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PoindexterOglethorpe

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6. He probably did.

Reply to nevergiveup (Reply #5)

Wed May 1, 2024, 12:27 PM

May 2024

I only met him a few times, as we lived in Utica, he was on Long Island. Then when I was 14 we moved to Tucson, AZ. I did make a visit to NYC some years later. He was still working and so I got to say hello and get a free ride to the top.

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