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Since you asked, let me give you another retirement update. Last time, I told you I have shaved everyday since I retired (except Saturdays, which don’t count). That has continued.

Another thing – I officially retired June 16. I have not had on a pair of long pants since. I’m a shorts and t-shirt kind of guy. I went to a meeting last week at City Hall (you may know it as the M.S. Bailey Municipal Center – brought to you by M.S. Bailey and Son, Bankers). 

A few days back, I wrote an Editorial that said the worst thing President Trump can do is turn DACA over to a Congress that has not passed one single piece of meaningful legislation (except the Affordable Care Act) in 12 years.

It’s not “immoral” to offer voters a sandwich.

After the District 55 School Bond Referendum failed on Sept. 5, there was much righteous indignation among the winners about the “Yes” group handing out coupons for fish sandwiches.

Corner -- Larry Franklin

If you read MyClintonNews.com last Wednesday, you noticed that North Broad Street in front of The Chronicle office was a disaster zone. Reports from people who still work there indicate it started Tuesday.

So, as a journalist, you always want to be in the right place at just the right time. It’s nearly impossible, but everyone has to have a goal in life.

It explains why so many of us died Sept. 11, 2001 trying to get into the Twin Towers. It explains why journalists want to be war correspondents. It explains why I have applied to my publisher for hazardous duty, county council pay.

By Larry Franklin

I’ve shaved every day. Except Saturday. Saturdays don’t count. Repeat. Saturdays don’t count.

One thing I’ve noticed about retired people — like moi — is that they stopped shaving. To be honest, this is more of a thing with males than females. 

From the “this is why I will never be rich” file comes this discouraging piece of news. People are paying good money for typewriters.

Do I have any typewriters? 

Not any more.

I have no quantifiable evidence of this at all, so I’m just going to say it. Bowling is bouncing back.

That fact, if it is a fact, offers a unique opportunity for Clinton. We have a bowling alley. As best I remember, it’s owned by somebody in Connecticut, and since we are not Greenville, we don’t have bowling. Even though, we have a bowling alley.