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Good Old Earnest. Thanks to internet Novels are getting longer But not better A jungle of unnecessary word A machete comes in handy Earnest Hemingway Used typewriter and slowly Paused for a little drink Being economical with words So he could go out fishing

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Date: 12/19/2012 8:31:00 AM
a little pause for a drink you think? Say it all in as few words as possible is my motto. love you, Kathy
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Jan Oskar Hansen
Date: 12/19/2012 11:14:00 AM
indeed Kathy
Date: 12/18/2012 7:59:00 PM
love it, because it says so much about our modern world. The ones like Ernest knew how to do it!!
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Jan Oskar Hansen
Date: 12/19/2012 7:14:00 AM
thank you Andrea

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