he called an old frienditd been forever 

                                         Hey, Shirley just walked into the room, yawanna say Hi?

Yahsure please Put her on

Hi Joe.

Shirley

she laughed Ohmy, you still sound like yourself.

Thank you as you  This is a nice surprise

Yes.

Its been a long time I understandBruce tells me youre tryin to make him pickup a book start reading again

I have, though I imagine he told you that's been useless.

He didnt say only that you were the readeralways a book in your hands  Me too  Whacha reading

she giggled  You'll laugh.

No  

I read selfhelp books.

Selfhelp

Yes. I really like them, I find them informative.

Have they helped

That’s a great question. I like to think so but I can’t say for sure, there’s so many all about the same thing.  

                                                                                                               I don’t know.

Wha don you know

If they're helping. They do intrigue me, but given how long I’ve been reading them I can’t say I’m able to, what, actuate, I think that’s right, what they impart. I seem to get hung up between C and D or the 4th 5th step . . you know?

   I don 

            I don read em

Don’t think you can improve yourself? They say there’s always room for improvement, wouldn’t you say?

Whos they

The writers.

Theyre making a buck  How to say this Shirley 

                                                      Ill just say  Ive known myself me a long time  The information knowledge I crave are usually subjects tha pique interestcuriosity  Improving deepening them is wha I pursue  Coud supposemight  kind of selfhelp books  Nonfiction fiction

Oh. 

      Well I didn’t go to college.

I didnt know

I went to a local junior college but didnt finish, didn’t make a year.

Not your cup of tea

                     Whadoes tha have to do with your reading

You and Bruce did.

Bruce did

I thought you met in college.

We did  I went for other reasons   

                                        Business

Bruce did too, he graduated with a business degree.

Not my business 

                    I sold grass hash helped people locate more esoteric drugsif you like College was my consumers  Being a student my front

I . I didn’t know that.

No you didnt

                Coudsay  I helped myself

   she giggled  That was a joke . . wasn’t it?

Yes   

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