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Fogeydom is the last bastion of the bore and reminiscence is its anthem. It is futile to want the old days back, but that doesn't mean one should ignore the lessons of the visitable past.

— Paul Theroux

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Tightfisted people are as mean with friendship as they are with cash--suspicious, unbelieving, and incurious.

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