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Thank you We sneak in determination perseverance and community allah

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shmoop well moving was going to be hard not the

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actual moving part because the movers were handling that nasty

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business but emotionally the whole picking up and starting over

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part was what worried the finnegans It was the first

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time they've ever left their own county let alone their

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own state And yet here they were in michigan and

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there was some sort of weird cold white substance falling

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from the sky What is that Well from the moment

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they moved in the finnegans had trouble communicating with their

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neighbors as they walked down the sidewalk They'd see people

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in their homes glaring at them through windows than dropping

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the curtain Well if they tried knocking on a door

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it would be opened on ly momentarily before being suddenly

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slammed in their faces What was up with the people

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in this town They're an ax murderer on the loose

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or something over the finnegans We're not about to stop

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being neighborly even if they were being made to feel

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unwelcome So marjorie finnigan baked it does an apple pies

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and brought him around the neighborhood knows someone opened their

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door she'd slided inside quickly before that door slams shut

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if she knocked on the door of someone who refused

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even answer it well she'd leave the pie on their

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front porch with a little love note The finnigan still

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weren't getting a warm reception but there were a lot

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of empty pipe tens showing off in the neighborhood garbage

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gains Maxwell finnigan decided to take a stab at cutting

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attention himself He put together a little garage sale and

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posted coupons on all his neighbour's door's entitling them toe

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half off the mark price of any item as if

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about fifty for an oak desk wasn't already a steal

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The drive's still resembled something of a ghost town but

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well there were a few takers despite the neighbors reluctance

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to accept them the finnegans never wavered They'd rent inflatable

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bouncy house and post signs saying that all the neighborhood

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kids were welcome or leave personalized christmas cards and everyone's

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mailboxes or really anything to show that they were not

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going to give up until people caved and let them

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into their lives And believe it or not while eventually

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the finnegans war everyone down okay so the residents of

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bony acres were not the warmest most gracious people on

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earth But because of their persistence and perseverance the finnegans

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convinced the entire subdivision of loners that the finnegans were

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worth getting to know And now whenever the family has

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a garage sale or whenever they rent a bouncy houses

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there are more doors open and closed Well the finnegans

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air thrilled to have a close circle of nearby friend

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They're all really great for helping watch out for ax 00:02:24.07 --> [endTime] murders and whatnot

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