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What Year Would You Return to for a Vacation (or forever if you choose)
Self | July 9, 2012 | Madison10

Posted on 07/09/2012 7:04:08 AM PDT by madison10

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To: Chuzzlewit

plastic army pen = plastic green army men (used in the sandbox)


21 posted on 07/09/2012 8:01:03 AM PDT by Chuzzlewit
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To: Chuzzlewit

All that was true for me too, except that my Dad died in December ‘63.

Half of those neighbor kids are dead now. It’s amazing, they just seem to be dropping like flies. If what I see happening to the kids that I grew up with, no one is going to have worry about sustaining SS, the baby boom generation that I grew up with are not living to collect it.

Another friend and neighbor from my childhood died on the the 4th of July at 62.


22 posted on 07/09/2012 8:03:50 AM PDT by Eva
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To: madison10

Anytime before Lyndon Johnson was President and the Feds began handing out welfare money at warp speed.


23 posted on 07/09/2012 8:05:18 AM PDT by abb ("What ISN'T in the news is often more important than what IS." Ed Biersmith, 1942 -)
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To: madison10

1984 or 90 AD in Asia Minor or one of Danial’s Magoi in or around 900 BC in Babelyn(sp?).


24 posted on 07/09/2012 8:06:49 AM PDT by US Navy Vet (Go Packers! Go Rockies! Go Boston Bruins! See, I'm "Diverse"!)
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To: pallis
I agree about the time period of the 50’s. I'm thinking 1957. Back to our house on Puget Sound. Green trees, blue water, and civility.
25 posted on 07/09/2012 8:07:41 AM PDT by Conservative4Ever (The Obamas = rude, crude and socially unacceptable)
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To: madison10

Can I bring any souvenirs back from my vacation?


26 posted on 07/09/2012 8:10:20 AM PDT by Fresh Wind ('People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook.' Richard M. Nixon)
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To: GenXteacher

In 1962 we had to deal with the Soviet Union who was installing SS-4 IRBMs in Cuba. It was a dangerous time.

Now the Soviet Union is on the ash heap of history.


27 posted on 07/09/2012 8:11:26 AM PDT by moonshot925
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To: Eva

sorry to hear about 1963 in terms of your father dying.

in terms of people dropping like flies, I guess it doesn’t get any better, so we’ll have to get used to it.

they’ve been running the Andy Griffith show non stop since he died.. that reminds me of my childhood, and I guess that is why the show resonates with our generation.

and Aunt Bea was an amazing, underrated actor and an amazing american role model in terms of that part.. her kindness and goodness was truly wonderful to watch.


28 posted on 07/09/2012 8:13:28 AM PDT by Chuzzlewit
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To: Red Badger
Wildwood NJ 1957 to be exact.
29 posted on 07/09/2012 8:15:42 AM PDT by SgtSki
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To: SgtSki

Anywhere, USA 1957 would be good.....................even New Jersey................


30 posted on 07/09/2012 8:17:40 AM PDT by Red Badger (Think logically. Act normally.................)
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To: madison10

Pre Roe vs. Wade and ten years prior to that when I could walk into any Catholic Mass and hear Latin spoken and sin mentioned in the Homily.


31 posted on 07/09/2012 8:20:10 AM PDT by steve86 (Acerbic by nature not nurture TM)
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To: madison10

1989 - Brisbane, Australia....

Made the mistake of scheduling too much time in Sydney and too little in Brisbane.

Cairnes was pretty nice too!


32 posted on 07/09/2012 8:22:01 AM PDT by G Larry (I'm under no obligation to be a passive victim!)
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To: madison10

"Willoughby. Next stop Willoughby."

33 posted on 07/09/2012 8:24:24 AM PDT by P.O.E. (Pray for America)
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To: madison10

I would not want to go back before indoor plumbing, but anywhere 1950-1970 would do.


34 posted on 07/09/2012 8:26:20 AM PDT by MrKatykelly
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To: madison10
1944 - Niagara Falls

Slowly I turned, step by step, inch by inch...

35 posted on 07/09/2012 8:26:48 AM PDT by FroggyTheGremlim ('Nancy Pelosi is a DINGBAT.' - Gov. Sarah Palin)
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To: madison10

I would go back to 1984 When it was “Morning in America” and one of my favorite songs came out that always made me swell with pride “God Bless the USA!”

Hell, I was hot, the chicks were hot and life was hot.

Today? Life’s great, the women are beautiful but the mood and tone of America is muted and it seems every damn person I know is getting a tattoo(why?).

I actually wouldn’t go back to anytime as I am generally looking forward and I really believe we’ll get past a Romney Presidency and find a real leader who can lead with conviction and lift our American spirit.


36 posted on 07/09/2012 8:29:54 AM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously, you won't live thnrough it anyway)
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To: Vendome

I consider a persons’ Stupidity Index directly proportional to the number of tattoos they have. Number of body piercings is an index multiplier.


37 posted on 07/09/2012 8:50:55 AM PDT by 98ZJ USMC
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To: madison10

6 years ago when I was 20 to kick myself in the a**..ruined 2 lives forever being stooopid.


38 posted on 07/09/2012 8:57:28 AM PDT by trailhkr1 (That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence - Christopher Hitchen)
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To: madison10

1927- I’d buy as much stock as I could, then sell it off at the end of 1928. Then short-sell stocks like Sears and Roebuck, Montgomery-Ward, United Aircraft, and Canada Dry Ginger Ale for November, 1929.


39 posted on 07/09/2012 8:58:33 AM PDT by MuttTheHoople (Obama doesnÂ’t have the work ethic to be Anti-Christ.)
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To: MuttTheHoople

Then I would’ve taken the money and invested in Canadian banks until 1932, when I would’ve pulled it out and invested into Coca-Cola. Then in 1980, I would take a good share of that and invest in Apple. In 1983, I’d put some money in World Com and then pull it out in 1999.


40 posted on 07/09/2012 9:07:46 AM PDT by MuttTheHoople (Obama doesnÂ’t have the work ethic to be Anti-Christ.)
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