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electric_blue68

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10. Ty, the earlier part was somwhat before my time but close enough to have seen the phrase...

Reply to moniss (Reply #6)

Tue Sep 10, 2024, 05:11 PM

Sep 2024

And, oh, did I love my '60s buttons
Still have some, cultural, and political.

One of my uncles even gave me a small Kennedy button. Had to be for JFK.

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People have mostly forgotten moniss Sep 2024 #2

I'd never heard of this, so I looked it up. Is this a reference to the TV movie from 1971? LauraInLA Sep 2024 #4

No the phrase was a famous moniss Sep 2024 #6

Oh, wow! I had no idea. Thanks for the culture lesson ;). LauraInLA Sep 2024 #7

Let the culture lesson continue. Igel Sep 2024 #13

Spindling moniss Sep 2024 #15

Ty, the earlier part was somwhat before my time but close enough to have seen the phrase... electric_blue68 Sep 2024 #10

"I am your class schedule"..LOL LeftInTX Sep 2024 #11

What does it do for those for whom English is a second language and/or poor fluency? hlthe2b Sep 2024 #3

It was a famous cultural phrase from the beginning of the IBM moniss Sep 2024 #5

It probably does OK because poor fluency/ESL is more global. LeftInTX Sep 2024 #8

"Southern accent" bias. Igel Sep 2024 #14

I agree. It isn't the correct term. OldBaldy1701E Sep 2024 #12