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    Skydiving
    Skydiving
    Skydiving
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    Skydiving

    By Thomas M. McDade

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    The Boss sends a worker on a mission and it's not to the corner store for a pack of cigarettes.
    (This story was once part of my Smashwords story, "Knucklehead the Cat."

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherThomas M. McDade
    Release dateFeb 11, 2017
    ISBN9781370426072
    Skydiving
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    Thomas M. McDade

    Thomas M. McDade is a seventy-seven-year-old former programmer/analyst residing in Fredericksburg, VA, previously, in CT & RI. He's married, has no kids, and no pets. McDade is a 1973 graduate of Fairfield University. He served two tours of duty in the U.S. Navy. tommmcd2000@yahoo.com

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