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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Juan Blanco, post: 1572013, member: 41665&quot;]If I were you, sonlarson, I would print up (record for posterity) that little bit of family history for every niece &amp; nephew - well, maybe edit the parts of the scheming brother LOL</p><p>I think it&#039;s really important that the next generation and those thereafter have these stories to know what it was like (now and back then.) </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Also, contextualizing prices (kids in 20 years might not even know what a &quot;penny&quot; was &quot;worth&quot;) wages, etc. is good reference.&nbsp; I met a guy who (as a high school kid) worked in a midwest factory in 1970; he BANKED $5k in <i>summer </i>savings! $5k would&#039;ve bought a new car, then - or paid 2 years of college? I could scarcely believe that. That&#039;s a factoid for the history books, to be sure. &#039;Never again in my lifetime&#039; etc.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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