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3825-87867

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12. No aeroplanes?

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Thu Oct 9, 2025, 06:08 PM

Oct 9

Can't get from NYC to DC or Dal-ass to east kabumfuck, Repo-publican land?
No problem! Welcome to the 2nd age of the old "Iron Horse." A lort slower and more pollution, but more jobs for your kids digging coal.

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