Tonight I Counted 1000 Thank Yous

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Jun 9th 2005, 7:39pm By queenseyes

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...1000 Thank Yous times 10. That's what I heard as 10,000 Corporate Challenge runners rounded Gates Circle in near-record breaking heat--a weary but genuine and constant chorus of 'Thank yous' directed toward the firefighters spraying with their hoses. Just another reason that it's great to live in the City of Good Neighbors.

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