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GenThePerservering

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29. :-D

Reply to dem4decades (Reply #26)

Wed Jun 10, 2026, 02:30 PM

19 hrs ago

I cut back, too - moderation and plenty of it, I say!

If we ate dry bread and leaves, and drank water as these pundits no doubt would prefer, we might not live forever, but it would feel like it.

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