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Where were you born and what's your age?

13 years ago

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Hershey Pennsylvania - 49

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donnakt_gw
13 years ago
Owensboro, KY..76
mboston_gw
13 years ago
LaPlata, MD - moved to Florida when I was 15. Now I'm 61.
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I grew up in the 60's in LA. It was all about surfing & the war (protest songs & peace songs). The Beach Boys were huge. The Beattles came on the scene in '64 (I think?). 'Inagodadavida' was the huge underground song. In 1963, the Kingsmen recorded Louie Louie & we sang & danced to that song a million times. Protest songs were 'Eve of Destruction' & 'One Tin Soldier' &, of course, the BIG ONE...Arlo Gunthrie's 'Alice's Restaurant' (You can get anything you want...at Alice's Restaurant...) He still performs the song each year on Thanksgiving Day in Stockbridge, MA just like the song...in the Church. Jefferson Starship recorded 'Miracles'. Wolfman Jack, on KRLA, once played 'Miracles' over & over for 24 hours! Our dream cars were "pony cars" like the Pontiac GTO & a Chevy Camaro Z-28 with a 454. We all carried surfboards in our cars...sticking out the window or tied to the roof. We wore boots (Nancy Sinatra 'These Boots Are Made for Walking') & our skirts got shorter & shorter. Our hair got longer & longer. We used to iron our hair on the ironing board to make it completely straight. In the LA area, we cruised Pasadena Boulevard & Whittier Boulevard on Friday nights. Whiskey-A-Go-Go was the place to see & be seen. Eight-track tapes were THE thing to have in your car for tunes. Bonanza was huge (Sunday nights). Jackie Kennedy did her White House Tour & President Kennedy didn't watch it on TV 'because Bonanza was on! In the later part of the decade, we attended way too many funerals of our classmates who'd come home from 'Nam in a flag-covered coffin (25% of the boys in my graduating class). So, we cried together a lot. I graduated in '68...the year MLK was killed. So was Bobby Kennedy. I've always considered myself fortunate to have spent my teen years in the '60's on the beaches of southern CA. Until the "War" ruined our innocence it was an idealic time & place to be a teen. We entered the '70's a much more subdued crowd.
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My husband's mother had grown children....maybe even a grandchild or two, when she married his father, who had grandchildren...probably even great grandchildren, and after they got married, they had six children in six years. She was 38 when he was born....four more after him, and his dad was 68, and 72 when his last was born. The baby had spina bifida and died shortly after birth, and his mother died from breast cancer a couple of years later. I was almost 34....had no trouble getting pregnant and no morning sickness or complications during pregnancy and only gained 25 lb. Had a c section and was in the hospital for five days, and lost all but 7 when I got out. My mother, who was 42, also said she never had any nausea or other problems. My mother was 42 but probably looked older. She was thin and had premature gray hair. After I was born, in a Catholic hospital, by the way, she didn't see me for several hours. One of the sisters came into her room, which was a room with 4 beds, and said, "Have any of you had a baby and not seen it?" My mother said, "I haven't seen mine." The sister said, "Hmph!! No old woman like you has had a baby!" My mother said, "Well, I guess I ought to know if I had a baby or not!" I am quite sure my father was there, and he was a very over bearing type of person, and I can just imagine smoke coming out of his ears, because shortly, the mother superior came running into the room....my mother said her rosary or whatever she had hanging on her outfit (sorry, not Catholic...I don't know) "just a'jangling". She said, "Yes that is Mrs. Stout's baby.....give it to her right now!!"
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How far do you live from the place you were born?
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What an interesting question! My answer? about 1300 miles. Lars' and Jmms' comments are resonating -- thank goodness in the US we can pretty much live where we wish and do as we wish, because in other times and circumstances, that was not possible. My Mom/Grandma/Family were sent to an internment camp -- that was pretty far from where they had chosen to live and where my Mom was born. I don't have "grandma's china" or anything else -- if she had any in the first place, it was not useful enough to be dragged to a camp. They did choose to return to their home after the government allowed it (which was quite a bit after the war) and their home had been completely looted, so it was a start over from scratch. During the war, my Mom was sent even further away (2500 miles) for an opportunity to get out of the camp and get a high school/trade education...with no idea of if/when she'd be allowed back, or what would really happen to her (she was about 16 then). Sometimes circumstances push people to make tough choices. My Dad left his country of birth for better opportunities, and did the best he could; we moved a fair amount when I was a kid to pursue better opportunities for our family.
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Monday's child is fair of face. This is me but I don't agree :-). My face is okay but it leans a little too much into aging. It doesn't seem Fair. 😐 Also When I don't have migraines I work very hard so I act/feel more like a Saturday. Saturday's child works hard for a living. This is DH. He works very hard and it has worked very well for him. It helps that he is very good at what he does! Thursday's child has far to go. This is DS. He has learning and social challenges. Yes he has a long way to go. But he struggles through it. Tuesday's child is full of grace. This is DD. I agree. But she is such a hard worker like her father that she must have been born on both Tuesday and Saturday.
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smilin54
13 years ago
Owen Sound, Ontario Canada ... now 60, will be 61 in 22 days.
jae_tn2
13 years ago
Miami, Florida then 6 months later moved to East Tennessee.......67
golfergrrl
13 years ago
Boston, Ma
lindalou
13 years ago
Hanover, PA.....65 years young ;)
bengardening
13 years ago
Bismarck ND 60
Shortcake529
13 years ago
Richmond, Indiana and I'm in my mid 50's.
YogaLady1948
13 years ago
Denver,Co~~64
ivamae
13 years ago
Born outside of Parkhill, Ont, Canada- Now 82
whidbeykathy
13 years ago
Carol I also was born in the San Joaquin Valley, same town as Mark Spitz the Olympian, same hospital same year : )
Cherryfizz
13 years ago
Windsor, Ontario Canada and I will be 55 for a few more days.

Anne
marygailv
13 years ago
Duluth, Minnesota - grew up in Wisconsin, now in Indiana - 83
linda_in_iowa
13 years ago
Bakersfield, CA. I am a young 70.
mary52zn8tx
13 years ago
Sweetwater, Texas. I'm 59 and will be 60 later this month.
themommy1
13 years ago
Port Gamble Washington. 70
Georgysmom
13 years ago
Rockville Center,New York and I am 75.
Nita__AZ
13 years ago
Fitchburg, MA will be 67 in December.
lindyluwho
13 years ago
Huntington, WV - 62
jackie_ok
13 years ago
Seminole, Oklahoma --66
coral_ok
13 years ago
Okmulgee, Oklahoma---64
jemdandy
13 years ago
Its no joke; I was a home birth in an old 2 story log house located near the edge of a river bottom land. My parents had fled to that place after dad lost his job during the Great Depression.
ddoomes
13 years ago
Danville, VA -- 59
lazypup
13 years ago
Lewiston, Idaho and I am 65

I have lived in 7 states and been around the world three times. I currently reside in W.Massachusetts where I intend to stay for good
sushipup1
13 years ago
Memphis, 65 today.
angela_nor_calif
13 years ago
Roswell, New Mexico - I'm 48. My kids always joke that I'm an alien lol. Moved to California as an infant and have been here ever since.
caroline94535
13 years ago
I was born in the Saltzman Clinic, Mountain Home, Arkansas on Feb. 4, 1956. I am 56.
dorothy_oahu
13 years ago
Bottineau, ND Moved to Seattle at 18 months. I'm 71
grannytme
13 years ago
Berlin,Pa...73
jkayd_il5
13 years ago
Illinois, the only state I've ever lived in. 68
two25acres
13 years ago
Blue Island, Illinois. Moved to the northern suburbs as an infant. Married and moved just over the border (WI) in 2005. I'm 51.
pianolady2008
13 years ago
Asheville, NC ~~~ 69
yayagal
13 years ago
Boston Ma. 73 years young
susanjf_gw
13 years ago
cleveland ohio, and i'm 66...
bryansda
13 years ago
Huntington, WV.....59
SunnyDJ
13 years ago
SW. Pa (Steeler Country) and another home delivery....I'm 75.......
msmagoo
13 years ago
Virginia, 48
sephia
13 years ago
Seattle - born, raised, and live here. I'm 53.
petaloid
13 years ago
My appearance on this planet occurred 62 Earth years ago in the state of California.

My spirit was never born and will never die :-)
cathyid
13 years ago
Bakersfield, California, 71 years ago.
kacram
13 years ago
Seattle, 57
lindaohnowga
13 years ago
born in PA. I'm 73.
williamsburgjane
13 years ago
Williamsburg, VA I'm 70.
nancylee_ky
13 years ago
Springfield, Massachusetts. I just turned 67. Have lived in Kentucky the past 30 years.
zbrattx
13 years ago
All these replies and I am the first to say born in Louisiana? Moved to Texas at 3 months, so I am more Texan than Cajun. 49 years old....dammit.
kfca37
13 years ago
Michigan/75. I came to California with a MI girlfriend in 1958 & have been here in the SF/Bay Area ever since.
elaineinnj
13 years ago
Elizabeth, N.J.
drewsmaga
13 years ago
Cleveland, OH 61 years ago. And after living in 5 other states, I finally made it back home to FLORIDA!
patches_02
13 years ago
Logansport,Indiana 64
hoovergal
13 years ago
Tuscaloosa, Alabama (Roll Tide!) and I'm 50 something.

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