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Thread #15379   Message #137325
Posted By: katlaughing
17-Nov-99 - 10:16 AM
Thread Name: Thought For the Day, November 17, 1999
Subject: RE: Thought For the Day, November 17, 1999
Interesting, Allan. Thank you for sharing. When we lived in Northampton the feds or someone had just ordered all of the mentally ill people released from the state hospital. A lot of them used ot hang out on the streets there. One had a special coner by a bank. We called him Radio Man becaseu he always had a little transistor radio up against his ear. He would smile, walk back and forth, wave and yell hello at all of the cars. In the summertime, he took off his shirt and got a good tan. I ehard after we moved, that when he died, the corner was filled with flowers in remembrance. He'd really become a beloved fixture of the town.