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Ramble 23

i’m running a little late six months ago i read the average life expectancy was 79.5 years i thought i had time to finish a couple of home projects, find and restore that 65 vw bug i’ve always wanted, i could get my affairs in order, make amends where i should, maybe look up a few folks i haven’t seen in a while do a little traveling, go places i have never been and get in a few more rounds of golf it was a good plan now i read, due to covid the life expectancy is down to 74.75 years i lost 4.5 years getting my stuff together now i have to cut my list down, re-prioritize the home projects were aesthetic, curb appeal the place looks ok now i had a bug once and rolled it don’t need any unnecessary medical expenses, once i’m gone, i’m won’t care if my affairs are in alphabetical or chronological order let the “heirs apparent” figure them out, if i hurt or pissed someone off my going away (read dying) will surely appease them as for looking people up i haven’t seen in awhile, if they aged like me, i wouldn’t recognize them anyway since i don’t fly, traveling means what i can see by car and that would take a lot of precious time which leaves only golf with all that other stuff out of the way i can double or more my playing time

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Date: 10/20/2021 10:05:00 PM
Well done and said Richard ... they say life is like a toilet roll; the closer to the end the quicker it goes. Just keep embarrassing the pro golfers - thanks Richard - Lindsay
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Date: 10/7/2021 7:29:00 AM
It's a beautiful Free Verse.
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Richard Colbert
Date: 10/9/2021 8:44:00 AM
Thank you Christuraj. You're very kind....Rich

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