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LeftInTX

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5. I think India invented chess

Reply to orangecrush (Reply #4)

Thu Apr 9, 2026, 09:29 AM

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I had a good Iranian friend. She lives in MA now. I met her in 1979. She didn't talk about Iran too much. She was a struggling fashion designer. She was homesick though.
We're both Armenian. Both looking for Armenian guys. We often compared Armenian customs.
Haven't seen her decades.

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