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Baby Boomers

dixiegrrrrl

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45. I think I know but I want others to have a chance...

Reply to Sparky 1 (Reply #44)

Mon May 20, 2013, 07:44 AM

May 2013

so will check back later.
I remember it because it too became a family saying.

I barely remember seeing Durante on 1950's tv....but I did not like him..something about him was off-putting.
Now I realize there was so much history before television for guys like him.

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Who is up for....Boomer Trivia Pursuit! [View all] dixiegrrrrl Mar 2012 OP

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Correct-o-next trivia question is up to you, now. dixiegrrrrl Mar 2012 #2

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uhhh...Colgate??? dixiegrrrrl Apr 2012 #12

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ahhhhhh...THEM I know. dixiegrrrrl Aug 2012 #32

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wow...you picked the time period I had no tv... dixiegrrrrl Sep 2012 #35

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I didn't even have to look - Timex it is ConcernedCanuk Mar 2013 #38

Post a trivia question of your own, now.... dixiegrrrrl Mar 2013 #39

In this thread of yours? or start another one ? ConcernedCanuk Mar 2013 #40

Why don't we start another one, since this is old. dixiegrrrrl Mar 2013 #41

Another question . . . Sparky 1 May 2013 #44

I think I know but I want others to have a chance... dixiegrrrrl May 2013 #45

!. .don't open if you want to guess annabanana May 2013 #47

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Close enough! ConcernedCanuk Jun 2013 #52

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