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An elderly couple in a senior citizens apartment-building finds something disgusting in a can of grape juice, and they try to find out what it is.
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What Is It? - Seung Geel Hong
Prologue
My wife and I live in a senior citizens high-rise building in *****, **. The building is 12 stories high and has 180 apartments.
We enjoy living here, and we feel very fortunate to live in a place where there is regular care and entertainment for us: A visiting nurse checks our blood pressure twice a month; a man comes to our building and sets up Quality Dollar Store
from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. every three weeks; we have a monthly potluck dinner; there is bingo
every Thursday evening; we can play different card games four days of the week; a free movie is shown in the activity room every Friday evening; we even have live (līv) music entertainment once or twice a month.
In addition, there are gatherings for those who have special interests or talents, such as meetings for Bible study, stitchery, and ceramics.
We also have many events and activities that are special or seasonal, such as the annual flu-shots and pneumonia-shots that are offered before each winter.
It would be difficult for me to list all the wonderful things that are offered to us in
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