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Old 07-21-2010, 10:35 AM
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There is also the tendancy for people to refer to their distant past with the expression
'twenty years ago'. Like 'twenty years ago, before men had set foot on the moon',
or 'twenty years ago, when there were no nuclear power plants', etc.

Last edited by electroking; 07-21-2010 at 02:06 PM. Reason: corrected spelling
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