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What The Snipe Hunt And Other Foolishness Taught Me About Trusting People

Posted March 10, 2009 - 08:53 by Julie Rains

Personal Finance

nice night for a snipe hunt

I grew up trusting two men who lied to me. They arranged snipe hunts and told outlandish stories from long ago (their childhoods and young adult years in the 1920s, '30s, and '40s). But, of all the adults I remember from my growing up years, these two men were the most honest and authentic. Their legacy to me is not cynicism from being fooled but healthy skepticism of those who should be trusted. Here’s what I learned from them.

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