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Old 01-24-2014, 06:06 PM
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Originally Posted by tbob View Post
+1. Well said Ryan. I escaped the angry death threat and other nasty emails but I was upset with how my friends on this Board were treated by Bruce. When I read Bruce's comments about the only important thing in life to him was not friends, but pieces of cardboard, I think about It's a Wonderful Life when Jimmy Stewart receives the book with the inscription that no man is a failure who has friends. Sadly Bruce may have rejoiced in his collection but never realized how much more important it is to have friends...
I suspect that comment was just made for effect, given that Bruce obviously had many friends as evident from the link I posted before.
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