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LeftInTX

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Sat Jul 4, 2026, 05:28 AM
Saturday

Although Google Image search has gone downhill, since they won't allow you to search people, I saw an image of a house in a crime forum. (There was a missing woman about five miles from me) Some guy was snooping at this house. The house they showed looked like it wasn't from that part of town because homes over there were built early 2000's etc.

On a whim, I uploaded the image to Google Image search. It turns out it was a duplex just down the road from me! Sure enough I recognized it right away!


I also had brought this unique sponge product at the automotive section at Walmart a few years ago. Product was real cheap. I wanted to buy a new one and Walmart didn't have it anymore. I had no idea what the product was even called. I had purchased it to remove hair from my sofa and it wasn't marketed for that. (I just saw this product and thought, "I bet if I rub that on my sofa, it will pick up hair)

So, I took a picture of it. Turns out it was called a tire applicator and Autozone had it.

However, to actually find the address of that generic looking 80's duplex was truly amazing. Out of all the houses in the entire world!



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