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When you could pick up a summer ball game but the sound was so chitty and the static was so bad you couldn't decipher who was playing.
Epstein didn't kill himself.
"Play Cinnamon Girl you Sonuvabitch!"
Biden didn't win the election.
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Remember pulling out the metal antenna? I remember a vinyl case they would have.
Faith and love of others knows no mileage nor bounds. That's simply the way it is. dogzapper
After the game is over, the king and the pawn go into the same box. Italian Proverb
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Remember the the little square Motorola radios about three times the size of a cigarette pack? My dad gave me one for Christmas when I was a kid. Made in Japan of course. The case was made of leather from the Japanese Ryukyu islands. When I listened to a ball game after bedtime, I had to turn the radio way down and put it on the bed next to my pillow. I could smell the leather, and the smell comes back to me just remembering it.
"Keep your mouth shut, work hard. Life is tough. Work through it.” -- Stetson Bennett, Quarterback, Georgia Bulldogs
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Remember Car 54 Where Are You?
That was the best show ever
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Remember Car 54 Where Are You?
That was the best show ever Yep, the red Torino with the white swoosh. Iconic.
Epstein didn't kill himself.
"Play Cinnamon Girl you Sonuvabitch!"
Biden didn't win the election.
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You didn't get the model with the one earplug for covert bedtime listening?
Let's Go Brandon! FJB
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Are there still ball games to listen to?
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Remember Car 54 Where Are You?
That was the best show ever Fred Gwynne (Herman Munster) and Ernest Borgnine "Ooh! Ooh! Ooh!".
Gunnery, gunnery, gunnery. Hit the target, all else is twaddle!
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Wally World has cheap ones for $7.00.
I used transisters for years sitting up a tree or on a windmill deer hunting with an ear plug to Cowboys or college football, etc. Freaking mule deer can hear it to 75 yards in cold weather with it turned real darn low.
Ecc 10:2 The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but that of a fool to the left.
A Nation which leaves God behind is soon left behind.
"The Lord never asked anyone to be a tax collector, lowyer, or Redskins fan".
I Dindo Nuffin
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Remember when they used to describe dîldoes in Family Circle magazine as neck massagers?
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And then some dumb ass like varmint guy would order one and carry it to work and massage his neck with it in front of the inmates?
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Remember when they used to describe dîldoes in Family Circle magazine as neck massagers? From that smile I'm guessing she's "wearing" one someplace we can't see.
The desert is a true treasure for him who seeks refuge from men and the evil of men. In it is contentment In it is death and all you seek (Quoted from "The Bleeding of the Stone" Ibrahim Al-Koni)
member of the cabal of dysfunctional squirrels?
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When you could pick up a summer ball game but the sound was so chitty and the static was so bad you couldn't decipher who was playing.
Still have one from the early '60s, same as new, still in the original box, too.
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I have a newer radio by the bed, I should check the battery.
These premises insured by a Sheltie in Training ,--- and Cooey.o "May the Good Lord take a likin' to you"
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During hunting season we would gather somewhere on the mountain at noon and eat lunch and listen to Paul Harvey.
Writing from the gateway to the great BluMtns in southeastern Washington.
Just remember, "You are the trailer park and I am the tornado". Beth Dutton, Yellowstone.
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A lot of what makes the old days so good, was we survived them.
These premises insured by a Sheltie in Training ,--- and Cooey.o "May the Good Lord take a likin' to you"
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And sometimes I don't now how.
Writing from the gateway to the great BluMtns in southeastern Washington.
Just remember, "You are the trailer park and I am the tornado". Beth Dutton, Yellowstone.
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A lot of what makes the old days so good, was we survived them. Yeah I don't know how We made it without them warning stickers all over our guns and stuff. I had the ole transister radios and the walkie talkies were hell of a lot of fun too.
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Just sent my 1987 GE Superadio II to the doctor. It failed after only 33 years. Or at least the AM band failed. Which is it's main job description. FM don't work in the mountains, and the old GE sucks in AM from Los Angeles to Seattle, Boise, Reno, Denver, Salt Lake, Spokane. Sure hope it's not a death sentence.
Well this is a fine pickle we're in, should'a listened to Joe McCarthy and George Orwell I guess.
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I have a radio shack transistor radio in my box of emergency supplies. Still use it on occasion. Kept it with me at work after 9/11 so I could hear all the crazy talk going on.
God Bless America
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