Swim coach: Jim is heading to Santa Cruz Island! Danielle needs to go teach the children! And Erik is off to the salt mines!
Me: I guess.
Swim coach: You're the only one adding to the GNP!
Me: Me?!
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On the other hand, I was walking to the mailbox—they're down by the start of the street—when I approached the spot where I found $6 the other day. Pay attention, I told myself. There might be more cash. Lo and behold....
It's as if I had read The Secret. Now I just need to conjure up larger denominations.
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Anyone driving a Rolls-Royce shouldn't be pumping his own gas (and, yes, there is a full-service station in town). To his credit, he did sit in the car while the gas flowed as if he wasn't actively involved.