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Ram27 Offline
#401 Posted: Sun, Feb 14 2021, 6:02 PM EST
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400 and on we go.

Evening peeps.......Herfing
Ram27 Offline
#402 Posted: Sun, Feb 14 2021, 6:03 PM EST
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Ooooppppppp 401....🤔
delta1 Offline
#403 Posted: Sun, Feb 14 2021, 8:53 PM EST
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Stogie knows the score...it's always steak and scampi on Valentine's Day...great combo...it's been a tradition for us for many years...
Whistlebritches Offline
#404 Posted: Sun, Feb 14 2021, 9:08 PM EST
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MACS wrote:
My wife is not a fan of catfish. She likes tilapia, though... and she loves tuna, yellowtail, grouper, and rockfish.



Has she tried blue cat??? These and channel cat are night and day.Small flatheads,15 lbs and under,are the only cats I like better.

Both wifey and I like fresh caught tilapia but that store bought schit is for the birds.If'n I lived closer to the gulf I'd be eating redfish,speckled trout, flounder,black drum,spanish mackeral,mahi mahi.........................................I loves me some SW fish but it's a 450 mile road trip from my house to Port Aransas so it doesn't happen often.
izonfire Offline
#405 Posted: Sun, Feb 14 2021, 10:09 PM EST
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Happy Valentines Day ya queers...
8trackdisco Offline
#406 Posted: Sun, Feb 14 2021, 10:30 PM EST
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Prolonged cold is bad enough. Every time the furnace stops, the anxiety clock starts ticking. Will it start again? It’s been running about fifty minutes an hour.

An $800 repair two years ago was to give us probably three years. Maybe five they said.

Weather guessers say two more days of this.
MACS Offline
#407 Posted: Sun, Feb 14 2021, 10:47 PM EST
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I got 20 good years out of my HVAC system. Replaced it last April, if you recall. New one is good to go but I am not a fan of the thermostat. Need to find one that is compatible with the system that I can set like the older one.

That one had the ability to set temps for certain times of the day. I miss that. New one is basic.

Old one also allowed for +/- 1 or 2 degrees. Say I set the heater for 65 and +/- 1. It would start at 64 and run until 66. That way it wouldn't kick on and off as often.
Whistlebritches Offline
#408 Posted: Sun, Feb 14 2021, 10:48 PM EST
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8trackdisco wrote:
Prolonged cold is bad enough. Every time the furnace stops, the anxiety clock starts ticking. Will it start again? It’s been running about fifty minutes an hour.

An $800 repair two years ago was to give us probably three years. Maybe five they said.

Weather guessers say two more days of this.



I know this isn't Wisconson but when we remodeled 5 years ago we made a point to put a gas stove top in the island.That middle burner at 20,000 btu's has warmed the house twice in ice storm power outages.That mofo puts out some heat..............this and a cast iron skillett put a sear on a steak like no other.Win-Win
Gene363 Offline
#409 Posted: Sun, Feb 14 2021, 10:53 PM EST
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Whistlebritches wrote:
I know this isn't Wisconson but when we remodeled 5 years ago we made a point to put a gas stove top in the island.That middle burner at 20,000 btu's has warmed the house twice in ice storm power outages.That mofo puts out some heat..............this and a cast iron skillett put a sear on a steak like no other.Win-Win


ThumpUp
izonfire Offline
#410 Posted: Sun, Feb 14 2021, 10:58 PM EST
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Whistlebritches wrote:
I know this isn't Wisconson but when we remodeled 5 years ago we made a point to put a gas stove top in the island.That middle burner at 20,000 btu's has warmed the house twice in ice storm power outages.That mofo puts out some heat..............this and a cast iron skillett put a sear on a steak like no other.Win-Win

But if it’s the sole source of your heat in an emergency,
Carbon monoxide becomes a concern...
Whistlebritches Offline
#411 Posted: Sun, Feb 14 2021, 11:09 PM EST
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izonfire wrote:
But if it’s the sole source of your heat in an emergency,
Carbon monoxide becomes a concern...


I don't really know what our CM detector alarms at but it's never gone off.........maybe I should test it or sumpin
izonfire Offline
#412 Posted: Sun, Feb 14 2021, 11:24 PM EST
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Whistlebritches wrote:
I don't really know what our CM detector alarms at but it's never gone off.........maybe I should test it or sumpin

Well schitt yeah.
You just got a new lease on life.
I’d hate to see you prematurely evicted...
Stogie1020 Offline
#413 Posted: Sun, Feb 14 2021, 11:44 PM EST
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rfenst wrote:
Congratulations! I am jealous.
How did you qualify for a vaccination? From the age of your children, I gather you aren't 65 yet. Are you medical or a teacher?

In Arizona, the large distribution centers are staffed by about 70% non medical volunteers. So, if you work am eight hour shift checking people in for their appointments or helping the nurses administer the shot, you get your vaccine.

It was win win for the wife and I. It was a really nice experience volunteering, and we both got into the stream for shots. Her second is next week.

We know quite a few younger people who volunteered at the vaccine distribution and got their shots.

My wife and I really have no one local who could take care of our kids if we got really sick, so we have been super careful, not going places, etc. This is the light at the end of the tunnel for us, and we are planning to get the girls back into daycare/Pre-K in the next few months. I really am not worries about my two kids in daycare getting Rona, that age group just doesn't seem to be affected, but if the wife and I get it, we have no plan b for the kids. Mother in law is local, but I honestly wonder how she survives most days just taking care of herself...
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#414 Posted: Sun, Feb 14 2021, 11:48 PM EST
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delta1 wrote:
Stogie knows the score...it's always steak and scampi on Valentine's Day...great combo...it's been a tradition for us for many years...


This was the first year for us, but I smell a tradition in the works. My almost four year old actually requested "chrimp" so she may get credit for starting it in our house. It's a perfect combo.

Also, the little hoodlum sat on top of me and farted intentionally for the first time, laughing her head off. Such nachas...
Ram27 Offline
#415 Posted: Mon, Feb 15 2021, 12:46 AM EST
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Monday morning greetings to ya'll.
rfenst Offline
#416 Posted: Mon, Feb 15 2021, 7:24 AM EST
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Morning all. 85/63. Cold front is supposed to come through tonight and tomorrow's high is just 68F.

(RANT ON)

Got RFA (radio frequency abolition) test for neck pain today. Basically, the doctor injects a local anesthetic (think dentist) right where the nerve exits the spine. If it works to relieve the pain in the corresponding region within a minute or two and then lasts a couple hours in that same corresponding location, the trial injection is deemed successful and I will undergo the same test again in two weeks.

If procedure is deemed successful the second time, then I will proceed to RFA, which involves the same needles/injections but instead of a local anesthetic, the doctor passes a wire inside the needle to the the same location again. He then activates the wire so that the tip of the wire gets red hot and burns out the targeted, offending nerve.

It could take two to three years before the burnt nerve regenerates and the pain returns, but would help me avoid surgery for two to three more years. Sounds like a lot, but the entire procedure takes no more than 20 minutes and is well worth it if it is successful.

(Rant off).
8trackdisco Offline
#417 Posted: Mon, Feb 15 2021, 7:25 AM EST
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-10/-16.

Radio said rolling blackouts in TX due to not enough natural gas being used.

In Texas?
deadeyedick Offline
#418 Posted: Mon, Feb 15 2021, 8:10 AM EST
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Good luck Robert.

Um... 8track's AC also.
Jsnyder147 Offline
#419 Posted: Mon, Feb 15 2021, 8:24 AM EST
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Morning guys. Preparing for some snow here in Indiana. Got a couple inches over the morning hours, but supposed to get more this afternoon. Shovel and yard gars are ready and waiting.
MACS Offline
#420 Posted: Mon, Feb 15 2021, 9:31 AM EST
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It is a scorching 42 degrees (compared to Sconnie) outside. Headed for 62 and cloudy.

Mornin' dudes.
Cheno Offline
#421 Posted: Mon, Feb 15 2021, 10:28 AM EST
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Happy cold Monday! Stay warm Texas! The rolling outages suck.
HockeyDad Offline
#422 Posted: Mon, Feb 15 2021, 10:42 AM EST
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8trackdisco wrote:
-10/-16.

Radio said rolling blackouts in TX due to not enough natural gas being used.

In Texas?


Rolling power outages in Texas?! Welcome to California! Just walk outside and dial up those solar panels a bit more or wear a sweater.
dkeage Offline
#423 Posted: Mon, Feb 15 2021, 11:08 AM EST
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8trackdisco wrote:
-10/-16.

Radio said rolling blackouts in TX due to not enough natural gas being used.

In Texas?

The looting begins at sun down...
teedubbya Offline
#424 Posted: Mon, Feb 15 2021, 11:43 AM EST
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-3 / -21
Gene363 Offline
#425 Posted: Mon, Feb 15 2021, 11:55 AM EST
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Good Presidents Day Morning! It's 46 degrees on it's way to 51 later today, oh, and more rain.
HockeyDad Offline
#426 Posted: Mon, Feb 15 2021, 12:15 PM EST
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56 degrees and light rain. Will be back in the 60s tomorrow.
Stogie1020 Offline
#427 Posted: Mon, Feb 15 2021, 12:30 PM EST
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MACS wrote:
I got 20 good years out of my HVAC system. Replaced it last April, if you recall. New one is good to go but I am not a fan of the thermostat. Need to find one that is compatible with the system that I can set like the older one.

That one had the ability to set temps for certain times of the day. I miss that. New one is basic.

Old one also allowed for +/- 1 or 2 degrees. Say I set the heater for 65 and +/- 1. It would start at 64 and run until 66. That way it wouldn't kick on and off as often.


Macs,

We got a new AC/Furnace last summer and the thermostat it came with (a Trane Wifi thing) was terrible. I swapped it out for an Ecobee and couldn't be happier. You can purchase additional temp sensors (it comes with one) that you place in various rooms, so you can get on your app or computer and tell it "at 3PM, make the living room 70 degrees" and it will prioritize the sensor in that room, regardless of whether another room is hotter or colder. I have the wall thermostat and three additional sensors, one in the living room, one in the master (I thinks that's racists now...) and one in the kid's room. During the day, the living room sensor is what matters most, except when the kids nap, it prioritizes their room. At night, the master is the priority.

To your point about the +/-, I am pretty sure it has that, too, and I think the range is even adjustable.
delta1 Offline
#428 Posted: Mon, Feb 15 2021, 1:09 PM EST
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Stogie1020 wrote:
This was the first year for us, but I smell a tradition in the works. My almost four year old actually requested "chrimp" so she may get credit for starting it in our house. It's a perfect combo.

Also, the little hoodlum sat on top of me and farted intentionally for the first time, laughing her head off. Such nachas...



my little sweet grand-daughters are actually more crude and rude like that than our grandson...burping in my face, telling me my face stinks...
Ram27 Offline
#429 Posted: Mon, Feb 15 2021, 1:29 PM EST
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Bacon, egg,cheese on rye toast.
BuckyB93 Offline
#430 Posted: Mon, Feb 15 2021, 1:44 PM EST
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MACS wrote:
I got 20 good years out of my HVAC system. Replaced it last April, if you recall. New one is good to go but I am not a fan of the thermostat. Need to find one that is compatible with the system that I can set like the older one.

That one had the ability to set temps for certain times of the day. I miss that. New one is basic.

Old one also allowed for +/- 1 or 2 degrees. Say I set the heater for 65 and +/- 1. It would start at 64 and run until 66. That way it wouldn't kick on and off as often.


I can see how managing the average house temp can be troublesome. Especially in the San Diego area where the average yearly lows are 57* and average highs are 72*.

Those 15* temp swings are brutal. I blame global warming.
danmdevries Offline
#431 Posted: Mon, Feb 15 2021, 1:45 PM EST
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I hate being cold.

I'll take ass bruises over being cold.

I hate it.

Trying to shovel the driveway and its 2 degrees outside. I cant find my gloves. 20 minutes in and I'm already in the garage in front of the heater.
danmdevries Offline
#432 Posted: Mon, Feb 15 2021, 1:59 PM EST
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I gave up. That chit can just thaw when it warms up again.

Can't slide the shovel through cause there's too many tire tracks, the driveways got giant raised cracks.

Svoop lift throw scoop lift throw. Over and over. In the cold ass air that hurts to breathe.

I need to move.
Gene363 Offline
#433 Posted: Mon, Feb 15 2021, 2:10 PM EST
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danmdevries wrote:
I gave up. That chit can just thaw when it warms up again.

Can't slide the shovel through cause there's too many tire tracks, the driveways got giant raised cracks.

Svoop lift throw scoop lift throw. Over and over. In the cold ass air that hurts to breathe.

I need to move.


My stepfather, RIP, was laying on the snow in sub zero temperatures, welding on the bottom of a truck trailer in Minnesota when he made the decision to move to California, he never moved back.
danmdevries Offline
#434 Posted: Mon, Feb 15 2021, 2:35 PM EST
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Wife said if I keep snoring she's gonna divorce me. I said "promise?"

I will move south immediately.
Sunoverbeach Offline
#435 Posted: Mon, Feb 15 2021, 2:39 PM EST
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Wife just kicks me when I snore. Many bruises but no talk of contract release
delta1 Offline
#436 Posted: Mon, Feb 15 2021, 2:45 PM EST
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wife moved into the other bedroom because she said I snored...I've been sleeping much more soundly since....
BuckyB93 Offline
#437 Posted: Mon, Feb 15 2021, 2:56 PM EST
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New business opportunity. Since HD has the torches and pitchfork market cornered I had to do some deep thinking.

The green energy thingy is hopping so now's the time to get in. I'm thinking solar powered A/C units with a biodiesel back-up generator. Let the sun and old french fry juice cool your house.

Who wants in at the ground level? PM me and I'll send you the cryptocurrency address where you can deposit your seed money.
rfenst Offline
#438 Posted: Mon, Feb 15 2021, 4:18 PM EST
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Stogie1020 wrote:
Macs,

We got a new AC/Furnace last summer and the thermostat it came with (a Trane Wifi thing) was terrible. I swapped it out for an Ecobee and couldn't be happier. You can purchase additional temp sensors (it comes with one) that you place in various rooms, so you can get on your app or computer and tell it "at 3PM, make the living room 70 degrees" and it will prioritize the sensor in that room, regardless of whether another room is hotter or colder. I have the wall thermostat and three additional sensors, one in the living room, one in the master (I thinks that's racists now...) and one in the kid's room. During the day, the living room sensor is what matters most, except when the kids nap, it prioritizes their room. At night, the master is the priority.

To your point about the +/-, I am pretty sure it has that, too, and I think the range is even adjustable.

We have a Lenox with a programable, sophistic touch screen. I can control it from the Lenox app on my phone from anywhere in the world I have an internet connection. But, all I care about is that I don't have to get up from the couch to lower the a/c or raise the heat. LOL.
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#439 Posted: Mon, Feb 15 2021, 4:40 PM EST
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delta1 wrote:
my little sweet grand-daughters are actually more crude and rude like that than our grandson...burping in my face, telling me my face stinks...

Yeah, um... I meant to tell you...



Frying pan
delta1 Offline
#440 Posted: Mon, Feb 15 2021, 4:53 PM EST
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Mad
frankj1 Offline
#441 Posted: Mon, Feb 15 2021, 5:00 PM EST
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Stogie1020 wrote:
This was the first year for us, but I smell a tradition in the works. My almost four year old actually requested "chrimp" so she may get credit for starting it in our house. It's a perfect combo.

Also, the little hoodlum sat on top of me and farted intentionally for the first time, laughing her head off. Such nachas...


not to mention chutzpah
frankj1 Offline
#442 Posted: Mon, Feb 15 2021, 5:02 PM EST
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rfenst wrote:
Morning all. 85/63. Cold front is supposed to come through tonight and tomorrow's high is just 68F.

(RANT ON)

Got RFA (radio frequency abolition) test for neck pain today. Basically, the doctor injects a local anesthetic (think dentist) right where the nerve exits the spine. If it works to relieve the pain in the corresponding region within a minute or two and then lasts a couple hours in that same corresponding location, the trial injection is deemed successful and I will undergo the same test again in two weeks.

If procedure is deemed successful the second time, then I will proceed to RFA, which involves the same needles/injections but instead of a local anesthetic, the doctor passes a wire inside the needle to the the same location again. He then activates the wire so that the tip of the wire gets red hot and burns out the targeted, offending nerve.

It could take two to three years before the burnt nerve regenerates and the pain returns, but would help me avoid surgery for two to three more years. Sounds like a lot, but the entire procedure takes no more than 20 minutes and is well worth it if it is successful.

(Rant off).

hoping for the best for ya, brother.
rfenst Offline
#443 Posted: Mon, Feb 15 2021, 5:11 PM EST
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frankj1 wrote:
hoping for the best for ya, brother.

It worked for like 2 hours!!!
Thanks for your concen.
Whistlebritches Offline
#444 Posted: Mon, Feb 15 2021, 5:11 PM EST
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8trackdisco wrote:
-10/-16.

Radio said rolling blackouts in TX due to not enough natural gas being used.

In Texas?



The rolling blackouts haven't happened here in Texas since feb 2011.Supposedly this would never happen again due to the abundance of wind and solar added the last 10 years.Someone at ERCOT forgot that solar only provides to the grid when the sun shines and wind turbines freeze up.I live in windfarm city......not a one of them are spinning........prolly be thursday or friday before they can de-ice and release the brakes.


BTW the blackout has not hit my area...............YET.I'm hoping since we have a nuke and a half dozen NG plants around us we'll get a pass.About 20 miles up the road we also have salinity gradient solar ponds that produces a good amount of electricity and directly feeds our transmission source.It's working......the North Wichita River never stops flowing and the salt springs that feed it ain't going away anytime soon and it only needs an hour of sun a day.
MACS Offline
#445 Posted: Mon, Feb 15 2021, 5:13 PM EST
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Bucky... I will have you know I am an hour north of San Diego at 1100 feet elevation. The temp swings are sometimes 30-40 degrees from coldest to warmest. Pretty sure last month it was 31 in the morning one day and then 72 that afternoon.

But yes, it rarely dips below freezing here. Snowed a couple times, but it is wet snow and melts right away.
delta1 Offline
#446 Posted: Mon, Feb 15 2021, 5:13 PM EST
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rfenst wrote:
It worked for like 2 hours!!!
Thanks for your concen.



going back in two weeks for a replay?
delta1 Offline
#447 Posted: Mon, Feb 15 2021, 5:16 PM EST
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Whistlebritches wrote:
The rolling blackouts haven't happened here in Texas since feb 2011.Supposedly this would never happen again due to the abundance of wind and solar added the last 10 years.Someone at ERCOT forgot that solar only provides to the grid when the sun shines and wind turbines freeze up.I live in windfarm city......not a one of them are spinning........prolly be thursday or friday before they can de-ice and release the brakes.


BTW the blackout has not hit my area...............YET.I'm hoping since we have a nuke and a half dozen NG plants around us we'll get a pass.About 20 miles up the road we also have a brine plant that produces a good amount of electricity and directly feeds our transmission source.It's working......the North Wichita River never stops flowing and the salt springs that feed it ain't going away anytime soon




dayum...it's got to be pretty damm bad....even forced Cruz to get onto his knees and beg Biden for help...


hang in there and stay safe, Ron
rfenst Offline
#448 Posted: Mon, Feb 15 2021, 6:13 PM EST
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delta1 wrote:
going back in two weeks for a replay?

Yup!
Either a second trial set in two weeks or proceed directly to the ablation. I think a second trial is in order. The doc may not. Of course, I will do whatever he says.
teedubbya Offline
#449 Posted: Mon, Feb 15 2021, 6:20 PM EST
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Sposed to get to -15 tonight and -mid 30 wind chill tonight.
HockeyDad Offline
#450 Posted: Mon, Feb 15 2021, 6:24 PM EST
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rfenst wrote:
Of course, I will do whatever he says.


That is how TeeDubbya got in trouble that one summer at band camp.
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