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giftedgirl77

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15. It's funny you say that because I live in the south

Mon Jan 20, 2014, 02:42 PM

Jan 2014

as well and in another thread someone couldn't comprehend why I absolutely will not take the chance of going on any backroads from Ocala north throughout the deep south unless I have clear directions & a full tank of gas. I am the "whitest" person in our family & I'm Puerto Rican, both of my sons are also half black. I've had guns drawn on me & been face down on the pavement more times than I care to remember, I'll be damned if I'm going to be caught out in the boondocks & have my kids put through that shit.

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It's funny you say that because I live in the south giftedgirl77 Jan 2014 #15

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