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hfojvt

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24. my standard is 42

Reply to OmahaBlueDog (Reply #12)

Sun Feb 2, 2014, 04:27 PM

Feb 2014

Why 42? It seems like a fairly long life to me. But to have somebody die at age 73 and say "they were too young to die" seems silly to me when so many are STILL dying before the age of 20.

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