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Post by happyscooter on Feb 21, 2013 8:41:39 GMT -5
I tried CLR in a bag tied to our shower head and left it for 12 hours. It didn't even loosen the debris in the holes. I will try the vinegar next.
I remember the Sears wish book. Ahh, the good old days.
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Post by kimber45 on Feb 21, 2013 9:49:37 GMT -5
Good Morning Everyone, woohoo finally above 0 today after a few days in the deep freeze
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Post by mrsdutt on Feb 21, 2013 15:27:49 GMT -5
I went to get my hair cut and colored today. DD3 is a hair dresser so I got to feed the baby and play with both of the kids before she started my hair. I was letting the color grow out, but I decided I wasn't ready for grey hair yet.
Tomorrow both of my DDs are cooking dinner for my birthday. How come my numbers are higher, yet I still feel like a young woman? I think like one, anyway.
I think I'll get my first pedicure in a year done this week. I do them myself, but it's time to have a professional one done.
The weather is cool, but sunny. I like it so much better than the snow NY is getting right now.
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Post by ❤ mollymouser ❤ on Feb 21, 2013 19:38:06 GMT -5
I was out front today, trimming the grapefruit tree and the lantana bush and deadheading geraniums and shoveling out under one the trees when my wonderful DH laughed at me and said that I was "decluttering the yard!" I also picked a bunch of lemons off our lemon tree. Anyway, the Tree Guys came today and sprayed fungicide all over both ornamental pear trees to help tackle the fire blight fungus they've caught. Once it stopped dripping, I put back all of the bird feeders I'd taken down, I scrubbed out the bird bath and added fresh water, I swept up leaves and blossoms, and dug up some squooshy/wormy/seed-y dirt under the tree. And I cleaned off my stepping stones! I also cleaned off the concrete pavers and moved a small tree. I will wait until the lawn is mowed and edged tomorrow morning, then I've got some overseeding to do (fescue) in one area. The Weed Man also came today to give me an estimate for their standard service (pre-emergent, fertilizers, aeration, etc.) and I signed up. They start in March. We've got blue grass and crab grass and some hedge grasses mixed into our RTF rye/fescue lawn, and the spraying should help. Needless to say, I didn't get ANYTHING really accomplished inside today, since I was playing outside most of the day. Oh well. My yard's nicely decluttered, right? I think I'm about 3 weeks away from planting some flowers out front ~ I usually aim for my birthday (mid-March!) I am having a weird craving for a Patty Melt for dinner. Stay warm, everyone experiencing winter weather! | |
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Post by motherto2 on Feb 21, 2013 20:59:45 GMT -5
Good evening all! It's cold outside . Not as cold as some of you, but cold all the same. I don't think we are going to get any of the weather that others are getting. DD is getting all of her stuff packed up to take with her. Needless to say there are a BUNCH of green items all over my house . I found out how much money won't be coming into my house if (probably more like when) we furlough. It's not pretty. Might have to give up my cable/internet. I'll be sure and let you all know in advance before I mysteriously disappear Not much more to report. Stay safe and warm everyone!
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Post by Sharon on Feb 21, 2013 21:46:27 GMT -5
We had a very exciting day. DD is in town for the evening and we went to the bridal shop to look at brides maid dresses. When we walked in the owner told us that her dress had arrived today. It wasn't scheduled to ship until May 26th. Needless to say she is very excited.
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Post by ❤ mollymouser ❤ on Feb 21, 2013 22:44:37 GMT -5
Motherto2 ... you might start checking out less expensive internet options if you can. A friend of mine had to cancel hers, then discovered that her neighbors all had strong and unpassword protected WiFi signals, so she could still get online. (She just didn't stream movies or do anything to slow their bandwidth) There are also a lot of places around that offer free WiFi, too.
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Post by TheOtherMe on Feb 21, 2013 22:50:59 GMT -5
So far, the blizzard is a fail where I live. Sounds terrible in other places around the state. No snow yet here. Talked to my DS and it is snowing and drifting at her house. I don't have to go anywhere tomorrow.
After I take a shower, I will try the vinegar in a bag and see what happens. The shower head is majorly clogged so it might take more than one treatment.
I'm so sorry, mother, that you might be furloughed. So many of people's expenses are fixed--mortgage, utilities, etc. Shame if you have to give up your pleasures of life to get by. Read where it counts as LWOP, so it could affect your retirement date also. What a drag.
Would you believe I've never colored my hair? I've felt like I earned my grey hair and I wanted to wear it proudly! All those years at the IRS gave me grey hair so it was a look at me thing. People have told me I'm lucky because my grey is the pretty kind of grey and fits right in with my still brown hair. It has nice waves and the same texture as my brown hair. Others have said they color theirs because the grey hair is a different texture.
I do have an aunt who is 91 and dyes her hair pitch black. It really is time to give that up, but doubt she ever will.
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Post by TheOtherMe on Feb 21, 2013 22:53:47 GMT -5
Motherto2 ... you might start checking out less expensive internet options if you can. A friend of mine had to cancel hers, then discovered that her neighbors all had strong and unpassword protected WiFi signals, so she could still get online. (She just didn't stream movies or do anything to slow their bandwidth) There are also a lot of places around that offer free WiFi, too. One of my neighbors has unprotected wifi. I have used it when mine has been down. My next door neighbors on the other side used only that wifi until the girlfriend was taking an online class and it wasn't fast enough to submit her papers. They asked to "borrow" mine. Needless to say, since they didn't offer to pay, I didn't let them "borrow" my protected wifi.
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Post by marvholly on Feb 22, 2013 5:08:32 GMT -5
theotherme I feel EXACTLY like you re: hair coloring (earned each one) plus i KNOW I am lazy and would waaay too often have roots showing. I also have a friend 70 who dyes her hair black and it is SOOOOO fake looking.
lynn I am also VERY close to going in for a mani/pedi. Its been a LONG time for me, Aug?, since I could not get an appt at Thanksgiving or Christmas. I'll prob go sometime in Mar which puts me in line to go again in June & Aug. However, with the $$$ of gas not sure I can keep to my old schedule. i do want to wait until it is a bit warmer since I wear sandals when I get a pedi.
We are having the storm here. So far about an inch but due for another 9-12 hours of snow. It is also VERY windy. Many schools have already announced closings for today. Suspect DD1 will have school since it is high school. Not sure about DD2's grade school but principal almost never call for closing since it will mess up end date for the year.
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Post by marvholly on Feb 22, 2013 7:33:25 GMT -5
Forgot to mention: Everyone except 2 cars at the north end of my street parked on the correct (even) side for today.
News reports are of 2-5 inches in the metro area and pretty much done. I suspect i got 2 or less. I just may make it for the FREE film at the library today.
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Post by mrsdutt on Feb 22, 2013 8:40:21 GMT -5
Free for the asking Photo book for overseas troops. Friends and families of can put together 20-page soft-cover books courtesy of RocketLife and the USO. The 5-by-7-inch books can be shipped to any APO, MPO or FPO address. Use this USO link to get started. I got this off Donna's newest article on msn. Anyone with with family overseas may be interested.
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Post by Sharon on Feb 22, 2013 21:04:09 GMT -5
I was messing around on the internet, like always , and found a couple of shops on etsy that are selling those ribbon pincones like Mom and I are making for the wedding. They were asking $20 a piece for them. That is outrageous.
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Post by motherto2 on Feb 22, 2013 21:32:43 GMT -5
Good Friday evening!!!! Woohoo it's the weekend . DD left a mess in her wake after she left for drill this morning. Nothing unusual about that. I put on the Hoarders marathon and got to work . I'm trying to keep as much as possible together because I'm not sure what she still might need to pack to take with her. Tomorrow is the family room where she left tubs of stuff that she brought home from my aunt's house. Since I don't keep the heat on out there I'll turn it on to let it warm up and start going through that stuff. But that won't be until tomorrow since it's almost 9:30 now. I checked into maybe getting just internet and dropping the cable. My cable provider (which I have my internet through) would be about $45/month to keep the slow internet. I also looked at a couple of the satelite places and they were quite a bit more. I have to go to town to get my new glasses and run a couple of errands tomorrow, so I think I might swing into Wal Mart and buy one of those indoor antennas. I figured it would be easier to return it if it doesn't work rather than buying it from Amazon. We are situated in a spot where it may or may not work. Too tough to call until I try it. The good thing about having cable/internet with the company I have is that they don't require a contract, so I can stop the cable and then pick it up again later without any penalty. Luckily the furlough won't affect retirement time, etc. unless there was a more than 6 month nonwork status in a year. So you can go up to 6 months and keep that year counted towards retirement. If it goes to 6 months and one day, you have to forfeit the year. I finally saw an answer I've had for a couple of weeks regarding retirement. The Gov't under the old retirement system bases your retirement amount on alot of things, but one of the biggies is the dollar amount is based on your high three earning years. So I was wondering if it was based on the amount listed on your personnel paperwork or the amount that you actually earn (because of the furlough, your actual would be alot less than the paperwork). The answer is that they base it on what you are supposed to be earning. That's a good thing for folks getting ready to retire in the next three years or less. Still hoping it will get called off, or at least it won't go to the full 22 days.
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Post by ❤ mollymouser ❤ on Feb 23, 2013 0:01:13 GMT -5
It was a rather quiet day today. Spent the afternoon at Petco (no adoptions), but some fun playing with kittens. Went out to dinner with my wonderful DH which was nice ... salad, grilled veggies, bulgur, and a rib-eye steak ... yum! We don't go out all that often, so this was nice.
Petco again tomorrow ~ then dinner out with some friends.
I'm trying not to get sad about him leaving Wednesday for Texas.
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Post by marvholly on Feb 23, 2013 6:56:04 GMT -5
Molly Look at it this way: it is a short trip both in number of days and travel time compared to deployment.
WOW!! My town had my street plowed by 7:30 am on Fri. Was REAL surprised. The entire odd side was clear of cars and is plowed to the curb.
It appears that severl neighbors have forgotten that even/odd parking is a 2 day event. There are 3 cars parked on the 'other' side this am. They are just far enough apart that only at 50% of that side will get a full, clean plow.
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Post by TheOtherMe on Feb 23, 2013 15:46:25 GMT -5
We did end up with about 5 inches of snow and are supposed to get more Monday/Tuesday. I'm hoping it will be over by Wednesday because I am going to the big city of Des Moines to watch my high school girls basketball team.
I do have to work at the church both Monday and Tuesday. It's only 3 miles, so I hopefully I can creep over there if it snows on Tuesday. I would just need to have it done before I leave on Wednesday. If the snow comes as expected on Monday, depending on amount forecast, I won't babysit Monday afternoon.
Mom wanted me to call the place where they have the deposit. I hope she was having a bad day. After I talked to them and got her questions answered (2 people have looked at it but want a 2 bedroom and if somebody wants it they have the right of first refusal), she said if somebody wants it they will take their house of the market and just die there. Somebody had looked at the house on Thursday and was interested in turning it in to a rental. Was quite pleased that it has hardwood floors. She didn't say anything about the new carpet being torn up. Mom was in a big time woe is me day, so I ended the conversation.
Lucy may get left for up to 4 days this week, depending on how far my girls go in the state tourney. If they lose, I come home. They have an off day on Thursday if they win Wednesday evening. They are the highest ranked team on their side of the bracket, but play a big time rival in the first game, one they beat about 2 weeks ago. That school was our rival in high school in the late 60's!
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Post by ❤ mollymouser ❤ on Feb 23, 2013 20:51:25 GMT -5
I am sure none of you will be surprised to learn that the military pay people have, once again, messed up my wonderful DH's pay (this time for March 1) and has shorted him. It's only about $40 ... but it's OUR $40, ya know? Sheesh. He leaves for Texas and they screw up his pay, just as if he'd left for Iraq or Afghanistan. ::: rolls eyes ::: I am sorry if I sound a bit grumpy about this, but it's pretty pathetic. (We've also been told that we may have received inaccurate W-2s and may have to amend our State and Federal tax return, oh joy. Why? Because the military pay people apparently don't understand the Combat Zone Tax Exclusion.... sheesh)
One kitten adoption today.
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Post by motherto2 on Feb 23, 2013 22:27:47 GMT -5
Molly, I really need to asks - how in the world do you know when they short change your DH and how much it is? I have been on these boards for a few years, and I honestly don't remember him ever having a clean trip with his pay or his travel money. It really worries me about both of my kids being in the military. I've told them both about the generic issues that you all have to keep dealing with and that they need to keep a close eye on things, but I really don't think either one will pay attention or even know what to look for. If you have any tips or insights, I'm all eyes and ears. Apparently there is a huge pet adoption going on this weekend in Richmond. Would love to go and look at all the cuties, but I can't because I'd be too tempted to bring one home. Can't afford that . I went and picked up my new glasses, and I hate them . Why do they always look different when you get them than they looked when you picked them out? I realized part of it is the hideously thick lenses. They magnify the shape of the lenses, whereas when I went in looking, I had my contacts in and the lenses are sooo much thinner. Oh well, I didn't buy them to wear all the time, but they are kind of giving me a headache. I do need to get them adjusted again because they keep sliding down, and they sit too low from my eyebrows, which I think also makes them look worse. I went to lunch with one of my good friends. We hadn't had a chance to exchange Christmas gifts, so we had Christmas this afternoon! We sat at the restaurant for four hours chatting. She and her husband want to take DD and I out for dinner before she leaves. The three of us love to gang up on her husband and mess with him. He cracks me up because he just laughs and laughs and his face turns so red! It will be a good time! Got my new bed frame today so I took the old one apart and put the new one up and mattresses on the frame. Broke one of the headboard posts off when the headboard fell over as I took the footboard off. Found out it was made out of some sort of plastic stuff. I don't know if I can reglue it or not. I had planned on keeping it, because I like to change things around so I would be trading the bed style from time to time. The new headboard is supposed to be here on Monday. I also went and bought some lined curtains for my room to go with my summer time bedspread. I bought some new curtains to go with my Winter bedroom set a few months ago and realized how much those help both with the keeping the heat in and light out. I also bought an indoor antenae, so will try that out tomorrow. I'll let you know who well it works. I really don't want to get rid of cable, because I like a few of the channels like HGTV, Hallmark, TLC, etc. but if I need to cut some expenses, hopefully the antenae will help. Fingers crossed!
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Post by ❤ mollymouser ❤ on Feb 24, 2013 0:42:55 GMT -5
Motherto2 ~ They need to closely watch their LES (leave and earning statements) and just watch for anything different or unusual, or if their checks are smaller (or larger) than usual. In this case, they paid my wonderful DH Basic Allowance for Housing in a weird (smaller amount), and then also paid him BAH II. Because he is full-time, active duty, he just gets BAH, and not BAH II ... which is less (that's what "traditional guardsman" get when they go TDY.) It's just sloppiness/laziness on the part of the people inputting his orders and pay.... but in this case, it was a $46.38 error. I caught it because he should NEVER have BAH II as a line item on his LES.
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Post by marvholly on Feb 24, 2013 5:31:19 GMT -5
My town did come back Sat to plow the other side. Only 1 car was left there toward the north end so only about 1/3 of that side is still snow covered. They also came thru w/the sidewalk plow. Don't remember seeing this done at all last yea BUT maybe the snow never got deep enough.
We ae in line for more snow Mon/Tue too. Have not paid attention to how much or when in the forecast but my plan is to get all my shopping type errands done today and do some cooking on Mon anyway.
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Post by mrsdutt on Feb 24, 2013 8:08:24 GMT -5
Now I'm starting to have empathy for all of you who are snow locked. Stay warm and safe ladies. Our winters appear to be mostly rain and gloomy skies. I am glad the temperatures dipped below freezing quite a few times though. It kills germs and fleas and other pesty insects. I didn't realize that Southerners work on Sundays. I can confirm that now because I was in a deep sleep at 7 AM and was serinaded by hammering and concrete trucks. They are building the house next to me. The scarey thing is it has been raining quite a bit and all the wood is wet and the concrete floors are wet. Do they dry these things out before they put the finishing stuff on? The good thing is I can see the construction of the homes from the ground up and they even use 2 x 4s instead of the cheaper wood some builders use these days. I watched them put up the plywood and they used a ton of nails to attach it to the 2 x 4s. So far so good. My unit was built in the summer, so I feel good about that. We're going to Wolf Lodge the beginning of March so I decided I'll buy a new bathing suit. My old one was 15 years old. It was Land's End, so I got my money's worth. This one is at Dillard's and I fell in love with it 2 weeks ago. Like a good SSer, I waited to see if I still wanted it. Yup. It'll last longer than I will! LOL Molly; Did you get a piece of mail from VA? Just making sure it was delivered. Stay safe dear ladies and enjoy the day.
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Post by Sharon on Feb 24, 2013 9:35:02 GMT -5
Good Morning everyone. Mom and I had a big wedding shopping day yesterday. We went to a larger Michaels store in another town and were able to pick up several things for the wedding. We also found some very pretty and very inexpensive ribbon at a Russian dress/fabric store. There is a large community of Russian old believers in the area. The women were long silky/polyester type dresses with headscarves. On a whim we just stopped into this store and found ribbon for between .50 and .75 cents a yard. Mom and I were the only ones in the store wearing pants. We got some very strange looks but when they decided that we were looking at the ribbon they left us alone.
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Post by mrsdutt on Feb 24, 2013 15:41:23 GMT -5
The bathing suit was a bust! I did find a button down sweater to wear on vacation though. (on sale)
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Post by TheOtherMe on Feb 24, 2013 18:50:23 GMT -5
I set my alarm, but didn't manage to get up when it went off this morning. I was in the middle of a dream where I was in Canada without my passport and couldn't get home and I had to get the church newsletter out! That woke me up in a hurry!
The deadline for submissions for the newsletter was noon, so I prepared the newsletter and have sent it off to the Pastor for his approval.
I listened to the Colorado women's basketball game online. We managed to pull out a close win. Our star player got injured, but they taped up her ankle and she played. Couldn't make some cuts, which caused a couple of turnovers. The other two seniors don't play, one due to injury (in four years I think she has played about 5 games) and the other one just got beat out by the younger players this year. I miss being there on Senior Day.
Snow has been pushed back to Tuesday/Wednesday, so I may not be going to Des Moines after all. News just said 4-7 inches for here. I could save a lot of money by not going and the team has a better chance of winning next year, when they are seniors.
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Post by Sharon on Feb 24, 2013 19:02:00 GMT -5
Today was a productive day. I got the last of the housework/laundry done. Went to the grocery store and got some stuff for next weeks lunches. Made another trip to Michael's craft stores and picked up some more wedding stuff. I haven't added up the latest total for stuff spent on the wedding, not sure that I really want to know, but I do know that we are saving quite a bit by doing so much ourselves. I finished a pinecone that I had started yesterday and got another done this afternoon. In a few minutes I will call in an order for pizza then head towards Mom's with the pizza to watch bullriding. We take turns ordering the pizza and usually get one every other week. I talked with DD a few minutes and when she found out we were having pizza I could tell that she really wanted to come home and join us. She will be home in a couple of weeks and we will have pizza then.
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Post by ❤ mollymouser ❤ on Feb 24, 2013 22:34:35 GMT -5
Holly ~ yay for the snow plow coming back! Lynn ~ I did get your sweet thank you note Theo ~ stay safe with all that snow! Glad you got the newsletter out! Sharon ~ you WERE very productive! * * * * * * I slept in this morning until 11am! Yes, I was a happy bedbugslug this morning! After I got up and had brunch, I read a book outside in the sunshine for a while, before my wonderful DH pointed out I was turning pink and risking a sunburn, so inside I came. I've got a load of laundry in the dryer... that's pretty much my productivity for the day! OK, I did get some cute pictures posted on Facebook, lol! My wonderful DH, on the other hand, got his hair cut, dropped off my declutterables at the thrift store, mailed a bill for me, picked up an RX for me, picked up 10 cases of Diet Mountain Dew (on sale!) for me, and a few groceries, too. All while I lounged under a quilt and read. It was a nice, low-key day. Painters tomorrow, first thing.
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Post by TheOtherMe on Feb 24, 2013 22:40:15 GMT -5
We need low-key days. I call those "me" time. Even though I live alone, sometimes life gets too busy and I need "me" time.
Ukrainian bride has been posting videos on You Tube of how to apply make up. I sent the link to one to my ex, since he speaks Russian. I noticed more of an accent in these, but couldn't quite put my finger on it. His response back was that she doesn't use articles like a, an, the, which do not exist in Russian. I'm wondering if this is what is causing her to not get jobs after interviews. She writes very well, very scholarly, but doesn't sound as good when speaking because of leaving out these small things. I find the videos a bit difficult to understand.
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Post by marvholly on Feb 25, 2013 4:51:37 GMT -5
theotherme Our snow forecast was already pushed back to Tue/Wed before 6 am Sun. that is why I am running out today to do 2 REQUIRED stops and 2 I'll do this while I am out stops today. I can do the cookinglaundry/cleaning while I am snowed in/avoiding bad roads on Tue and/or Wed.
Met Sun w/brother, both DDs & nephew at Dad's apt to begin deciding who wants what. Neither DD2 nor I want much. I packed up the 4 place settings of dishes that match mine. I don't think DD2 took anything. We did find a bit of $$ hidden in various places. Brother has been dividing this amongst the 4 grands (his 2 & my 2).
DD1 had said she wanted the leather armchair & ottoman. Color matches her living room furniture so I was glad she wanted. I also insisted she take the stainless flatware. If she has more than 8 for a meal she is short on flatware. Then she asked for the TV as her bedroom one is VERY old and Dad's is less than 4 years old. She was sure she was going to have to rent/borrow a truck to move everything but I felt it would all fit in DD2's mommie van. It did so that is all out of the apt.
There are a few things I still need to stop & pick up (forgot Sun) but no hurry and I will be going to the grocery accross the street in about a week. I also need to hit the dollar store near there as I need a few things my closer, smaller one does NOT carry.
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Post by kimber45 on Feb 25, 2013 9:50:17 GMT -5
Good Morning Everyone, I had a productive weekend too. Got caught up on a bunch of paperwork for the shop, lots of laundry, etc. and it was actually sunny and nice (for Feb in MN) lol
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