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Posted: 3/22/2019 4:51:36 PM EST
[#1]
It looks amazing!
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Posted: 3/22/2019 4:53:12 PM EST
[#2]
Looks great, will only get better.
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Posted: 3/22/2019 5:34:11 PM EST
[#3]
Very nice work.
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Posted: 3/22/2019 6:54:11 PM EST
[#4]
What a great project! And wonderfully executed!
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Posted: 3/22/2019 8:44:30 PM EST
[#5]
Looks amazing!
Anyone suggest any sound effects yet? How about some Wagner during class changes? |
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Posted: 3/22/2019 9:38:13 PM EST
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Looks amazing! Anyone suggest any sound effects yet? How about some Wagner during class changes? |
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Posted: 3/25/2019 1:05:54 PM EST
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Looks like we got the helicopter shifted in position enough.
We added an anchor in the corner of the ceiling, above the drop ceiling, then attached a cable to the front cable of the helicopter and tightened it, pulling the cable about 9". 
Once it pulled the helo out of the corner, we then needed to shift the tail cable over to the left a bit to straighten out the bird, and get the gap the same on both sides of the tail. 
Results.... 
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Posted: 3/25/2019 1:13:02 PM EST
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Looks like we got the helicopter shifted in position enough. We added an anchor in the corner of the ceiling, above the drop ceiling, then attached a cable to the front cable of the helicopter and tightened it, pulling the cable about 9". https://i.imgur.com/Yq4pDf4.jpg Once it pulled the helo out of the corner, we then needed to shift the tail cable over to the left a bit to straighten out the bird, and get the gap the same on both sides of the tail. https://i.imgur.com/MStpqPb.jpg Results.... https://i.imgur.com/lkqnMur.jpg |
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Posted: 3/25/2019 1:26:40 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Does it come back down for finishing touches, or is it completed in situ? 
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Posted: 3/25/2019 1:35:40 PM EST
[#10]
I love watching the final assembly steps of these projects. I mean, it's great to see how things shape out and start to come together, but the real incredible feeling comes from when you are at the end of the race and can see the finish line.
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Posted: 3/25/2019 1:49:57 PM EST
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This one is my second favorite one, second only to the submarine. I don't know if you could ever top that one. This one is damn close though!
Do you have a website or an Instagram that you keep pictures of all your builds on? You really should make a photo album of your different projects and the end results. It's quite amazing what you and your kids have done. |
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Posted: 3/25/2019 2:41:26 PM EST
[#12]
Looks great Guns!
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Posted: 3/25/2019 6:08:36 PM EST
[#13]
You should paint the ceiling tiles sky blue
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Posted: 3/25/2019 6:12:21 PM EST
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You should paint the ceiling tiles sky blue I wonder if there's going to be a mirror above it, though. |
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Posted: 3/25/2019 8:08:34 PM EST
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You should paint the ceiling tiles sky blue 
But honestly, I don't know why not. The mirrors just didn't turn out as well as I would have hoped last year, and they were too much money. I've still got lots of blue paint. I suppose if someone complains, we can just replace the tiles. The tiles, other than the ones that go around the cables can be painted in the classroom and put up later. |
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Posted: 3/25/2019 8:10:16 PM EST
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At first, I wanted to ......
But honestly, I don't know why not. The mirrors just didn't turn out as well as I would have hoped last year, and they were too much money. I've still got lots of blue paint. I suppose if someone complains, we can just replace the tiles. The tiles, other than the ones that go around the cables can be painted in the classroom and put up later. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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You should paint the ceiling tiles sky blue
But honestly, I don't know why not. The mirrors just didn't turn out as well as I would have hoped last year, and they were too much money. I've still got lots of blue paint. I suppose if someone complains, we can just replace the tiles. The tiles, other than the ones that go around the cables can be painted in the classroom and put up later.
Don't forget clouds, don't know if the pillow stuffing would violate fire code or not on the ceiling tiles, but a big puffy cloud on storm side would rock. |
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Posted: 3/25/2019 8:14:12 PM EST
[#17]
Update 3/25.2
Students worked on the rail on the port side of the tail fuselage today. It was slow going and a bit frustrating for them at times. 
We also got to spraying a bit more grey on the starboard side. We brought it down a bit further and a little more out on the nose. 
Ceiling tiles are ready for us to get those blades up there......or take them all down and paint them blue. 
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Posted: 3/25/2019 8:19:59 PM EST
[#18]
What's the rail?
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Posted: 3/25/2019 8:23:57 PM EST
[#19]
Quote HistoryNo clue, but it's only in the port side, and on almost every blackhawk version we've got photos of. That picture of Marine One, you posted earlier, from below, really has some nice detail of it. |
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Posted: 3/25/2019 8:26:00 PM EST
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No clue, but it's only in the port side, and on almost every blackhawk version we've got photos of. That picture of Marine One, you posted earlier, from below, really has some nice detail of it. Quote HistoryQuoted:
That picture of Marine One, you posted earlier, from below, really has some nice detail of it. |
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Posted: 3/25/2019 8:41:43 PM EST
[#21]
Quote HistoryQuoted: HF antenna. |
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Posted: 3/25/2019 8:59:38 PM EST
[#22]
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Looks like we got the helicopter shifted in position enough. We added an anchor in the corner of the ceiling, above the drop ceiling, then attached a cable to the front cable of the helicopter and tightened it, pulling the cable about 9". https://i.imgur.com/Yq4pDf4.jpg Once it pulled the helo out of the corner, we then needed to shift the tail cable over to the left a bit to straighten out the bird, and get the gap the same on both sides of the tail. https://i.imgur.com/MStpqPb.jpg Results.... https://i.imgur.com/lkqnMur.jpg |
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Posted: 3/25/2019 9:02:27 PM EST
[#23]
Too early to think about next year?
  USS Wyoming - Guide 004 (Human Voice) |
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Posted: 3/25/2019 9:31:49 PM EST
[#24]
My vote for next year is the Enola Gay or a B17 in honor of our WW2 vets.
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Keep the pictures coming. I showed by wife earlier and she was amazed at the detail of the white house. I missed a lot of the build details, do you mind explaining how you did the white house? Is it foam, wood, plastic? Built from scratch or a model? |
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Posted: 3/25/2019 9:38:43 PM EST
[#25]
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My vote for next year is the Enola Gay or a B17 in honor of our WW2 vets. .
Keep the pictures coming. I showed by wife earlier and she was amazed at the detail of the white house. I missed a lot of the build details, do you mind explaining how you did the white house? Is it foam, wood, plastic? Built from scratch or a model? 
It's made mostly of drawing board, 2x4 frame, plywood, and a few other minor materials. All from scratch, and images found online, just like the helicopter. |
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Posted: 3/25/2019 9:42:49 PM EST
[#26]
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Update 3/25.2 Students worked on the rail on the port side of the tail fuselage today. It was slow going and a bit frustrating for them at times. https://i.imgur.com/H8oEXD1.jpg https://i.imgur.com/kIglq0i.jpg https://i.imgur.com/1nFlWpy.jpg We also got to spraying a bit more grey on the starboard side. We brought it down a bit further and a little more out on the nose. https://i.imgur.com/QS22BlW.jpg Ceiling tiles are ready for us to get those blades up there......or take them all down and paint them blue.
https://i.imgur.com/bZljnwK.jpg |
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Posted: 3/25/2019 9:45:09 PM EST
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+30 for more Marine One paint, green glitter paint, and night lights _________________________ $2683.00 total as of 3/13 Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Been a while since I've updated the cost. 
We added about $50 for electrical plumbing. +50 ---------------------------------------- $2653.00 total as of 3/11 I'm hoping we are close the end of our costs. _________________________ $2683.00 total as of 3/13 _________________________ $2783.00. Total as of 3/25 |
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Posted: 3/25/2019 10:03:38 PM EST
[#28]
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My vote for next year is the Enola Gay or a B17 in honor of our WW2 vets. |
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Posted: 3/25/2019 10:17:02 PM EST
[#29]
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B52 next year. 65 years of service. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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My vote for next year is the Enola Gay or a B17 in honor of our WW2 vets. |
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Posted: 3/26/2019 3:00:07 AM EST
[#30]
Next year is 75th anniversary of the end of WWII. A WWII project could be appropriate.
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Posted: 3/26/2019 10:05:38 AM EST
[#31]
An internally lit 3D recreation of the Trinity mushroom cloud (first atomic detonation in history) would probably be in poor taste, but awesome. Hang a scale B-29 for added interest.
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Posted: 3/26/2019 12:18:07 PM EST
[#32]
Quote HistoryHell yes!
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Posted: 3/26/2019 7:47:56 PM EST
[#33]
Update 3/26
Looks like we have enough people interested in the new President Trump letter tshirts to go ahead with an order. I'll try to get funds rounded up for kids in the next week or so, then share a link to place orders. When I'm not pulling him off the job to do welding, our pilots creator keeps getting closer on the clothing. 
Robotics showed up with the latest prototype for the door carriage. We test fit it and found we needed a few modifications to the track and surrounding structure. 
Here they are cleaning up and trimming some things that the carriage was hanging up on. 
After trimming, clean up with the shop vac. 
We continue to try to clean up and fix our rotor blades. We think we now have a method to follow to get them where we want. We finished one today and will try to get it up tomorrow morning. 
More airbrush transition fade. We still have much to go on the tail fuselage. 
Students wanted to smooth out the transition between halves, so caulking was added today, and will need to be repainted. 
The HF antenna was finished today and painted. Students were talking quite a bit about what it was and how close or far away they were with their guesses. 
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Posted: 3/26/2019 10:55:36 PM EST
[#34]
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Update 3/26 Looks like we have enough people interested in the new President Trump letter tshirts to go ahead with an order. I'll try to get funds rounded up for kids in the next week or so, then share a link to place orders. When I'm not pulling him off the job to do welding, our pilots creator keeps getting closer on the clothing. https://i.imgur.com/4XVv9VY.jpg Robotics showed up with the latest prototype for the door carriage. We test fit it and found we needed a few modifications to the track and surrounding structure. https://i.imgur.com/pFP85dr.jpg Here they are cleaning up and trimming some things that the carriage was hanging up on. https://i.imgur.com/zaq724D.jpg After trimming, clean up with the shop vac. https://i.imgur.com/6JnQZ08.jpg We continue to try to clean up and fix our rotor blades. We think we now have a method to follow to get them where we want. We finished one today and will try to get it up tomorrow morning. https://i.imgur.com/RYqXQsA.jpg More airbrush transition fade. We still have much to go on the tail fuselage. https://i.imgur.com/81AMxI3.jpg Students wanted to smooth out the transition between halves, so caulking was added today, and will need to be repainted. https://i.imgur.com/9ekddNV.jpg The HF antenna was finished today and painted. Students were talking quite a bit about what it was and how close or far away they were with their guesses. https://i.imgur.com/5nMGREi.jpg |
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Posted: 3/27/2019 10:01:53 AM EST
[#35]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Nice freshman shop vac stand!
Senior, and I've seen him lift, so he got chosen that way.
First blade is up, but needs some detail attention still. |
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Posted: 3/27/2019 11:36:24 AM EST
[#36]
sweet, Moar shirts
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Posted: 3/27/2019 7:27:28 PM EST
[#37]
Update 3/27
More work on the radar dome for the top of the fuselage. 
Much of the rest of the day was spent on the rotor blade instalation. When students weren't working on parts of that, they were touching up paint at the midsection, and installing two more "fins" on the bottom of the fuselage. The first two rotor blades...... 
We ended up getting three of four up. One of my airbrush artists is not fond of our fade and wants to attempt to rework them. She's got a good plan and she will begin that soon. Track is going to pull some of my students over the next couple days, so I'm not sure when it all will happen. 
Robotics showed up with the carriages again for the sliding door, and we discussed with my students what needs to happen to get them fitted to the door. That will happen tomorrow morning. Definitely will jot be an easy solution. 
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Posted: 3/27/2019 8:53:27 PM EST
[#38]
The moving effect on the rotors (along with everything else!) looks fantastic!
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Posted: 3/27/2019 8:57:21 PM EST
[#39]
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The moving effect on the rotors (along with everything else!) looks fantastic! |
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Posted: 3/27/2019 10:06:03 PM EST
[#40]
B29 or B52, wasn't one of those where we thought they should be at 1:1 scale with the tail in one room, cockpit in another, wingtips far out, bomb bay in the cafeteria?
This one looks great now. I always get a kick out of thinking 2 pages ago "well, maybe this is the year when it doesn't get finished" and then seemingly the next days it's mounted and "Wow, that's a helicopter!" |
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Posted: 3/27/2019 10:30:48 PM EST
[#41]
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B29 or B52, wasn't one of those where we thought they should be at 1:1 scale with the tail in one room, cockpit in another, wingtips far out, bomb bay in the cafeteria? This one looks great now. I always get a kick out of thinking 2 pages ago "well, maybe this is the year when it doesn't get finished" and then seemingly the next days it's mounted and "Wow, that's a helicopter!" I'm eagerly awaiting the Presidential Edition t-shirt link. (Or previews to pick options), I kind of liked the orange and white one, but others said all white, I'm up for either, but if new ideas are afloat, would love to see. |
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Posted: 3/27/2019 10:56:42 PM EST
[#42]
You need to suspend a student alongside for reference. People won't believe the scale and detail otherwise.
Looks fantastic. |
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Posted: 3/28/2019 7:16:47 PM EST
[#43]
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You need to suspend a student alongside for reference. People won't believe the scale and detail otherwise. Looks fantastic. 
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Posted: 3/28/2019 7:23:41 PM EST
[#44]
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I'll look for a suitable freshman. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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You need to suspend a student alongside for reference. People won't believe the scale and detail otherwise. Looks fantastic. |
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Posted: 3/28/2019 7:30:00 PM EST
[#45]
Update 3/28
We now have all four blades up. 
We also got the radar dome finished. No one will ever see it  I don't think there is a single spot a viewer can actually see it. . We know it's there so I guess that is the most important part.
More antenna under the fuselage were finished up. 
Work on the interior to close up the gaps in the ceiling around the rotor head. We don't want people to see daylight when looking up into the fuselage through the door. 
Our muralist is back!!!!!! She agreed to add a few more details. The house on the left behind my dad's, and a stop sign. Next will be another helicopter landed on one of the bridges.
The fourth blade.
Look close at the blur.....we started the airbrush details. 
This one still needs a little more touch up. She's working on her method perfection. 
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Posted: 3/28/2019 7:38:59 PM EST
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We also started messing with the ideas around the vapor trails. I think I have enough clear pvc pipe to do what we want. I checked on ordering more but it is $25 per 8' section and I have to order a minimum of 5.
That is way ore than I want to spend and what we need.
We will see if we can make it work with our stock on hand. Tomorrow we begin working on adding the carriages to the sliding door. We discussed a plan today and I have a team ready to work on them. It will be challenging. The door is thin and fragile, and the specs need to be perfect. It will also suck installing the door into the fuselage. There will not be much room to do it. |
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Posted: 3/28/2019 7:54:19 PM EST
[#47]
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It's been talked about in this thread, but kids were talking about it today. We will see if Robotics can come through with the rest of it first. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Looks amazing! Anyone suggest any sound effects yet? How about some Wagner during class changes? |
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Posted: 3/28/2019 7:57:39 PM EST
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Update 3/28 We now have all four blades up.
We also got the radar dome finished. No one will ever see it I don't think there is a single spot a viewer can actually see it.. We know it's there so I guess that is the most important part.https://i.imgur.com/woLGXDG.jpg https://i.imgur.com/Nps6d4P.jpg More antenna under the fuselage were finished up. https://i.imgur.com/UXLy2CY.jpg Work on the interior to close up the gaps in the ceiling around the rotor head. We don't want people to see daylight when looking up into the fuselage through the door. https://i.imgur.com/zISvBFi.jpg Our muralist is back!!!!!! She agreed to add a few more details. The house on the left behind my dad's, and a stop sign. Next will be another helicopter landed on one of the bridges.
https://i.imgur.com/xX0NU7p.jpg The fourth blade.
https://i.imgur.com/kfI56cV.jpg https://i.imgur.com/HQ4KewR.jpg https://i.imgur.com/KotJwQX.jpg Look close at the blur.....we started the airbrush details. https://i.imgur.com/ErJ9rkR.jpg https://i.imgur.com/seUkONS.jpg This one still needs a little more touch up. She's working on her method perfection. https://i.imgur.com/rcQ0Ma2.jpg The airbrush artist is doing well! Except if she keeps improving, she'll have to re-do the first one. The ONLY nit-picky thing I can say is "Hood looks dented", but with the missing windows, I suppose "bird strike" is acceptable. Still waiting on the faux-ITO/MgF2 coating spray? |
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Posted: 3/28/2019 8:03:19 PM EST
[#49]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Looks good, please include freshman w/yardstick in all of them next time. Have him wear an 18% grey T-Shirt if possible. The airbrush artist is doing well! Except if she keeps improving, she'll have to re-do the first one. The ONLY nit-picky thing I can say is "Hood looks dented", but with the missing windows, I suppose "bird strike" is acceptable. Still waiting on the faux-ITO/MgF2 coating spray?  That gloss paint is unforgiving.Our pilots should be dressed soon, and we will be able to finish the front windows and trim. We worked on that back blade first as it had the worst fade to start with and if it is messed up, it's in the back.
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Posted: 3/28/2019 8:07:58 PM EST
[#50]
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Replace class bell with blaring "Get to the choppa!"
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