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"Business" lunch

Adam Keys Dogs, cats, et cetera October 10, 2007 0 Minutes

I had a very important lunch appointment today:

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Fred’s action items following our discussion were 1) hunt more fat pigeons and 2) figure out how to get more human food. Sounds good to me!

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