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Mungo McCall

Posted Tuesday, 2 June 2009 at 5:04 pm | Permalink

Reminds me of some of the Gruen Transfer’s selling the unsellable segments…
David Sanderson

Posted Wednesday, 3 June 2009 at 9:16 am | Permalink

There is a lesson in this for all of us. Next time you are in hospital to have your leg amputated, a kidney removed and aggressive cancer chemotherapy spin it to your friends as the making of the ‘new me’.