Being a retired major looks like an ideal thing to me. What a pity you couldn't eternally have been just a retired major. (Fernando Pessoa)

Being a retired major looks like an ideal thing to me. What a pity you couldn't eternally have been just a retired major.

Fernando Pessoa

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