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MPSU Shawnee 091204

Another cold day on the streets of Shawnee with the mobile platen scanning unit (MPSU). From time to time the MPSU requires more hands thank I have and on this trip I had an assistant with me, Kent Cubbage.

We explored the main street of Shawnee finding our way in to the rarely opened antiques store. We walked in and the door jingled a bell over our heads. Two old men craned their necks around to see who it was. The coal fed pot belly stove in the middle of the room gave a welcome warmth. The propriter and his friend were kind but dismissive to our strange motivations as we searched the interior of the building.

Back out into the cold. We encountered the pile of coal and lumber that the old men were using to keep warm. The few remaining traces of ice crystals from the season's first snow remained in the shadows of once noble buildings.

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