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My
Experiences |
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Adolescent
angst: Norm Macdonald's story; think about good instead |
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Apollo
11 as I watched it 50 years ago |
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Baccalaureate
Day 1965 photo of yours truly |
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Barber
finally sees me, after a yer of social distancing |
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Body
work required after tall truck doesn't see my car |
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Bright
indoor lighting overcomes winter darkness |
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Car-assembling
board game from 1954 |
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Car
is identical to someone else's car, including rare red color |
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Caroling
mannequins in Cambridge |
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Christmas:
a happy time, but so was the rest of the year |
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Christmas
1955: in front of the tree with my saxophone |
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Coffee
of the instant variety is good enough for me |
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Concerts
by popular performers? I've attended only three |
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Curling
my toes may help me maintain my balance? |
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Curling
up on the couch in front of the TV |
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Delivering
new cars in the 50s involves boats and planes |
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Doctor
is alarmed when I finally lose weight, but tests come back okay |
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Earnings
by year, charted over my lifetime |
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Falling
causes a brief gap in my memory |
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February
blizzards: a brief one in 2005, and avoiding 1979 |
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Feet
are outgrowing my shoes |
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Fictional
characters: who's most like me? |
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"Flair"
electric range is well-designed |
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Galion
Historian publishes my article on
Ohio tax stamps |
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Gathering
dandelions, asparagus, and hickory nuts |
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Geri
Thomas, who lives with me (according to mailing lists) |
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H.F.
Thomas introduces me to the electric razor |
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High
blood pressure declines in warmer weather? |
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Hot
beaches are not my ideal destination |
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Income-tax
forms |
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Indoors
is where I'll stay for 72 hours; it's cold out there! |
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Kids
are home? How terrible! |
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Lamb
and mutton: I used to like it, now I can't taste it |
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Lox
and bagels for me |
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Lex
Mayers Chevrolet advertises in 1961 |
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Mail
voting works, though I get letters for other Thomases |
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Mar-A-Lago:
did I visit before Donald Trump bought it? |
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Memory
for names fades as we age, says Ken Jennings |
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Mighty
Mouse inspired me as a young boy |
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Migraines
can disrupt my speech or give me an aura |
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Mr.
Potato Head |
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New
Year's 1959: watching the Rose Parade |
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Parakeet
is made happy, thereby making me happy |
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Peter
Pan on Disney's big screen: Too violent for six-year-old me? |
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Photographing
Grandma's house with a balky Polaroid |
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Pillbox
filling seems like a ceremony |
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Plymouth
Rock, 3½ centuries later |
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Police
chief's death and funeral processon are near my home |
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Rabbits
in my yard hang out by my car, watch me unload the trunk |
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Reader's
Digest for our 1958 vacation trip |
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Room
of my own, room for my theoretical wife, room for "guests" |
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Rubber
band replacement time |
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Shampoo
shield promises no more child's tears |
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Slicing
onions with a mandoline |
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Soda
or pop: our family didn't use either term |
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Spray-on
holiday "snow" brightens as the world outside dims |
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Texarkana
is more than a mile from Louisiana |
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"They"
know where I live, almost |
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Tommy
Thomas Orchestra in State Fair movie |
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Walking
may require a new method |
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Weather
affects my plans for when to eat lunner |
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Weight
now down to 170 pounds |