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On 2025-08-03 14:57 (-4), Clarence1898 wrote:
> "jr" <cre### [at] gmail com> wrote:
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>> (is the 1898 a jazz reference ?)
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> Thank You. Of course the cards are punched. How else could I feed the program
> to the computer. No, 1898 is not a reference to jazz. I grew up in the 50s and
> 60s, my taste in music runs more to classic rock and roll.
Whenever I see the number 1898, my mind goes straight to the year the
USA became an overseas colonial empire. Although the colony I live in
was acquired years later, in 1917, I still live under the racist court
rulings that were issued for how to deal with the new territories.
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