Don't trust anybody over 30....thousand lurve?

Don't trust anybody over 30....thousand lurve?
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answer:To be honest I hardly ever notice. If I do I often forget.. But then again I am not of awarded such honors. Maybe when I have earned them they will mean more to me… But then again a number is just number… and numbers are so constraining.
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