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Rebl2

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Reply to TheRealNorth (Reply #4)

Mon Apr 22, 2024, 08:59 PM

Apr 2024

you suggesting some young people that want to learn a trade makes them anti intellectual? I hope not. My husband worked as an electronic tech in the Air Force and also for the postal service. He is far from being anti intellectual. One of the smartest and kindest men I have ever met in my nearly 70 years.

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