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Wed, July 14 2010

Mister Ron's Basement #1724

This week, we are reading from Stephen Leacock's 1913 collection 'Behind the Beyond.'

In today's tale, we hear of valuable Real Estate that once could have been gotten for a song. It's called 'My Lost Opportunities.'

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Time: approx six and a half minutes 

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