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Mr.Bill

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6. I live each decade like I will not make it to the end of that period.

Reply to erronis (Original post)

Sat Jan 4, 2025, 12:57 PM

Jan 2025

I lived my teens like I would not make it to 20, lived my 20s like I would not make it to 30, and so on. I'm 71 now, and I'm sure I will not make it to 80.

The best thing about this is eventually I will be correct.

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