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* * * MY HOUSE HAS BLOWN UP

* * * MY KNEES HAVE GONE BAD

* * * I'M UP TO MY A$$ IN LITIGATION

* * * I'M 20 POUNDS OVER WEIGHT (+ / -)

* * * IT'S COLD AS AN ICEBURG OUTSIDE

BUT - - - -

* * * MY THREE SONS AND FOUR GRAND KIDS ARE WELL AND SAFE

* * * TWO OF MY THREE CARS ARE RUNNING

* * * MY GIRL FRIEND STILL LIKES ME - - MORE OR LESS

* * * MY SENSE OF HUMOR STILL WORKS (I CAN STILL LAUGH AT YOU AND STILL LAUGH AT MYSELF)

* * * I'M STILL ON THE GREEN SIDE OF THE SOD

* * * I STILL HAVE HALF A BOTTLE OF RAKI LEFT

AND

I HAVE SOME OF THE GREATEST FRIENDS IN THE WORLD - RIGHT HERE ON CLUB COBRA.

* * * WRENCH WIZARDS

* * * MECHANICAL ENGINEERING GENIOUSES

* * * PHILOSOPHERS

* * * TEACHERS

* * * ARTISTS

* * * PATRIOTS

* * * COMEDIANS

* * * RACERS

* * * WAXERS

* * * BROTHERS - ALL

FOR ALL OF THESE THINGS AND FOR ALL OF YOU - - I AM EXTREMELY THANKFULL

THANKS - AND - Y'ALL HAVE A REALLY GREAT THANKSGIVING

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