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muriel_volestrangler

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16. Thanks - it is interesting about the "awarded in good faith" bit

Reply to Bernardo de La Paz (Reply #14)

Sat Oct 4, 2025, 04:39 AM

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which does make sense - if they've announced it, and then someone tells them "he died 2 days ago!", you can see they'd not want to pile things on top of the family by saying "well, we're taking our award back" too.

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