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“He told me I ought to quit this job and stop spending so much time in a crummy bar like this!” Virgil stated. “He said spending all my time in a bar is no way for a young man like me to live my life.” Eddie was speechless. “The last thing that man said before he walked away,” Virgil continued, “was that this place ruined his life.” “He said that?” Eddie inquired desperately. “Yeah,” Virgil said. “He looked up at the neon liquor bottle and said ‘You ruined my life.’” With that, Virgil walked out of Merle Early’s bar for good. He breathed a heavy breath of summer air as he sauntered down the street. Edd