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“WE LIVE & LEARN” – by Des Kelly

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“WE LIVE & LEARN” – by Des Kelly

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Once again, something different from Keith Bennett, via Franklyn, so my thanks go out to both. Reading posts like this, makes one feel that however old we are, there is nothing to stop us from experiencing the fact that, no matter who we are, WE LIVE & LEARN.

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So, you drive across town to a gym to walk on a treadmill?

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