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Say Yes to Michigan by
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Prompted By Family Trips

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Hey, there’s gray poop on everything here!
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O Canada by
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Prompted By Family Trips

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I get to drive and carry stuff.
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Happiness is a Warm Gun by
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Prompted By Guns Then and Now

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I grew up with guns.  When we were young, my brothers and I had cap guns, which made a loud noise (the caps had dots filled with gunpowder) when we could convince our parents to buy rolls of caps for us.  In elementary school, just ten to fifteen years after the end of World War…
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I’m on the Outside Looking In… by
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Prompted By Cliques and Clubs

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When I was in first and second grade, I went to Central Elementary, the “school on the hill”, the one which all the kids who would later be in the “in-crowd” attended.
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Pop a Top Again… by
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Prompted By Recycling

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Recycling is not really the best solution to resource conservation, re-using is even better.  Doing with less “stuff” is even better than re-using.
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Holst: The Planets by
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Nevertheless, the artistry of Sir Isaac Newton cannot be denied.
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Going Down the Old Mine with a Transistor Radio by
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Prompted By Remembering Radios

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If he wanted those cows milked, it was going to happen with the radio on.
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Plastic Fantastic Lover by
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I ripped off the wrapping paper and opened the heavy, bright red metal box to find a huge assortment of metal parts, bolts and washers - an Erector Set!
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As Time Goes By by
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Prompted By Rewatchable Movies

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You do know how to whistle, don't you? You just put your lips together and blow.
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The Last Guy by
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Prompted By Inequality

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I don’t need more money and I don’t need more “stuff”.
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