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To: Ilaine who wrote (65981)	11/30/2004 11:24:03 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Respond to of 71178

< I have no idea why, but when I saw this, I thought of you. "Why women live longer than men."> gophergas.com On my 21st I was given a card "Congratulations on making it to 21. There were times when I thought you never would." I forget who it was now [an uncle or aunt as I recall]. I can understand the sentiment. The advantage of maturing is that blokes can take even bigger risks with no more danger because we eliminate more known unknowns before taking action. The unknown unknowns are still a surprise at times. I would like to have seen some pictures involving fire. Fires are fun. Height is fun too. At one stage [age 18] I was a scaffolder, before the idea of safety was invented as a bureaucratic process. Safety then involved quick wits, strong muscles and fast reaction times, plus good judgment, due care and attention. Mqurice