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mdmc

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2. thanks for the post

Reply to Sparkly (Original post)

Tue Dec 31, 2024, 10:45 PM

Tuesday

Happy New Year

My first political event was in 1976 for local democrats in NY. My dad worked for planters peanuts and got a hard shell Mr. Peanut costume that he wore.

Good times

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