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Preach, Brother, preach! Rock on. 👏👏👏

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Your descriptions of being thwarted at the cash register and getting lunch were a SCREAM. Love the idea of the water tower as a community icon. Beautiful.

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Well that hit in so many ways! Thank you.

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Thank you. There are days when I need a indication that others believe in humanity and normality. Today was one of those days. Thanks Mr. Cho

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Feb 3, 2023Liked by Corey Ryan Forrester

That was beautiful

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Ok so apparently there was a Duke VS Carolina game and fans were having a graffiti war over at the water tower and that included a devil blue butt print over someone who wrote unc #1 in Carolina blue on the tower.

Yall sportball people get really silly sometimes

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I associate water towers with nekkid shenanigans.

Seems to be a theme in this particular area. The funniest one was something about a butt print in blue paint but I don't remember all the details.

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Aw man, I wanted to share a pic of my town’s water tower but I guess you can’t reply with pictures? Anyway, I love water towers! Looking at photos from the 40s and 50s of my town is so fun - plenty changes but the tower stays constant, and it makes the past feel more connected to the present. Every year in early December after the annual parade, the whole town gathers to watch the Christmas lights up on the tower get turned on for the first time, and it’s so goddamn wholesome. Love my little town!!

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The thing that helped me stop having rants in my head like that is self-checkouts. Thankful for the little things like bagging my own groceries (but not in the Aldi way)

20 years goes by too fast

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Feb 2, 2023Liked by Corey Ryan Forrester

You reminded me of a time when I was a kid at my grandmother's apartment in Berlin. We would sleep in her feather bed(a real one) and look at the water tower that had colorful lights. That was a wonderful time in my childhood. Thanks for bringing back that memory.

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