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When you go back do you visit the old home place ?
Talked to my older brother on Thanksgiving , he always mentions when you come visit we'll go see all the families old places . Trip down memory lane .
Did it for years - big fields we played ball in sure did shrink .
PRESIDENT TRUMP 2024/2028 !!!!!!!!!!
Posted by Bristoe The people wringing their hands over Trump's rhetoric don't know what time it is in America.
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Haven't been to where I was raised since the late 80's.
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I have gone every couple of years, usually for some family function or another. Really as much obligation as anything. Learned very early "you can't ever go home".
Sic Semper Tyrannis
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Campfire 'Bwana
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Have no reason to go back to West PA....
my brother '223' died 2 yrs ago.........
Other family were long gone before that
T R U M P W O N !
U L T R A M A G A !
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Oh yeah.
All the hills in the neighborhood seem smaller. Distances between buddies homes seem shorter. Many of the wood lots where we rode bikes, motorcycles, snuck cigs and beer, girls etc....have been developed.
Many things have changed. Many haven’t.
Good memories.
“Life is life and fun is fun, but it's all so quiet when the goldfish die.”
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My trailer park is now a Kroger, I cut another kid’s throat with a hermit crab shell.
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When you go back do you visit the old home place ?
Talked to my older brother on Thanksgiving , he always mentions when you come visit we'll go see all the families old places . Trip down memory lane .
Did it for years - big fields we played ball in sure did shrink . Yep and Everything does look so much smaller.
The degree of my privacy is no business of yours.
What we've learned from history is that we haven't learned from it.
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Each time I return, I remember why I left.
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My parents still live where I “grew up”. I hunt there each weekend but 4days is the Max I can deal with being there. Nice ADK town but nothing I miss or can deal with for an extended amount of time.
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Left the Peoples Republic of Maryland in 1990. My father moved back there in ‘95 from Florida, so I had to visit the Eastern Shore occasionally over the years, then countless times last year as he declined and then died this Spring. Most of his business is over, so hopefully I can keep to my plan of never crossing the line into that Leftist Nirvana again.
As they say, a great place to be from.....
What fresh Hell is this?
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Each time I return, I remember why I left. Bingo
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My wife escaped the family farm/ranch when she went to college. She's never had regrets.
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In the immortal words of a great band....
The poolhall I loved as a kid is now a 7-11.
�Politicians are the lowest form of life on earth. Liberal Democrats are the lowest form of politician.� �General George S. Patton, Jr.
--------------------------------------------------------- ~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~
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Social distortion...
Story of my life Well, high school seemed like such a blur I didn't have much interest in sports or school elections And in class I dreamed all day About a rock 'n' roll weekend And the girl in the front of the room So close yet so far, you know she never seemed to notice That this silly school-boy crush wasn't just pretend Life goes by so fast You only want to do what you think is right Close your eyes and then it's past Story of my life Story of my life Story of my life The story of my life And I went down to my old neighborhood The faces have all changed, there's no one there left to talk to And the pool hall I loved as a kid Is now a Seven Eleven And I went downtown to look for a job I had no training, no experience to speak of And I looked at the holes in my jeans And turned and headed back Life goes by so fast You only wanna do what you think is right Close your eyes and it's past Story of my life Story of my life Story of my life Story of my life And good times come and good times go I only wish the good times would last a little longer And I think about the good times we had And why they had to end So I sit at the edge of my bed I strum my guitar and I sing an outlaw love song Thinkin' 'bout what you're doin' now And when you're comin' back Life goes by so fast You only wanna do what you think is right Close your eyes and it's past Story of my life
�Politicians are the lowest form of life on earth. Liberal Democrats are the lowest form of politician.� �General George S. Patton, Jr.
--------------------------------------------------------- ~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~
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That's a ghey band....err "group"
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Left MI in 91 when I went in the military. Wife wanted to move back in 2013 so our daughter can know our family, since my folks have had better days and it didn't look good at the time.
Been here 7 years, hated it and my parents are still alive. That's a good thing but bad for me. I could have spent more time in AK.
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The ranch is now a subdivision.
Son of a liberal: " What did you do in the War On Terror, Daddy?"
Liberal father: " I fought the Americans, along with all the other liberals."
MOLON LABE
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You can't go home. It no longer exists. I do get back to the town I grew up in every few years. I used to know everyone. Now, maybe 5% on a good day.
Broncos are officially the worst team in the nation this year.
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Let's face it. The America we grew up in does not exist. It's gone.
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Yes, and the old woodchuck fields are all subdivisions now. A bit sad.
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