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HeiressofBickworth

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8. When my brother called me from Australia

Reply to ghostsinthemachine (Original post)

Tue Dec 8, 2015, 11:42 PM

Dec 2015

I thought it was to wish me a happy birthday -- my birthday being the next day. No, no wishes for a happy birthday, just the question "has John Lennon really been shot?" I wasn't watching TV or listening to the radio so I didn't know. I turned on the TV and waited for the news. Sad times.

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