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I've fallen back on this periodically, although I must say that getting out of the grocery business ranked right up there with getting out of the army as one of the happier experiences of my life.

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David Eddings
Age: 77 †
Born: 1931
Born: July 7
Died: 2009
Died: June 2
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Spokane
Washington
David Carroll Eddings
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Army
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Business
Grocery
Back
Groceries
Right
Happier
Must
Fallen

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