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[ThomWV]

I agree with you, but I want to share an observation with you. There is a lady I've known for a couple of decades who was a student intern when I first met her. She is a big old country girl who had never, other than in pictures, seen a town of more than 500 people before she went to college, and she's smart. She is not pretty by today's standards but were these pioneer days she would be quite a catch. I just love her to death and her "old man" (partner for 20+ years) is one of the finest men I have ever known - Union man too. He was President of our Local for the last 5 years before I retired.

Vicki is an accountant and one thing that always amazed me is that even after she pass the test and became a CPA, and all the years I've known her, she continues to take undergraduate college courses. Anyway, she and he have good jobs and individually they make more than the average family in this part of the country. They live very modestly however. She owns their home and to this day he pays her rent. They enjoy outdoor activity, mostly hiking, and both of them do a good bit of volunteer work. Vicki once told me she enjoys living well below her means.

You want to talk about one admirable woman.