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Yes, it is fortunate that you have Jeff and Rhonda as your resident experts in matters having to do with Haiti, so you do not have to bother me with that. I will refer all matters of Haiti back to them. And you have Greg and Linda likewise as your resident experts on the DR, so really there is nothing else that I would need to say about that. The Caribbean was never my bailiwick. I forget who are the experts on PR, other than I am certain that would not be me. Don't bother me with their Caribbean stuff. So obviously you will not need me for anything.  

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Yes, I vaguely remember you were talking about Lillian Thrasher, who founded an orphanage in Egypt and lived there for many years. However, I was not there at the time, so I really have no idea what she might have said. I guess in that sense we are all in the same boat, not knowing what did Lillian say anyway. That is about all that I can say about that. I may never know and that's Ok. I can't know everything.  

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Yes, I vaguely remember that years ago, more than 20 years ago, I was attending a Bible study group for a few months, maybe 3-4 months, and went through one of those Beth Green Moore books, and it was hosted by someone by the name of Perino. I have not seen most of those people since that time, more than 20 years ago, and also I no longer attend that church, so it is hard for me to remember anything about them. That was a long time ago. 

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Yes, who are those people who are screaming in my ear about cutting me off and who knows what else? Who are they? Why should I care what they say? The damage is already done anyway, so what does it matter if tomorrow I am run over by a truck or whatever? 

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Yes, I think that you already have the Lestarjets listed, and that was al there was, only Linda and something that Linda said. Not that I would ever think of that ever again, much less say something. 

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Yes, a few years ago I did my research on the family tree, and discovered the existence of that guy in Atlanta. Oh! All I can see is a mess of public records, not quite sure who those people are or why I should care about that. I am not even that fond of my first cousins, why should I care about some unknown guy in Atlanta who I never knew existed?  

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Yes, truly, I am not a dues-paying member of the Calkins Family Association. I came by the name in the normal way, by being born with my father's surname on my birth certificate. And then there are those other people who pay their Association dues so that they can pretend to be related to us, even though they did not get the name in the legitimate way. There is a collection of New Money corporate snobs and Old Money aristocrats who are hanging by a thread to the memory of old-time Calkins glories, but they do not really have the name, so what would they know? For what do I need sicko Bill? For what do I need Rockefeller's Haitian garbage dumpster? For what do I need that guy in Atlanta? Those people have no privileges for telling me what to do with my life. They are merely the dues-paying fringe, useful only insofar as they finance the Association projects and events, whatever the Association wants to do about that I have no idea, and that is as far as that gets. Maybe someday it would be interesting to sign up for that, but it is not necessary. It is also possible to be a Calkins and not pay dues to the Association. Either way, I am a Calkins and you are not.