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<\/a><\/p>\n— for two miles. At this moment, I was going around 17 mph, or one-third of the speed limit on that sign to the right. We got up to about 25 mph by the time he turned off this road. TWO MILES LATER.<\/p>\n
At least I had the new B.S. Report to listen to on my iPod.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Good thing I got an early start today! It put me on the road with perfect timing, so I could get behind this guy — — for two miles. At this moment, I was going around 17 mph, or one-third of the speed limit on that sign to the right. We got up to about … <\/p>\n
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