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From: Ed P <esp@snet.n>
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Subject: Re: I'm really starting to like this stuff
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2025 14:44:43 -0400
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On 4/17/2025 1:15 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2025-04-17 10:25 a.m., Ed P wrote:
>> On 4/17/2025 10:21 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>   I was making $4.25 an hour, which was pretty good money at the 
>>> time.   She was working about 4 hours a night doing 3-4 sets and 
>>> getting  $350 a week. She was making more than twice as much per 
>>> week, for times as much per hour, than I was.  And she was the one 
>>> being exploited?
>>
>> Dave, you missed an opportunity.  You should have become a stripper 
>> and made that kind of money.
> 
> I guess I may have missed my calling. Unfortunately, I lacked the 
> amazing natural gifts this girl had.  She was truly blessed with a 
> wonderful body, looks and intelligence.
> 

Wings used to be a cheap meal or snack.  I remember buying a 5 pound bag 
of them at our local market for 5 cents a pound.  In today's money, that 
is about 50 cents.  Since that guy in Buffalo screwed up the market they 
are closer to $3.  I just won't pay that.