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bluedigger

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2. I believe the first Chester Greenwood Day was celebrated in 1977.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Tue Dec 5, 2023, 08:24 AM

Dec 2023

Some young punk named bluedigger won the youth division of a three mile road race around downtown Farmington, and almost fell on his ass multiple times, rounding every corner in the snow and ice. In later years we got national news coverage, but I was off to college by then. My hometown.

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On December 4, 1858, Chester Greenwood, inventor of the earmuff, was born. [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 OP

Highly productive period of time for cold people. Ear muffs and side burns. bucolic_frolic Dec 2023 #1

I believe the first Chester Greenwood Day was celebrated in 1977. bluedigger Dec 2023 #2