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Yonnie3

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5. I have family in Blacksburg employed* at VT

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Reply #2)

Sat Feb 5, 2022, 09:24 AM

Feb 2022

They lost a friend in the mass 2007 shooting. They are always upset when things like this happen.

I declined VT's admission offer and went to UVa. I'm still wondering if I choose wrong.

* one just retired

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One dead, four injured after shooting at Blacksburg nightspot, police say [View all] Yonnie3 Feb 2022 OP

The Second Amendment is doing us all in. secondwind Feb 2022 #1

Of all the cities, too. I didn't go to VT, but tons of my coworkers did. Thanks. mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2022 #2

I have family in Blacksburg employed* at VT Yonnie3 Feb 2022 #5

That thought has crossed my mind too. mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2022 #6

We have had more than 1 mass shootings per day in 2022 Botany Feb 2022 #3

Too many guns + too much rage Wicked Blue Feb 2022 #4

Patrick Henry High School student killed in Blacksburg shooting, four injured; suspect taken into... mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2022 #7

Thanks for the update. n/t Yonnie3 Feb 2022 #8