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KamaAina

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11. "which is larger than the city of Calgary"

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Thu May 5, 2016, 07:19 PM

May 2016

Hmmm... we all know who's from Calgary, don't we? And he's no longer otherwise occupied.

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