Wisdom for the credit crunch from Dickens: “My other piece of advice, Copperfield,” said Mr. Micawber, “you know. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen nineteen six, result happiness. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pounds ought and six, result misery. The blossom is blighted, the leaf is withered, the god of day goes down upon the dreary scene, and—and, in short, you are for ever floored. As I am!”
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Ooh. You have it very concisely there, Apprentice.
Must be something in the water - everyone's posting poems!
Makes me want to know the full story.
That is mysterious, sad, real and strong. So well crafted. Love it.
Thanks folks. I've lots of experience of people who work outdoors, alone fior much of the time -shepherds, gardeners, foresters etc. they are usually people of few words. This was a real opening up, after five years of friendship.
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