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Scurra
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 Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2012 8:13 pm Post subject: 201 |
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| The finale is going to be the same as last time - 10 puzzle meta. |
I do hope you are joking... (you;re not, are you?)
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groza528
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| Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2012 7:39 am Post subject: 202 |
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So hold on...
if our previous round answers are supposed to feed into our meta, does that make it a 13-puzzle meta? |
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DF*
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| Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2012 10:50 am Post subject: 203 |
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OK, back to the original question, only rephrased:
Will this round require a single puzzle which involves the answers from the three previous rounds [I believe the answer would be yes?] or is this round open to comprise a triptych of puzzles each involving one of the answers from previous rounds [I believe the answer would be maybe, but not required?] |
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MNOWAX
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| Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2012 3:47 pm Post subject: 204 |
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OK, back to the original question, only rephrased:
Will this round require a single puzzle which involves the answers from the three previous rounds [I believe the answer would be yes?] or is this round open to comprise a triptych of puzzles each involving one of the answers from previous rounds [I believe the answer would be maybe, but not required?] |
The 10 puzzle meta is after this round, you'll still get a month for that. this round you are making one puzzle with the last three answers to the last three puzzles are used to as corner blocks for this one.
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Scurra
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| Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2012 4:37 pm Post subject: 205 |
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OK, that's clear enough.
It plays merry hell with my prep work, but hey, that's the idea I suppose...
edit upon reflection: a 10 puzzle meta?! When the contest so far has only had four rounds (including this one)? That seems a bit excessive, doesn't it?
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Scurra
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| Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2013 9:58 pm Post subject: 206 |
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Any news on progress here?
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MNOWAX
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| Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2013 10:48 pm Post subject: 207 |
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Still waiting on UM. I'll give him a week, then DF and I will announce winner and loser based on what's in.
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Scurra
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| Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2013 8:29 pm Post subject: 208 |
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Not that I'm obsessing about this or anything...
But I've been sitting on my next round puzzle for what seems like weeks now. (Mind you, that's always assuming I'm in the next round.  )
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MNOWAX
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| Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2013 10:21 pm Post subject: 209 |
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It's my fault. After Um taking a hiatus and Us trying to figure things out for the future, plus me leaving for vegas for a week, things have gotten a little hairy here. I'll definitely be figuring it out over the next 24-48 hours.
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Dented Ford
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| Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 8:19 pm Post subject: 210 |
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Well finally, here are the results of last round, and difficult it has been to get them! Much deliberating, cogitating and digesting has been done. Here are some of the things that were mentioned while that was going on:
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| Puzzle was intuitive but complex, and rare for the puzzles of this competition up to this point, a joy to solve. |
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| Half jokingly, the only flaw I can find with this puzzle is that the "watermark" letters are a bit too "washed out" - which is good in that it diverts attention away from any text whatsoever, but actually hard to see in the end. |
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| I ABSOLUTELY LOVED the product placements in the scenes. It reminded me of the old thread Guess the movie ( which I think I'll have to go and revive...) I don't think I laughed harder at a puzzle when figuring out Fridge over the river Kwai. |
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| A good technique, my sort of puzzle on the whole. I didn't feel it was particularly original, but it was solvable in a nice way, although the pictures clearly spelt words, even the letter spaces were given beneath the images. |
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| Far too much work to cut out the jigsaw items. It made it a chore I begrudged [...] I just ended up resenting the requirement to waste an unhappy afternoon cutting up pieces making my hand ache. |
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| For everything Scurra's was, this was not. It was cumbersome, and I just didn't like it. |
Scurra, please come to the table...
You walk through to the next round clearly victorious here. This is the exact type of thought I was looking for with this challenge, engaging and stimulating. I wasted a happy afternoon playing with this puzzle but in the end I had to smile at the apparently convoluted but elegant construction. As my esteemed colleague said:
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| This was a joy to solve and a great example of why we are running Top GL'er. |
Groza, please step up...
Despite a great showing in many stages up to this round, this time you tripped up. A single faltering step has knocked out many potential champions in every field, it could so easily have been an stumble beyond redemption for you. Fortunately for you, we already have lost a contestant this round, and because of the nature of the competition's final stages, you will not be eliminated. That doesn't mean that more than one contestant may not be eliminated in future rounds!
All contestants this round will go through to the next stage, please produce your offering for the puzzle involving your answers from the three previous rounds as soon as you are able. MNOWAX will set the deadline soon. |
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Elethiomel
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| Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 10:29 pm Post subject: 211 |
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Alright. I'll shamelessly repost my own puzzle from this round, to see if I can entice any more feedback. I have a feeling I need to up my game to make it much further here...
Philosophical Product Placement
The solution is here. |
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MNOWAX
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| Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2013 12:13 am Post subject: 212 |
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| Elethiomel wrote: |
Alright. I'll shamelessly repost my own puzzle from this round, to see if I can entice any more feedback. I have a feeling I need to up my game to make it much further here...
Philosophical Product Placement
The solution is here. |
I thought it was great, I believe I rated yours higher than Scurras, it was just so close between you and him.
The DEADLINE WILL BE FEBRUARY 7th at 11:59PM EST
This will be the last puzzle before the finale. We may cut one or two people this round.
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esme*
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| Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2013 3:12 pm Post subject: 213 |
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| Is it ok if I just email you a link to a google doc? |
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Elethiomel
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| Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2013 10:24 pm Post subject: 214 |
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| I can tell already that it's going to be extremely difficult for me to make the February 7th deadline. I'm on paternity leave starting on the 11th, though, so a few days after that might be doable. |
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esme
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| Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2013 12:15 am Post subject: 215 |
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Personally, I dont need a deadline extension, but I fully support adding a week or so if it ensures that everyone can submit a puzzle.
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Scurra
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| Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2013 12:35 am Post subject: 216 |
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For a contest that was supposed to be running on one-week deadlines, we seem to have been at this whole thing a helluva long time. 
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MNOWAX
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| Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2013 1:53 am Post subject: 217 |
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| Is it ok if I just email you a link to a google doc? |
as long as it is totally unsecured, yes.
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| I can tell already that it's going to be extremely difficult for me to make the February 7th deadline. I'm on paternity leave starting on the 11th, though, so a few days after that might be doable. |
Since I'm not doing anything on the 14th of February, Lets do that.
New Deadline February 14th at 11:59PM EST
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Elethiomel
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| Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2013 9:11 am Post subject: 218 |
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| Thanks, much appreciated. About the puzzle, the task is to create a regular puzzle that somehow incorporates our earlier answers? Would something like a crossword where e.g. one clue is "Music puzzle answer." qualify? Or am I missing the mark? |
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MNOWAX
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| Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2013 4:41 pm Post subject: 219 |
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I like to keep the challenge as open ended as possible. Yeah it would technically work, but you wouldn't get much in terms of creativity points!
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esme
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| Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2013 2:33 am Post subject: 220 |
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3-puzzle meta sent.
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MNOWAX
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| Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2013 4:34 am Post subject: 221 |
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rec'd
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grz*
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| Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2013 5:22 pm Post subject: 222 |
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| Also sent. |
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esme
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| Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2013 4:35 pm Post subject: 223 |
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Any news?
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MNOWAX
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| Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2013 4:44 pm Post subject: 224 |
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sigh, didn't even realize we passed the deadline. I have three puzzles: Esme, Groza, and Scurra. El do you have anything?
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Elethiomel
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| Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2013 7:55 pm Post subject: 225 |
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No. 
I hit a dry spell. |
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MNOWAX
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| Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2013 8:32 pm Post subject: 226 |
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damn. After all that has happened with this game this year, I will be happy to see it end honestly. A Judge having to leave, and each challenge we have had to eliminate one non submitter, and once again this contest has taken 2 months too long.
Elethomiel, Please pack your protractor and go home.
We WILL be eliminating someone, and the final two will be going head to head in the finals.
Additionally there will be a poll for the GL to vote on the two puzzles, and that will count as one vote, along with each of DF and my vote.
Winner will be declared in six weeks guaranteed! If you desire to work on your puzzle, the theme is an easy one. Make a ten puzzle meta based upon the GL forum. You can pick a single thread, a single forum, or multiple forums.
I am also retiring this format of Top GL'er. If it comes back, it will be unrecognizable from this current format, and may not even come back under my name at all.
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Elethiomel
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| Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2013 10:21 pm Post subject: 227 |
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Thanks to the judges and organizers for your time. Some very nice puzzles created so far.
I suggest writing up (now, or when it's all done) an overview with all the rounds and links to the puzzles and solutions. That would be very nice. It's kind of spread out all over the place, currently. |
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esme
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| Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2013 1:46 am Post subject: 228 |
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| MNOWAX wrote: |
Winner will be declared in six weeks guaranteed! If you desire to work on your puzzle, the theme is an easy one. Make a ten puzzle meta based upon the GL forum. You can pick a single thread, a single forum, or multiple forums.
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Can you make this more precise?
Are you talking about eleven puzzles? Or a single puzzle?
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MNOWAX
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| Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2013 5:30 am Post subject: 229 |
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| esme wrote: |
| MNOWAX wrote: |
Winner will be declared in six weeks guaranteed! If you desire to work on your puzzle, the theme is an easy one. Make a ten puzzle meta based upon the GL forum. You can pick a single thread, a single forum, or multiple forums.
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Can you make this more precise?
Are you talking about eleven puzzles? Or a single puzzle? |
nine mini puzzles, with the tenth feeding from the answers off of the nine. look at the previous years finals if you have more questions.
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esme
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| Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2013 1:15 pm Post subject: 230 |
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| look at the previous years finals if you have more questions. |
I would be very grateful if anyone gave a link. I have found plenty of puzzles of the previous competitions, but not the finals.
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esme
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| Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2013 3:35 pm Post subject: 232 |
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Thanks a lot!
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esme
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| Posted: Sun Mar 17, 2013 11:13 am Post subject: 233 |
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esme
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| Posted: Fri Mar 29, 2013 4:03 am Post subject: 234 |
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So, any news?
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MNOWAX
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| Posted: Fri Mar 29, 2013 4:17 am Post subject: 235 |
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in 48 hours we will have our head to head. I frankly have had some much on my plate I haven't even taken a look at anything in regards to this.
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Scurra
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| Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2013 10:55 pm Post subject: 236 |
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That's 48 hours in Top GLer land, of course, which is two weeks for everyone else.
(Don't stress yourself, MNOWAX. It's not as though you actually had to write any of the puzzles, or are facing the possibility of having to write ten more... )
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MNOWAX
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| Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2013 11:37 pm Post subject: 237 |
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And Scurra is out. :-p
no seriously I'm Having a hard time choosing just by my self, I love all three. I'm not sure who i will choose, but if DF comes back,we will get together and choose one to send home If I haven't chosen already.
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groza528
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| Posted: Tue Apr 02, 2013 1:26 am Post subject: 238 |
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| That's 48 hours in Top GLer land, of course, which is two weeks for everyone else. |
Is Top GLer land where they filmed Inception?  |
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MNOWAX
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| Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2013 1:43 pm Post subject: 239 |
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Okay, I have made my decision.
Since My input really was the only one here. I feel it is kind of biased, but I don't really have any other choice. This game has gone on long enough.
As much as I wanted to put you through, I needed two people. This was a very close race, but i think the two powerhouses of this competition just simply were just a little better.
Esme, Please Pack your protractor and Go Home.
The Finals will be against Scurra and Groza, a rematch of the very first Top GL'er! How fitting the last one would have the same finalists as the first.
For trying to get this damn thing over with already, The meta only HAS to be 5 puzzles (4 +1 Meta) long. you may do more if it strikes your fancy, but in the mood I am in in regards to this competition, I wouldn't recommend it.
Lastly, you will be given a slight bonus if you can work in a theme of emotion into your puzzles. If you both do it, the bonus will be negated, if only one of you do it you will get a +2 on Theme points.
Time limit: whenever you guys get around to it. No limit on this puzzle if you actually have gotten this far.
Think of Gene Rayburn just slumped over the podium just not giving a crap, halfheartedly saying the clues. "yeah yeah, so her mouth was so big she could fit a blank in it. go and make your jokes."
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Amb
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| Posted: Wed May 22, 2013 2:44 am Post subject: 240 |
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| THey have had a month so far! Hows it going? |
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