To the editor:
I recently filled propane and K-1 and just went over my contracted yearly allowance that gave me a glimpse into not-to-distant future pricing.
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But if Donald Trump was currently president he would probably want officials to look into the possibility of running vehicles on bleach, because injecting bleach worked so well in eliminating COVID-19.
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