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llmart

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19. I overheard a woman talking with a cashier while I was next in line to check out groceries.

Reply to mcar (Reply #8)

Tue Aug 19, 2025, 08:36 PM

Aug 2025

This is in Michigan. She told the cashier that she moved from Florida because she has three kids in school and said she was appalled at how awful the school system is there.

Wait until the layoffs at Kennedy Space Center are announced after Labor Day. It's reported that IT wants 6,000 people gone.

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