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Permanut

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Reply to 3Hotdogs (Original post)

Thu Aug 21, 2025, 12:09 AM

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79 pushing 80 here, so already a lifetime of experiences, successes, challenges and screwups. And I've experienced each of these many times.

I have a mental list I review periodically that could be titled "Boy, That Was Dumb"

Smoking is at the top of that list; glad I got away from them 20 years ago, but it took an angina attack to convince me.

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