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Originally Posted By FredMan: As you guys know, I done seen a lot of trees. But I have never seen this kind of “muscle” on a tree. This is the effect of vines creeping on a stem. What’s most amazing is the near perfect arrangement. This is the end result of decades of attempted vine strangulation on our woody friend. Where I’m standing is in a spot where blowdown on an adjacent tree grabbed and stripped all those pernicious English ivy vines got stripped off the stem. I’d love to see the grain pattern in those boards. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55153865169_6531c884ea_h.jpgHackberry Muscle by FredMan, on Flickr Well that's f'n neat |
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Tree planting season is probably my least favorite part about this job. Running herd on the amigos, stumbling across the cutovers, thrashing through the briar patch, taking plots and carrying my heavy ass shovel, and making sure they do it right (and don’t even get me started on making sure the reefer has fuel, and do we have the inventory, and holy fuck theses bag counts are off and the nursery needs to ship us free trees to make up for the shortfall, and are these the right genotypes? We ordered THIS genotype, not THAT genotype!). The only saving grace is I usually find some arrowheads (log decks on cutovers can be artifact gold mines, if you know what you’re looking for). This season, nada. I been walking decks, rutted out skid trails, anywhere there’s exposed disturbed mineral soil, for WEEKS and found nothing. Until today. Late afternoon, on the last day of the last tract, 1.2 million trees in the ground, and as I’m dragging ass back to the truck, I spy this shape on the road just off the deck. Oh Ho Ho! I say to myself. Kick it with my boot, and YES! FINALLY!1!! Makes it all worthwhile. (Forgive the potato cam…)  And here’s the amigos getting ready a wee bit after sunrise. Asses and elbows. That’s how you know people are working.  And stumbletown  And see that grass? There’s a story behind this grass. This particular property has been in my clients family since 1871. The great great great grandfather who bought it was born a slave, in 1819. He purchased his freedom in the 1850s, and after the war became successful. Ended up being a state government rep, had a son who got elected to Congress. 100 years ago this was a grassy pasture. This site ended up turning into a mature stand of hardwood, which I had cut 2 years ago. The thing is, when laying out this sale, there was no grass on the forest floor. It was a classic upland piedmont Virginia hardwood site. You’d think it had always been forest. But, once that canopy was removed, the seed bank in the soil came back to life. You could turn out a herd of cattle here and they’d be happy as, well, cows in a pasture. And then there’s the whole artifact thing. Some native, maybe 3,000 years ago, fired this off at some critter hoping for supper. Did he miss? Was it a through and through? How did the answer to that question affect his day? His week? His family? HIS LIFE? Walking in the footsteps of giants, I am. |
ProTip: Never pick a fight with a tree planter. He swings a hoedad for 9 hours a day, carries 30-40 pounds of seedlings on his back, and has 12-14 friends just like him hiding out on the other side of the junk butt pile. They will fuck your shit up.
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The teeth. Definitely the teeth. |
ProTip: Never pick a fight with a tree planter. He swings a hoedad for 9 hours a day, carries 30-40 pounds of seedlings on his back, and has 12-14 friends just like him hiding out on the other side of the junk butt pile. They will fuck your shit up.
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See those two hills in the background on the horizon about a 3rd of the way from right frame edge? That's Kyanite Mining Corporation. Where they mine Kyanite (of course!) Kyanite is one of the minerals used to make Space Shuttle tiles.  McMahon 4South Plant Shadow by FredMan, on Flickr
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ProTip: Never pick a fight with a tree planter. He swings a hoedad for 9 hours a day, carries 30-40 pounds of seedlings on his back, and has 12-14 friends just like him hiding out on the other side of the junk butt pile. They will fuck your shit up.
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Originally Posted By TheAmaazingCarl: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55186871370_2fa6a26daf_o.jpg20260403_026 by Carl Peters, on Flickr Woof! Woof! That dog's expression makes the shot. Prop dog or model's dog? No freeloading; today I just got done cutting the grass for the first time this year, and the very first time in my new house. It would take me 3-4 hours at the old place. Here? an hour tops. Including trimming and blowing everything off.  First Cut by FredMan, on Flickr First Cut by FredMan, on Flickr
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ProTip: Never pick a fight with a tree planter. He swings a hoedad for 9 hours a day, carries 30-40 pounds of seedlings on his back, and has 12-14 friends just like him hiding out on the other side of the junk butt pile. They will fuck your shit up.
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Originally Posted By FredMan: Woof! Woof! That dog's expression makes the shot. Prop dog or model's dog? No freeloading; today I just got done cutting the grass for the first time this year, and the very first time in my new house. It would take me 3-4 hours at the old place. Here? an hour tops. Including trimming and blowing everything off. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55187683199_bcdd38bc82_h.jpgFirst Cut by FredMan, on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55187683194_50b6452ae1_h.jpgFirst Cut by FredMan, on Flickr Model’s dog. I work with her a bunch, and her mother wanted grad photos and she wanted photos with Rocky. |
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Apparently, Richmond has an annual Easter Parade, on Monument Avenue, where unfortunately they took down all the (civil war) monuments (except for that one of Arthur Ashe beating of the chirruns trying to steal his library books, with a tennis racket) during the dark times following the Floyd shenanigans. And the weather sucked. And it’s not really a parade; it’s just folks drinking and strolling the (asphalt) cobbles that define the old streets in town. But one guy had monkeys!!  Easter Parade Monkey by FredMan, on Flickr
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ProTip: Never pick a fight with a tree planter. He swings a hoedad for 9 hours a day, carries 30-40 pounds of seedlings on his back, and has 12-14 friends just like him hiding out on the other side of the junk butt pile. They will fuck your shit up.
I’m not a street photographer kind of guy, but, Cake Girl rocks! Easter Parade Cake Girl by FredMan, on Flickr
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ProTip: Never pick a fight with a tree planter. He swings a hoedad for 9 hours a day, carries 30-40 pounds of seedlings on his back, and has 12-14 friends just like him hiding out on the other side of the junk butt pile. They will fuck your shit up.
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Originally Posted By FredMan: Apparently, Richmond has an annual Easter Parade, on Monument Avenue, where unfortunately they took down all the (civil war) monuments (except for that one of Arthur Ashe beating of the chirruns trying to steal his library books, with a tennis racket) during the dark times following the Floyd shenanigans. And the weather sucked. And it’s not really a parade; it’s just folks drinking and strolling the (asphalt) cobbles that define the old streets in town. But one guy had monkeys!! https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55191923765_c9563785fb_h.jpgEaster Parade Monkey by FredMan, on Flickr haha that lil dude looks awesome |
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Originally Posted By TheAmaazingCarl: haha that lil dude looks awesome He tried to steal a ladies watch while I was shooting |
ProTip: Never pick a fight with a tree planter. He swings a hoedad for 9 hours a day, carries 30-40 pounds of seedlings on his back, and has 12-14 friends just like him hiding out on the other side of the junk butt pile. They will fuck your shit up.
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Originally Posted By FredMan: He tried to steal a ladies watch while I was shooting Originally Posted By FredMan: Originally Posted By TheAmaazingCarl: haha that lil dude looks awesome He tried to steal a ladies watch while I was shooting A ruffian and rapscallion! |
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And I’m also apparently a sucker for a rando old Japanese guy selling bonsai on the street corner during a parade. Maybe I’ll manage to not kill this one.  Juniper Bonsai by FredMan, on Flickr
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ProTip: Never pick a fight with a tree planter. He swings a hoedad for 9 hours a day, carries 30-40 pounds of seedlings on his back, and has 12-14 friends just like him hiding out on the other side of the junk butt pile. They will fuck your shit up.
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I've been trying to get a photo down the tracks with the Milky Way rising in the background, but it's just not panning out as I hoped. Here's an alternate framing on my way out. If I had brought a sleeping pad, I could have let the series run longer, but I was just plain uncomfortable, and called it "good enough" after an hour. I think was shot at f/2.2, but next time I'll maybe get in a bit closer and shoot at f/1.4... 
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Originally Posted By L_JE: Those are great. Details, if I may ask? Originally Posted By L_JE: Originally Posted By metalsaber: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/57852/1_26_1_1_26_1-3745171.jpg https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/57852/1_24_1_1_24_1-3745170.jpg https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/57852/1_14_1_1_14_1-3745169.jpg https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/57852/1_8_1_1_8_1-3745167.jpg https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/57852/1_28_1_1_28_1-3745166.jpg https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/57852/1_45_1_1_45_1-3745178.jpg Those are great. Details, if I may ask? |
I bought all this equipment. What do you mean that the dead AREN'T coming back to life?
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Originally Posted By metalsaber: Shot on the new Canon C50 with an Atlas Mercury 1.5x Anamorphic lens. I did color editing in Davinci Resolve. It's a fantastic color grade. There are those who say it's nonsense to de-perfect accuracy of digital. There are also those who say those people should be tossed int he water. 
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And the down-the-tracks shot. I'm fighting humidity and the light pollution from town, but I was able to eek out some decent detail in the core and the dust arm that reaches out to Antares. So, last night's effort might pull through with a little more effort.
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Originally Posted By L_JE: It's a fantastic color grade. There are those who say it's nonsense to de-perfect accuracy of digital. There are also those who say those people should be tossed int he water. Originally Posted By L_JE: Originally Posted By metalsaber: Shot on the new Canon C50 with an Atlas Mercury 1.5x Anamorphic lens. I did color editing in Davinci Resolve. It's a fantastic color grade. There are those who say it's nonsense to de-perfect accuracy of digital. There are also those who say those people should be tossed int he water. |
I bought all this equipment. What do you mean that the dead AREN'T coming back to life?
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Originally Posted By TheAmaazingCarl: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55214650232_19befab334_o.jpg20260418_007 by Carl Peters, on Flickr "Have you seen my mom?"
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God will not look you over for medals, diplomas, or degrees – but for scars
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Forgive the Margarita-fueled Sunday afternoon backyard potato cam pics. I always wanted to live nestled amongst the 100 foot tall pines…  
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ProTip: Never pick a fight with a tree planter. He swings a hoedad for 9 hours a day, carries 30-40 pounds of seedlings on his back, and has 12-14 friends just like him hiding out on the other side of the junk butt pile. They will fuck your shit up.
And I been saying it for years... oughta be just a convenience store. Convenience Store by FredMan, on Flickr
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ProTip: Never pick a fight with a tree planter. He swings a hoedad for 9 hours a day, carries 30-40 pounds of seedlings on his back, and has 12-14 friends just like him hiding out on the other side of the junk butt pile. They will fuck your shit up.
ProTip: Never pick a fight with a tree planter. He swings a hoedad for 9 hours a day, carries 30-40 pounds of seedlings on his back, and has 12-14 friends just like him hiding out on the other side of the junk butt pile. They will fuck your shit up.
If there was ever a candidate for some good old fashioned mid-rotation release, it's this one. Thinned 2 years ago. Not hard to get through today, but in 2-3 years those 15,000 sweetgum sprouts per acre are going to seriously piss off the next forester. 21 years old. Trees running 65-ish feet tall. Maybe 9" DBH. 90-100 BA. Lees Mill Merch MRR by FredMan, on Flickr
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ProTip: Never pick a fight with a tree planter. He swings a hoedad for 9 hours a day, carries 30-40 pounds of seedlings on his back, and has 12-14 friends just like him hiding out on the other side of the junk butt pile. They will fuck your shit up.
The carpet of the studio had an insane amount of stripper dust and broken sequins that had to be photoshopped out. 20260504_017 by Carl Peters, on Flickr 20260504_010 by Carl Peters, on Flickr
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Originally Posted By gavinspop: lol. Stripper dust. What is that made up of exactly? The sparkly dust models sometimes use in makeup, I just call it stripper dust because back when it seemed like only strippers used it. The studio I guess didn't vacuum after whoever shot there before us. There were also a ton of those shiny disc sequins things all over. |
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Originally Posted By gavinspop: lol. Stripper dust. What is that made up of exactly? Tears. Lap dance tears. They’re the best kind. |
ProTip: Never pick a fight with a tree planter. He swings a hoedad for 9 hours a day, carries 30-40 pounds of seedlings on his back, and has 12-14 friends just like him hiding out on the other side of the junk butt pile. They will fuck your shit up.
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Originally Posted By TheAmaazingCarl: The sparkly dust models sometimes use in makeup, I just call it stripper dust because back when it seemed like only strippers used it. The studio I guess didn't vacuum after whoever shot there before us. There were also a ton of those shiny disc sequins things all over. Replicant residue  |
ProTip: Never pick a fight with a tree planter. He swings a hoedad for 9 hours a day, carries 30-40 pounds of seedlings on his back, and has 12-14 friends just like him hiding out on the other side of the junk butt pile. They will fuck your shit up.
 Wisconsin_Virginia by FredMan, on Flickr CVN 69_Eisenhower by FredMan, on Flickr
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ProTip: Never pick a fight with a tree planter. He swings a hoedad for 9 hours a day, carries 30-40 pounds of seedlings on his back, and has 12-14 friends just like him hiding out on the other side of the junk butt pile. They will fuck your shit up.
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Originally Posted By FredMan: Tears. Lap dance tears. They’re the best kind. Originally Posted By FredMan: Originally Posted By gavinspop: lol. Stripper dust. What is that made up of exactly? Tears. Lap dance tears. They’re the best kind.   A Lap Dance Is So Much Better When The Stripper Is Crying |
God will not look you over for medals, diplomas, or degrees – but for scars
The water was too hot, the activated charcoal bathbomb also not good for the hair apparently. But otherwise these came out okay. 20260509_008 by Carl Peters, on Flickr
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Originally Posted By TheAmaazingCarl: The water was too hot, the activated charcoal bathbomb also not good for the hair apparently. But otherwise these came out okay. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55259425673_1ccc5bd4bc_o.jpg20260509_008 by Carl Peters, on Flickr How does one come up with that subject? Your idea? Her idea? I mean, it’s awesome, but I’m trying to understand the thought processes that led to “hot chick, red highlights, in a tub full of activated charcoal and rose petals” |
ProTip: Never pick a fight with a tree planter. He swings a hoedad for 9 hours a day, carries 30-40 pounds of seedlings on his back, and has 12-14 friends just like him hiding out on the other side of the junk butt pile. They will fuck your shit up.
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Originally Posted By FredMan: How does one come up with that subject? Your idea? Her idea? I mean, it’s awesome, but I’m trying to understand the thought processes that led to “hot chick, red highlights, in a tub full of activated charcoal and rose petals” Originally Posted By FredMan: Originally Posted By TheAmaazingCarl: The water was too hot, the activated charcoal bathbomb also not good for the hair apparently. But otherwise these came out okay. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55259425673_1ccc5bd4bc_o.jpg20260509_008 by Carl Peters, on Flickr How does one come up with that subject? Your idea? Her idea? I mean, it’s awesome, but I’m trying to understand the thought processes that led to “hot chick, red highlights, in a tub full of activated charcoal and rose petals” I like contrast and faces/eyes, and Nastassia like out of the norm unique-ish photos.. I was hoping to get the water a little darker/more viscous but wasn't gonna happen. At least not without risking messing up the tub. Also on the list is a milk bath shoot, assuming I can find an extremely dark skinned model. |
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One of my passions in life is live music. Living people, playing actual instruments, on a stage, in front of other living people. Some of my earliest memories surround listening to Dad banging out some Beethoven, or Tchaikovsky, perhaps some Mozart, or (when he was feeling feisty) some Rachmaninoff on the baby grand. As I grew up, my tastes turned to rock'n'roll. I went to my first rock concert at 14 (ZZ Top opening for Grand Funk Railroad). Then I got into the Dead. And, as I discovered, they had a taper culture. "Bootlegs". So in the latter half of the 8th decade of the 20th Century, I said to myself "FredMan, you should really get into that culture". So I bought a Sony WM-D6C and got to know the guys running sound at my local haunts, and at shows, became polite and "hey may, can I patch in?". At Dead shows, looking around the pit (they specifically sold Taper Tickets, in a special section behind the soundboard, where as long as you were quiet, and had your shit together, pretty much anything goes), I noticed the cools kid were running Nakamichi CM-300 shotgun mics and Sony TC-D5M decks. At the time I had my first real job as a co-op student, and I had some money, so I dove right in. I hauled that rig all over the country. Maine. California. Florida, and every place in between. I wouldn't go to a show if there would be an issue taping. Fast forward to today. Now that I've survived the Big D, I find myself with some spare time. And all that music is on analog cassettes. Over a thousand hours. And a burning need to convert it to digital. So I've got my vintage 1998 Yamaha cassette deck and my old Onkyo amp set up, and I'm doing the needful. Today, we get Phish from North Charleston, 1995.  Phish 1995-11-18 Master Tapes by FredMan, on Flickr Cassette>Digi Rig by FredMan, on FlickrThis only one of the boxes. And you know what? Those old Maxell magazine ads of finding a cassette in the moon dust, stomped on by Armstrong are spot on. Those sneaky Nips sure knew how to build an archival medium back in the day. For like $3.  Maxell ROCKS! by FredMan, on Flickr Box 'O Masters by FredMan, on FlickrETA 
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ProTip: Never pick a fight with a tree planter. He swings a hoedad for 9 hours a day, carries 30-40 pounds of seedlings on his back, and has 12-14 friends just like him hiding out on the other side of the junk butt pile. They will fuck your shit up.
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To keep this as a photo post: This is my wife's caretaker. She came from Ukraine at 16 years old. she is now 41. Wife has alzheimer's and is currently bed ridden.  Over the last couple years we have become friends and she has opened up to the things she has done. One of those things is she likes to sing. Here is a you tube music file she recorded. It's a love song. The amazing thing is she recorded it five times in a row all on the file in five different languages. She is very talented. First is in Ukraine, then English, Russian, Polish, and lastly German. The slider at the bottom of the video is broken into five sections so you can hear it the language you choose. I like the style of Ukrainian music. And she has a beautiful voice.  ? ????? ?????? ?? ????? ??? ?? ????? ????? ???? (5 ?????? ??????) ? |
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ProTip: Never pick a fight with a tree planter. He swings a hoedad for 9 hours a day, carries 30-40 pounds of seedlings on his back, and has 12-14 friends just like him hiding out on the other side of the junk butt pile. They will fuck your shit up.
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Thanks Fred. It's been hard but wasn't totally unexpected. Dee's mother had Alzheimer's. This is both of our second marriage and we thought about if we should get married. But she was and is the love of my life. We are true sole mates. Have never had a cross word or argument in the 30 + years we have been together. I promised her if she should come down with it she would never go into a nursing home. So far I've been able to keep that promise. Now back t o the purpose of this thread.  EBR |
birbs 20260516_016 by Carl Peters, on Flickr 20260516_011 by Carl Peters, on Flickr
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As I dig deeper into the Box'O'Masters, I find this show. Now here's the interesting thing. I have absolutely NO recollection of attending this event. But I know I did, because I gots the masters. I wonder how many more memory-holed concerts I'm gonna find? Widespread 4-24-99 Masters by FredMan, on FlickrAnd boy am I glad I never tossed that tape deck Dad gave me for Christmas in 1987.  DigiConvert PCM-A10 by FredMan, on Flickr |
ProTip: Never pick a fight with a tree planter. He swings a hoedad for 9 hours a day, carries 30-40 pounds of seedlings on his back, and has 12-14 friends just like him hiding out on the other side of the junk butt pile. They will fuck your shit up.
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Well I picked up a film camera for a pretty good deal. I've never shot film in my life besides the old disposables so this will be fun. Nikon F3 that came with an old Nikkor 24mm f/2.8 AI lens which also works on my D850 so double bonus there! I'll post up some pics shortly (of the camera and eventually some film shots when I figure out developing and scanning) |
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Work has been dragging my butt all over Alaska pretty much every other week and I can't bring anything bigger than an iPhone.  For what it's worth, Adobe's Project Indigo app works great for getting reflections off small windows though.I'm out on the banks of the Yukon River last week and this week, just a couple hundred miles apart (Circle last week and Kaltag this week) but am trying to get photos as I can.  
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Originally Posted By NorthPolar: Work has been dragging my butt all over Alaska pretty much every other week and I can't bring anything bigger than an iPhone. For what it's worth, Adobe's Project Indigo app works great for getting reflections off small windows though.I'm out on the banks of the Yukon River last week and this week, just a couple hundred miles apart (Circle last week and Kaltag this week) but am trying to get photos as I can. https://i.imgur.com/5AMMl2P.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/YTRhQg2.jpeg These are fantastic! |
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