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Glaum Egg Ranch (Re-listen)

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The Vending Machine

In the late 19 seventies, marvin glam invented the egg vending machine. In his lifetime, glom ranch became the last poultry farm still operating in the area. It's not running 24 hours any more, but it does dispense eggs until eight p m at night. When i visited during the pandemic, every chicken was wearing a tiny face mask. Tucked just behind the dancing chickens is a framed photograph of marvinglom looking on with a big smile.

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