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All of a sudden, I feel very old and very tired. Maybe when I get to California, the smog, brush fires, floods, and earthquakes will cheer me up.

Erma Bombeck

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Erma Bombeck
Age: 69 †
Born: 1927
Born: February 21
Died: 1996
Died: April 22
Column Author
Journalist
Writer
Bellbrook
Ohio
Erma Louise Bombeck
Sudden
Smog
California
Floods
Tired
Earthquakes
Fire
Fires
Maybe
Brush
Funny
Brushes
Feel
Flood
Feels
Cheer

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