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I will be reading the stories of the members here and really amazed to know how many things will happen in everyone's life. I am from Bangalore, India and definetely have lot of cultural difference and also the difference in the way of life.
But I want to share few of the things/ scenes from ...
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| A Gallant Vessel
Ray is shackled to a wheelchair for the rest of his life. Frequently he fights to draw a breath through the ever-present oxygen hose draped around his head and hanging slightly below his nose. Despite all this, Ray may be the most comical resident of the Eisenhower unit, a locked-down ward ...
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