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B Calm

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11. I use to have to drive an 18 wheeler in one of the worst areas of Detroit and had to

Reply to romanic (Reply #7)

Tue Apr 14, 2015, 07:23 AM

Apr 2015

be there at 1am. The first time I drove there I asked one of my peers how to get there and what to expect. He gave me the directions from the nearest interstate and said at that time of night just slow down at red lights, but keep moving.

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Hell in some Detroit neighborhoods romanic Apr 2015 #7

I use to have to drive an 18 wheeler in one of the worst areas of Detroit and had to B Calm Apr 2015 #11

... not to mention the crazy argument ... surrealAmerican Apr 2015 #9

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