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pscot

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16. I'm a bit old

Reply to hermetic (Reply #15)

Sun Sep 15, 2024, 06:55 PM

Sep 2024

More than a bit, actually. These are a little dated but Thomas was a first rate writer and they hold up quite well. But I remember Harry Truman and $0.25 a gallon gasoline so they don't seem as anomolously historical as they might to a child of Gen-Z.

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