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H2O Man

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8. That was such

Reply to UTUSN (Reply #7)

Sat Jul 26, 2025, 01:45 AM

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a strange era. One of my clearest memories is from the night Nixon resigned. I remember thinking this country would never have such a horrible character in the White House. Little did I know what was to follow.

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