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Re:Face it: you're a crazy person by cma on Thursday July 31, 2025 @06:34PM (#44750930)
Robert Frost was an insurance guy or something
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Re:Face it: you're a crazy person by throwawayoldie on Thursday July 31, 2025 @07:31PM (#44751397)
Just took a look at Wikipedia. No mention of insurance, but he did write much of his early work while farming during the day. As did Robert Burns.
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Re:Face it: you're a crazy person by cma on Friday August 01, 2025 @09:43PM (#44764262)
Was thinking of T.S. Eliot, worked at Lloyds but in banking not insurance.
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Re:Face it: you're a crazy person by Animats on Thursday July 31, 2025 @09:21PM (#44752076)
No, Frost was a teacher and a farmer to make money.[1] Tom Clancy was an insurance agent.

[1] https://www.britannica.com/biography/Robert-Frost

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Re:Face it: you're a crazy person by cma on Friday August 01, 2025 @03:35AM (#44753984)
Was thinking of T.S. Eliot
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Re:Face it: you're a crazy person by valm- on Wednesday August 06, 2025 @05:24PM (#44818033)
Wallace Stevens

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallace_Stevens

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