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30 years ago, today, 1 year from now in the future

Posted by bbonb <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=bbonb' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 19, 2024, 11:14:18

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I recall sensing the windows shaking in a 9th floor conference room 180 miles south in Dallas. Having recently moved from SoCal, I thought it was an earthquake. It was not.

And now you know the rest of the story.

I finished the HBO documentary over lunch

Posted by Dilbert <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Dilbert' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 19, 2024, 15:23:13, in reply to "30 years ago, today, 1 year from now in the future "

Seemed timely.

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Today I read Christopher Hitchens' essay on the bombing

Posted by Potomac <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Potomac' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 19, 2024, 14:54:52, in reply to "30 years ago, today, 1 year from now in the future "

I miss that guy; what a writer he was.

In this case, the essay reminded me how ephemeral so many names are. Among the people Hitchens mentioned are Newt Gingrich, Janet Reno, Louis Freeh, Rush Limbaugh, David Duke, various other politicians, and even people from the OJ trial, which was going on at the same time he wrote.

YIL that he babysat Olivia Wilde when she was a kid

Posted by Sammich <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sammich' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 19, 2024, 15:03:21, in reply to "Today I read Christopher Hitchens' essay on the bombing"

and I have Bigfoot erotica to partially thank for that knowledge

my life is nothing I thought it should be and everything I was worried it would become

The memorial in OKC is quite good. I may attend the 30th.*

Posted by Potomac <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Potomac' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 19, 2024, 12:17:01, in reply to "30 years ago, today, 1 year from now in the future "

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Quite good. Really an impressive facility. Really heavy though. My kids made it about

Posted by LovetheChief <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=LovetheChief' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 19, 2024, 12:20:20, in reply to "The memorial in OKC is quite good. I may attend the 30th.*"

half way through and were like, this isn't fun.

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