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SWBTATTReg
(22,188 posts)Wounded Bear
(58,758 posts)Remember, there ain't no such thing as a free lunch.
HotTeaBag
(1,206 posts)And if not free, then cities should have vending machines with masks and sanitizers in as many places that they can put them for 25 cents each.
tavernier
(12,410 posts)I am enrolled with them and they didnt ask for any $.
I thought that was very nice.