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Dead Thread 2021 -- If you're reading this, it isn't you.

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French Rage said:
Dang. 1776, Truman, John Adams, The Great Bridge, The Path Between The Seas. Hard to pick a favorite.
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I think my two favorites were his first two, The Johnstown Flood and The Great Bridge.

IIRC, it seems like I mentioned my like of the The Johnstown Flood book on this board before and one of the posters had a relative or someone who was there at the time, or maybe grew up in Johnstown.
 
SJHovey said:
I think my two favorites were his first two, The Johnstown Flood and The Great Bridge.

IIRC, it seems like I mentioned my like of the The Johnstown Flood book on this board before and one of the posters had a relative or someone who was there at the time, or maybe grew up in Johnstown.
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My Mom is from Johnstown. She survived the "other" Johnstown flood (1936), which wiped out her father's business and threw their family into poverty which most remaining in the town have still not escaped from. But it was not as devastating as the 1889 one, which killed 2200 people including some of my older relatives. The only family killed in my mom's flood was her cat.

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Fun fact: of my mother's 10 full siblings only 4 lived to adulthood, but it was not considered particularly remarkable. Get your vaccinations, morons.
 
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Raymond Briggs, author of "The Snowman" and other children's books at 88.

The Snowman was made into a video and has been a Christmas staple in this household for 30 years. I think it's on YT. Just skip the David Bowie version.
 
joecct said:
The Snowman was made into a video and has been a Christmas staple in this household for 30 years. I think it's on YT. Just skip the David Bowie version.
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Anyone who watches the original and does not shed a tear should be put on the Watch List.
 
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