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   On 1/4/2026 8:11 AM, Jim Wilkins wrote:   
   > "Person Familiar With the Matter"  wrote in message   
   > news:10jdp4j$210gf$1@dont-email.me...   
   >   
   > The Preface piqued my interest. It makes a good read on a Sunday morning   
   > of the new year.  Thanks for posting the URL. Your summation of Charles   
   > Bukowski's life is brilliant. I would surmise that he would approve of   
   > your comments about his relative worth, if he were alive today.   
   > ----------------------   
   > 39. "The worst thing for a writer is to know another writer, and worse   
   > than that, to know a number of other writers. Like flies on the same turd."   
   >   
      
   That's laugh out loud funny.   
      
   --   
   "The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of   
   doubt, while the stupid people are full of confidence.” —Charles Bukowski   
      
   "When guns are outlawed, only foreign invaders and the government   
   officials that invited them in will have guns."   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)