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Day: July 22, 2018

My Dad’s Uncle Eddy discovers voicemail

July 22, 2018July 22, 2018kenritley

Well, you may remember the lively telephone conversations between my Dad and his Uncle Eddy, a retired steel mill worker who regrets voting for Trump.  He was many that lost their jobs when the heavy industries of the Mahoning Valley in Ohio pulled out,

Uncle Eddy hasn’t quite gotten onto Twitter, but now it seems he’s at least learned voicemail. You can read his much shorter voicemails here.

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