Evidently, these otherwise talkative folk that I hang around with have avoided the subject, presumably for fear of offending some of us.

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So then the question became whether I wanted to hang around the city to see a giant fake potato, which I was told would be rolling into town overnight.

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"The way I am able to judge it is by the people I used to hang around with, " he said.

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Secondly, Fred and I have used a lot of excuses in our day not to have to hang around for the whole luncheon, but I've never used the George Bush at the Chinese Banquet excuse before.

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"I didn't want to hang around boxing journeymen for twenty fights, " he said.

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"I had some teen-age girls who would hang around the (ice cream) truck and nothing ever happened, " he said.

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After I let it all hang out, she let out a little scream and quickly turned around.

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"When I get home, I drive around the city, go to some of my old spots, just hang out with people, " he said.

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"I find it helps to try to hang with people a lot younger that are willing to drag me around, " he says.

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