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   "Jim D"  wrote in message news:2018112822455640075-Not@ThisAddresscom...   
      
   > And the week is flying by.  Is this how life is supposed to work, things   
   > seem to go by faster and faster ???   It seems only a short time ago that   
   > this or that happened ... but in reality it's been a year or more,   
   > depending on what " this or that " you be talking about.   
      
   That's probably just the hectic nature of the holiday season ;)   
      
   > Next years jobs seem prettly much booked.  There are one or two places I   
   > haven't talked to, or have and they aren't ready to schedule yet. Eh,   
   > whatever.  I worked more than I wanted to this past year, so planning on   
   > letting off a little.   
      
   You worked more than you wanted...on Music? Or is it something else?   
   Music is a labor of Love, and just  wait, hopefully not long, until you   
   write an Original album and go on a concert tour to represent it live!   
      
   > Hey, I'm coming up on 65.  Yikes.  Time to slow down. Or if not that, at   
   > least work a little smarter.  These next few years are prime time to have   
   > a stroke or heart attack.  Many causes, but letting the world upset me to   
   > the point of my near exploding isn't smart. It never was, but back in my   
   > younger days my system could take it ... now, who knows.   
      
   You're only about three trips 'round the sun ahead of me ;)   
   And I've more than had my chances for both heart attacks and strokes but God   
   is protecting me even though the stress is sometimes unbearable...I'm sure   
   He has something amazing planned.   
      
   > We have a new dog.  Didn't plan on that, but circumstances just happened.   
   > He has a temperment problem, has attacked some other dogs. If we hadn't   
   > taken him, who knows what would have been his fate.  Odd, around me, he's   
   > as gentle and tame as can be.  I don't get very excited generally, and   
   > that seems to reflect in calming the dog down.   
      
      
   JimD   
      
   That happened to me once, with a cat - ending up with one that is, she still   
   had some behavior issues though, such as not using her litter pan sometimes,   
   but calmness always helps.   
      
   Ouisie   
      
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