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THURSDAY, 26 SEPTEMBER 1991
Micro-dating is a thirty-minute coffee to see if there's a spark.
There wasn't. She knew in four minutes. You paid for both.
— Zack, unqualified
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PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
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