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On this day...
Elizabeth Barrett Browning died in 1861. Given the name, I thought she was in the lineage of a couple of gun making families. Seems she was just some English poet.
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06-29-2016, 09:12
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Elizabeth Barrett Browning died in 1861. Given the name, I thought she was in the lineage of a couple of gun making families. Seems she was just some English poet.
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Was she 50? 
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06-29-2016, 09:20
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Was she 50?
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Born: March 6, 1806, Kelloe, United Kingdom
Died: June 29, 1861, Florence, Italy
By my math, 50 exactly.
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06-29-2016, 10:17
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"On this day..." 66 years ago I was born. 
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06-29-2016, 12:50
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"On this day..." 66 years ago I was born.
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Happy Birthday Pat !
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06-29-2016, 13:09
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"On this day..." 66 years ago I was born.
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That didn't rhyme. Are you a poet?
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06-29-2016, 13:19
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not a good one by any measure...
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06-29-2016, 13:33
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not a good one by any measure...
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On this day in nineteen fifty
I was born...ain't that nifty?
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06-29-2016, 14:03
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Quote:
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Elizabeth Barrett Browning died in 1861. Given the name, I thought she was in the lineage of a couple of gun making families. Seems she was just some English poet.
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Was she 50?
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Quote:
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Born: March 6, 1806, Kelloe, United Kingdom
Died: June 29, 1861, Florence, Italy
By my math, 50 exactly.
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Yeah, but what I want to know is .... was she a Ma ??? 
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06-29-2016, 16:03
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Happy Birthday, Pat!!!
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06-29-2016, 16:13
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Happy Birthday Pat! Hope your having a good one!!
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06-29-2016, 16:43
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Was she 50?
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A high caliber person for sure.
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06-29-2016, 16:43
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"On this day..." 66 years ago I was born.
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Happy Birthday Pat.
(and did you do that math or let Divemaster do that one as well, c'mon, fess up!)
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06-29-2016, 18:41
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Happy birthday, Pat. Hope it's been a good one.
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06-29-2016, 19:21
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Yeah, but what I want to know is .... was she a Ma ??? |
Mother of two, so they called her Ma Deuce.
Don't even ask how many Mrs. Barrett had.
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