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marble falls

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4. Yep. Same thing. It was still my "room" but other than the furniture, there was nothing mine in ...

Reply to Dave in VA (Reply #3)

Wed Dec 11, 2019, 04:29 PM

Dec 2019

there. Comics, too. Gone. I've been recovering ever since.

Actually my mom was all right. Thirty years later she admitted she may have acted a bit hastily when she found out how much money people my age would spend to buy back their childhood.

Sure wish I'd a held onto my '63 VW bus with the sunroof.

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July 19, 1960 [View all] kairos12 Dec 2019 OP

Didn't he once throw around 250 pitches in a game once? CaptYossarian Dec 2019 #1

He threw 227 pitches 02 July, 1962, but it took a whopping sixteen innings Brother Buzz Dec 2019 #10

Today, he'd make more than $35 mil/year. CaptYossarian Dec 2019 #11

The dude was a stud, pitching full games on a four day rotation Brother Buzz Dec 2019 #12

I was 11 and I had his card. My mother threw them all away. Still not quite over it ... marble falls Dec 2019 #2

You too? Dave in VA Dec 2019 #3

Yep. Same thing. It was still my "room" but other than the furniture, there was nothing mine in ... marble falls Dec 2019 #4

Sorry to hear that. At least there is some solace in that baseball cards have... brush Dec 2019 #5

My mother-in-law threw out murielm99 Dec 2019 #6

At least my mom finally got it, did his mom ever get it? marble falls Dec 2019 #7

Yes, she got it. murielm99 Dec 2019 #8

At least she did, love her anyways! marble falls Dec 2019 #9