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County Signs: It’s not the same world

On December 3, 2024December 3, 2024 By wastedpilgrimIn SportsLeave a comment

By MONTE DUTTON Click here. Believe it or not, it once snowed several times a winter here. This is one aspect of climate change I do not regret. I’ve grown too old for snow. It’s all I can do to walk across a gravel parking lot in the dark.Careful. Don’t get in a hurry.I watched …

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For Old Times’ Sake

On January 26, 2019January 26, 2019 By wastedpilgrimIn HumorLeave a comment

Clinton, South Carolina, Saturday, January 26, 2019, 12:01 p.m. I was tooling around Spartanburg, driving a hot rod that looked like about a ’57 Thunderbird. It was two-tone red and white. I stopped at a drive-in for two hot dogs and a chocolate shake. I drove over to the Piedmont Interstate Fairgrounds and took a …

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Say It Ain’t So, Hose

On November 13, 2017April 19, 2020 By wastedpilgrimIn SportsLeave a comment

Clinton, South Carolina, Monday, November 13, 2017, 11:12 a.m. And you know the sun's settin' fast And just like they say nothing good ever lasts Well, go on now and kiss it goodbye but hold on to your lover 'Cause your heart's bound to die Go on now and say goodbye to our town, to …

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That Old-Time Feeling Arises

On January 4, 2015January 4, 2015 By wastedpilgrimIn Sports2 Comments

For a long time, he hated the Indianapolis Colts. They were his when they were in Baltimore, and then an evil man, Robert Irsay, moved them away in moving vans. March 29, 1984. A Day That Will (Also) Live in Infamy. It was unthinkable, and, in response, he did the unthinkable. He started rooting for …

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