good old days

[Barnhart]

Where is the boundary in good old days?  How many years do we experience
before we can speak of the good old days.  Is it "totally" vague, as I
suspect, as is upstate~downstate?

Those of you who were not at DSNA, for whatever reason, missed a good
meeting.

David Barnhart
barnhart at highlands.com

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