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@@@..@@@@@           ..#¤ an anecdote ¤#..          @@@@@..@@@
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@..@@..@@@ today it rained, and i would  go outside ..@..@@..@
........@@ i thought,  so i  smoked a  pipe and got @.........
@@@@@@@... dressed,  and  outside   the   rain  had ..@@@@@@@@
@@@@@@..@@ turned into  snow so  thick that it  was ...@@@@@@@
@@@@@....@ as dense fog ... and  then i went to get @@..@@@@@@
@@@@..@@.. the mail, but there  was  a woman and we @....@@@@@
@@@....... talked a little. now because  i was high ..@@..@@@@
@@..@@@@@@ and it was snowing  so  funny and  i had @......@@@
@....@@@@@ an umbrella  against the snow, but  snow ..@@@@..@@
..@@..@@@@ all over my face anyway,  and i wondered ...@@....@
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