Post #223,835
9/9/05 9:04:23 AM
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Dashing out the door for another interview at U of M
FINGERS CROSSED!
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Post #223,838
9/9/05 9:10:40 AM
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Luck!
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George W. Bush and his PNAC handlers sent the US into Iraq with lies. I find myself rethinking my opposition to the death penalty.
--Donald Dean Richards Jr.
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Post #223,841
9/9/05 9:31:04 AM
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Sweet!
Darrell Spice, Jr. [link|http://spiceware.org/gallery/ArtisticOverpass|Artistic Overpass]\n[link|http://www.spiceware.org/|SpiceWare] - We don't do Windows, it's too much of a chore
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Post #223,845
9/9/05 9:41:38 AM
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Hard to type with all my fingers crossed. Luck!
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Post #223,849
9/9/05 9:46:53 AM
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Luck to you!
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Post #223,866
9/9/05 10:34:17 AM
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G'Luck!
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] Imric's Tips for Living
- Paranoia Is a Survival Trait
- Pessimists are never disappointed - but sometimes, if they are very lucky, they can be pleasantly surprised...
- Even though everyone is out to get you, it doesn't matter unless you let them win.
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Nothing is as simple as it seems in the beginning,
As hopeless as it seems in the middle,
Or as finished as it seems in the end.
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Post #223,872
9/9/05 10:37:33 AM
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Slay 'em!
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Post #223,893
9/9/05 12:09:04 PM
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I hope it went well!
I'm assuming, of course, that you actually were on your way out the door and will not read this until you get back. :-)
Cheers,
Ben
I have come to believe that idealism without discipline is a quick road to disaster, while discipline without idealism is pointless. -- Aaron Ward (my brother)
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Post #223,897
9/9/05 12:33:32 PM
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You assumed correctly
It did go well. Now have to set up the 3rd interview. My God. Does it ever end? I keep forgetting this is U of M and I have to prove I'm worthy to work at such an esteemed institution.
So now I wait. Arrrrggghh.
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Post #223,900
9/9/05 12:38:48 PM
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Remember that bureaucracy...
literally means "rule by desk".
Here's hoping that you don't spend too long stranded admist the paperwork!
Cheers,
Ben
I have come to believe that idealism without discipline is a quick road to disaster, while discipline without idealism is pointless. -- Aaron Ward (my brother)
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Post #223,910
9/9/05 1:00:56 PM
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More luck for the third one!
"Excel is to math what a Microwave Oven is to cooking!"
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Post #223,913
9/9/05 1:07:56 PM
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Congrats! Hang in there. :-)
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Post #223,928
9/9/05 1:22:30 PM
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Yay! You Go!
--
Steve
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Post #223,936
9/9/05 1:33:56 PM
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Go Laura! Go Laura!
Uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh!
Sending positive vibes in your direction. :-)
Three's a charm. Can't wait to hear when you start!
Luck and peace,
Amy
Pray for the survivors of Katrina.
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Post #223,965
9/9/05 2:13:26 PM
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/me does the cabbage patch.
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Post #223,954
9/9/05 2:02:13 PM
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Third? Are there any other candidates left?
Three interviews is a tough selection process. You da man, um woman!
Matthew Greet
Choose Life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family. Choose a fucking big television, choose washing machines, cars, compact disc players and electrical tin openers. Choose good health, low cholesterol, and dental insurance. Choose fixed interest mortgage repayments. Choose a starter home. Choose your friends. Choose leisurewear and matching luggage. Choose DIY and wondering who the fuck you are on a Sunday morning. Choose sitting on that couch watching mind-numbing, spirit-crushing game shows, stuffing fucking junk food into your mouth. Choose rotting away at the end of it all, pishing your last in a miserable home, nothing more than an embarrassment to the selfish, fucked up brats you spawned to replace yourself. Choose your future. Choose life... But why would I want to do a thing like that? I chose not to choose life. I chose somethin' else. And the reasons? There are no reasons. Who needs reasons when you've got heroin?
- Mark Renton, Trainspotting.
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Post #224,096
9/10/05 11:32:48 AM
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I hope there's no one left but me!
But I dont know.
My kids tell me I'm da woman. They do a little dance for me and chant: Go Mo-om, Go Mo-om, you're the wom-an, you're the wo-man. They can really bust a move.
(They got that from me.)
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Post #224,171
9/10/05 7:08:12 PM
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Inherited ability, doubtless. :-)
bcnu,
Mikem
It would seem, therefore, that the three human impulses embodied in religion are fear, conceit, and hatred. The purpose of religion, one might say, is to give an air of respectibility to these passions. -- Bertrand Russell
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Post #223,958
9/9/05 2:04:57 PM
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Cringers fossed.
bcnu,
Mikem
It would seem, therefore, that the three human impulses embodied in religion are fear, conceit, and hatred. The purpose of religion, one might say, is to give an air of respectibility to these passions. -- Bertrand Russell
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Post #223,962
9/9/05 2:09:03 PM
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Hang in there...
I once had 6 interviews with a company. When they finally got off their ass and made me an offer, I had just received another offer. I took the other one on the basis that I didn't want to work for anybody who has that much trouble making up their mind.
Hopefully, this will go better for you.
Best luck!
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Post #224,000
9/9/05 5:53:12 PM
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Way to go
Now is that the U of
MiniSnowDuh
Montana
Maryland
Misery
Maine
;-)
MyShyGan?
A good friend will come and bail you out of jail ... but, a true friend will be sitting next to you saying, "Damn...that was fun!"
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Post #224,017
9/9/05 8:24:58 PM
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That would be Myshagan
The Ivy League school of the Midwest, or so they like to think. They're a mighty uppity bunch.
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Post #224,083
9/10/05 8:48:22 AM
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And here I've been led to believe
that our U of M was spending big bucks trying to buy that title.
[image|/forums/images/warning.png|0|This is sarcasm...]
A good friend will come and bail you out of jail ... but, a true friend will be sitting next to you saying, "Damn...that was fun!"
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Post #224,144
9/10/05 4:45:49 PM
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*shrug*
I was accepted to Harvard, CalTech, and MIT. Went to Michigan. No regrets.
Regards,
-scott anderson
"Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."
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Post #224,160
9/10/05 6:36:24 PM
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Yeah, I know you went to that school.
Condolences.
Now Michigan State- *THAT'S* a school. No pretenses at Moo U. Just a great education, a beautiful campus, great parties, and it was *loads* cheaper.
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Post #224,174
9/10/05 7:37:35 PM
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Yep, my sister went there.
Until she moved to U of Iowa. :-)
Regards,
-scott anderson
"Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."
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Post #224,188
9/10/05 9:25:32 PM
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It wouldn't have been cheaper for Scott :-)
I have come to believe that idealism without discipline is a quick road to disaster, while discipline without idealism is pointless. -- Aaron Ward (my brother)
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Post #224,190
9/10/05 9:43:00 PM
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Indeed.
Regards,
-scott anderson
"Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."
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Post #224,256
9/11/05 10:39:09 AM
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Why?
Were you on the 6 year plan or are you referring to the cost of your alcohol consumption?
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Post #224,263
9/11/05 10:53:02 AM
9/11/05 10:53:38 AM
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Re: Why?
Michigan paid all of my tuition. And I suspect Ben was referring to the alcohol, too. ;-)
Regards,
-scott anderson
"Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."
Edited by admin
Sept. 11, 2005, 10:53:38 AM EDT
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Post #224,264
9/11/05 10:56:18 AM
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Your suspicion was wrong, sorry
Hey, I know that when it comes to alcohol, you're a featherweight. :-P
Cheers,
Ben
I have come to believe that idealism without discipline is a quick road to disaster, while discipline without idealism is pointless. -- Aaron Ward (my brother)
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Post #224,267
9/11/05 11:01:18 AM
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Ha, this is coming from whom??
Regards,
-scott anderson
"Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."
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Post #224,275
9/11/05 11:22:30 AM
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Takes one to know one. ;-)
I have come to believe that idealism without discipline is a quick road to disaster, while discipline without idealism is pointless. -- Aaron Ward (my brother)
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Post #224,278
9/11/05 11:26:24 AM
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I know you are but what am I?
I'm sorry. It just seemed appropriate to throw that in.
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Post #224,281
9/11/05 11:38:15 AM
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No you aren't sorry, and good question
We'll have to figure out how much of a featherweight you are when you go to beeps party next year. :-)
Cheers,
Ben
I have come to believe that idealism without discipline is a quick road to disaster, while discipline without idealism is pointless. -- Aaron Ward (my brother)
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Post #224,282
9/11/05 11:40:56 AM
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I can hold my own.
It's the morning after that's not pretty.
In fact, it's a whole lot of ugly.
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Post #224,270
9/11/05 11:14:43 AM
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*laf*
Peter
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Post #224,002
9/9/05 6:29:56 PM
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You go girl!
(That isn't sexist yet, is it?)
G'Luck!
jb4
shrub●bish (Am., from shrub + rubbish, after the derisive name for America's 43 president; 2003) n. 1. a form of nonsensical political doubletalk wherein the speaker attempts to defend the indefensible by lying, obfuscation, or otherwise misstating the facts; GIBBERISH. 2. any of a collection of utterances from America's putative 43rd president. cf. BULLSHIT
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Post #224,006
9/9/05 6:58:36 PM
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Very likely a gimme
You have been approved by multiple people.
Those multiple people all have their reputations on the line, so they will fight for you.
They are now doing the formalities.
The job is yours to lose at this point.
And you won't.
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Post #224,145
9/10/05 4:46:53 PM
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Agree, but good luck anyways!
Regards,
-scott anderson
"Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."
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Post #224,039
9/9/05 10:04:08 PM
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anticipation.....
They're probably trying to figure out how much to offer you without appearing too cheap while convincing each other that they're making the right choice. hang in there.
Have fun,
Carl Forde
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Post #224,311
9/11/05 5:41:54 PM
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Good lick on the third interview!
Better late than never with the wishes after my two week near absense. Most of that time was actually spent, strangely enough, in Michigan. Indeed, I thought about you while staying at the [link|http://www.nps.gov/slbe/home.htm|Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore] (it's at the tip of the pinkie for you Michiganders) though the Labor Day weekend. There was a lady roughly your age camping there with two boys. Perhaps it's a sexist thing or perhaps I was remembering the years of camping when my son was in Boy Scouts, but I thought there was a man somewhere not doing his job. At the same time that man was missing out on some special times.
Alex
The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt. -- Bertrand Russell
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Post #224,317
9/11/05 7:02:12 PM
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just what does this job entail?
lots of stamps?
Darrell Spice, Jr. [link|http://spiceware.org/gallery/ArtisticOverpass|Artistic Overpass]\n[link|http://www.spiceware.org/|SpiceWare] - We don't do Windows, it's too much of a chore
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Post #224,326
9/11/05 8:36:58 PM
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You Silly: 'Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks'
Doesn't that sound like a Hep theme group for umm, U of Mich?
..recedes quietly into distance
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Post #224,372
9/12/05 9:23:10 AM
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Oh yes. Very groovy.
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Post #224,435
9/12/05 2:48:03 PM
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"Where's the Money"
DH&hHL had that phrase long before Cuba Goodin could pronounce half those words!
jb4
shrub●bish (Am., from shrub + rubbish, after the derisive name for America's 43 president; 2003) n. 1. a form of nonsensical political doubletalk wherein the speaker attempts to defend the indefensible by lying, obfuscation, or otherwise misstating the facts; GIBBERISH. 2. any of a collection of utterances from America's putative 43rd president. cf. BULLSHIT
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Post #224,410
9/12/05 12:41:34 PM
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Sorry, that was a typo! :)
Note the proximity I and U of keys.
Alex
The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt. -- Bertrand Russell
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Post #224,412
9/12/05 12:47:38 PM
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Sure it wasn't Freudian? :-)
Darrell Spice, Jr. [link|http://spiceware.org/gallery/ArtisticOverpass|Artistic Overpass]\n[link|http://www.spiceware.org/|SpiceWare] - We don't do Windows, it's too much of a chore
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Post #224,469
9/12/05 5:17:49 PM
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Well, my friend with Dvorak sez - - -
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Post #224,407
9/12/05 12:35:32 PM
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And you didn't even stop...
To see the location of the *Z* machine?
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Post #224,436
9/12/05 3:03:12 PM
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It's not that I didn't come close by and it's not...
that I didn't think about it. My wife and I zipped by your neck of the woods around 2:30 PM on Tuesday the 6th having started in Cadillac (Wm Mitchell State Park) down US-131 and ended in Monroe on Lake Erie (Wm Sterling SP). It was a workday for you, I had no idea if there was a place to park a 27 ft. vehicle, I did not come prepared with address or phone number (can be easily solved, of course). But it really came down to it not being fair to pop-up out of the blue without warning. Poor Mike Moffitt had days of warning and I fear felt frenzied.
This was the most unplanned trip I've ever had. Only the first few days were planned. The purpose of the trip was to get hydraulic levelers installed on my rig at the factory that makes the levelers in White Pigeon, MI. You can throw rocks at Indiana from there. This being located in Michiana (a new name to me) I made the arrangements to stop by to see Mike.
After the installation of levelers, we decided to do some "field testing" before heading home. If we ran into problems, we could get them resolved at the factory. Anyway, we first camped at the Van Buren SP near South Haven. There, while walking the dog around the campground, we discovered another rig made by the same company that made ours. You have to understand that Lazy Daze, the company that makes the rig, is family owned, small, and makes around 250 rigs a year. New rigs are only bought directly from the factory. Most of the rigs remain where they are made in California. The owners of the rigs joke about being part of a cult. That being so, I did what I would not do under most any other circumstances, I knock on the door and introduce myself. They were a retired couple from Kalamazoo. We had a nice chat then and then again when they came by to see our rig. Anyway, these folks raved about Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore and got us interested in it. So, we trekked up Michigan's pinkie stopping overnight at Holland SP and then Ludington SP and then 4 days at Sleeping Bear Dunes.
The days at Sleeping Bear Dunes were over the Labor Day weekend. Some of the thinking was to avoid travel during heavy traffic days. But the trip was getting longer than I packed for and quicker retreat home was in order. Having run out of underwear, I have to confess to wearing my wife's panties on the last day. LRPD deprivation was in the mix as well.
Michigan exceeded my expectations and is a fine place to visit. This license plate, which is better looking than this image,
[image|http://www.michigan.gov/images/graphic_16606_7.jpg|0|Image||]
does not do justice to sunsets over Lake Michigan. I will want to visit it again and will do better at making it point to visit friends.
Finally, when I do stop by, it will not be to see any machine. :)
Alex
The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt. -- Bertrand Russell
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