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My Life in Salvage
Sadly, I am not a do-gooder or chronic volunteer type. I won’t go into various excuses for this, except to say that my idea of making the world better is to not lie or cheat or steal, and take good care of my family. I also believe in the virtues of cleanliness.
Three years ago, though, I signed up to work at the swap shop on the [...]
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