Word: remsenburg
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...invented Jeeves and had 13 successive butlers when he lived in Europe, now lives in quiet, butlerless Remsenburg, on Long Island, about two hours from Manhattan. "Plummie" (a schoolboy nickname) now makes do with a part-time gardener who tends his twelve beautifully kept acres, and a four-day-a-week maid who helps wife "Bunny" run a charming ten-room white-shingled house. At 76, Wodehouse still does his "getting-up" exercises at 7:30, walks three to five miles a day, keeps the two birdbaths filled...
Mulling over writing his autobiography at his home in Remsenburg, N.Y., British Humorist P. G. Wodehouse, 73, revealed that he has not visited London since 1939 (he lived in France during World War II), has no intention of returning. Said he: "As Kipling said, 'You can't cross old trails.' England is fascinating, yes, but what breaks my heart is the old great houses being torn down. There's hardly a Jeeves left in the place...
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