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I'm writing this from the father's side of things, because I became the guy people stop on Main Street to...
Дощ у Броварах у той вечір лив так, що асфальт на Курганній парував, а неонова вивіска «Продано» на воротах маєтку...
My name's Ray Kowalczyk, I'm fifty-eight, and I run a small HVAC repair shop off Route 9 outside Scranton, Pennsylvania....