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The oldest people you remember personally meeting.

  1. My next door neighbor (as a child), Chet, born circa 1880.
  2. Rose, a friend’s mother, born 1898, aged 99 when I met her in 1997.
  3. My mom lived to be 98.
  4. All of my grandparents were born around 1880. One of them had a daughter who lived to be 99.
  5. Mr. Thompson, a sweet old guy who’d survived the Bataan Death March.
  6. My great-grandfather passed away just shy of his 103rd birthday. (1881-1983)
  7. My paternal grandmother lived till she was 93.
  8. In 1984 I met a man who was then 102. So, born in 1882-ish.
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The oldest people you remember personally meeting.

  1. My next door neighbor (as a child), Chet, born circa 1880.
  2. Rose, a friend’s mother, born 1898, aged 99 when I met her in 1997.
  3. My mom lived to be 98.
  4. All of my grandparents were born around 1880. One of them had a daughter who lived to be 99.
  5. Mr. Thompson, a sweet old guy who’d survived the Bataan Death March.
  6. My great-grandfather passed away just shy of his 103rd birthday. (1881-1983)
  7. My paternal grandmother lived till she was 93.
  8. In 1984 I met a man who was then 102. So, born in 1882-ish.
  9. The oldest person I personally know just hit 95, and her “younger” sister (born 11 months later) just hit 94.
53088

The oldest people you remember personally meeting.

  1. My next door neighbor (as a child), Chet, born circa 1880.
  2. Rose, a friend’s mother, born 1898, aged 99 when I met her in 1997.
  3. My mom lived to be 98.
  4. All of my grandparents were born around 1880. One of them had a daughter who lived to be 99.
  5. Mr. Thompson, a sweet old guy who’d survived the Bataan Death March.
  6. My great-grandfather passed away just shy of his 103rd birthday. (1881-1983)
  7. My paternal grandmother lived till she was 93.
  8. In 1984 I met a man who was then 102. So, born in 1882-ish.
  9. The oldest person I personally know just hit 95, and her “younger” sister (born 11 months later) just hit 94.
  10. “Sarge” was a Marine in WWII. She was in her 90s and still tough as nails.
53089

The oldest people you remember personally meeting.

  1. My next door neighbor (as a child), Chet, born circa 1880.
  2. Rose, a friend’s mother, born 1898, aged 99 when I met her in 1997.
  3. My mom lived to be 98.
  4. All of my grandparents were born around 1880. One of them had a daughter who lived to be 99.
  5. Mr. Thompson, a sweet old guy who’d survived the Bataan Death March.
  6. My great-grandfather passed away just shy of his 103rd birthday. (1881-1983)
  7. My paternal grandmother lived till she was 93.
  8. In 1984 I met a man who was then 102. So, born in 1882-ish.
  9. The oldest person I personally know just hit 95, and her “younger” sister (born 11 months later) just hit 94.
  10. “Sarge” was a Marine in WWII. She was in her 90s and still tough as nails.
  11. Doris, my neighbor down the block, just turned 97 this month.

Since it says “people” I take it we’re allowed to post more than once.

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The oldest people you remember personally meeting.

  1. My next door neighbor (as a child), Chet, born circa 1880.
  2. Rose, a friend’s mother, born 1898, aged 99 when I met her in 1997.
  3. My mom lived to be 98.
  4. All of my grandparents were born around 1880. One of them had a daughter who lived to be 99.
  5. Mr. Thompson, a sweet old guy who’d survived the Bataan Death March.
  6. My great-grandfather passed away just shy of his 103rd birthday. (1881-1983)
  7. My paternal grandmother lived till she was 93.
  8. In 1984 I met a man who was then 102. So, born in 1882-ish.
  9. The oldest person I personally know just hit 95, and her “younger” sister (born 11 months later) just hit 94.
  10. “Sarge” was a Marine in WWII. She was in her 90s and still tough as nails.
  11. Doris, my neighbor down the block, just turned 97 this month.
  12. John Arlington,my great uncle, born in 1881. (He was a few months shy of 100 when I remember spending time with him.)
53091

The oldest people you remember personally meeting.

  1. My next door neighbor (as a child), Chet, born circa 1880.
  2. Rose, a friend’s mother, born 1898, aged 99 when I met her in 1997.
  3. My mom lived to be 98.
  4. All of my grandparents were born around 1880. One of them had a daughter who lived to be 99.
  5. Mr. Thompson, a sweet old guy who’d survived the Bataan Death March.
  6. My great-grandfather passed away just shy of his 103rd birthday. (1881-1983)
  7. My paternal grandmother lived till she was 93.
  8. In 1984 I met a man who was then 102. So, born in 1882-ish.
  9. The oldest person I personally know just hit 95, and her “younger” sister (born 11 months later) just hit 94.
  10. “Sarge” was a Marine in WWII. She was in her 90s and still tough as nails.
  11. Doris, my neighbor down the block, just turned 97 this month.
  12. John Arlington,my great uncle, born in 1881. (He was a few months shy of 100 when I remember spending time with him.)
  13. My father, almost 97 when he died.

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Name any celestial object (planet, star, constellation etc) that you can identify in the sky

  1. Mizar and Alcor, the double star in Ursa Major

In a really clear night sky up in the mountains I can see both of them–but in the city they’re just a blur

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Name any celestial object (planet, star, constellation etc) that you can identify in the sky

  1. Mizar and Alcor, the double star in Ursa Major
  2. The Sun
53093

Name any celestial object (planet, star, constellation etc) that you can identify in the sky

  1. Mizar and Alcor, the double star in Ursa Major
  2. The Sun
  3. Polaris, the North Star
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Name any celestial object (planet, star, constellation etc) that you can identify in the sky

  1. Mizar and Alcor, the double star in Ursa Major
  2. The Sun
  3. Polaris, the North Star
  4. Southern Cross.

Most travelers who go south of the equator never bother to go out and see that uniquely southern hemisphere tourist attraction.

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Name any celestial object (planet, star, constellation etc) that you can identify in the sky

  1. Mizar and Alcor, the double star in Ursa Major
  2. The Sun
  3. Polaris, the North Star
  4. Southern Cross.
  5. Orion

I don’t know very many constellations but I do recognize that one.

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Name any celestial object (planet, star, constellation etc) that you can identify in the sky

  1. Mizar and Alcor, the double star in Ursa Major
  2. The Sun
  3. Polaris, the North Star
  4. Southern Cross.
  5. Orion
  6. The Moon

Confounded light pollution.

53097

Name any celestial object (planet, star, constellation etc) that you can identify in the sky

  1. Mizar and Alcor, the double star in Ursa Major
  2. The Sun
  3. Polaris, the North Star
  4. Southern Cross.
  5. Orion
  6. The Moon
  7. Venus

Or, as Tolkien would say, Vingilot: Vingilot | The One Wiki to Rule Them All | Fandom

53098

Name any celestial object (planet, star, constellation etc) that you can identify in the sky

  1. Mizar and Alcor, the double star in Ursa Major
  2. The Sun
  3. Polaris, the North Star
  4. Southern Cross.
  5. Orion
  6. The Moon
  7. Venus
  8. The Pleiades
53099

Name any celestial object (planet, star, constellation etc) that you can identify in the sky

  1. Mizar and Alcor, the double star in Ursa Major
  2. The Sun
  3. Polaris, the North Star
  4. Southern Cross.
  5. Orion
  6. The Moon
  7. Venus
  8. The Pleiades
  9. Jupiter
53100

Name any celestial object (planet, star, constellation etc) that you can identify in the sky

  1. Mizar and Alcor, the double star in Ursa Major
  2. The Sun
  3. Polaris, the North Star
  4. Southern Cross.
  5. Orion
  6. The Moon
  7. Venus
  8. The Pleiades
  9. Jupiter
  10. The Big Dipper
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Name any celestial object (planet, star, constellation etc) that you can identify in the sky

  1. Mizar and Alcor, the double star in Ursa Major
  2. The Sun
  3. Polaris, the North Star
  4. Southern Cross.
  5. Orion
  6. The Moon
  7. Venus
  8. The Pleiades
  9. Jupiter
  10. The Big Dipper
  11. Cassiopeia

Easy to spot as it’s shaped like a big “W”.

53102

Name any celestial object (planet, star, constellation etc) that you can identify in the sky

  1. Mizar and Alcor, the double star in Ursa Major
  2. The Sun
  3. Polaris, the North Star
  4. Southern Cross.
  5. Orion
  6. The Moon
  7. Venus
  8. The Pleiades
  9. Jupiter
  10. The Big Dipper
  11. Cassiopeia
  12. Mars
53103

Name any celestial object (planet, star, constellation etc) that you can identify in the sky

  1. Mizar and Alcor, the double star in Ursa Major
  2. The Sun
  3. Polaris, the North Star
  4. Southern Cross.
  5. Orion
  6. The Moon
  7. Venus
  8. The Pleiades
  9. Jupiter
  10. The Big Dipper
  11. Cassiopeia
  12. Mars
  13. Speaking of Orion, the star labeled Alpha Orionis, aka Betelgeuse, Betelgeuse, Betelgeuse
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As a tribute to the late great Adam West:
Obscure villains from the 1960’s Batman series (and who played them)

  1. Egghead (Vincent Price)
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As a tribute to the late great Adam West:
Obscure villains from the 1960’s Batman series (and who played them)

  1. Egghead (Vincent Price)
  2. Siren (Joan Collins)
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As a tribute to the late great Adam West:
Obscure villains from the 1960’s Batman series (and who played them)

  1. Egghead (Vincent Price)
  2. Siren (Joan Collins)
  3. Ma Parker (Shelley Winters)

I remember being confused by Ma Parker as a kid–it felt like a completely different show had collided with Batman