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i'm curious what this will be! hope i can participate ; )
I hope so! I can't wait to find out what it'll be.
- Bunions
Laughter is the best medicine for toe pain.
Hey, Bunions. The email went out to everyone Monday night; you should have gotten it if your account is set to receive emails or if you are on the Facebook group.
Its raining and no one is in that part of the park. Are we still doing this?
Event went on as detailed in the email. Hope you found the group. Sounds like they had a good time.
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