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kwassa

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14. My mom said "Remember the Five P's"

Reply to Ptah (Original post)

Mon May 20, 2013, 10:04 PM

May 2013

"Proper Planning Prevents Piss-poor Performance". I was so shocked that she used language like this; this was wildly untypical for her, which is why I remember it.

My parents weren't otherwise verbally supportive. That would be too demonstrative.

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