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Monday, 12 September 2022

QUOTES: JOSEPH CONRAD

 


 

Posted by Don on September 12, 2022
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Hello, I am a senior, having just recently graduated from Middle Age and landing flat on my can in this hoary, post-grad school of Advanced Aging...hip! hip!... OUCH!...WTF!? I'll have a talk with my course advisor after he wakes up from his nap, or else my physiotherapist. Aches and pains aside, life's not too bad, and given the global situation these days, living in Ontario, Canada, is a pretty good place to be...
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