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    Ray, Yesterday, my son, Mike, told me he and his...

    Ray, Yesterday, my son, Mike, told me he and his family had moved into their new home,,,,,in Henderson, Nevada. Mike, an RN, retired. His wife is a Nurse Practitioner and will work for awhile. They...
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    Lowell. Gaz, and many others,

    I didn't know how to do it!
    Peggy,s Birthday [[88) was in April, 2017.
    On July 10, Hospice was invited in. They brought in Clothing, Bedding, Medicine's and a special bed and a lot of special...
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    Eriedearie? John?

    Eriedearie was the best! With Peggy by my side, Eriedearie was a good cannon of aggression of everything I wrote. I could not do anything wrong. We just loved her!

    John and I had good...
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    Ray, For the pass three months , things had been...

    Ray, For the pass three months , things had been tough.
    We are now gargling and clearing our throats.
    That being done, my "Piano" needs an explanation: An ordinary piano has 88 keys. Guess how old...
  5. Thread: tucsondiva

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    tucsondiva

    Did you hear me singing, near Kolb and I-10?

    Tponetom.
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    Evanston? One half block, East of Connors, and...

    Evanston? One half block, East of Connors, and one block from Harper.

    Maybe Bob and Bev????

    Tell me a little more!
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    To Ray1936, Just another afterthought

    You made it to 80 and that is not easy.
    I got my Piano in November, '16, and that was not too tough.
    Chuckle, Chuckle
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    Just another Valentine

    A “Valentine,” To My Babe!


    Omar said,
    “A Book of Verses underneath the bough,
    A jug of wine, a loaf of bread--and Thou
    Beside me singing in the
    Wilderness--Oh, Wilderness were Paradise...
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    Bobi, Maof, Carolcb, et al: For the past...

    Bobi, Maof, Carolcb, et al:
    For the past year or so, my efforts to employ myself always require me to dig out my play name, tponetom, and the other thing followlng it. That other thing...
  10. WHAT! Another Valentine!!! [[The ladies like them)

    More Than A Valentine!


    I am not a John Alden. I do not need Hallmark to speak for me.
    I do consider myself a “noseless“ Cyrano


    My sentiments are never contrived. They come from my heart....
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    Paging Eriedearie? Perhaps? Tponetom.

    Have I been missing something, lately? Have I burned up the tread on my rubber wheels. True, I am exhausted. Peggy and I are challenging a "FREE FALL"

    But we are delighted to see/read you again....
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    Paging Lowell and Handball

    Lowell,


    I am struggling on my WW2, so I digress.
    However, you posted a reply on my “66” thread, that had me gurgling on my Reminisces of sorts.
    Sunday, Belle Isle. Peggy and our young uns...
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    One in a thousand, makes me smile! Tponetom

    Your Post On Dr Fenner, 2008
    Dear tponetom!


    Thank you for your wonderful story about how Detroit babies were born! It was all very entertaining but I was most delighted to read your words about...
  14. Thread: Paging Lowell

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    I am an anachronistic relic from the good old...

    I am an anachronistic relic from the good old days. Yes, that statement is redundant. The times that I remember, so vividly, took place during the years of 1935 through 1950, when Detroit was easily,...
  15. Thread: Paging Lowell

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    Paging Lowell

    I was going to write you, via the notification box, on another subject that I will do shortly.
    However, your reference to WWII really surprised me on a subject that has an incredible eternity to...
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    Christmas, 1940 Style, Tponetom

    Our memories are our treasures. Sharing them with others, only increases their value.
    Due to my dementia, [[short term memory loss) and worse still, my aphasia, [[inability to recall and verbalize...
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    Bobl, Kathleen and Gazhekwe, I could have...

    Bobl, Kathleen and Gazhekwe,

    I could have extended my mathematics equation? a little further. The "66" represents our Wedding Anniversary and "87" our age's. [[I am 5 months older.) We had gone...
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    "66" but it took 87 ??? Tpoonetom

    Tponetom, Performer, Out of the Closet!
    [[A Paid Professional?)
    “You can fool some of the people, all of the time”,,,etc.
    On April 14, I posted: “Paging Eriedearie, Tponetom.”

    Part of...
  19. Paging Gazhekwe, Kathleen, Bobi, Mikefminch, et al. Tponetom

    Just for the fun of it!

    Detroit Emanations, Tponetom.

    I am in a favorable position of invulnerability. I cannot be accused or...
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    It had been only recently that I had 'touched'...

    It had been only recently that I had 'touched' Sumas, and I knew that I was touching an Angel. Sorrow will be brief. The brightness of her will never fade.
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    Gazhekwe; I tried to respond to this post...

    Gazhekwe;
    I tried to respond to this post last week, but the 'Powers Who Be' seem to want to adorn me with another Title of,,, "Emeritus." [[I had to 'log in' again.)
    Oh! A woe is me....
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    It' valentine time!

    To all the Ladies:


    I know that some women are delighted to read my ‘mishy, mashie rhetoric.


    At the age of 86 and the encroaching aphasia, rattling my brain, I can only offer another...
  23. I bring with me, very few profound remarks. As...

    I bring with me, very few profound remarks. As my years accrue and my aphasia expands, I can only offer second-hand material. Brother Brenden [[as some of you may remember) was my mentor in High...
  24. Christmas? Early? Old? You should have been there! Tponetom

    Just a short foreword: It was a non-stop 24 hour parade for two weeks. For us kids, we even watched the horses pull their carts and execute their evacuations. Everything was magic It is...
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    Mon ami! I never met Jmike in the flesh. He...

    Mon ami! I never met Jmike in the flesh. He told me once that he preferred that nickname. Back in the year 2007, It took a handful of Forum members to encourage me to continue the schmaltz I...
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