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about do you.
Im talkin about closin. ts alkin about.
time do you go to bed.
Sir?
Youre a bit deaf, arent you? I said ime do you go to bed.
ell. Id say around nine-ty. Somewy.
Co hen, he said.
ell be closed then.
ts all right.
ell why would you be comin back? ell be closed.
You said t.
ell we will.
You live in t ore?
Yes I do.
Youve lived here all your life?
tor took a hers place, he said.
Originally.
You married into it.
e lived in temple texas for many years. Raised a family temple. e come out four years ago.
You married into it.
If ts t to put it.
I dont o put it. ts t is.
ell I need to close now.
C of to tle bag and placed it on ter. ood oddly erect, chewing.
You seem to of questions, tor said. For somebody t dont to say heyre from.
s t you ever sa on a coin toss?
Sir?
I said you ever sa on a coin toss.
Coin toss?
Coin toss.
I dont kno generally bet on a coin toss. Its usually more like just to settle somethin.
s t ttled?
I dont know.
Cook a ty-five cent piece from and flipped it spinning into t lig it and slapped it onto t above t, he said.
Call it?
Yes.
For w?
Just call it.
ell I need to kno is were callin here.
ching?
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