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Old 06-22-2012, 08:11 AM
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45 years

45 years since the summer of love.

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Old 06-22-2012, 08:15 AM
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Old 06-22-2012, 09:50 AM
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Eighty-one, what do you expect?
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Old 06-22-2012, 10:07 AM
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Is that you in your Avatar Merrylander? Or is that some long forgotten New Deal wonk? lol
Im 49 I was 4 years old when Sgt Pepper came out...I do remember our red Ford Falcon stationwagon...my Mom actually could drive that thing even though it was a stick shift...
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Old 06-22-2012, 10:10 AM
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Is that you in your Avatar Merrylander? Or is that some long forgotten New Deal wonk? lol
Im 49 I was 4 years old when Sgt Pepper came out...I do remember our red Ford Falcon stationwagon...my Mom actually could drive that thing even though it was a stick shift...
Lester Bowles "Mike" Pearson, Prime Minister of Canada who instituted the Single Payer healthcare plan and 1957 Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.
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Old 06-22-2012, 10:43 AM
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Lester Bowles "Mike" Pearson, Prime Minister of Canada who instituted the Single Payer healthcare plan and 1957 Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.
Thanks! I knew it had to be a good guy!
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Old 06-22-2012, 11:36 AM
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Lester Bowles "Mike" Pearson, Prime Minister of Canada who instituted the Single Payer healthcare plan and 1957 Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.
Here's the real hero of the Canadian health care system, Rob. Maybe your next avatar?

John

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Old 06-22-2012, 12:00 PM
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Here's the real hero of the Canadian health care system, Rob. Maybe your next avatar?

John

John I used to bump into Mr. Douglas quite often in Ottawa, a real gentleman.
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Old 06-22-2012, 03:29 PM
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John I used to bump into Mr. Douglas quite often in Ottawa, a real gentleman.
I do like the coiffure!

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Old 06-22-2012, 10:32 AM
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I was three during the "Summer of Love".
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