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Are you messing around or is this true? Sorry to hear if so.

I lost my last teaching job in .... 2001. Since then, I've moved on, to work as an editor and a writer.

Don't be sorry, cuz I sure aint!
Anyway, I was just trying to get a free trip to Europe, or maybe just to the airport. :-)

Okay. Glad to hear things worked out for you.

If the chance comes along to invite you, I just might. 8-)

I'd like to go to Afrika in May. Hopefully, I'll get the money to go.