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Every good wish for 2025.

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You too, Ray. Hope your New Year is off to a good start. 4 more hours to go here.

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A very Happy New Year Clint. The coming year is sure to bring many memorable moments. I am glad I am along for the ride.

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Cheers and Happy New Year’s, Fred!!! 🥂🥂

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Have a wonderful New Year’s Eve, Clint, — whether you’re alone, on the phone, or dunno. What do I look back on in 2024? I’ve gained the acquaintance and confidant of a marvelous content creator. I can proudly and happily say, you’ve got a friend in me.

Blessings.

Bruce David Smith

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Thank you, dear! Happy New Year's Eve to you too, Bruce. Wishing you whatever kind of celebration your heart desires...and a year ahead of health and happiness. Thank you for your kindness and support. You're lovely....CHEERS! Clint

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Awww. ❤️🌹 So sweet.

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Happy New Year, Clint. Looking forward to what I will learn from you in 2025.

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Looking forwar to what we all learn together! Feel free to share. I'm no expert. Just a curious internet sleuth of the truth, Ruth! :-)

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Did Simon and Garfunkel inspire you for this? Just an outside chance, I'm guessing.

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Nope. I don't know much about that duo. My parents weren't fans and I've only heard a few of their hits. So guess not. :-)

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Then listen to this. The key part starts at about 1:20. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABXtWqmArUU

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Ahhhh…here’s where—I think—the “Ruth” rhyme comes from for me: Samuel L. Jackson’s radio dj character in Spike Lee’s Do the Right thing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85PuVOm46CQ

Also, a close family member’s name was Ruth, so it made her giggle. :-)

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Well Clint, your correct it's been a rollercoaster year for yourself and many others in Ivory Towers, what we can't do is hold back time, we can look back but never go back, so to paraphrase Buzz Lightyear.....to infinity and beyond in 2025. Cheers DougT 🇫🇴 🍾🎉🎇🍻

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Love that, Doug. Thank you for the Buzz reference. Life is a lot like Toy Story…with slightly more advanced toys. Cheers!

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I've still to see Toy Story 4, guess I'll catch up with it sometime. I still think TS1 is the best, simple story, good life vibes, infancy CGI, what's not to like.

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Same here. I'm a big fan of #1 and #3. Ed Asner voicing the villain bear in the third put a big smile on my face. And yet still manages to make me cry too. Good stuff.

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In TS3 it's great when Andy regresses back to being a kid again playing with all his Gang before he makes the decision the Gang would all be better off together with a new kid, it's a very moving(POV) of him realising he can't keep his past, he has to move on. After all he's got a 'new toy' to play with 😜

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