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lost half of my teeth. I speak 4,800 words a day, and forget SO percent of what I learn.
“I take in 3,200 calories a day and would like to reduce— but probably won’t. Each year I eat 160 pounds of meat, 353 eggs, 91 pounds of sugar, 7 pounds of cheese, 103 pounds of potatoes, 100 pounds of fresh fruit, 100 pounds of bread, 5 pounds of rice, over 21 pounds of coffee, tea and cocoa, 244 quarts of milk, 25,000 inches of spaghetti, 42 hot dogs, 191 bottles of pop. I also smoke 146 packs of cigarettes and drink 183 ounces of whiskey, and I dump 400 pounds of edible food in the garbage can.
“I shall spend one year of my life on the telephone. Our television set is on 5 hours a day. Our family car is 3 years old and we drive it 10,000 miles a year. Our family income is 34871 per year, or $5957 if I work too.
“I spend half again as much as my husband does for clothes. When shopping I walk 8 miles a day and I buy 5 pairs of shoes a year. Department stores get $35 a month from me and I charge half of my purchases. However, I return 13 percent of the clothes I buy. It takes me 16 minutes to dress and it takes $50 a year to keep me powdered perfumed and rouged. Every 5 years I eat m.v height in lipstick but quite a bit of it is transferred, presumably to my husband.
"I wear a nightgown to bed, and have trouble sleeping because I’m worried. Forty per cent of my worries never happen, 30 per cent are things T can’s help, and the rest don’t matter much anyway. I pray, believe in God, but seldom go to church.
“My husband proposed to me in a car and gave me a 14 -karat diamond. I’m inclined to be more critical of my husband than he is of me. There is a 50-50 chance that I either have no children, or 2 children.
“If I work, my income peak shall be reached when I am be
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