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I do not understand the words you are saying.
There’s a Sainsbury’s a 5-minute walk from the flat, right on the High Street (apparently every town has a high street? I think?), so I went there for the first time today after some commenters suggested I try it in my quest for certain foodstuffs. I didn’t find what I was ...
“Words, Words, Words”
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In Their Own Words
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