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Opening Day Madness at CostCo

Today we went along to the new CostCo. As it was the opening day we expected things to be a little busy and so left allowing plenty of time to get there for the opening at 8AM.Oh boy, did we underestimate the popularity!The usual 20 minute trip ended up... ...full story at Mottekaero

from Mottekaero on Fri, Apr 04 2008

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