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...WALTER RIPPERTON had to admit that, despite everything, he felt unemployed. Laid off in October from his job as a steelworker, he hadn't been back to work since. Instead, he padded around the house in his bathrobe and a pair of worn argyle socks each day, getting dressed on Thursdays to pick up his unemployment check. He watched people winning thousands of dollars on "The $10,000 Pyramid" and "Hollywood Squares," rearranged the living room furniture with his wife a few times, and generally would have been more relaxed than he ever imagined he could be, had he known...

Author: By Rich Meislin, | Title: My Jug Runneth Under | 3/19/1975 | See Source »

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