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maxsolomon

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1. My wife has a co-worker with family in HK

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Thu Dec 4, 2025, 03:41 PM

15 hrs ago

She said the repair work was breaking windows, so the contractors covered the windows with panels of Styrofoam. The feeling in HK is that it was the foam more than the bamboo.

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My wife has a co-worker with family in HK maxsolomon 15 hrs ago #1

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