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Before we sent kids to computer camps and told them they were having a good time, there was imagination among the human species.

Erma Bombeck

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Erma Bombeck
Age: 69 †
Born: 1927
Born: February 21
Died: 1996
Died: April 22
Column Author
Journalist
Writer
Bellbrook
Ohio
Erma Louise Bombeck
Funny
Camps
Kids
Sent
Human
Species
Humans
Computer
Good
Among
Time
Humor
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Imagination

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