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winter is coming

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22. Yes, I'd really say "leave me alone" without necessarily meaning "yuck".

Reply to hfojvt (Reply #21)

Thu Jan 14, 2016, 09:07 PM

Jan 2016

Most of the time when I'm out in public, I'm just trying to get from one place to another, doing my thing. I'm not interested in being interrupted by anyone.

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but would you really say "leave me alone" hfojvt Jan 2016 #21

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