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RetroLounge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-13-06 02:05 PM
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How many miles do you live from the woman who birthed you
I am about 300 miles from my mother who lives in a small town in northern Wisconsin.

RL
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Mutley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-13-06 02:07 PM
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1. 93.1 miles.
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RetroLounge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-13-06 02:12 PM
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6. Now that is exact!
:hi:

RL
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Mutley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-13-06 02:16 PM
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16. Yup.
I just went up there last weekend and measured it from my house. :D

:hi:
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JackBeck Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-13-06 02:07 PM
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2. I have no clue. I was adopted.
And since I don't have the financial means to sue the State of New Jersey, it will be quite some time until I find out.
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jobycom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-13-06 09:58 PM
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105. Me, too. But my real mother is 550 miles away.
No real care one way or the other about finding the one who birthed me. Acts of nature don't create strong bonds with me.
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NewWaveChick1981 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-13-06 02:08 PM
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3. About 100 miles.
Close enough for a reasonable day trip, far enough away to be comfortable. :D

:hi:
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-13-06 02:08 PM
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Har far away is heaven?
:shrug:
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KFC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-13-06 08:36 PM
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89. Same place my mom is
I think it is more dimension than distance, but I could surely be wrong.
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BelleCarolinaPeridot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-13-06 02:08 PM
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4. She is in the living room playing Gameboy.
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RetroLounge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-13-06 02:21 PM
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22. ...
:rofl:

Now that's pretty close!

:hi:

RL
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lizziegrace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-13-06 02:11 PM
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5. 2,464 miles
:(
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RetroLounge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-13-06 02:13 PM
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7. What? Where does she live?
:shrug:

RL
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lizziegrace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-13-06 02:15 PM
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13. Portland, Oregon
:(
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-13-06 02:14 PM
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8. 395 miles between me and my mom........
She lives in Grass Valley, CA....NoCal.....

I'm in Manhattan Beach, CA.......SoCal.......

Interesting.......I would have thought it was farther than that!

:hi:
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calico1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-13-06 02:14 PM
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9. I don't know how far Heaven is if it exists.
That is where she has been since Memorial Day weekend.

:cry:
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RetroLounge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-13-06 02:15 PM
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12. ...
:hug:

RL
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calico1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-13-06 02:47 PM
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33. Thank you.
:hi:
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Dervill Crow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-13-06 03:59 PM
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40. Aaaaaw, I'm sorry.
Edited on Sun Aug-13-06 04:11 PM by Blue in Portland
That's where my mum is, too, for 20 years now. It still sucks, but it gets a bit easier.

:hug:

When she was still here we lived 12 miles apart.

Edited to add: I believe the lady who birthed me lived in Florida; I found someone with her first and middle names who was the age of my birth mom who was listed in the Florida Social Security death index. She and my mom were both from NC, and I believe she was probably shipped out here when she got "in trouble," as they said in the 1950s. She was 17 when I was born and there never was a legal adoption, so it was a bit of a brouhaha when I accidentally found out about it in 1981.
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calico1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-13-06 08:57 PM
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99. Thank you. I have a lot of good memories
which is what I try to remember.

Did you ever actually meet your birth mom?
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greatauntoftriplets Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-13-06 05:49 PM
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56. Mine, too, since 12/28/05
:grouphug:
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RetroLounge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-13-06 08:32 PM
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83. ...
:hug:

RL
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China_cat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-13-06 07:22 PM
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64. Been a little over 42 years since I lost mine.
Still not over it.
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RetroLounge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-13-06 07:37 PM
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71. ...
:hug:

RL
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calico1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-13-06 08:59 PM
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100. I'm sorry!
I hope you were not really little when you lost her. I am 48 so at least I had her through my adulthood. Not that it makes me miss her less but I am sure it is much worse when a small child loses a mother.
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China_cat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-14-06 05:36 AM
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121. I was 18.
She was 40. It sometimes bothers me that I've already had 20 more years than she got.
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calico1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-14-06 05:49 AM
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122. Eighteen is still young. I know I still
needed my mom at that age. How sad. Forty is so young....
I agree it must be very strange to outlive her in age.

:hug:
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u4ic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-13-06 02:14 PM
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10. Less than a mile
to her grave.
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RetroLounge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-13-06 02:16 PM
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15. ...
:hug:

RL
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hyphenate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-13-06 02:15 PM
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11. Seeing as she's dead
Probably an infinite number of miles.

That notwithstanding, I'm 3000 miles from the woman who raised me.
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Spirochete Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-13-06 02:16 PM
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14. Two or three miles
from where she's buried. I can take flowers there most anytime I want.
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RetroLounge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-13-06 08:28 PM
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80. ...
:hug:

RL
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bertha katzenengel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-13-06 02:17 PM
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17. How far away is hell?
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RetroLounge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-13-06 02:20 PM
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19. ...
:hug:

RL
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bertha katzenengel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-13-06 02:20 PM
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21. achhh....
thanks, RL -- it's been 32 years. it's okay.

:hug:
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Bullwinkle925 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-13-06 05:16 PM
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51. whoa
O8)
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jobycom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-13-06 09:56 PM
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103. If it's where my brother is, not far enough. nt
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SeattleGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-13-06 02:19 PM
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18. 285 miles
She lives in Springfield, Oregon.
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ZombieNixon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-13-06 02:20 PM
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20. Right now, about 20 feet
During the school year, about 1000 miles.
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RetroLounge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-13-06 02:21 PM
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23. Which do you prefer?
RL
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ZombieNixon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-13-06 02:31 PM
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31. Not sure.
Edited on Sun Aug-13-06 02:32 PM by ZombieNixon
I like the food of the 20 feet setup, but also the independence of the 1000 mile setup. :7
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RetroLounge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-13-06 02:34 PM
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32. Well, you get both throughout the year
so that's a pretty good deal...

RL
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Radical Activist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-13-06 02:22 PM
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24. about 3
i moved back to my hometown.
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RetroLounge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-13-06 02:23 PM
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25. Small town?
RL
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Radical Activist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-13-06 02:25 PM
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27. medium sized town
I don't live far from downtown.
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Nickster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-13-06 02:24 PM
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26. about 350 miles away. n/t
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Book Lover Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-13-06 02:27 PM
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28. Two feet
from my little packet of her cremains.

I love you Mama!!! and miss you terribly. :hug:
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RetroLounge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-13-06 02:29 PM
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29. ...
:hug:

RL
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Book Lover Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-13-06 02:31 PM
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30. Thank you
for the hug, and for helping me think about my mom today. :hug:
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tinfoil tiaras Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-13-06 02:48 PM
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34. i live in the same house as my mommy!
:D
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lizziegrace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-13-06 03:00 PM
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37. Be sure you give her a hug today.
:hi:
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tinfoil tiaras Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-13-06 03:01 PM
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39. i will!
:D
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Kali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-13-06 02:57 PM
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35. about 15 miles to the cemetery
10+ years, miss her a lot
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Dervill Crow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-13-06 04:05 PM
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41. I hear ya.
:hug:

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Kali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-13-06 08:21 PM
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74. aww thanks
:hug: back atcha!
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RetroLounge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-13-06 07:36 PM
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69. ...
:hug:

RL
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Kali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-13-06 08:23 PM
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75. thankyou
:hug: the good die young, she was one of them - absorbed too much crap from the rest of us and the world.
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crim son Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-13-06 02:57 PM
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36. I'm in Maine, she's in Oregon.
A long way. It works for me though.
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RetroLounge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-13-06 08:47 PM
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95. Both of you in Portland?
:D

RL
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crim son Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-14-06 08:24 AM
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124. No, but that would be nice! She's in Salem and I'm in Bangor.
In both states, Portland would be a step up :)
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jus_the_facts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-13-06 03:00 PM
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38. About a mile I'd guess.....
...maybe 1.5 miles at most...and I STILL don't go see her enough..she says LOL!! :hi:
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IsIt1984Yet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-13-06 04:06 PM
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42. 18.2 miles
and it's about 18 miles too far.
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MissMillie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-13-06 04:09 PM
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43. 33
thank goodness! I'd be lost w/o my mother.
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achtung_circus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-13-06 04:13 PM
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44. According to Google Earth
it's 350 yards as the crow flies or 650 yards if I walk it.

Walking tires me out a LITTLE less.
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GCP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-13-06 04:58 PM
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45. About 3000
I'm in Mass and she's in the UK.
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Guava Jelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-13-06 04:59 PM
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46. almost 200 miles
but sadly it's where she's buried .
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RetroLounge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-13-06 07:38 PM
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72. ...
:hug:

RL
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Guava Jelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-13-06 07:40 PM
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73. thank you sir
:)
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malta blue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-13-06 05:02 PM
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47. Too many...
How far is it from from upstate NY to the Dominican Republic?

:shrug:
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Bullwinkle925 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-13-06 05:03 PM
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48. How far is it to heaven??
(must be a song in there somewhere)
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RetroLounge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-13-06 08:34 PM
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86. ...
:hug:

RL
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wildhorses Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-13-06 05:10 PM
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49. 60, sometimes that is too far and sometimes its not far enuff!!
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RetroLounge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-13-06 08:35 PM
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88. I can understand that...
:hi:

RL
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NC_Nurse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-13-06 05:12 PM
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50. 380
Chapel Hill to Atlanta.
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Momgonepostal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-13-06 05:21 PM
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52. about 1.5 miles nt
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scarlet_owl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-13-06 05:37 PM
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53. About 45 miles.
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Blue_In_AK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-13-06 05:41 PM
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54. My mother passed away in 1954...
She is very, very far away.
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RevCheesehead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-13-06 05:44 PM
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55. If you say it was Oostburg, I'll faint.
:hi:
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RetroLounge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-13-06 05:50 PM
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57. LOL
Nope, other side of the state.

Oostburg is only for you, my sweet.

:hi:

RL
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RevCheesehead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-13-06 05:55 PM
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58. Is your mom a Packers fan?
:hide:
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RetroLounge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-13-06 06:58 PM
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59. Bite your tongue woman
She grew up in chicago.

Cubs and Bears, all the way...

:D

RL
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DeposeTheBoyKing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-13-06 06:59 PM
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60. Depends on what level of heaven she's in
:cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:
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RetroLounge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-13-06 07:37 PM
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70. ...
:hug:

RL
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LadyoftheRabbits Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-13-06 06:59 PM
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61. About six...
friggin feet. :P
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RetroLounge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-13-06 07:36 PM
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68. ...
:rofl:

Now that's parental internet filtering...

:hi:

RL
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LadyoftheRabbits Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-13-06 08:34 PM
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87. Hehehe...
Sure is! But she's great, and no filtering needed :D Except when it comes to Zombie and I going on a roll on a thread somewhere :P
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RetroLounge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-13-06 08:44 PM
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93. Yeah, you 2 need to get a (chat) room...
:D

RL
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LadyoftheRabbits Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-13-06 09:04 PM
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101. ...
:blush: Probably :rofl:
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RetroLounge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-14-06 12:56 AM
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115. Just be sure it's farther than 6 feet
from you know who...

:rofl:

RL
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LeftyMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-13-06 07:00 PM
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62. I don't know.
I'm not sure where she is right now and I have no way to reach her.
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TroubleMan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-13-06 07:03 PM
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63. About 5

nt.
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greguganus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-13-06 07:26 PM
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65. 20 miles from the graves of my mom, dad, and brother. n/t
:-( :-( :-(
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RetroLounge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-13-06 07:30 PM
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66. ...
:hug:

RL
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greguganus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-13-06 07:35 PM
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67. thanks for hug! n/t
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Radio_Lady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-13-06 08:23 PM
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76. Dead in 1991, cremated and entombed with father in North Miami, Florida.
I guess that's more than 3500 miles from Portland, Oregon.
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RetroLounge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-13-06 08:28 PM
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78. ...
:hug:

RL
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NewJeffCT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-13-06 08:28 PM
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77. Me, about 30 miles. My wife is 7,288 miles
I just calculated it for her.

I think I'm about 30 miles by the highway. Less as the crow flies.
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bicentennial_baby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-13-06 08:28 PM
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79. About 100
and it makes me sad...I miss my mommy :(
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RetroLounge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-13-06 08:29 PM
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81. Give her a call...
:hi:

RL
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bicentennial_baby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-13-06 08:32 PM
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84. Er, she can't talk....
That's why I'm so sad...She's having a bad fucking time medically, something neurological, she cannot speak. It's so painful, for the whole family...But, that's as far as I can go, or I'll cry... :(
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RetroLounge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-13-06 08:45 PM
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94. ...
:hug:

Big hugs to you...

RL
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bicentennial_baby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-13-06 08:48 PM
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98. thanks baby....
it really sucks... :hug:
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Roon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-13-06 08:29 PM
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82. 44 miles
My Grandmother? About 30 feet. :-)
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RetroLounge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-13-06 08:33 PM
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85. 30 feet?
Well that's pretty close :D

I miss my grandma...

RL
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Roon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-14-06 11:27 AM
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130. I rent from my Grandparents and their duplex
I live on one side and they live on the other side.
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reyd reid reed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-13-06 08:37 PM
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90. About 11 miles...
:(
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dropkickpa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-13-06 08:39 PM
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91. 0.55 miles
Me and my 5 brothers live within 10 miles of my parents.
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Reverend_Smitty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-13-06 08:41 PM
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92. Ummmm 350? maybe
I'm not good with mileage but I'm in NJ and she is in South Carolina
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eyesroll Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-13-06 08:47 PM
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96. 62.7 miles, according to Google.
A pretty straight shot down I-94.
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grannylib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-13-06 08:48 PM
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97. About 350 miles from my birth-mom; about 80 miles from my mom who
raised me.
Met my birth-mom for the first time about 6 years ago :-)
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AutumnMist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-13-06 09:35 PM
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102. almost 3,000 miles away from my Mother
VERY long distance. :(
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BreweryYardRat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-13-06 09:57 PM
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104. Not enough.
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fudge stripe cookays Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-13-06 10:22 PM
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106. Never far enough.
Unfortunately.
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Broken_Hero Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-13-06 10:25 PM
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107. 2,000 miles plus...nt
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ScreamingMeemie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-13-06 10:25 PM
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108. 12.
somedays not far enough. :hi:
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haf216 Donating Member (911 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-13-06 11:15 PM
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109. About 2 miles
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Aristus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-13-06 11:21 PM
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110. About fifteen miles.
I live in Puyallup, WA. My mother lives in the north end of Tacoma.
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Oeditpus Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-13-06 11:36 PM
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111. Dunno
Anybody know who she is? :shrug:
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-13-06 11:46 PM
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112. My dear Oeditpus Rex........
Edited on Sun Aug-13-06 11:47 PM by CaliforniaPeggy
:hug:
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LadyoftheRabbits Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-13-06 11:54 PM
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114. ...
:hug:
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Breeze54 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-13-06 11:48 PM
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113. She's
buried next to my father, about six miles from here, in the town where I grew up.
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RetroLounge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-14-06 07:07 PM
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142. ...
:hug:

RL
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In_The_Wind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-14-06 12:57 AM
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116. I have no idea.
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Fleshdancer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-14-06 01:04 AM
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117. 21.66 miles away right now
6 years ago I lived in a different country from her. 3 years ago I lived on the other side of the country from her. Now we live a little over 20 miles from each other (not bad for TX) but I'll probably be leaving again in the next year or two. Not because of her though...if I had my way I would always have her by my side. :(
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shanti Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-14-06 01:07 AM
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118. a bout 800 miles
she and my father moved far far away from all three of their children.
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Nicole Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-14-06 01:12 AM
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119. I don't know
She passed away in the 60's.
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RetroLounge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-14-06 06:10 AM
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123. ...
:hug:

RL
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Starbucks Anarchist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-14-06 01:36 AM
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120. Currently, about 30 feet.
But in a few weeks, 1500 miles. :D
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swimboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-14-06 09:14 AM
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125. Sixteen miles.
and I see her every Sunday at church. It's true.
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RetroLounge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-14-06 02:04 PM
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131. That's a good boy...
:hug:

RL
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noonwitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-14-06 09:19 AM
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126. Not enough!
Really, though, about 150 miles.
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Deep13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-14-06 09:29 AM
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127. Um, you mean my mother?
600 miles from Akron to Worcester, MA.
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halobeam Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-14-06 09:36 AM
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128. You know, I read this whole thread...seems like most people want
to be near their moms. I think that's great. Without really tallying, that was my take. Whether or not their mom was alive, or far away, the majority seem to wish they were together, at least a little more.

I don't know why, but that surprises me. Guess I have a small circle of friends and two of us (including me) aren't close with our mom, I thought the averages were relative.

I'm pleasantly surprised. I can honestly say, I wish I wanted to be closer to my Mom, and vice versa but that's as positive as that gets.
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YellowRubberDuckie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-14-06 09:52 AM
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129. Like 45 miles, I think.
I could live in the next town and she wouldn't come visit. She refuses to drive outside of that town. She flips out if she goes over 30 MPH. We will never live in the same town. She has no sense of boundaries.
Duckie
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Chan790 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-14-06 02:13 PM
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132. 41 feet
Not by choice.
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NoSheep Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-14-06 02:13 PM
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133. 25
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Ariana Celeste Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-14-06 02:20 PM
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134. 2,299 miles on the road
She's in Tacoma, WA. I'm in Plainfield, IN. I miss her. :(
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NNadir Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-14-06 02:25 PM
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135. Infinitely far.
As she is dead, her place in spacetime is not a place I can reach.
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RetroLounge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-14-06 05:47 PM
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139. ...
:hug:

RL
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KamaAina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-14-06 02:27 PM
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136. 4,968, unless she's at their weekend place
which would make it 4,972.

That should pretty much wrap it up, except for NewJeffCT's wife, who may be disqualified for mot being a DUer. (7,288 is rather impressive, though.)
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sinkingfeeling Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-14-06 02:54 PM
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137. 1192 miles.
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ceile Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-14-06 04:00 PM
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138. 162 miles-not far enough! n/t
Edited on Mon Aug-14-06 04:01 PM by ceile
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HarukaTheTrophyWife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-14-06 05:48 PM
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140. Zero
I moved back home.
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ronnykmarshall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-14-06 05:51 PM
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141. 110 Mile
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