time out of mind = "old and unchanged"

[Jonathan Lighter]

Now you're ready for the real challenge!  From a young mom's blog:

http://erik-lisa.blogspot.com/

"What with my totally flexible schedule due to Marin, and Erik's being home
from work, this space of Erik's paternity leave (8 weeks) feels very time
out of mind."

JL

"On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 3:39 AM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 8:53 PM, Jonathan Lighter
> <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > "It's built on this former slaveholding plantation, and it's kind of time
> > out of mind."
> >
> > http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=130437816
> >
> > JL
> >
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> Oh. My. God.
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> -Wilson
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> All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"––a strange complaint to
> come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
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