good old days

[Wilson Gray]

I agree with Larry and Carly. But, for those who don't, there's

Tina: "Remember? They used to call you 'Dapper Dan.'"
Ike:  "Yes. Those were the good old days!"
Ike & Tina, _It's Gonna Work Out Fine_

-Wilson

On 6/25/07, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu> wrote:
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> At 8:25 AM -0400 6/25/07, Barnhart wrote:
> >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?
> >
> "These are the good old days"
> -Carly Simon, "Anticipation"
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> LH
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