I'm interested in SETI because I picked up my parents interest in sci-fi literature as a child. Since we can't seem to find one of the gods that people pray to, maybe we can find other ETI. I was born in 1950 in Oakland, lived 28 years there than a few other places. Last 15 years in St. Louis.
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