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RogerBW
RogerBW
Sat, Nov 23, 2013 10:46pm

Sometimes great. Sometimes terribly frustrating. A phenomenon impossible to duplicate. Let’s not say “fifty more years”; let’s be glad with the good of what we’ve had, and try to ignore the not-so-good. (And argue at length about which is which.)

lescarr
reply to  RogerBW
Sun, Nov 24, 2013 9:53am

You are SO not getting invited to my fiftieth birthday party.

RogerBW
RogerBW
reply to  lescarr
Sun, Nov 24, 2013 10:10am

I’ll probably say the same things at mine. :-)