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thenewgreen · 4137 days ago · link · · parent · post: Frequency

Wow, Germany sure takes it's sweet ass time building a car. Also, one of those people in the US that buys a house was me today. I guess I haven't "bought" it yet, but my offer was accepted and money is in escrow.

We should be contributing to "a baby is born" soon too. Big life events boiled down to flashing data points.

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theadvancedapes · 4137 days ago · link ·

Congrats on the house and the soon-to-be new kid! Not sure if you've said this before, but is it expected to be a boy or a girl?

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