Bring back a couch from the goodwill

 March 29th, 2006
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Chris Green has been trying to make the ML breakfast room corner into a lounge, with couches and funness. In his quest for spiffiness, he bought a sectional couch from GoodWill. Not wanting to carry it all the way back (ugh; effort) I brought along a bike, duct tape, and a two-by-four, and had a much easier time of it. The ML Shuttle driver, Todd, was apparently amused and took a picture.

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