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http://www.mcalesternews.com/articles/2004/07/31/news/local_news/news02.txt
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I have an old hard orange from Chinese New Year, and a few old tangerines from CNY a year or two ago. Once they get hard they last forever.

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Must have been a slow news day in McAlester.

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Hasn't anyone ever made (and kept) a pomander?

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Richard W
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Oh damn, I just threw away a few clementines that were a couple of months old and had started to look like that. They're still in my bin, though. Perhaps I should fish them out and notify the press.
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