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Gregorian

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16. My cousin, his wife and son all drowned trying to save their dog.

Reply to WilliamPitt (Original post)

Mon Dec 31, 2012, 02:24 PM

Dec 2012

I hesitated posting this because it's so morbid. I like discussions that aren't all happy. Some of life sucks. In fact, quite a bit.

It was a pretty good year, otherwise.

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