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The Bookless Club: Are you a stockpile of trivia?

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Mayday was coined in the 1920s by the Officer-in-Charge of Radio at Croydon Airport in Surrey , England .

It's the initial declaration of an emergency: I need help and I need it right now! Many distress signals are born of Franglais — a dog’s breakfast of French and English .

When she was just under two years old , she proudly said, “I have holes in my ears like mommy” Barb Cattanach’s ears were pierced with her first paycheque at 17 .

Chi-chi Rasmusens got her ears pierced in the ’60s . Clip-on and screw-back earrings were not very comfortable, but still ended up taking the clip-ons off.

A few years ago , my teen granddaughters were pleading with their mother to allow them piercings.

Paula Alvaro got her ears pierced at the mall for her 11th birthday.

Jo-Ann Zador and her cousin Janice Zador decided to sneak off and get our ears pierced.

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