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#2251: Driveway Diplomacy
Jun 25, 2022
Chip lives in a congested suburban area where his next door neighbor is in the habit of warming up his car every day for 20 minutes in the driveway that’s right between their two houses. Chip isn’t sure whether to approach his neighbor with the ‘poisonous fumes’ or ‘you’re wrecking your car’ or ‘you’re wrecking out planet’ approach.
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