Student suspended for keychain. “…a seventh-grade student in Coventry [RI] public schools has been suspended for three days after his friend took a two-inch keychain shaped as gun from his backpack.” He shoulda just told the teacher the keychain symbolizes his fight against global warming in doorlocks – anyone this dumb is sure to believe it.

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After 35 year career writing software for IBM mainframes, am now self-employed contractor thinking of joining a union and striking for higher wages. Cured morbid fear of heights when I learned to look at them as lengths standing on end. Uncompromising in refusal to accept browser cookies. Amateur investor who has accumulated a small fortune in the market after starting out years ago with a large one. For recreation, I run, hike, kayak and play tennis but will not consider synchronized swimming under any circumstances.
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