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Hey, ayleurs and not-ayleurs! Be on the alert for an influx of new blood.
Today's Tipworld Cool Web Site of the Day tip is to wordsmith's anagram server. "This site is a hoot for word fans," says Tipworld.
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"This site is a hoot for word fans," says Tipworld."
I wonder what meaning of "hoot" they had in mind?
Incidentally, I have wondered why the best part of the whole site is not featured more prominently. I found it only by accident, and I'll bet a lot of people miss it entirely. I wish I knew why so many people stay with us for such short times.
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These youngsters can't stand the pace, Bill 
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I wish I knew why so many people stay with us for such short times.
I think I can explain quite fully why some people say for such short times. I'm experiencing one reason right now. There are usually around 200 posts per day here, sometimes more, sometimes less. This can take over 2 hours sometimes if you factor in posting your own messages. Some things, like being on a high school track team, don't leave much time for intellectual discourse on the internet. Freeing up 1/12 of your day for this place can be hard to do. That's why so many people aren't here for very long.
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Indeed, JazzO. I sure hope this place is still around in 20 years when I retire! 
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"Retirement? What an absurd idea! Why spend the best part of your life earning enough money so that you can enjoy a questionable liberty during the the least valuable part of it? Why work like a dog so you can pant for a moment or two before you die?"
~ Jerome Lawrence & Robert E. Lee, "The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail" (New York, Bantam, 1970, p. 57).
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Father Steve>>>>
"Retirement? What an absurd idea! Why spend the best part of your life earning enough money so that you can enjoy a questionable liberty during the the least valuable part of it? Why work like a dog so you can pant for a moment or two before you die?"
~ Jerome Lawrence & Robert E. Lee, "The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail" (New York, Bantam, 1970, p. 57).
My sentiments exactly. I understand why many of us just keeps on working and working. It is the easier thing to do.
When you retire, you become president of "your company", and many cannot handle that.
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"Retirement? What an absurd idea! Why spend the best part of your life earning enough money so that you can enjoy a questionable liberty during the the least valuable part of it? Why work like a dog so you can pant for a moment or two before you die?"
~ Jerome Lawrence & Robert E. Lee, "The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail" (New York, Bantam, 1970, p. 57).We agree entirely with the sentiments expressed in this quote. That's why we're doing what we're doing. People can't understand how we can just up and off. So I've taken to telling everyone it's a mid-life crisis, and then they all say "Ahhh!" understandingly and congratulate us on our decision ... 
The idiot also known as Capfka ...
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Welcome back Father Steve.
Came out of retirement did you?
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All men are born equal (in the sight of the law) but there is no guarantee of maintaining that equality, particularly in matters of health. I quit because I could no longer feel fully competent. And now I can read something besides censored deleted unprinted bad word medical journals. And nobody can sue me for malpractice.
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