This is from last year but I still won’t go back… I needed gas for my car last week. I was on my way to bell rehearsal so I didn’t have time to go to my usual place. Instead, I stopped by the station that was on my way. I had stopped going to …
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May 05
A Shell of a Day
- By MaryO in Interesting stuff
I needed gas for my car last week. I was on my way to bell rehearsal so I didn’t have time to go to my usual place. Instead, I stopped by the station that was on my way. I had stopped going to this particular gas station many years ago when I thought that …
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