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Zee said, grumpily, “Liebling, this is not a good idea.” “Zee,” I told him, “I am completely out of good ideas and am doing my best with the bad ones I have left.

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Patricia Briggs
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: February 28
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Butte
Montana
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Left
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