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Corsets and Candy Cigarettes

Where are my old white corsets Right next to your candy cigarettes Hey! We didn't get today's edition of 'Grit' It's canceled. They use bad words now like 'Guck' and 'Spit' Oh, and I can't seem to find my orange Pez dispenser I threw it out. They've proved that Pez causes cancer By the way, have you seen the Sunday funnies They're a no-go, ever since they canceled 'Pogo' You know I've got two tickets for the Brooklyn Dodgers Ha, ha, ha! Even Sandy Koufax is just an old codger Then I'm going cruising in my new Studebaker --with that benchwarmer from the Minneapolis Lakers? Before I forget, don't throw away my bottle of royal blue ink Ball point pens been around since '38, sister, even in pink So you shan't think me old-fashioned, I just bought a brand-new TV! -Yeah, a nine-inch black-and-white with vacuum tubes that smile at me But I paid for it with five million Wheaties box tops! That's crazy... I think I'll start collecting used lemon drops...

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Date: 7/12/2022 8:00:00 AM
A FAV for me, Gershon. It brought back so many memories and you did it all in couplets with rhyme. You da man! Well written and informative my friend. Write On! I'm caught up! :-) Bill
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Gershon Wolf
Date: 7/12/2022 7:18:00 PM
Nostalgia works for me too, Bill. Thanks for the Fav! :) gw
Date: 7/6/2022 8:23:00 PM
Pez causes cancer, is that a thing. Lots of these plastics have warnings. Crazzzy!
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Date: 7/6/2022 10:31:00 AM
Your mind and your creativity never cease to amaze me, gw.
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Date: 7/6/2022 8:50:00 AM
God, all those baseball cards I did not save, and those comic books! -- oh well, they were a great engines for my bicycles, and I became a fairly good artist. Great read, Gershon!
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Gershon Wolf
Date: 7/12/2022 7:20:00 PM
Ha, ha, ha! I remember sticking b-b cards in the spokes of my bike. Probably blew a vast fortune doing so. C'est la vie!
Date: 7/6/2022 5:16:00 AM
ah, the good old days when a "starting pitcher was expected to "finish",,,,
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Gershon Wolf
Date: 7/12/2022 7:22:00 PM
to finish an an inning at least! lol
Date: 7/6/2022 2:19:00 AM
" Sandy Koufax " and "Wheaties" and "guck" - I am rapidly taken back to 1964 and I feel younger and younger.
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