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hlthe2b

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1. Yeah, right. My grandmother lived in a tiny midwestern town's oldest house next door to...

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Wed Mar 25, 2026, 01:25 PM

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a little mini Dairy Queen! LOL Even after two hip replacements into her late 90s, she could still make it over there. (and no, she was a tiny tiny little lady as one might expect with severe osteoporosis as well as the OTC appetite suppressant of the 70s most here may not remember or never heard of given its name's unfortunate comparison to another similar-sounding name: Ayds candy)

So, I beg to differ.

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