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   Re: Am I an exception?   
   21 May 11 18:06:26   
   
   dbaafa0b   
   On Fri, 20 May 2011 18:01:52 -0700 (PDT), LarbGai    
   wrote:   
      
   >******* The old tart gets excited over on the cooking channel.......   
   >   
   >I know someone who is 73, overweight, with perfectly normal blood   
   >pressure, no sign of diabetes and eats well. That person is me!   
   >   
   >Am I an exception?   
   >   
   >******Ohhhh you're an exception alright Krypto, 55 years with your   
   >snout in the public trough (and achieving absolutely zilch) drinking   
   >tea and hiding away in a quiet backwater makes you an exception.   
   >Most decent Aussies get off their arses and get out and work in the   
   >real world and make a difference.   
   >Pity you wasted your life.   
   >   
      
   On the job at 18 huh? A boy soldier or apprentice lad... 'n just   
   think; 55 years later and look at him now... a two day, a week part   
   time, semi-unemployed, civil servant.   
      
   And bragging about it too?   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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