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That was a long time ago. PhotoJim Send a noteboard - 10/09/2009 04:53:24 PM
I think I was in 5th grade when my teacher gave me Flowers for Algernon to read. He often picked out books for us individually. I can also thank him for The Hobbit and A Spell for Chameleon.

Thompkins? Thompson? Maybe Thomas was his name. Isn't it funny that I remember what happened to Charlie and the mouse but not the name of the real person who gave me the story to read?
Everybody was Kung Fu fighting!

Not to be rude but who are you? And I suppose equally important, where are we?

The Wotmaniac formerly known as nomad.
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