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70sEraVet

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17. A set of envyclopedias was BIG money back then.

Reply to Just_Vote_Dem (Reply #3)

Mon Apr 6, 2026, 08:24 PM

22 hrs ago

The ones I got for my family in early 80's came from a thrift store -- a couple of decades out of date and one or two volumes missing!
The kids didn't know that we had gone to the moon until they went to high school (just kidding on that)!
Your mom must have really sacrificed.

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