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Pennsylvania

Charging Triceratops

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2. The beautiful river of my youth

Reply to FakeNoose (Original post)

Wed Jan 31, 2024, 04:27 PM

Jan 2024

Back when the mud was blue and factories dumped in whatever they could, we all swam in the Allegheny. Now that it's so much cleaner, nobody swims in it! ... Well, except snapping turtles the size of a kitchen table. And baseballs that fly out of PNC Park.

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Ha Ha so true montanacowboy Jan 2024 #3

I used to swim in the Yough, down around Ohiopyle FakeNoose Jan 2024 #4