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txwhitedove

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11. I had already read news of this type of scam,

Sun Sep 22, 2024, 05:08 PM

Sep 2024

plus usually always know where all my kids and grandkids are. So, when I answered a cell call identified as from Indiana and a sad voice fuzzily said "Grandma...", I burst out loud laughing, they hung up. None of my kids have ever been to Indiana, but I sent out a group text asking which of my rascals was in Indiana today. They got a good laugh out of it.

The book is great, he writes knowingly of older people, thoughtful, and exciting. What would you do if all your money was taken away in a flash after a midnight call?

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Horrible! hermetic Sep 2024 #5

Happy cooler weather, leaves and pumpkin spice. I am now reading a big book of historical fiction txwhitedove Sep 2024 #7

Sure hope you realized hermetic Sep 2024 #9

I had already read news of this type of scam, txwhitedove Sep 2024 #11

I just managed to get hermetic Sep 2024 #10

I'm still reading Bernard Cornwell's Saxon Tales. I just started the ninth book, Warriors of the Storm. rsdsharp Sep 2024 #8