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I am 65 and I guess that puts me in with the geriatrics. But if there were 15 months in every year I'd only be 48. That's the trouble with us. We number everything. Take women for example I think they deserve to have more than 12 years between the ages of 28 and 40.

I am 65 and I guess that puts me in with the geriatrics. But if there were 15 months in every year I'd only be 48. That's the trouble with us. We number everything. Take women for example I think they deserve to have more than 12 years between the ages of 28 and 40.

Approximate author period: c. 1929 AD · modern

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James Thurber
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Approximate author period: c. 1929 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for James Thurber: documented activity in 1929. Wikidata Q124527, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q124527 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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