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Jilly_in_VA

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6. A lot of you "younger kids"

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sat Aug 23, 2025, 12:50 PM

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are missing out on this and on the context of the times. Sadly, it's starting to return now, courtesy of the orange slime. I guess it's up to us old folks (God, I never thought, back in the day, that I'd be the one telling the stories!) to keep the context and the history alive as long as we can!

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