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    As I write I am sitting in the Poatina Service station doing my twice monthly shift caring for this little business. I am a bit sad today because the Poatina working bee is on and I am missing it because I am sitting here. This is a bit of a shift for me. I actually lived in Poatina five years ago for four years and I am embarrassed to say that I didn’t do one working bee. I had lots of “good” reasons – that now look pretty stupid. Working bee in Poatina is one of the moments when the whole (except for those with similar attitudes that I had)…

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