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| HAPPY 125TH! |
| Friday, March 04, 2005 |
AND SHE DOESN'T LOOK A DAY OVER 100!
Yahoo! News - Brazilian, 125, May Be the Oldest Woman |
posted by Jack Mercer @ 3/04/2005 04:30:00 PM   |
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Jack, This is a cool site! You're in my favorites.
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You're telling me. She recently was carded when trying to buy a bottle of Mad Dog 20/20.
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Hi again Jack! Remember me?
Just stopping in again. Quick question: which did you most enjoy, being a university professor, college director, social security claims judge, accountant, or business owner? Inquiring mind wants to know.
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Hi AP! I remember you. I used to have a link to your site on my blog, but for some reason its not there right now...will have to add it, because I like your stuff!
I guess the most enjoyable job was teacher. Our educational system is so deficient--an indoctrination machine moreso than an educational one--that I found it challenging teaching young and old alike the wondrous possibilities of thinking. I used to correct my students who would say "I feel" (gently of course) and remind them to say "I think". Thinking what separates us from animals, and failure to think lowers us to their level.
Runner up job was probably working in a fish hatchery as a "Level 1 Technician". I found out "Level 1" meant that I was the guy who got to climb into the big fish tanks and clean them. As it was in the wilds of Maine, I enjoyed it thoroughly--even when I was standing in water up to my waist in 30 below weather.
Thanks for asking, AP!
-jack
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Hi AP! I remember you. I used to have a link to your site on my blog, but for some reason its not there right now...will have to add it, because I like your stuff!
I guess the most enjoyable job was teacher. Our educational system is so deficient--an indoctrination machine moreso than an educational one--that I found it challenging teaching young and old alike the wondrous possibilities of thinking. I used to correct my students who would say "I feel" (gently of course) and remind them to say "I think". Thinking what separates us from animals, and failure to think lowers us to their level.
Runner up job was probably working in a fish hatchery as a "Level 1 Technician". I found out "Level 1" meant that I was the guy who got to climb into the big fish tanks and clean them. As it was in the wilds of Maine, I enjoyed it thoroughly--even when I was standing in water up to my waist in 30 below weather.
Thanks for asking, AP!
-jack
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Jack, This is a cool site! You're in my favorites.