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WinterSkier t1_j6h0xw2 wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in My mom looking superfly in 1978 by [deleted]

My Step Dad hit a car that pulled out in front of him on a back road highway, he was going 55+. He survived, but it was bad. The front looked like an accordion. That was a different one he’d gotten himself that was very short lived. He’d been a Cadillac guy and went back to them afterwards.

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Glittering-Tutor4935 t1_j6h0gug wrote

Reply to Grandma, dad, and cat, 1970 by herlipssaidno

Siamese cats were a very popular breed of cats in the seventies when we had three. After a short while into my youth we only had one gradma and a step dad. Because of the step dad we no longer had 3 Siamese cats,two less dogs and I’m pretty sure at the time I turned 18 , it was the end of my place in the family.

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Front_Judge_5872 t1_j6gxokt wrote

Reply to comment by hipshotguppy in Buster Keaton, Roscoe Arbuckle, and Al St. John, 1918. Once his deadpan persona became established, Keaton avoided smiling in front of a camera. by L0st_in_the_Stars

Did you do some research? Are you sticking with that story? If “Hollywood” was protecting him it would have been during the first trial. If your story were true “Hollywood” would have written him off before a third trial.

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LittleWhiteBoots t1_j6gx3u5 wrote

Reply to Family of 'Dust Bowl' refugees reach a promised land (California) in the flight from drought, 1936 by eaglemaxie

I have a very similar photo of my great grandparents leaving Amarillo, TX in 1932, but they had mattresses and rugs tied to the top and front. My grandmother was 1 month old and made the trip from TX to SoCal in a dresser drawer in the back seat.

Our family lived and thrived in the Los Angeles area until just the last few years. With the cost of living and insane population growth, nearly all of us “kids” have moved away, either to Idaho or Northern California.

I cannot believe that 90 years ago, SoCal was the Promise Land.

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