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Weekly Contest #276
MY FRIEND MATT BY: STEVEN FORTUNA When I was a young kid growing up on the west side of Chicago, we lived in a very close- knit neighborhood. Not necessarily in the sense that we all got along in harmony but more because everyone knew everyone else. It was a neighborhood full of three flat apartment buildings and bungalows. The apartments were all small and usually crowded. The average family size back in the 1970’s was six or seven, while the average apartment only had four rooms. So, that math dictated that most of your time was spent o...
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