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Saturday, July 1, 2017

GMC Diesel and The World's Greatest Parking Job

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If you're going to own a GMC Diesel like this one in San Francisco, it goes without saying you better have some serious parking ski...
Sunday, June 18, 2017

Flint Photos: Jim Cunningham's Retirement from Buick

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When Jim Cunningham retired from Buick, they gave him a starter motor mounted on a plaque, like the thousands he had bolted on to engine...
Thursday, June 15, 2017

Should I Stay or Should I Go?

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Alvin Chang at Vox explores those who stay in their hometown and those who leave. Those who stayed in their hometown tend to be less...
Sunday, June 4, 2017

Flint Photos: Joel Rash at the Soggy Bottom Bar

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Saturday, May 6, 2017

Flint Fashion

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The Flint Expatriates editorial team always finds some good stuff in San Francisco's consignment shops. Flint fashion for babies.
Sunday, April 30, 2017

Always Something There To Remind Me

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Lint rollers on sale at Heartfelt in San Francisco. Not to be confused with the famous Helmac Lint Roller of Roger & Me fame.

Flint Artifacts: Flint-Caro Sebewaing Bus Ticket

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Corvette in Repose

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Friday, April 14, 2017

Flint Photos: Comber's Market in Civic Park, Late '50s, Early '60s

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You remember this sort of winter day in Flint. There are a lot of them every winter. Comber's became Double D Market, then a vacant l...
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Tuesday, April 11, 2017

A Blue Bird Lands in Flint

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Jan Worth-Nelson writing about the power of spring in Belt Magazine: Quotidian comfort: padded downstairs, made two cups of tea in the m...
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