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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Don Rosa wrote:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>But the #3 idea is to have current stories that take
place in 2003 and still<BR>have $crooge refer to his adventures in the 19th
Century -- this forces the<BR>reader to put the stories into a fairy-tale
Never-Never Land, and that takes<BR>the power out of the characters... they
are apparently immune to misfortune<BR>or aging or
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>There is a fourth possibility. For those who MUST
have an explanation of their longevity, Barks had them encounter the Fountain of
Youth. Maybe they've aged very slowly since then.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Quack, Don</FONT></DIV>
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