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Old 11-23-2006, 11:01 AM   #41
Trilby
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Originally Posted by DanaC
When was he referring to? The class system was much more entrenched before the 80s.
Well, he's younger than I and I'm 42. The reason we were talking about this was because of a Tony Harrison or Philip Larkin poem...maybe Tony Harrison. About his mom's death...Long Distance or Marked with a D? I can't recall...anyway, that's how we got to talking about it.
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