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I will be away from the office from Friday
December 5th returning Monday December 8th.
In 1501 - clipboard in hand - I glanced at Lucrezia Borgia as she wept for
Alfonso.
Thank you for your e-mail. I am out of the
office indefinitely.
and her fate...
As from 26th November to 10th December 2003, I
shall be away on split leave.
I am offiste until Dec.8. I'll have my cell with
me.
But by the time it was 1962
I had taken a shine to a man in the press
by the name of Lenny the Bruce
I will be working downtown on Thursday, December
4, my 980 day is Friday, and I will be in a training class beginning Monday,
December 8 thru Thursday, December 11.
Where? At the troubadour!
I will be out of the plant for medical surgery.
But next time i saw his name
he had a tombstone hewn in his face
I will be out of the office from Friday November 18 to Monday December 7
inclusiive, with no access to e-mail.
In 404 before the birth of our lord
I hooked up with the bread maker to the great Lysander
I will be away from my office from November 3/03 until mid December.
I will be out of the office with limited access
to email on December 8th and 9th.
He taught me how to unleaven while unshaven and I took it as a sign of
spartan upheavel.
Je suis en vacances jusqu'au 11 aout.
Hi - I am out of the office on Maternity Leave.
It might be freezing outside but it's also 1029,
Macbeth has just blown through this village legend snapping at his heals,
i'm not sure though -
If you are not aware, I will be away on
maternity leave for up to 6 months.
In my absence, my job is NOT being filled. Instead, my colleagues have
kindly agreed to cover any PRIORITY items that might arise as part of their
current BUSY roles.
He just seemed to be
In Damascus office Monday 17/11 & Tuesday. Then
on leave in UK until Tuesday 16th December.
"This Khrushchev has all the manners of a Siberian camel but the mind of a
thief" says my father.
As I watch him take coins from our neighbours for only half thought out
labour saving devices and hit the road again.
I have retired!
YOUR NOTE HAS NOT BEEN FORWARDED
I am retired.
I will be monitoring e-mail daily but may be slow in responding.
My cell phone is not functioning.
Even with my fingers in my ears I can't sleep as Kido Takayoshi discusses a
German model in 1874.
This account will be closing on 01 October
and will be deleted shortly thereafter.
No e-mails will be able to be read after 01 October.
I was a doorman at the Hague peace conference in 1907, wearing a borrowed
suit.
I am out of the office until from November 20 to December 5. I will onitor
my e-mail regularly.
Don't worry I talked myself out of that career after fourteen lonely nights
spent with a tie wrapped around my torso and a collage of state cutlery.
Toward the end of the 18th it was all beginning
to make sense though as I joined the grand council in the Qing dynasty.
Thanks for your message.
Monday - working from home
Tues & Wednesday - in the office
Thurs - work from home for part of the day only.
If urgent, please contact me on numbers below.
Why? don't ask me why... I just took the money and went -
ON VACATION
and sat shivering in the hills
thinking ahead to the treaty of Ghent
amid the glow of a white house,
and some sailors apology
we came together
all eagerness and commerce.
As I begin again
in the basement flat
i'm no wiser
but i've got food
and a refrigerator
to keep it cold.
Please email me
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