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Wednesday, August 15, 2012
"I think it's pretty bad .. we don't really need these chains."
I've never been to Totnes. Now I want to go. When I do, there'll be no Costa Coffee for me. If the people who live in Totnes have their way, there'll be no Costa Coffee, period. It's all about managing to elude the "stomping boot," isn't it?
"It's all about managing to elude the 'stomping boot', isn't it?"
ReplyDeleteYes.