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    Most Important Virtue

    I've worked with both. You can never be sure you'll do business with a flake, and that develops an overlay of stress that has to be incorporated into the fee schedule. Eventually, you price yourself out of the market. I cherish those who keep their word, even -- especially -- jerks. Few...
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    Veterinary Medicine

    Mrs. Crumrine and I have always had family values we belive found most commonly prior to WWII, and now we have medicine to match. One of us got a minor dermatological infection for which our HMO doctor recommended an over-the-counter solution. The problem persisted, and ten days later a...
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    The Thankful Thread

    I am thankful for small children who respond to any of the five commands (Come! Sit! Stay! Heel! No!) required of the well trained spanial.
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    Is it The End Of Newspapers?

    We take the Wall Street Journal and the Financial Times, whose contents are (as Wm. Buckley once wrote on another matter) daily exfoliated from the wings of angels. Lesser newspapers reflect the wishes of hopeful young things who have never made a payroll.
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    Most Important Virtue

    An update on the Virtues through post #23: Integrity.....................06 Humility......................03 Honesty.....................02 Kindness.....................02 Empathy.....................01 Faithfullness................01 Foregiveness...............01...
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    Most Important Virtue

    Fidelity is really important, PolkaDotMeggie, and it's often assumed without being really tested. I once met a man with a very interesting background who told me that "the only unforgivable sin is betrayal". That comment falls right in line with your vote for most important virture.
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    Most Important Virtue

    Posts through #05: Integrity.................01 Honesty..................01 Empathy.................02 (Note: Could we combine Kindness / Compassion / Empathy? Clearly, they each mean slightly different things, but someone who has the one hardly lacks the others.)
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    Most Important Virtue

    What is the most important single virtue? The way this came up is that Mrs. Crumrine and I were talking over breakfast this morning about a fellow we know, Dr. XXX, and we concluded that while he is clearly a good man, his word has no lasting value. On one hand, we've seen him be ever so...
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    any health/exercise aficionados out there?

    I was at a kung fu seminar last year and finally met a really delightful young man whom I'd been exchanging emails with for serveral months. Great personality, but overweight. Six, maybe seven months later we met again at another seminar and I was slackjawed. He was lean, hard. I inquired and he...
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    A breakdown of Fedora Loungers by sex, location, age and marital status

    Male 63 Los Angeles Very married
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    Winchester Model 1887 Lever-Action Shotgun

    Magistrate, I'm under the impression that there is no barrel length exemption for vintage firearms and that the federal laws on the matter remain applicable.
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    Ready to Date Again

    It seems we all go through life in a kind of lock-step. We enter kindergarten at the same age. We graduate from college at the same age. We marry. We have kids. They leave home. We retire at 65. There's an age-group syncronicity through all of life, especially in finding a mate. We start dating...
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    Show Us Your Handwriting - Vintage Penmanship!

    There is a rare beauty to artful handwriting, I think. In the old days, before the rot set in, script was meant to be read and they say one could tell the occupation of the writer simply by his hand. Later, in America, Platt Rogers Spencer developed a beautiful handwriting ("Spencerian", of...
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    How Many of us Write?

    Hi! I'm Gary's wife, and I just self-published (on LuLu.com) a book on how to start investing. The way it happened is that about three years ago I got a call from a reader (I write for the Apartment Owner's Association) who said, basically, "I own apartments. Nobody who owns apartment buildings...
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    Review: Good Wear Bronco A-2, Steerhide

    John, you are welcome to immediately start work on the Doniger I ordered last Monday. No thanks are needed ... anything to help. Cordially, Gary
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    Leather Flight Jackets

    I ordered a Doniger in russet leather. It ran a touch over $900 with shipping, and lead time was quoted at 70 days. John's prices seem similar to Eastman's, but the jackets are made to fit you and as close to original as is currently possible at the price.
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    Leather Flight Jackets

    + 1 for http://www.goodwearleather.com/pages/index.html John, of Good Wear Leather, makes leather porn. His jackets have been called "1942 in a box". There are numerous references to his company at http://cornellsurgery.com/phpBB3/
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    Home Owners Associations

    Would you permit me to respond to your inquiry? As background, please understand that I am a U.S. Army vet (1962 - 1965), a real estate appraiser (certified general) for 25 (+) years, and a director of our HOA for the past 3 years. I understand the passion you must feel when you attempt to...
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    Brooks Brothers Black Fleece website now online...

    Actually, I'm sure you are quite right. I very much wish that Mrs. Crumrine would develop an aversion to fur, at least the more expensive varieties. As a start, wouldn't you agree that cheap fur is far more desirable than sable or even the better minks? She insists, however, that all her furs...
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    Two wonderful photos.

    That's a poignant juxtaposition.

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