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Old 01-02-2015, 09:05 AM
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Who'd do our trimming?
Makes me think of a story about Albert Schweitzer, he asked young native to lend a hand moving something. The native who had been to a university replied that he was an intellectual and could not do manual tasks. Schweitzer replied that he himself had always aspired to be an intellectual and moved the object all by himself.

In addition Schweitzer was an excellent organist and I used to have a couple of his records since I have always prreferred classical music and especially the King of instruments.
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