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Fathers Day at Skylark

Today was a little lucky for me, there weren't too many lessons and so I ended up with a half day. So I ran out of work and was able to catch the first train back home.I found out that my family hadn't had lunch yet due to a mid morning nap and we were... ...full story at Mottekaero

from Mottekaero on Sun, Jun 15 2008

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