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Posted: 4/25/2021 8:04:46 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Yep, use the drying cycle. Just oil them where they need it and cycle/function check. Cerakoted doesn't matter. That shit is like concrete. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: The detergent cup thing is genius. I'm gonna start doing that. Do you use the drying cycle on the pistols? What do you do afterward, dunk them in oil or what? What if they're cerakoted? Cerakoted doesn't matter. That shit is like concrete. I'm feeling some serious homo over this suggestion.... Shit I hate to do is clean weapons. Unit buddy took his M16A1 into the shower to clean it much to the disapproval of the rest of the team. However, attitudes changed upon inspection . |
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Posted: 4/25/2021 8:57:52 PM EST
[#2]
try to have 2 or 3 big mugs of coffee before starting the day
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Posted: 4/25/2021 9:35:49 PM EST
[#3]
Quote HistoryQuoted: If you have expired meat or something else that will sit in your garbage can and stink after a couple days, I tend to throw it in the freezer until garbage day. I keep an old paper coffee cup (like those from Starbucks) or paper soup bowl from the grocery store's deli section, in the freezer, to collect all of the fatty run-off from cooking (, except for bacon grease;-) for eventual disposal. When it's full, pull the cap off and drop the cup of frozen fat in the compost & yardwaste bin, when it goes out to the curb on Monday night. |
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Posted: 4/25/2021 9:52:53 PM EST
[#4]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I'm feeling some serious homo over this suggestion.... Shit I hate to do is clean weapons. Unit buddy took his M16A1 into the shower to clean it much to the disapproval of the rest of the team. However, attitudes changed upon inspection . It's a horrible idea. You're getting toxic chemicals and lead in your dishes and into your body. |
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Posted: 4/25/2021 9:54:26 PM EST
[#5]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Same but not all washers fill with the door open. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I usually just rinse it off in the water coming into the washer before closing the lid. Same but not all washers fill with the door open. My top loading wash machine is too new to allow doing that, so I put a pair of 2 way Garden Hose Splitter with on/off valves on the faucet feeding the wash machine, with a short hose and nozzle to rinse the cup off and into the washer's tub. That in place, and I can draw some warm to hot water for filling carwash buckets, etc.  While discussing wash machines, always get a top loader: They don't have door seals that fail and leak. |
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Posted: 4/25/2021 9:55:33 PM EST
[#6]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Go to bed wearing the clothes you plan to wear the next day including shoes. My son did that when he was little. |
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Posted: 4/25/2021 9:57:46 PM EST
[#7]
Quote HistoryQuoted: You can also cut them off two at a time and make ergonomic disposable testicle hammocks. Wife just yelled at me for waking her up in bed because I was laughing. |
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Posted: 4/25/2021 10:00:13 PM EST
[#8]
Quote HistoryQuoted: The 6 "Ps" Proper Prior Planning Prevents Piss Poor Performance Seven Ps |
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Posted: 4/25/2021 10:04:10 PM EST
[#9]
Quality over quantity.
Two is one, one is none, and three is usually just a waste. |
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Posted: 4/25/2021 10:20:57 PM EST
[#10]
Quote HistoryQuoted: My mother does this. I would NEVER do it for the kitchen bag...too big a chance for a leak to make the other bags in the bottom nasty. It happens, and has happened to me plenty. For trash cans that typically don't have liquids, it's fine...living room, bathrooms, laundry, etc... Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Keep the garbage bags in the can My mother does this. I would NEVER do it for the kitchen bag...too big a chance for a leak to make the other bags in the bottom nasty. It happens, and has happened to me plenty. For trash cans that typically don't have liquids, it's fine...living room, bathrooms, laundry, etc... |
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Posted: 4/26/2021 7:28:53 AM EST
[#11]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Why are you people putting liquids in the kitchen trashcan? There is a sink right there! Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Keep the garbage bags in the can My mother does this. I would NEVER do it for the kitchen bag...too big a chance for a leak to make the other bags in the bottom nasty. It happens, and has happened to me plenty. For trash cans that typically don't have liquids, it's fine...living room, bathrooms, laundry, etc... Shit happens. Drippings from meat packaging, wet cat/dog food, canned food, soda cans, beer cans/bottles, food that went bad, extra condiments from restaurants in those little plastic cups...the lids might pop off in the trash, etc, etc... Don't act like no liquids ever touch a kitchen trash can... |
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Posted: 4/26/2021 7:59:00 AM EST
[#12]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Seven Ps "prior planning" is redundant. You can't plan if it isn't prior. Proper Planning Prevents Poor Performance |
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Posted: 4/26/2021 8:02:12 AM EST
[#13]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Feeling guilty for letting your kids watch TV and not read more? Put it on mute with the closed captioning on and bam they are reading now. |
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Posted: 4/27/2021 11:05:17 AM EST
[#14]
Quote HistoryQuoted: When installing the buffer detent pin and spring in an AR, place the lower in a garbage bag while doing it. Before installing it, tap the hole so you only have to do it once. ( Kit I bought from @ErikO )  Attached File Attached File |
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Posted: 4/27/2021 11:12:04 AM EST
[#15]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Organize your tools. And put them back when you're done with them. Agreed.  Attached File |
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Posted: 4/27/2021 11:16:46 AM EST
[#16]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Ya know how something goofs up with the DVD player or cable TV tuner box/DVR, you are down on the floor looking at this mess of cables and electrical cords/plugs as they plug into a surge protector. Take multi-colored zip ties to the cords. For example, the cord for the Blu Ray/DVD gets a blue zip tie near the back of the machine and another blue zip tie down near the plug. The TV gets green zip ties..same thing....close to the back of the TV and then down near the plug. I cut off the excess zip tie to trie to make it neater looking. I use the plastic tabs, and write on them with a Sharpie.  Attached File |
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Posted: 4/27/2021 11:21:37 AM EST
[#17]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Organize your shit! I got a tool chest for my edc gear and spent a few days organizing. The initial outlay was more than worth it https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/455820/CB5D36B0-5932-4640-B610-CB1544B50F33_jpe-1918133.JPG I bought one of those for my desktop stuff. Pens, scissors, envelopes, small screwdrivers, etc. Silverware dividers to keep stuff sorted.  Attached File |
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Posted: 4/27/2021 1:51:12 PM EST
[#18]
Pee in the sink. Less splash.
Stand on tip toes at the end of the stream to get another few drops out. After boiling hotdogs, use the water to make ice cubes and drop them in peoples glasses you don't like. |
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Posted: 4/27/2021 2:01:27 PM EST
[#19]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I hope I never get that desperate Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Pop into a hotel lobby for a quick That won't work everywhere, particularly in Europe. Last few hotels I stayed at had a list of names+room numbers that they checked when you walked into the dining area. I hope I never get that desperate Lol, one of my field guys used to come in with coffee from the hotel down the street... every... single... morning |
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Posted: 4/27/2021 4:12:21 PM EST
[#20]
Quote HistoryQuoted: My top loading wash machine is too new to allow doing that, so I put a pair of 2 way Garden Hose Splitter with on/off valves on the faucet feeding the wash machine, with a short hose and nozzle to rinse the cup off and into the washer's tub. That in place, and I can draw some warm to hot water for filling carwash buckets, etc. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/12179/8BD35D9F-DC38-47AF-92B3-FDC4D36990A9-1919248.jpg While discussing wash machines, always get a top loader: They don't have door seals that fail and leak. I have those on my washer hook ups for.....two washers. It's seriously awesome having two washing machines. All my wife's nice office clothes go in "her" machine and all my dirty work clothes along with anything else that extra dirty or gross go in "my" washing machine. |
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Posted: 4/27/2021 4:25:56 PM EST
[#21]
Just say "fuck it".
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Posted: 4/27/2021 5:01:01 PM EST
[#22]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I have those on my washer hook ups for.....two washers. It's seriously awesome having two washing machines. All my wife's nice office clothes go in "her" machine and all my dirty work clothes along with anything else that extra dirty or gross go in "my" washing machine. Nice! There are times when having two dryers would've more than just helpful |
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Posted: 4/27/2021 6:00:40 PM EST
[#23]
Quote HistoryQuoted: When you order a burger from a fast food place, always ask for no pickles...then you will know they made you a fresh burger... Or most likely took a stale one and peeled the pickles off of it. |
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Posted: 4/27/2021 7:59:44 PM EST
[#24]
A couple of car ones:
Get one of those pet-cock keys and keep it in the car. You can get water from any spicket at any business. I probably wouldn't drink it but it's handy anyway. Tape a spare key behind your rear license plate (i wrap it in plastic first). Then if you lock yourself out- all you need is a screwdriver. For a motorcycle, don't put all four screw into the plate frame. On that last hole use the biggest teflon cable tie that will fit. Not a lot of plate thieves come prepared with cutters. If you have a flat tire, and you can't get the old tire off after you've removed the lug nuts (frozen to the disc), use the spare tire as a battering ram to whack it a couple times. You want mass to break it free and usually the spare carries said mass. |
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Posted: 4/27/2021 8:13:21 PM EST
[#25]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Tape a spare key behind your rear license plate (i wrap it in plastic first). Then if you lock yourself out- all you need is a screwdriver. I used to put a spare key behind my license plate, but I ran one of the screws through the hole. No chance of it coming loose that way. |
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Posted: 4/27/2021 8:23:54 PM EST
[#26]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I used to put a spare key behind my license plate, but I ran one of the screws through the hole. No chance of it coming loose that way. Excellent idea. Also, your avatar is kind of depressing. Sorry about your car. |
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Posted: 4/27/2021 8:30:42 PM EST
[#27]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Excellent idea. Also, your avatar is kind of depressing. Sorry about your car. Thanks. Here's the car from the drunk/druggie who hit me;  |
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Posted: 4/27/2021 8:50:42 PM EST
[#28]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Pee in the sink. Less splash. Stand on tip toes at the end of the stream to get another few drops out. After boiling hotdogs, use the water to make ice cubes and drop them in peoples glasses you don't like. While boiling hot dogs, place a wire rack over the pan and steam your buns. |
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Posted: 4/27/2021 9:00:34 PM EST
[#29]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Instead of using a dish to eat off of, and having to deal with that mess later, use a paper towel, folding it in half for messier things, and eating it over the sink. You can just throw out the paper towel and wash the gunk and your fingers off all at the same time. Also pro-tip: You can eat right out of the container, over the sink for extra efficiency. If you are in a rush I can understand this but if the only reason you are doing it is not to make a mess you either have issues or you might have to reevaluate life. |
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Posted: 4/27/2021 9:19:00 PM EST
[#30]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Prob wouldn't apply to many but I put a little magnet on the exhaust pipe of the pellet stove for the utility knife. It keeps it out of reach of my little one, doesn't slide off back behind the stove when I open the top to clean, and I dont have to open the blade everytime I use it https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/145358/20210424_192837_jpg-1917858.JPG For what it's worth, most strong magnets get weak with heat. The higher the temperature, the faster it happens. I'm surprised your magnet has enough power left to hold anything being stuck to a stove exhaust. |
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Posted: 4/28/2021 6:07:50 AM EST
[#31]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Tape a spare key behind your rear license plate (i wrap it in plastic first). Then if you lock yourself out- all you need is a screwdriver. Or, just slip the spare door key in your wallet. No screwdriver needed, and my wallet never leaves my pants |
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Posted: 4/28/2021 6:14:34 AM EST
[#32]
Quote HistoryQuoted: If you're assembling a bike for your kid or for yourself and trying to get the rubber grips on the handlebars, spray the bar with hairspray. The grips will slide right on and the hairspray will lock the grips in place after drying. WD-40 works even better. No kidding. |
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Posted: 4/28/2021 6:17:24 AM EST
[#33]
Stop sweatin shit.
Just live your life carefree. I'm on the verge of ordering rainbow leopard print crocs. Only reason I'm not is because they're $55. I can't justify it. Why would I order them and wear them? Because my kids think they're awesome, and when they smile, I smile. |
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Posted: 4/28/2021 7:19:50 AM EST
[#34]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Or, just slip the spare door key in your wallet. No screwdriver needed, and my wallet never leaves my pants except if you lose it or drop it... then the finder has your ID, address, and a key to get in |
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Posted: 4/28/2021 7:23:38 AM EST
[#35]
Cut toxic people out of your life, thats the best life hack there is.
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Posted: 4/28/2021 7:25:19 AM EST
[#36]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Stop sweatin shit. Just live your life carefree. I'm on the verge of ordering rainbow leopard print crocs. Only reason I'm not is because they're $55. I can't justify it. Why would I order them and wear them? Because my kids think they're awesome, and when they smile, I smile. Probably one of the best life hacks I've ever read. Fuck 'em if they don't like rainbow leopard print crocs. Incidentally that officially makes you a tough guy. |
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Posted: 4/28/2021 7:25:56 AM EST
[#37]
Quote HistoryQuoted: except if you lose it or drop it... then the finder has your ID, address, and a key to get in The chances of me dropping my wallet are about the same as someone stealing license plates...who will also find the key behind the tag. Registration/insurance card in the glovebox has your address on it too. And the key will only get you in...no difference in that and some scumbag thief breaking a window to get in. Still can't drive off with a door key. |
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Posted: 4/28/2021 7:30:00 AM EST
[#38]
Make several resumes that are variations of your own with similar qualifications.
Apply to a job online with your legit resume, use the fake ones days apart. Obviously use a fake name, email, google voice +VPN for the fake resumes. Schedule interviews. The fake resumes you submitted will be no shows during the scheduled interviews, and you'll look a lot better at the interview. This will work better if the fake interviews are scheduled before your own.  Unethical yeah, but shit dude you have to make a living. |
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Posted: 4/28/2021 7:32:06 AM EST
[#39]
Quote HistoryQuoted: WD-40 works even better. No kidding. I use spray paint found that to be the best. |
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Posted: 4/28/2021 7:45:33 AM EST
[#40]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I'm feeling some serious homo over this suggestion.... Shit I hate to do is clean weapons. Unit buddy took his M16A1 into the shower to clean it much to the disapproval of the rest of the team. However, attitudes changed upon inspection . When my brother, who hunts a fuck-ton of pheasant, ducks and geese, said he cleaned his Beretta shotguns in the dishwasher, my inner grandpa almost came out and smacked his whore mouth. But I washed an XD and my range .22 for Carry Classes (Ruger MK3) in the dishwasher a few weeks later as a test. I pulled them out after drying and inspected thoroughly for rust, water, etc. Nothing. Not a spec of dirt. Not a spot of rust. Not a drop of water. Game Changer. |
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Posted: 4/28/2021 7:48:04 AM EST
[#41]
Quote HistoryQuoted: A couple of car ones: Get one of those pet-cock keys and keep it in the car. You can get water from any spicket at any business. I probably wouldn't drink it but it's handy anyway. Tape a spare key behind your rear license plate (i wrap it in plastic first). Then if you lock yourself out- all you need is a screwdriver. For a motorcycle, don't put all four screw into the plate frame. On that last hole use the biggest teflon cable tie that will fit. Not a lot of plate thieves come prepared with cutters. If you have a flat tire, and you can't get the old tire off after you've removed the lug nuts (frozen to the disc), use the spare tire as a battering ram to whack it a couple times. You want mass to break it free and usually the spare carries said mass. I wouldn’t throw that spare key behind the plate. We’ve twice had our plates stolen by car thieves who used them to put on said stolen Vehichle. Even if its just the metal cut key without the chip on a newer you’ve given them access to the inside they likely wouldn’t have had. |
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Posted: 4/28/2021 8:46:05 AM EST
[#42]
Quote HistoryQuoted: It's simplistic, but when I get out of my work clothes every night, I take the socks and underwear I plan on wearing out of the drawer, and put them on the bathroom floor with my work belt, keys, and work knife. At 330 in the morning, it makes for faster dressing without disturbing the wife hunting things down. The night before, I have my gym bag and work clothes already in the car (in winter, work bag with lunch is in there too. Free refrigeration!), gym clothes are on the bench in the walk-in closet. Get up at 0345 and dont disturb the wife. Plus, I always know I am ready to hit the road within 8-10 minutes from wake up and dont have to hunt anything down. |
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Posted: 4/28/2021 10:44:26 AM EST
[#43]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Same. I make it clear to my employees and boss that I will not attend a meeting unless it is truly 100% necessary. Also, I want a set agenda and time limit on any meetings. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: To the best of my ability, I skip/refuse to hold meetings at work. They are simply a massive waste of time that always make me want to bash my face into the wall. They profit me not at all, so I gain a ton of time back by not my own meetings, and largely skipping other people's meetings. Same. I make it clear to my employees and boss that I will not attend a meeting unless it is truly 100% necessary. Also, I want a set agenda and time limit on any meetings. No agenda no attenda! |
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Posted: 4/28/2021 10:48:44 AM EST
[#44]
I wank it with my left hand so my brain thinks it's somebody else doing it
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Posted: 4/28/2021 10:52:54 AM EST
[#45]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Stupid thing my wife hates, but I hate messes more. I throw the laundry detergent cup in with the wash every time. It doesn't get all messed up with drips, etc. Keeps the cabinet above the washer from having tacky detergent on it. I wash almost all of my handguns in the dishwasher. Gets em spotless. Never had a rust issue. I was with you until this one
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Posted: 4/28/2021 10:58:21 AM EST
[#46]
Quote HistoryQuoted: That won't work everywhere, particularly in Europe. Last few hotels I stayed at had a list of names+room numbers that they checked when you walked into the dining area. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Pop into a hotel lobby for a quick free breakfast. That won't work everywhere, particularly in Europe. Last few hotels I stayed at had a list of names+room numbers that they checked when you walked into the dining area. Not to mention it's fucking stealing. Some people just absolutely fucking suck. |
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Posted: 4/28/2021 11:10:19 AM EST
[#47]
Quoted: If you wear wired earbud headphones a lot, make a basic knot in the middle of the left or right side wire. That way every time you grab your headphones, you can feel for the knot and not have to squint to look for the R or L. Or put the wrong side in first. What am I missing here? Why does it make any difference which side goes in which ear? 
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Posted: 4/28/2021 11:15:31 AM EST
[#48]
Quote HistoryQuoted: What am I missing here? Why does it make any difference which side goes in which ear? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: If you wear wired earbud headphones a lot, make a basic knot in the middle of the left or right side wire. That way every time you grab your headphones, you can feel for the knot and not have to squint to look for the R or L. Or put the wrong side in first. What am I missing here? Why does it make any difference which side goes in which ear? Have you ever looked at a pair of earbuds? They're not identical. Often they're shaped opposite each other to fit into your ear more snugly. Think like a left hand and a right hand. |
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Posted: 4/28/2021 11:38:39 AM EST
[#49]
I avoid speaking to my ex-wife if possible.
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Posted: 4/28/2021 12:00:31 PM EST
[#50]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I avoid speaking to my ex-wife if possible. Word. I haven't spoken with mine since 1990, it's made life so much easier! Now if I can just avoid talking to #2......
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