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| 20492061206772656174200d0a736f6c64696572 | I a great soldier
| 2e20492077617320616c7761797320696e207472 | . I was always in tr
| 6f75626c652062656361757365204920636f756c | ouble because I coul
| 646e277420736875742075702e20492068616420 | dn't shut up. I had
| 4b502028746861742773200d0a6b69746368656e | KP (that's kitchen
| 20706174726f6c20666f7220796f7520636f6e73 | patrol for you cons
| 6369656e74696f7573206f626a6563746f727329 | cientious objectors)
| 206f6e63652061207765656b2e204f6e65206e69 | once a week. One ni
| 6768742c2066726f6d200d0a6d69646e69676874 | ght, from midnight
| 20746f203620612e6d2e2c2049207065656c6564 | to 6 a.m., I peeled
| 20362c30303020706f756e6473206f6620706f74 | 6,000 pounds of pot
| 61746f6573213c2f503e0d0a3c503e4576657279 | atoes! Every
| 205361747572646179206d6f726e696e67206166 | Saturday morning af
| 746572206f7572206c6974746c65207472656b20 | ter our little trek
| 7468726f7567682074686520776f6f6473206f66 | through the woods of
| 204e6577204a65727365792c200d0a5367742e20 | New Jersey, Sgt.
| 4d634e65656c657920776f756c6420636f6d6520 | McNeeley would come
| 696e746f20746865206261727261636b7320616e | into the barracks an
| 6420616e6e6f756e63652c207769746820686973 | d announce, with his
| 20646565702d6672696564200d0a536f75746865 | deep-fried Southe
| 726e20616363656e742c202245766572796f6e65 | rn accent, "Everyone
| 2077696c6c20676f206f6e207061737320746869 | will go on pass thi
| 73207765656b656e642e2e2e2065786365707420 | s weekend... except
| 5072616161616161766974200d0a4d616767676c | Praaaaaavit Magggl
| 656565656f7a7a7a7a692e2220492764206c6175 | eeeeozzzzi." I'd lau
| 6768206c696b652068656c6c2e20546861742072 | gh like hell. That r
| 65616c6c79207069737365642068696d206f6666 | eally pissed him off
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| 223e416674657220636f6d706c6574696e67206d | ">After completing m
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| 7665206475747920286d6f7374206f6620776869 | ve duty (most of whi
| 6368204920736572766564200d0a617320612063 | ch I served as a c
| 6f6f6b29204920656e7465726564207468652063 | ook) I entered the c
| 6f72706f7261746520776f726c642e204920776f | orporate world. I wo
| 726b656420666f722053796c76616e6961277320 | rked for Sylvania's
| 73656d69636f6e647563746f72200d0a64697669 | semiconductor divi
| 73696f6e20696e20576f6275726e2e2054686f73 | sion in Woburn. Thos
| 652077657265207468652064617973207768656e | e were the days when
| 2065766572796f6e652063686565726564207768 | everyone cheered wh
| 656e20776520676f742061200d0a7472616e7369 | en we got a transi
| 73746f72207468617420776f726b65642e205468 | stor that worked. Th
| 6520696d706f7274616e74206c6573736f6e2049 | e important lesson I
| 206c6561726e656420746865726520776173206e | learned there was n
| 6576657220746f2074616b652061200d0a6a6f62 | ever to take a job
| 20776974686f75742066697273742068616e6769 | without first hangi
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| 666f72206120636f75706c65206f662064617973 | for a couple of days
| 2e20576861742061206c6f757379200d0a6a6f62 | . What a lousy job
| 2e3c2f503e0d0a3c503e536978206d6f6e746873 | . Six months
| 206c6174657220492077656e7420746f20776f72 | later I went to wor
| 6b20666f722074686520466f78626f726f20436f | k for the Foxboro Co
| 6d70616e7920696e20466f78626f726f2c204d41 | mpany in Foxboro, MA
| 2e2054686973200d0a77617320676f6f642c206d | . This was good, m
| 6f73746c792e2049206861642061207365726965 | ostly. I had a serie
| 73206f6620737570657262206a6f62732c207374 | s of superb jobs, st
| 617274696e6720696e2074686520696e7465726e | arting in the intern
| 6174696f6e616c200d0a6469766973696f6e2061 | ational division a
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| 66207468652073776565746573742070656f706c | f the sweetest peopl
| 652049277665206861642074686520706c656173 | e I've had the pleas
| 75726520746f200d0a6b6e6f77206f6e20746869 | ure to know on thi
| 7320706c616e65742c206120677579206e616d65 | s planet, a guy name
| 642052757373204d696c68616d2e204166746572 | d Russ Milham. After
| 2061207768696c652c204920626563616d652046 | a while, I became F
| 61722045617374200d0a61646d696e6973747261 | ar East administra
| 746f722c207669736974696e6720737563682077 | tor, visiting such w
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| 616977616e2c2053696e6761706f726520616e64 | aiwan, Singapore and
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| 5468656e204920626563616d652074686520636f | Then I became the co
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| 6c616e6e65722e20576861742061206772656174 | lanner. What a great
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| 65736b2c20636f6e74656d706c6174696e672074 | esk, contemplating t
| 6865206675747572652e20284974207761732061 | he future. (It was a
| 626f757420746869732074696d65207468617420 | bout this time that
| 49200d0a646973636f7665726564207468652073 | I discovered the s
| 6563726574206f66206d756c7469706c65206f66 | ecret of multiple of
| 66696365732e205768656e657665722074686579 | fices. Whenever they
| 20636f756c646e27742066696e64206d652c200d | couldn't find me,
| 0a746865792764207361792c20224f682c206865 | they'd say, "Oh, he
| 206d75737420626520696e20686973206f746865 | must be in his othe
| 72206f66666963652e222052696768742e293c2f | r office." Right.)</
| 503e0d0a3c503e596f752764207468696e6b2074 | P> You'd think t
| 6861742077697468206120706c756d206c696b65 | hat with a plum like
| 20746869732049276420626520696e2073657665 | this I'd be in seve
| 6e74682068656176656e2e204275742074686520 | nth heaven. But the
| 0d0a7363686c6570207761732067657474696e67 | schlep was getting
| 20746f206d652e2e2e20616e20686f7572206561 | to me... an hour ea
| 6368207761792e204920636f756c646e2774206d | ch way. I couldn't m
| 6f766520746f20466f78626f726f2c200d0a6265 | ove to Foxboro, be
| 636175736520697420776173206e6f7768657265 | cause it was nowhere
| 732d76696c6c652e20492048414420746f206c69 | s-ville. I HAD to li
| 766520696e2043616d62726964676520284d7920 | ve in Cambridge (My
| 466169722043697479292e204255542c200d0a77 | Fair City). BUT, w
| 6861742066696e616c6c79206469642069742077 | hat finally did it w
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| 313238206f6e206d792077617920746f20776f72 | 128 on my way to wor
| 6b206f6e65206461792e205368616b696e672069 | k one day. Shaking i
| 6e206d79206c6974746c65204d47412061667465 | n my little MGA afte
| 72207468617420657870657269656e63652c2049 | r that experience, I
| 200d0a61736b6564206d7973656c662061207369 | asked myself a si
| 6d706c65207175657374696f6e2e202249662049 | mple question. "If I
| 2068616420626f7567687420746865206661726d | had bought the farm
| 206f7574207468657265206f6e20526f75746520 | out there on Route
| 313238200d0a746f6461792c20776f756c646e27 | 128 today, wouldn'
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| 6865204c4946452074686174204920686164206d | he LIFE that I had m
| 69737365643f2220492064726f766520746f2077 | issed?" I drove to w
| 6f726b2c200d0a77616c6b656420696e746f206d | ork, walked into m
| 7920626f73732773206f66666963652c20616e64 | y boss's office, and
| 20717569742e3c2f503e0d0a3c503e4d7920626f | quit. My bo
| 73732077617320636f6e76696e63656420746861 | ss was convinced tha
| 742049206861642074616b656e2061206a6f6220 | t I had taken a job
| 77697468206120636f6d70657469746f722e2048 | with a competitor. H
| 65206a757374200d0a636f756c646e277420756e | e just couldn't un
| 6465727374616e64207468652061637475616c20 | derstand the actual
| 74727574682e204c696665207761732074686520 | truth. Life was the
| 69737375652e3c2f503e0d0a3c503e4920646f20 | issue. I do
| 6d69737320746865206775797320617420466f78 | miss the guys at Fox
| 626f726f3a20436869636b204e69676874696e67 | boro: Chick Nighting
| 616c652c20446f75672043617265792c204d696b | ale, Doug Carey, Mik
| 6520487573746f6e2c200d0a4e6f726d20526963 | e Huston, Norm Ric
| 652c2048656e727920446573617574656c2c204e | e, Henry Desautel, N
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| 696e67206f66204e6f726d20526f62696c6c6172 | ing of Norm Robillar
| 642e2e2e204e6f726d200d0a6465636964657320 | d... Norm decides
| 6f6e65206461792074686174206d79206c696665 | one day that my life
| 206973206e6f7420636f6d706c65746520626563 | is not complete bec
| 617573652049276d206e6f74206120736b696572 | ause I'm not a skier
| 2e20536f2068652773200d0a676f696e6720746f | . So he's going to
| 2066697820746861742e2048652074616b657320 | fix that. He takes
| 6d6520736b69696e67206f6e65204e4947485420 | me skiing one NIGHT
| 6166746572206120465245455a494e4720524149 | after a FREEZING RAI
| 4e53544f524d20616e64200d0a74656c6c73206d | NSTORM and tells m
| 652c20224974277320656173792e20446f6e2774 | e, "It's easy. Don't
| 20626f74686572207769746820746865206c6573 | bother with the les
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| 2e222049207370656e74200d0a746865206e6967 | ." I spent the nig
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| 2045766572792074696d65206d79206b6e656520 | Every time my knee
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| 3c2f503e0d0a3c503e416e797761792c2074776f |  Anyway, two
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| 204920776173206c6561726e696e672074686520 | I was learning the
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| 6e67206f75742220696e20486172766172642053 | ng out" in Harvard S
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| 2056495441453c2f68323e3c68313e54686f6d61 | VITAE</h2><h1>Thoma
| 73204c2e204d61676c696f7a7a693c2f68323e3c | s L. Magliozzi</h2><
| 68313e414b41205374757065793c2f68313e3c2f | h1>AKA Stupey</h1></
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| 38223e49206d7573742061646d69742c2049276d | 8">I must admit, I'm
| 2061206c6974746c652072656c756374616e7420 | a little reluctant
| 746f20646976756c676520616c6c207468652066 | to divulge all the f
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| 626f7574206d79206c6966652028657370656369 | bout my life (especi
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| 207468652066696e6520776f726b206279207468 | the fine work by th
| 6520472d6d656e2077686f200d0a617272616e67 | e G-men who arrang
| 656420746f20676574206d6520696e746f207468 | ed to get me into th
| 65204665646572616c205769746e657373205072 | e Federal Witness Pr
| 6f74656374696f6e2050726f6772616d292e2042 | otection Program). B
| 75742068657265206974200d0a69732e3c2f503e | ut here it is.
| 0d0a3c503e492077617320626f726e20696e2045 | I was born in E
| 6173742043616d6272696467652c204d61737361 | ast Cambridge, Massa
| 636875736574747320287965732c204f75722046 | chusetts (yes, Our F
| 6169722043697479292e2049207370656e74200d | air City). I spent
| 0a6d6f7374206f66206d792022666f726d617469 | most of my "formati
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| 61792c206f6e2048617264696e67205374726565 | ay, on Harding Stree
| 742e20546869732077617320746865200d0a6772 | t. This was the gr
| 656174657374206e65696768626f72686f6f6420 | eatest neighborhood
| 6f6e2074686520706c616e65742e204b69647320 | on the planet. Kids
| 657665727977686572652e204a7573742068616e | everywhere. Just han
| 67696e27206f75742e204e6f7468696e67200d0a | gin' out. Nothing
| 6d7563682068617070656e65642e204a75737420 | much happened. Just
| 676f6f642074696d65732e20284d792065782d77 | good times. (My ex-w
| 69666520696e7369737465642074686174206966 | ife insisted that if
| 204920686164206861642061206e6f726d616c20 | I had had a normal
| 0d0a28692e652e2c206162757369766529206368 | (i.e., abusive) ch
| 696c64686f6f642c204920776f756c646e277420 | ildhood, I wouldn't
| 626520706c616775656420776974682074686f73 | be plagued with thos
| 6520636f6e74696e75616c20626f757473206f66 | e continual bouts of
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| 2920492077656e7420746f207468652047616e6e | ) I went to the Gann
| 657474205363686f6f6c616e64207468656e2074 | ett Schooland then t
| 68652057656c6c696e67746f6e205363686f6f6c | he Wellington School
| 200d0a616e64207468656e2043484c532e2e2e20 | and then CHLS...
| 43616d627269646765204869676820616e64204c | Cambridge High and L
| 6174696e205363686f6f6c2e3c2f503e0d0a3c50 | atin School. <P
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| 6163653d2238223e46726f6d207468656e206f6e | ace="8">From then on
| 2c2069742077617320646f776e68696c6c2e2049 | , it was downhill. I
| 2077656e7420746f204d49542e2e2e206f722074 | went to MIT... or t
| 68652022547574652c22206173207765200d0a75 | he "Tute," as we u
| 73656420746f2063616c6c2069742e2049207475 | sed to call it. I tu
| 726e656420646f776e20486172766172642c2062 | rned down Harvard, b
| 656361757365204d49542067617665206d652024 | ecause MIT gave me $
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| 616e642074686174207761732062696720627563 | and that was big buc
| 6b73206261636b20696e20313838302e3c2f503e | ks back in 1880.
| 0d0a3c503e426f792c2049206861746564204d49 | Boy, I hated MI
| 542e204920776f726b6564206d79206275747420 | T. I worked my butt
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| 6172732e20546865206f6e6c79207468696e6720 | ars. The only thing
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| 7479207761732074686520353a313520436c7562 | ty was the 5:15 Club
| 2c206e616d65642c20492067756573732c20666f | , named, I guess, fo
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| 0d0a6c6976696e6720696e20616e206170617274 | living in an apart
| 6d656e74206275696c64696e6720746861742077 | ment building that w
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| 6d656e742d2d243530206120726f6f6d2e222028 | ment--$50 a room." (
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