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ellenrr

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17. oh - I forgot- some people work (I'm retired)

Reply to marginlized (Reply #16)

Sun Feb 7, 2016, 09:04 AM

Feb 2016

yeah that's tough.

I remember when I worked in an office - once I had 2 people near me, I had to listen to them talk about the bible.

and I used to hate those two standard questions:
1. what are going to do this week-end?
2. What did you do this week-end?

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oh - I forgot- some people work (I'm retired) ellenrr Feb 2016 #17