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Trouble withthe neighbours

30 July 2015

1:00 PM

30 July 2015

1:00 PM

A few years ago, I got a bit fed up with receiving Christmas cards from my friends designed to show off just how well they were doing. A typical card consisted of five or six blond children on ponies or quad bikes with a massive country house in the background.

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