{"id":1040,"date":"2013-10-10T14:09:00","date_gmt":"2013-10-10T21:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebeagle.itgroove.net\/?p=1040"},"modified":"2023-02-24T21:48:38","modified_gmt":"2023-02-24T21:48:38","slug":"were-10-years-old-thanks-sean-for-making-it-all-happen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/archive\/2013\/10\/10\/were-10-years-old-thanks-sean-for-making-it-all-happen\/","title":{"rendered":"We\u2019re 10 years old! 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