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yellowdogintexas

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8. my father was there as well. I have no doubt that is where your father got frostbite

Reply to MaryMagdaline (Reply #4)

Sun Apr 12, 2026, 11:55 PM

23 hrs ago

because mine nearly lost his feet to it. He had trouble his whole life with the skin on his feet; peeling, cracking and severe athlete's foot.

My dad hated winter for the rest of his life.

His records were lost in that warehouse fire also.

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my father was there as well. I have no doubt that is where your father got frostbite yellowdogintexas 23 hrs ago #8

That tracks so much with my father's experience MaryMagdaline 7 hrs ago #10

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