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FOR WANT OF A NALL

For want of a nail, the shoe was lost; For want of the shoe, the horse was lost; For want of the horse, the rider was lost; For want of the rider, the message was lost; For want of the message, the battle was lost; For want of the battle, the kingdom was lost, And all for the want of a horseshoe nail.

Most of us are familiar with that little rhyme. It points out the importance of the small, insignificant things we usually take for granted.

Today, we worry about tires and the price of gas for our cars. Horseshoes and horseshoe nails never cross

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