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flotsam

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39. A long way into his winning streak...

Reply to malaise (Reply #17)

Mon Nov 23, 2020, 11:49 PM

Nov 2020

...Alex was running out of questions to ask Jennings about his personal life. Alex asked "Is there anything about your life we haven't discussed that you'd like to tell us?" Reply (not exact) "Well Alex, I once shot a man down south." So yeah-he has a sense of humor.

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