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Published: Feb. 4, 2023, 8:02 p.m.

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Story 78 from 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' by Ian McCrorie
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One summer I drove a truck for an oil company. Two of us\n installed the oil tanks for furnaces in the basement of houses.\n It was dirty work. The basements were often unheated. They\n were seldom clean. One day, it was particularly cold and rainy.\n We entered through the back door into the kitchen. On my\n way to the basement stairs I came upon the owners, two unwed\n older sisters having a breakfast of tea and toast. The tea had\n just been poured, and...\n

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narrated by Ian McCrorie
\n 2023
\n 4 minutes 51 seconds\n

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