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Weekly Contest #341
I learned about the North Star when I was just a boy at Christmas. My dad asked me to help with Christmas lights on the farmhouse roof. The sun had just dipped behind the hills when the last strand was hung. Dad went to grab the extension cord that was already plugged in at the back of the house. He pulled it over to where we were sitting, next to the garret window at the very top. “Alright,” he said while tying a knot to marry the cords together. “Here goes nothing.” When the plug went into the extension, the lights gave a w...
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