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Igel

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4. Some's random.

Reply to Purveyor (Reply #1)

Thu Aug 3, 2017, 07:27 PM

Aug 2017

Things bunch up on their own.

Some's attention. Before the Grenfall one, this would have been minor news and overlooked or quickly forgotten. (Still minor news. Still likely quickly forgotten.)

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