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applegrove

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10. There is good and bad. My dad had a health care worker who told me her

Reply to anciano (Reply #9)

Thu Jul 9, 2026, 08:42 PM

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family (Nova Scotia disapora of black Canadians treated horribly over generations) were all asking her how to spell certain words since they were texting and had found use for writing in that way.

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Interesting OP.... anciano Thursday #9

There is good and bad. My dad had a health care worker who told me her applegrove Thursday #10

YES, indeed! orthoclad Thursday #11

love how just because MAGA does something that it must mean that that action represents the entire global population Takket Thursday #12

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