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Subject: RE: Alaska Mike needs good thoughts From: MMario Date: 21 Nov 06 - 04:06 PM can't wait to |
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Subject: RE: Alaska Mike needs good thoughts From: artbrooks Date: 21 Nov 06 - 04:00 PM On the way, Seamus...450 |
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Subject: RE: Alaska Mike needs good thoughts From: Sandy Mc Lean Date: 21 Nov 06 - 03:44 PM It is great to hear, my friend That your gut is on the mend And your private vacuum hose is doing its job Once again you wrote a song And I know it won't be long Until you straighten out this noisy mob |
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Subject: RE: Alaska Mike needs good thoughts From: Ebbie Date: 21 Nov 06 - 03:22 PM We sure can. |
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Subject: RE: Alaska Mike needs good thoughts From: Seamus Kennedy Date: 21 Nov 06 - 03:20 PM Mike, good to see you back songwriting again; things are definitely on the upswing for you. Keep on getting well. Big Mick - your Ballad of Alaska Mike sounds like a Robert Service poem. Maybe that's the direction you oughtta take it. Can we get this thread to the 500 mark? Seamus |
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Subject: RE: Alaska Mike needs good thoughts From: bet Date: 21 Nov 06 - 11:14 AM Glad to hear from you. We've got to get together sometime. I'm anxious to meet Tawmmie and you. Take care, bet |
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Subject: RE: Alaska Mike needs good thoughts From: wysiwyg Date: 21 Nov 06 - 10:38 AM And in the meantime, I'll just send Hardi. It should work out nicely, don't you think? If he can't Getaway, there's always Faulkner. I might be able to send him with Mmario. I think the Getaway needs a good dog and Leadfingers says he'd make a lovely pub dog. ~Susan |
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Subject: RE: Alaska Mike needs good thoughts From: Big Mick Date: 21 Nov 06 - 10:27 AM Whatareyoutalkinabout, WYS????? You haven't been to the Getaway yet either. You hounded me to stop by the Mudcat Retreat for several years (for which I am grateful, as I thoroughly enjoyed the visit), yet you can't take the jaunt across PA, drop down 95 and make Getaway???? Enough of your blather, get off your royal backside and get down to Getaway next year. Mick |
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Subject: RE: Alaska Mike needs good thoughts From: wysiwyg Date: 21 Nov 06 - 10:19 AM And in the meantime, SEND TAWMMIE. We know how to treat a girl right! ~Susan |
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Subject: RE: Alaska Mike needs good thoughts From: Rapparee Date: 21 Nov 06 - 10:17 AM There's the much-talked about Western.... Hey, if you're in Dutch drop by the library and say "Hi!" to the Director for me. Wait, that somehow doesn't seem quite right.... |
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Subject: RE: Alaska Mike needs good thoughts From: jacqui.c Date: 21 Nov 06 - 09:30 AM OK - you get a reprieve until 2008 - then, no excuses! |
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Subject: RE: Alaska Mike needs good thoughts From: JennyO Date: 21 Nov 06 - 09:29 AM 2008 in October - YES! That's the Getaway I'm going to try and get to. Have you had any Ozcats at the Getaway before? |
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Subject: RE: Alaska Mike needs good thoughts From: SINSULL Date: 21 Nov 06 - 09:24 AM First thread this AM and I am misty-eyed. Enough of this sentimental claptrap, I want to hear how you escaped the North Koreans ans talked the Venezuelans into a conceret tour. It is beautiful, Mike. Mary |
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Subject: RE: Alaska Mike needs good thoughts From: MMario Date: 21 Nov 06 - 09:13 AM 2008. First weekend in October - the camp is already reserved. |
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Subject: RE: Alaska Mike needs good thoughts From: Alaska Mike Date: 21 Nov 06 - 09:11 AM As much as we would love to attend next year's Getaway, Jacqui, the timing doesn't work. When not in a coma, I always spend my Novembers out in the Aleutian Islands working at the port of Dutch Harbor. So unless the Getaway changes back to October, I will have to postpone my next visit until retirement. |
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Subject: RE: Alaska Mike needs good thoughts From: jacqui.c Date: 21 Nov 06 - 08:52 AM Blurry eyed and goose pimply at the words of the song Mike. Can't wait to hear it AT THE 2007 GETAWAY! |
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Subject: RE: Alaska Mike needs good thoughts From: Alaska Mike Date: 21 Nov 06 - 08:52 AM My doctors are geniusly talented folk, And my wound vac is working just fine. So don't call me "Lefty" old ramblin friend, My right side is holding the line. |
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Subject: RE: Alaska Mike needs good thoughts From: Big Mick Date: 21 Nov 06 - 07:52 AM That's my boy!!! Lyric looks great, Mike, looking forward to hearing it. I want you to continue to give me examples of great songwriting, so's I can sharpen my skills. I have the very important song to write, with the working title of "The Ballad of Alaska Mike and the Vacuumed Manly Bits". They meter and rhyme of this one will be a bit dodgy, but I am helped by being able to introduce some reference to "lefty" in there. A thought just hits me, I can have a character in the song called "one eyed Johnson". This ditty might rival that sterling bit of songcraft written a few years ago by the Shellbacks known as "The Jamb on Jeri's Stump". Keep on the mend, ramblin' buddy. I am pulling for you. Whoa, poor choice of words. Maybe "rootin", that won't work either. On your side? No, not the left side. Shit. I will do my best. All the best, Mick |
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Subject: RE: Alaska Mike needs good thoughts From: catspaw49 Date: 21 Nov 06 - 04:48 AM Not just back, but in great form as well! Many of us can really relate to that sentiment.....outstanding!!! Spaw |
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Subject: RE: Alaska Mike needs good thoughts From: gnu Date: 21 Nov 06 - 04:28 AM Damn! This teary-eyed stuff is becoming a habit. Can't wait to hear you sing it, Mike. |
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Subject: RE: Alaska Mike needs good thoughts From: Megan L Date: 21 Nov 06 - 04:16 AM Mike i haven't had the chance to meet you yet but some folks around here tell me you are a giant among men. somehow i dont think they just meant in size. |
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Subject: RE: Alaska Mike needs good thoughts From: Alaska Mike Date: 21 Nov 06 - 02:57 AM I thought I would share the first song to have blossomed from this strange experience. I wrote this yesterday and today. It will still need some tweeking before its done, but its has a nice feel to it so far. Friends by Mike Campbell � 2006 When problems are many and troubles are deep, And life seems like darkness and blight. It's the friendships we've formed that will help see us through, Good friends never waver in shining their light. So lift up your glasses and give a good cheer, Our friends form the rock where we stand, And friendship is worth a good song and a beer, Its our friends that make living so grand. I'm a lucky old fellow, I've friends by the score, And they're all the most wonderful kind. They stand by me whenever the wolf's at my door, And they don't seem to care when I'm losing my mind. So lift up your glasses and give a good cheer, Our friends form the rock where we stand, And friendship is worth a good song and a beer, Its our friends that make living so grand. (Instrumental break) Friends of fair weather are easy to find, But they're there only when times are high. It's the friends that stick by you in hurricane winds, They're the ones you should measures friends by. So lift up your glasses and give a good cheer, Our friends form the rock where we stand, And friendship is worth a good song and a beer, Its our friends that make living so grand. (Repeat chorus ad nauseum) Thanks once again to all my friends at Mudcat. Mike. |
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Subject: RE: Alaska Mike needs good thoughts From: GUEST,Dani Date: 20 Nov 06 - 08:10 PM Ease up on him, guys. He's taking the fall for alla y'all. Raise your hands, ladies (Tawmie included) if you remember packing ice on your nether regions after giving birth and maybe (God forbid) watching them stitch it up nice and neat! Be honest: how many of you thought, "if he only knew......" Now Mike does, and y'all better shut up and let him tell it. Dani |
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Subject: RE: Alaska Mike needs good thoughts From: Bill D Date: 20 Nov 06 - 08:10 PM great to have you home!...No ski lessons or walrus wrestling for awhile,...ok? ...now, about that doctor whose stitches didn't hold the first time. |
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Subject: RE: Alaska Mike needs good thoughts From: SINSULL Date: 20 Nov 06 - 08:08 PM Now we have a genuine problem. We already have a Lefty. How about we call you Southpaw? Get weller each day, Mike. You have had us worried. And make sure Tawmmie gets her rest. She has earned it. Mary |
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Subject: RE: Alaska Mike needs good thoughts From: wysiwyg Date: 20 Nov 06 - 07:36 PM So when is this trip with Seamus? ~S~ |
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Subject: RE: Alaska Mike needs good thoughts From: GUEST,Barb'ry at work Date: 20 Nov 06 - 01:28 PM We are soooo pleased and relieved! Keep up the good work, Mike and carry on being the perfect patient.. Love and hugs to you and Tawmmie Andy and Barb'ry |
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Subject: RE: Alaska Mike needs good thoughts From: alanabit Date: 20 Nov 06 - 11:41 AM Really glad to have you back Mike. I don't know when we will meet in the real world, but it has to happen. Keep us posted on your recovery. |
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Subject: RE: Alaska Mike needs good thoughts From: MMario Date: 20 Nov 06 - 10:14 AM Hey Tawmmie! Now that Mike's back - don't think you can be a stranger - we expect you to pop in accasionally and let us know just how tall the tales Mike is telling are.... May you two and your family have a great Holiday season ---the kids should pamper you both...you deserve it. |
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Subject: RE: Alaska Mike needs good thoughts From: GUEST,Janie Date: 20 Nov 06 - 10:09 AM Welcome Home!!!!!! Janie |
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Subject: RE: Alaska Mike needs good thoughts From: Amos Date: 20 Nov 06 - 09:49 AM Mike: Welcome, welcome, welcome back to the madhouse called reality. It sounds to me like a number of fine songs could bemade from your delightful adventures in Wonderland. You could have a whole CD made of "Songs from a Coma"!! :D HBO might go for it too! A |
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Subject: RE: Alaska Mike needs good thoughts From: Bobert Date: 20 Nov 06 - 09:08 AM Danged, Mike!!! Daily evacuation of your "manly parts"... Where do I sign up??? Awww, jus' a little hillbilly humor... (yeah, very little, Bobert...) Nevermind the manly parts comment, Big Guy... Glad to see ya on the mend... Bobert |
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Subject: RE: Alaska Mike needs good thoughts From: JennyO Date: 20 Nov 06 - 08:58 AM Mike, I was telling my John (jack halyard), who is a singer, songwriter and occasional reciter of poems and tall stories, the sad story of what happened to you, and he immediately thought of one of the Aussie poems he is fond of reciting, and suggested I should post it here. And you thought you had problems!!!..... The Inside Story I was reading in a paper that was wrapped around the cheese How the miracles of med'cine have become realities; How women wanting babies can obtain them by the dozen From the local doctor's cold-room... all conveniently frozen. And I must confess the notion left me feeling rather cold, For I much preferred the method that we used in days of old. But the skillful city surgeon and his art must surely pale When you see the stockmen operate out in the post and rail; Stitching up dog-ravaged wethers, and a mulga stick for breaks, While the kids still have their ear lopped to survive the bite of snakes; Shot-gun dentists, cures with castor oil, I guess I've seen the lot, And the drastic use of stock-knives to control the barcoo rot. I pointed out this very fact last christmas on the phone To a mate of mine, Ken Cooper, who was working down near Scone; And he told me of an accident... the solemn truth, he swore (In the land of cornstalk promises, that matters any more? But Ken lived in Queensland, and that's good enough for me, So I reckon he's the barnard of the outback surgery). Ken was working on a fence-line with a bloke called Slogger Brown; He was running out the wire while his mate was cutting down. A mob of sheep stood waiting for the foliage to land... when a crooked Branch jumped back, and knocked the chain-saw from his hand! Oh, god! it was a shocking sight to turn your limbs to jelly... The whirring blade came down across the bushman's hairy belly! Ken told me all the details, but my tears were soon in flood For the ear-piece of the telephone was slowly oozing blood... But, before he grabbed the throttle, and could get the thing controlled, His mate... his sole companion... was completely disembowelled; And it wasn't just a matter of where this or that part fits... His whole internal mechanism was chopped in little bits! My friend had been a butcher when he worked the Queensland scene; A lot of 'reverse surgery'... if you know what I mean He knew it would be seconds before Slogger breathed his last So he had to do some surgery, and do it bloody fast! He grabbed a ewe around the throat and slit its nether hide... He hauled the streaming entrails out, and pushed them all inside. Though he lacked finesse and finish, he was long on common sense, For he drew the gash together with some staples from the fence; And joining veins and sinews is quite simple when you know how A bit of gum-tree gumption... and a twitch from Cobb & Co What's it matter in a stomach... upside down or front to back? Guts are guts... they gain no glamour from the neatness of the pack. Anyhow he did some plumbing, so the inlet soon aligned; The outlet quickly took its place with stitches unrefined. He used a roll of tie-wire, but he must have hit the mark, 'Cos old Slogger picked a crow-bar up and went to strip the bark; So Ken retrieved the chain-saw, and wiped the blood away; And they stood another twenty posts before the close of day. Well, for weeks I've sat and wondered if his tale was really true I've heard a lot of stories of what lonely bushmen do So I rang Ken up the other day, and I mention on the side "I suppose you miss old Slogger... I presume the poor cow died." "Oh, you'll never kill old Slogger," Ken said. "he's as tough as teak... "He's out fencing on Urella... and he had a lamb last week!" Charlee Marshall |
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Subject: RE: Alaska Mike needs good thoughts From: artbrooks Date: 20 Nov 06 - 08:45 AM Huummm...Tawmmie and old whats-his-face there might be enough to get us back to the Getaway next year..... |
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Subject: RE: Alaska Mike needs good thoughts From: jacqui.c Date: 20 Nov 06 - 08:39 AM Mike - Don't you go worrying about that Big Mick. If he causes you any grief my friend Mary and I will be on his case BIG TIME! So far we've managed to get a gorilla in his bedroom that watches him every time he tries to... (enough information already) and we've got him to admit to having a big bum - when he was getting into the horse outfit. Trust me, between the two of us we can deal with his Irishness. Glad to hear that you are doing so well - I think that the whole of Mudcat land was holding its breath for a while there.You will be making it to the next Getaway, won't you? Don't make Mary and me have to come up there and drag you down by force....... Love to Tawmmie - that lady deserves all the good wishes going. Not only did she cope with what was going on in the hospital but she found time to learn how to access the 'Cat and keep the rest of us informed. I really look forward to meeting her AT THE GETAWAY THIS YEAR!!!!!!! |
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Subject: RE: Alaska Mike needs good thoughts From: Liz the Squeak Date: 20 Nov 06 - 08:27 AM Is it me or has the screen gone blurry? Mike and Tawmmee - so glad to hear the news... keep breathing in and out... and don't fret about the little things. Take care both of you. LTS XX |
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Subject: RE: Alaska Mike needs good thoughts From: Barry Finn Date: 20 Nov 06 - 01:34 AM Hi Mike Glad to see you're on the keyboard,, & making sense too, that's gotta be a real good thing. Forget about what Mick's gonna say, with his mouth I don't think he's gonna wanna say a thing about your manly parts. And about the wound vac, you don't need to explain a thing to any of us here, we're just happy you had a good time for yourself & that you're on the better part of the mend now. How you're voice doing? I imagine they've been sticking tubes & flutes down it & asking you to play those too. Hospitals, nasty places to spend your vacation at, rest up a bit & lay off your good wife, you can't put her through that kind of termoil anymore. Snap out of it & get better. Best of luck Barry |
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Subject: RE: Alaska Mike needs good thoughts From: Alaska Mike Date: 20 Nov 06 - 01:01 AM Sorry to have stayed silent, but these past 3 days have been filled with pills, injections, sleep and trying to figure out how to use the potty extender. I'm still on crutches, but I'm working out on my excercise bike and my legs are getting stronger each day. My hands are still shaky which makes it hard to type but I'm following the physical therapist's instructions and I'm sure things will steady up as time goes by. All in all I'm still in pretty sad shape, but each day gets better. As for the vaccuming of manly parts, let me explain. There is a wonderful invention called a wound vac that applies negative pressure to an open wound in order to increase the speed of recovery. I've had 3 surguries to remove infected tissue from my right side "manly" part and the wound vac is keeping it sterile and helping it heal. So go ahead Mick, give it your best shot. I can hardly wait to hear what you come up with. I've got to touch bases with my employer tommorow and see what they will require before I can come back to work. I'm thinking at least 4-6 weeks before I can perform my duties again. I've still got plenty of leave time so the paychecks will keep coming in. I hope all of you are having a great November. I will try to write more often. Mike |
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Subject: RE: Alaska Mike needs good thoughts From: Charlie Baum Date: 20 Nov 06 - 12:26 AM Welcome back, Mike. As you slowly return to the lands of reality, we can only hope that in the midst your hallucinations you were taught some wonderful songs by those North Koreans and Venezuelans and HBO execs that you can eventually recover and share with the rest of us. Recover at whatever pace you can--take it easy, but take it! And maybe next year, we'll get to hear those songs at the Getaway. Love to you and Tawmie. --Charlie Baum |
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Subject: RE: Alaska Mike needs good thoughts From: Tinker Date: 19 Nov 06 - 11:16 PM What a wonderful treat at the end of a long day. More amazed hugs and scattered dance steps flitting here abouts. Now I would highly recommend you actually write that manly parts song about the vacumn before some of these other gits gets to it -- you've probably got a little bit before they figure you're fair game again. but please review that Getaway video on Youtube before you think they have any grounds to go around poking fun at other folks assorted parts..... Hmmmmmm ..... Take it easy, but enjoy every minute. Tinker |
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Subject: RE: Alaska Mike needs good thoughts From: wysiwyg Date: 19 Nov 06 - 10:34 PM I rather like it that he hasn't posted again yet, unless I missed it-- sleeping, I bet! Healing is hard physical work. ~Susan |
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Subject: RE: Alaska Mike needs good thoughts From: Ferrara Date: 19 Nov 06 - 09:15 PM Oh Mike, great joy to know that you're back home again. What Dani said.... You meet these people and get really attached to 'em, then they go and get themselves in trouble when we're too far away even to cook and bring over a casserole for Tawmmie. But we could send good thoughts to you both, and we did, and we are. And smiling, smiling to know you're out of the hospital and back in your home. Love you both, Rita |
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Subject: RE: Alaska Mike needs good thoughts From: Col K Date: 19 Nov 06 - 06:15 PM Great news that you are now at home.2 months R&R sounds good, plenty of new songs to tell us all about your halucinations, there must be plenty of inspiration there. Love to you and Tawmmie Col |
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Subject: RE: Alaska Mike needs good thoughts From: SINSULL Date: 19 Nov 06 - 05:38 PM Glad you are home once again, Mike. Now SUCK IT UP and get on with your life. There are dust bunnies under the bed and apparently in your knickers. Much love to you and Tawmmie, SINS |
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Subject: RE: Alaska Mike needs good thoughts From: skipy Date: 19 Nov 06 - 01:50 PM MAGIC! Skipy |
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Subject: RE: Alaska Mike needs good thoughts From: Rapparee Date: 19 Nov 06 - 01:48 PM Omagosh! He's still probably gotta go shoot a turkey or at least a moose, because That's The Alaskan Way. Oh, wait. He lives in Anchorage. Nevermind. Just truck on down to Fred's on Northern Lights and buy one. |
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Subject: RE: Alaska Mike needs good thoughts From: KT Date: 19 Nov 06 - 01:36 PM Bravo, Mike! Bravo!!!! Welcome back!! This will be some Thanksgiving for you and your family this year! Love to you and Tawmmie ~ KT |
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Subject: RE: Alaska Mike needs good thoughts From: Rapparee Date: 19 Nov 06 - 09:50 AM Will Alaskan Amber help get things back to (ab)normal? If so, I'll send her around with some. |
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Subject: RE: Alaska Mike needs good thoughts From: SussexCarole Date: 19 Nov 06 - 09:45 AM Wonderful news! Love & Hugs to you both xxx |
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Subject: RE: Alaska Mike needs good thoughts From: MMario Date: 19 Nov 06 - 09:16 AM goog,good,good. I will feed a clydesdale some bud in your honour. |
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