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At M&M we sell big brands at low prices.

Our clothes and footwear are always up to 65% less.

And so are our radio ads.

So here's some colipsome music to fill the time.

M&M, big brands, low prices.

Always up to 65% less than our RP.

When I was a child I lived with my parents in a beautiful and mount-stop country cottage in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

It was in a big house, but it was a paradise for a small child who loved the outdoors.

I spent all my time out in the hills, baking in the summer sun.

The mountain top was a small, tight knit community and my parents wouldn't bat an eyelash

if I would leave the house at first light and not come home until after dark.

They knew I was safe.

And frankly, we're probably glad to have some peace and quiet in the house.

My childhood days of adventuring came just sudden end a week after my 11th birthday.

That morning, a rubric for cereal, my dad had told me the circus had come to town

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