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    From Daryl Stout@1:19/33 to JOE MACKEY on Wed Jan 29 09:02:00 2020
    Joe,

    I liked the comment about people forgetting their history. Too many
    people (young and older) think if something happened before they were born JM>has no meaning.... ==sigh==

    Or some smart-aleck who says they were there, when they're obviously
    lying.

    Arm chair historian Joe

    Studying the history of arm chairs?? Interesting. <g,d,r,>

    Daryl


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  • From JOE MACKEY@1:123/140 to DARYL STOUT on Thu Feb 13 06:48:40 2020
    Daryl wrote --

    Arm chair historian Joe

    Studying the history of arm chairs?? Interesting. <g,d,r,>

    A long neglected area of study.
    Joe
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  • From Daryl Stout@1:19/33 to JOE MACKEY on Thu Feb 13 13:10:00 2020
    Joe,

    Arm chair historian Joe

    Studying the history of arm chairs?? Interesting. <g,d,r,>

    A long neglected area of study.

    And, the perfect man for the job. <G>

    Daryl


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  • From JOE MACKEY@1:123/140 to DARYL STOUT on Sat Feb 15 06:43:04 2020
    Daryl wrote

    Studying the history of arm chairs?? Interesting. <g,d,r,>

    A long neglected area of study.

    And, the perfect man for the job. <G>

    Did you know, for examples, that chairs were once highly valued and
    rather rare?
    Until around the 18th C most common people sat on three legged stools or benches? Only someone of great importance sat on a chair, with arms. Thus
    the name "chairman" for the leader of a committee, etc. While he sat in a chair others stood or were on be
    Joe (who is full of useless information, or something)

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  • From Daryl Stout@1:19/33 to JOE MACKEY on Sat Feb 15 19:39:00 2020
    Joe,

    Joe (who is full of useless information, or something)

    I'm going to be a GOOD echo participant, and not make a snide remark...because discretion is the better part of valor. <G>

    Daryl


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  • From JOE MACKEY@1:123/140 to DARYL STOUT on Mon Feb 17 05:51:54 2020
    Daryl wrote --

    Joe (who is full of useless information, or something)

    I'm going to be a GOOD echo participant, and not make a snide remark...because discretion is the better part of valor. <G>

    LOL.
    Joe

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  • From Daryl Stout@1:19/33 to JOE MACKEY on Mon Feb 17 17:21:00 2020
    Joe,

    Joe (who is full of useless information, or something)

    I'm going to be a GOOD echo participant, and not make a snide
    remark...because discretion is the better part of valor. <G>

    LOL.

    Comedy Relief does it again. <G>

    Daryl


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