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Tree Lady

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33. We had guy out to fix ours

Reply to mnhtnbb (Reply #16)

Tue Apr 14, 2026, 02:39 PM

21 hrs ago

Few months ago, real nice. Spring broke and door flopped down. Charged $190 total, I drove to atm real quick while he was fixing it and got cash.

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