#bergen_county

"You look tired, Mr. Gardener" Jeffry blurts.

Three sarcastic responses come to 'Mr. Gardener's' mind as he does his teaching job, but instead, "Now how would you say that in French?" Vali asks him.

"Ah.... tu es, no as la fatigee?" He tries

Behind him a girl, Angelique, pips up "Tu as l'air fatigué, Monsieur Gardener"

"Nice work, Angelique, and not bad Jeffrey, now take your seats" Vali sucks down some coffee not caring about the taste, just hoping the caffeine is strong.

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"He's nearly a year old" Tiffany says as she unravels the hose "Big as a house' She tells her fellow firefighter

"Yeah? " The man with the cheesy mustache says "everytime you talk about your kid, he gets bigger"

"Blame father time" She says as they line the hose up and begin the spray on the roof "Thank the Gods of Mother hood I didn't him at this size, be like a body horror film. My figure is hip wrecked on the shore as it is"

"You're hips are great" Cheesy mustache guy says "You're as fit as anyone of us on this team... and if I may say, better looking. Except for me but only because my moustache puts me over the edge"

"HA" She laughs, even as she's a bit pleased at the praise. Nice to be appreciated by someone. She just wishes it were her husband

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