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07.10.04 [Thursday] at 0:15 · Filed under winnipeg

I forgot, on my walk home from work there was a caravan of people moving furniture (including a 27-32″ TV) in shopping carts stolen/borrowed from our local Safeway. They’d traversed Ellice at the crosswalk. As I passed them they were stopping to take a break. I didn’t see where the new apartment was.

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