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afmo · 05-27-2008, 06:16 PM

Was going a little stir crazy, having the day off and all, so i decided to look through the sizable stack of newspapers i've collected over the last 7 years.

When i was 10 or so, my grandma died. She left me 2 things in her will, with the message that they were "important, and to keep them." They were newspapers of the Hiroshima bombing, and President Kennedy's Assasination.

Obviously i didn't know why they were important until later, but on Sept. 11 i started saving newspapers of things i thought were important. Going through the stack, here's a few of the headlines that struck me...

America Under Attack
D.C. Residents Face New Kind of Terror (Beltway Sniper)
Bush, Saddam Ramp Up War Rhetoric
U.S. Invades Iraq
Baghdad Falls
Saddam Hussein Captured
U.S. Mourns Shuttle Disaster
Chavez Thorn In U.S. Side
At Legendary Rock Club, Music Finally Dies (closing of CBGB)
New Jersey Court Backs Full Rights for Gay Couples
Hussein Sentenced to Death By Hanging
Democrats Gain in Early Races
Rumsfeld Resigns
Castro Resigns
Dollar Dives as Oil Soars
Fed Races to Rescue Bear Stearns
Food Inflation Sparks Riots

Anyone else have an obsession for collecting headlines?

JeffXD · 05-27-2008, 07:11 PM

I have a few I have kept. I don't know which ones right off, but I know right where they are. I usually keep the whole front page, for all the stories of the day as well as the ads. Also, any special section that might have been published that day.

longtalltechsan · 05-27-2008, 07:48 PM

My dad also has a bunch of headlines from when Kennedy was assassinated. I found them one time when I was about 10 or so and spent hours looking through them all. It was fascinating to see something so old that recounted history the way it was.

dreydin · 05-28-2008, 07:46 AM

no, but thats cool!

**yocan** · 05-28-2008, 11:10 AM

yeah but after time replaced our flag with a tree I refuse to buy them anymore.

05-27-2008, 06:16 PM	#1
afmo XDTalk 2K Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Northern California Posts: 2,278	Newspapers Was going a little stir crazy, having the day off and all, so i decided to look through the sizable stack of newspapers i've collected over the last 7 years. When i was 10 or so, my grandma died. She left me 2 things in her will, with the message that they were "important, and to keep them." They were newspapers of the Hiroshima bombing, and President Kennedy's Assasination. Obviously i didn't know why they were important until later, but on Sept. 11 i started saving newspapers of things i thought were important. Going through the stack, here's a few of the headlines that struck me... America Under Attack D.C. Residents Face New Kind of Terror (Beltway Sniper) Bush, Saddam Ramp Up War Rhetoric U.S. Invades Iraq Baghdad Falls Saddam Hussein Captured U.S. Mourns Shuttle Disaster Chavez Thorn In U.S. Side At Legendary Rock Club, Music Finally Dies (closing of CBGB) New Jersey Court Backs Full Rights for Gay Couples Hussein Sentenced to Death By Hanging Democrats Gain in Early Races Rumsfeld Resigns Castro Resigns Dollar Dives as Oil Soars Fed Races to Rescue Bear Stearns Food Inflation Sparks Riots Anyone else have an obsession for collecting headlines? __________________ There are just two rules of governance in a free society: Mind your own business and keep your hands to yourself. - P.J. O'Rourke Guy Fawkes: The only person to enter parliament with honest intentions. Ruger 22/45 MKIII Springfield XD-9 Service Stevens Model 67 Series E 12g 1948 M44 Mosin-Nagant

05-27-2008, 07:11 PM	#2
JeffXD XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: The Great State of Texas Posts: 1,504 Blog Entries: 1	I have a few I have kept. I don't know which ones right off, but I know right where they are. I usually keep the whole front page, for all the stories of the day as well as the ads. Also, any special section that might have been published that day. __________________ This is a perilous time, and more than ever, the world needs a united and strong America. If, God forbid, we live to see Mr. Obama president, we will live through a socialist era that America has not seen before, and our country will be weakened in every way. - Jon Voight

05-28-2008, 07:46 AM	#4
dreydin XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 1,841	no, but thats cool! __________________ XD-40 SC bi-tone - hard chromed w/TFOs + PRP goodies

05-28-2008, 11:10 AM	#5
yocan XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Detroit Posts: 1,948	yeah but after time replaced our flag with a tree I refuse to buy them anymore. __________________ The three requirements for a school shooting. 1 know the floorplan. 2 Know the threats inside the location and response time/entry time for the police 3. Royally screwed up intelligent analytic mind. We need more laws to protect these three rights. Ban guns in schools, it obviously works.

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