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agingdem

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11. When I was a child , twice a year a sketchy carnival would show up

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Sat Jun 27, 2026, 09:13 AM

20 hrs ago

overnight in a parking lot… Ferris wheel, kiddie rides, cotton candy/hot dog kiosks…and within a week the whole set-up was gone…as a kid living in a small town this was a treat…in retrospect, the rides were death traps, the food toxic..and yet, this fly-by-night family run carnival was more professional and inviting than Trump’s everything-was-better-in-the-1950’s entertainment garbage…

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