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I was amazed when he was able to turn away free chocolate cake. Used to downing dozens of beers each night at his corner bar, he subsisted instead on lentils and cheap canned tuna. It also contains a wealth of links to web sites where you can obtain all the services you need for free. Although he initially thought that his urban hermit plan would not last long, macdonald in fact continued his makeover for more than a year, achieving final success in august 2001.
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