2023 5:59 am

Houston is country compared to Jersey. :lol:
When was the last time you were there?
07-08 I think. Why?
It's completely changed. You wouldn't recognize it. The built-up area has expanded 25 miles in every direction and hundreds of huge apartment complexes have been built. The area where we moved, Humble, in 2005, was at the end of a dead end road with woods all the way to the nearest major road. 2 miles and the traffic was not too bad. We were 35 miles from the center of Houston and about 10 miles from the edge of the heavily populated area. When we moved in 2020, we were surrounded by subdivisions and the traffic was terrible. It took 30 minutes to go the 2 miles to the main road, which was 8 lanes that were usually stopped except for when everyone was racing. There was a fatal accident at least twice a week within 5 miles of our house. On my recent visit, the heavily populated area was 20 miles past our house. Plus, the government has completely gone off the rails and home invasions happened daily. Imagine the population of NJ in one huge, sprawling city.
God and Texas!
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