{"id":19471,"date":"2025-05-19T15:09:49","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T15:09:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mumblescricket.com\/?p=19471"},"modified":"2025-05-19T15:13:47","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T15:13:47","slug":"as-if","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mumblescricket.com\/?p=19471","title":{"rendered":"AS IF&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #000080;\"><em><strong>&#8230;we need reminding as to how lucky we all are!<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mumblescricket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/MCC-1-16th-May-25.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-19472 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mumblescricket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/MCC-1-16th-May-25-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" 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