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Saturday (Cont’d from previous page) Route 114. Now I thought to call ahead to Turetsky. So they could have the hat ready. Crazy? Yes. This was from stress. My blood pressure was rising. After three tries, the call went through. “That was picked up last week,” I was told. “It’s not on the hook anymore.” “That wasn’t picked up by me,” I said. “Well, it’s picked up.” I thought maybe my wife had picked it up. So I tried calling her again, and on the first try got through. “Did you pick up my hat at the vet?” I asked. “I left it there. You were with me.” “I don’t remember you left your hat there though,” she said. “Well, I don’t remember leaving it there,
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