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2naSalit

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7. That's all I have going on

Reply to Doreen (Reply #4)

Sun Dec 29, 2019, 07:09 PM

Dec 2019

and I just got all that recently. I have had 1.5 years of comfort knowing I can pay the rent/eat and I don't have to try and work anymore. I did spend ten+ months living in my car during the past three years, though.

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