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Litchfield and Metropolis--can't (none / 0) (#8)
by oculus on Fri Jul 22, 2011 at 03:39:28 PM EST
be any further south in IL than that.  Two of my siblings went to SIU.  

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Lol, go Superman! (5.00 / 1) (#9)
by observed on Fri Jul 22, 2011 at 03:42:15 PM EST
I have a friend who has done ER shifts in Metropolis (and may still be doing so).
Several years ago, he saved the life of then Governor Fletcher of KY.  
He had the most outrageous stories about stupid people and how they landed in the ER.
For example, a 19 year old kid wanted to whiten his teeth, so he put chlorine bleach one them.
Problem solved---no more teeth!!

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Geez. What are they teaching (none / 0) (#10)
by jeffinalabama on Fri Jul 22, 2011 at 03:45:36 PM EST
in Chemistry classes nowadays? Anybody should know hydrochloric acid works better than bchlorine bleach.

snark warning... don't even THINK about drinking hydrochloric acid, even by mistake!

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My mother told a story which always stuck (none / 0) (#11)
by oculus on Fri Jul 22, 2011 at 03:45:40 PM EST
w/me.  Her father, who didn't work-alcoholic--didn't want her to go to college.  Her mother--who worked hard--gave her $150 as she waited for the bus to go to college on scholarship.  That was it as far as parental financial support.  

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This reminds me of something (none / 0) (#14)
by observed on Fri Jul 22, 2011 at 03:51:12 PM EST
related to Obama's cheery remarks about the Civil War and compromise.
While I lived there, I thought I learned that slavery existed in Southern Il and Southern IN AFTER the Civil War, for a few years.
Is this what Obama was talking about?

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When I spoke to my mother by phone (none / 0) (#17)
by oculus on Fri Jul 22, 2011 at 03:54:41 PM EST
just after MLK murder and mentioned a march in which my neighbor was participating, my mother sd., why should I march, I didn't kill him.  Surprised me a great deal as she never uttered racist thoughts or discriminated against people.  Not that she had much opportunity in our decidely non-diverse SE Iowa hometown.  

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My mother had a very racist (none / 0) (#20)
by observed on Fri Jul 22, 2011 at 04:02:31 PM EST
upbringing, but overcame that to a great degree. It is mostly in evidence in very odd things she will say about races: for example, she once said (uttering this as if it were a universally known truism) that Chinese people usually look older than their age compared to white people.
Silent head scratching is best at these moments.

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