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Chainfire

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6. At one time in my career, I worked on two new prisons under construction, and later

Reply to True Dough (Reply #3)

Fri Jun 2, 2023, 04:58 PM

Jun 2023

did some work at an active federal prison. I didn't even like being locked in, knowing that they would be letting me back out. So, no, the worst encounters I have ever had with the police were, "License and registration please." I have had two speeding tickets in my life, the last one 35 years or so ago.

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