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Sparkly

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15. My Dad was born in Miami
Fri Jun 13, 2025, 06:55 PM
Jun 2025

in 1916! We had two family reunions there among his siblings (there were six kids, orphaned) in the 1960s. It seemed like a magical place to me at the time, but even then, Dad said it used to be altogether different since it was mostly beaches and orchard groves when he grew up there.

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Charming magat SheltieLover Jun 2025 #1
Welcome to Florida! William769 Jun 2025 #2
No thx. SheltieLover Jun 2025 #3
Smart person. William769 Jun 2025 #4
I live there for a year on so in 1980. SheltieLover Jun 2025 #6
51 years for me. William769 Jun 2025 #8
I'm sorry SheltieLover Jun 2025 #9
It sure did! I lived there in the '70s Cha Jun 2025 #12
Good to hear Cha. William769 Jun 2025 #13
And, I wanted to mention that my Nephew & Wife Cha Jun 2025 #14
My Dad was born in Miami Sparkly Jun 2025 #15
Yes we have many changes but the politics changed in 1999. William769 Jun 2025 #16
I was shocked by 2000. Sparkly Jun 2025 #17
Assholes started flooding Florida William769 Jun 2025 #18
He seems nice, like he would chop off your hand for stealing a candy bar from the convenience store In It to Win It Jun 2025 #5
If he or underlings kills someone, wouldn't his statement prove premeditation? SheltieLover Jun 2025 #7
yes. William769 Jun 2025 #10
Ug .. SheltieLover Jun 2025 #11
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