Bob Neal <bob@...> wrote:

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From: Steve Dobrowal [mailto:sportseast@...]
Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2007 1:11 PM
To: 'Robert Brown'; Pat Regan; Tom Mattiussi; 'Michael R. Towne'; Bob
Neal; 'Robert TerMaat'
Subject: FW: [Fwd: Irish Luck]

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>Subject: Irish Luck
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>Remember to send it back!
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>I want this back. It DOES work.
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>His name was Fleming, and he was a poor Scottish farmer. One day, while

>trying to make a living for his family, he heard a cry for help coming
>from a nearby bog. He dropped his tools and ran to the bog.There, mired

>to his waist in black muck, was a terrified boy, screaming and
>struggling to free himself. Farmer Fleming saved the lad from what
>could have been a slow and terrifying death.The next day, a fancy
>carriage pulled up to the Scotsman's sparse surroundings An elegantly
>dressed nobleman stepped out and introduced himself as the father of
>the boy Farmer Fleming had saved.
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>"I want to repay you," said the nobleman. "You saved my son's life."
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>"No, I can't accept payment for what I did," the Scottish farmer
>replied waving off the offer. At that moment, the farmer's own son came

>to the door of the family hovel.
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>"Is that your son?" the nobleman asked.
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>"Yes," the farmer replied proudly.
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>"I'll make you a deal. Let me provide him with the level of education
>my own son will enjoy. If the lad is anything like his father, he'll no

>doubt grow to be a man we both will be proud of." And that he did.
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>Farmer Fleming's son attended the very best schools and in time,
>graduated from St. Mary's Hospital Medical School in London, and went
>on to become known throughout the world as the noted Sir Alexander
>Fleming, the discoverer of Penicillin.
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>Years afterward, the same nobleman's son who was saved from the bog was

>stricken with pneumonia.
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>What saved his life this time?
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>Penicillin.
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>The name of the nobleman? Lord Randolph Churchill. His son's name?
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>Sir Winston Churchill.
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>Someone once said: What goes around comes around.
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>Work like you don't need the money.
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>It's National Friendship Week. Send this to everyone you consider A
>FRIEND.
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>Pass this on, and brighten someone's day.
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>AN IRISH FRIENDSHIP WISH:
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>You had better send this back!!
>Good Luck!
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>I hope it works...
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>May there always be work for your hands to do;
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>May your purse always hold a coin or two;
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>May the sun always shine on your windowpane;
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>May a rainbow be certain to follow each rain;
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>May the hand of a friend always be near you;
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>May God fill your heart with gladness to cheer you.
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>OK, this is what you have to do... Send this to all of your friends.
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>But - you HAVE to send this within 1 hour from when you open it!
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>Now.....Make A wish!!
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>I hope you made your wish!



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