Senior Golden Sneakers
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Looks like we have yet another clear sunny day. We had a very cool night. We were snuggled into comforters and blankets. Yesterday was quite warm 70+ degrees.
I have been dealing with allergies that drive me mad. There is so much pollen in the air. Our scotch broom is coming into bloom. It looks a lot like the gorse Jackie sent a photo of. The leaf part does look like a broom. I am sure this could have been used for a broom. It is responsible for enormous quantities of pollen. It isn’t a native plant and it threatens to take over huge areas of cleared land.
Anne: there is always something that needs repairing. As annoying as mice are, a friend had a raccoon move into his weekend beach house. This creature all but destroyed his house and furniture. The damage was in the thousands of dollars. AND it happened in about 2 weeks! I am not the kind of person who could have two houses. One house almost kills us.
Jackie: I know you will have a memorable trip. You have planned so carefully, it will make your trip all,the more enjoyable to have these details thought out. My sincerest wishes for your trip to be delightful.
Sandy: maybe the new condo rental will work out. It sounds like moving will not be too difficult since it is close by. Cross country moving always involves packing carefully to avoid breaking and scratching of furniture. I have had my share of that!
Enjoy the sunshine everyone! Remember that old song...” have a wonderful day today. And whatever you’ve got to do, I’d be so happy to be doing it with you. Etc etc etc
Patsy1 -
I am cooking sweet potatoes for my lunch with a veggie salad.
Eating lots of starches. the sweet potatoes are small so will have 3 or small . I eat till I get satisfy with my starches then have a small veggie or fruit.
Marie3 -
Happy Trails to You Jackie. We will be looking forward to your stories (and photos) when you return. I am sure your friends will look after everything just fine, especially with your notes!
Anne, Wednesday water heater day. Wahoo! I really hope you have lovely water pressure restored. AND that the plumbers do not leave a mess behind. The drain magician was quite good at cleaning up and actually not making a mess at all. I was pleased.
Sandy, enjoy the visit. It sounds as if there will be some busy days. Thanks for the information on the products you are using. I need to look those up. Well, take plenty of time looking that place over when you go back for the second look.
Patsy, is Katie happy with her updated Spring look? I was driving home today and looked at two dogs out on walk with their owner. Both of the dogs were clipped short as if the trim was quite recent. They were trotting along looking quite satisfied with themselves. Or maybe they were just happy with this spring day.
Marie, good to hear from you. I love sweet potatoes too and try to keep some on hand all the time. I have stopped ordering boxes of them as there are two stores nearby now that carry the ones I like (at least most of the time).
Highlights of today, Tai Chi class, a trip to Trader Joe’s and taking my other vehicle through the car wash. I read the book for book club, spoke with a friend regarding a mutual friend’s husband who is having health problems. And after much searching I found the piece of Yupo paper I was looking for and have started on a class project. Both water colors and acrylic paints are used. I have gotten to the point that the water color has to dry completely and it takes a while. I will get back to it tomorrow I hope.
Buzz, I hope today has been a good one for you.
Hugs my friends. An early Tai Chi class again tomorrow. I really like it so much but four days a week of early class is a bit too much for me.
All best wishes.
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BON VOYAGE in NORGE, JACKIE !!!
Buzz
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My late cousin's wonderful daughter is down for a few days of golf, so of course the rains came! However, she took me out for lunch today and someone recommended a new nearby Asian Hibachi place and it sounded good, so that's where we went. Splendid choice and the food and service were awesome! And we were allowed to sit and talk over our final tea for as long as we wanted........and we wanted! Being the eldest person in my family seems to have made me somewhat of a legend, lol! I did not want to burden her with dragging my walker along so I took a cane, and learned I had better buy one of those 3-point base canes or chance tripping over a sliding tip! I'll get on Amazon shortly!!!
SANDY, it sounds to me as if it's all coming together rather seamlessly! Lots of luck ahead!
LIN, good for you with the updating daily! Crazy world where we have to be so paranoid, but we must be, in order to survive! My scans showed nothing! I think the website itself was having internet problems!
ANNE, I think it's a new washing machine, but I dare not go back to check. Enjoy!
PATSY, Just think how beautiful she will look when Katie is finally groomed in what sounds like a "puppy cut"!
I must check my email so I can get to bed shortly. My eyes refuse to stay open!!! Buzz
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Plenty of the same hopefully Buzz. Lots still to do including a bit of housework so will wish you all well and say stay safe in the coming week. I'm sure somewhere along the way I will be able to send on a photo or two. Otherwise catch up May 5th.
Your good wishes mean the world to me! Hugs ~ Jackie 2 -
Hello dear sneakers! Sunny and beautiful here. I am thinking of a trip to the Home Depot for a look at their hanging geraniums. The deck needs the usual red geraniums hanging in front of the windows.
Katie is already involved in a large excavation project. Not sure but it looks a lot like an in ground swimming pool.pit. John is not impressed! It feels like she is bringing a lot of the mud and dirt into the house. Oh joy! Katie loves spring.
I have been thinking of planting a row of Shasta daisies along our little road/driveway. I can see that as a pretty sort of ground cover. Also requiring very little attention.
Hope everyone is well and into spring activities.
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Oh by the way, Jackie! I know you will be careful on your trip! Watch out for the odd looking sausage/food left on the buffet table too long. We need you to have a great time on your trip. We need you to come home safe and sound. All our best wishes for a delightful excursion.
Patsy
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Katie resting after a busy morning digging in the backyard.0
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PATSY, if Katie will move over a bit, I'll join her in that nap! How cute!
JACKIE, I don't know how or why so many of the same picture I posted showed up on 2 pages, yet! But that's the Sognefjord (sp?) and I was amazed to find it used as we use our roads! Ships stopped at cross fjords and people would transfer right in the middle of the fjords! Which are so lovely, of course. We also found Norwegians speak better English than we do! Have a super cruise!
MARIE, you sound as if you are doing very well, Sis. Whatever it is you do with your diets, they work well for you most of the time! Hope you are both well and enjoying life!
SANDY, the possible new place sounds perfect and you won't have to get used to new neighborhoods! Wonderful. I'm happy for you that your son and DIL will meet with you in Florida. Today is perfect and no humidity!
LIN, thank you for wishing me a good day. My days are sort of pretty much the same except for yesterday and that wonderful Japanese lunch and chat with my young cousin. I hope when I was your age I took the full advantage of my time and youth as you do, lol!
I think I missed ANNE today, and hope all is well.
Shortly after waking up today I received a phone call from my son (in Germany) and we had a great chat. And he informed me he will be coming with my DIL a few days after my birthday as he has to attend a seminar in San Antonio on June 24th through the 29th. I'm so pleased they are including a visit as they did not think it would work out this year.
I'm attempting to transfer the objects from my tiny stuffed handbag into a larger bag so the will be room for that extra kleenex, and already I can barely lift the larger bag with nothing additional added yet! I think I've never learned the secret to "ladylike" bags! l will finish getting dressed for dinner now, so I don't have to rush at the last minute! Buzz
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Hello everyone. I simply couldn't get on the site this morning. It kept returning to the icons at the opening.
Well, I've got a new water heater and gushing hot water out of the bath tap. It turns out the old water heater was 21 years old. I remember it being put in, but THAT long ago! I gather 21 years is very old for a water heater!
Mark came over and crawled into the attic to see if he could see anything as in the owner of the feet I keep hearing. Nothing, no eyes peering at him through the gloom. He did find what looks like a squirrel nest, an ancient squirrel nest, from eons ago when I heard feet above my bed and we had the before last time shingles replaced. The opening into the attic is so small that I could never get my hips through it, but Mark is small boned and slim. Anyway, it rained all day but the next dry day he is going to have a look at the old unused brick chimney from the outside to see if it offers any clues to who or what is trying to join The Bean and I.
To get to the attic opening one has to clear all the shelves in the linen closet and remove them, so thats been my day, folding sheets, towels, blankets etc after removal and then putting them back. In fact I feel very much like Katie, ready for a nap.
Anne.
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Good evening. Another day of Tai Chi, visiting the discount day at my local store, reading a book and getting full of paint and ink. Yippee! And the weather was excellent. Cannot beat that combo.
Hey, Tai Chi again tomorrow morning and then off to get together with the ladies at the library.
Some house problems of course. Programming issues with the thermostat and my dehumidifier is only a fan right now. I have decided to just order a new little one. And then will see if I can do somethings n’t with the old one.
Patsy, thanks for the Katie picture. Loving it!! Wh would think she is such an active doggie.
Buzz, I hope you are having a nice visit again today.
Anne, water heater update? I am worried that it didn’t get installed today.
Sandy, I saw your photos on Facebook. Another good day/evening with family.
Hugs to my friends.
Lin
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Morning girls.
Yes we are all installed LIN. See post just above yours!
I'm not sure what's going on with the community page of MFP. I simply have a great deal of trouble getting on it these days. Since the hacking problem anyway. I'll finally get through and it will flick back to the MFP logo screen. This makes me nervous to write long posts. Quite discouraging when all I've written suddenly gone.
It's quite early now so I won't risk writing more right now.
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Sorry Anna, your post did not appear last night for me. Hummmmm. Neither did the post from Buzz. Odd happenings.
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No prob. LIN. I figured that you'd not seen the post. Makes you wonder about the delays. Censoring? Just checked and I missed BUZZ as well! I've just read her post! And she didn't see me either yesterday. Are our days numbered!
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Happy Thursday! Busy with my kids but just wanted to say hi.
Sandy
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Good morning sneakers! We have a marine layer (fog) this morning. This often happens here after a very warm sunny day(?) but the temps are mild.
John mowed yesterday. The grass was so high we were not sure the little garden tractor was up to the job. But the little orange tractor chugged along and lucky for us...that darling little mower just ate up all the tall grass. The trees are slow to completely leaf out this year. I was concerned when we had a record breaking warm day recently. Heat wave? Drought? It is really hysterical how we here in Oregon complain about the rain and two days without a drop of moisture and we all panic!
So far, I have not had any trouble with MFP since that period of a blank white page for several hours. Hope their glitch has been fixed.
We tried to watch the movie, “All the money in the world” and all I can say is...DREARY! Why bother? The art direction was miserable. The acting was wooden. Just my opinion, maybe I’m too picky.
I think I will continue the spring house cleaning for a bit today then a trip to Home Depot for a little walk around their spring bedding plants. Spring house cleaning will take longer these days. I seem to work at a snails pace. We have too much stuff and we are conflicted about when and if we clear the deck, so to speak. I have to keep reminding myself, our kids do not want any of this stuff.
Katie and I are sipping coffee and eating a milk bone. John is sleeping late today. A lovely Mozart cd on the player. Fog is drifting in the little forest and down in the lower acreage. Oh dear! This day is getting a very slow start.
Patsy0 -
I guess spring has arrived even if it has been late and chilly. Cloudy, foggy day but the rhododendrons are hanging in there. More to come....
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Oooooh, Patsy, beautiful. What a storm of blossoms.
I will agree with you about being conflicted about dumping out all of my stuff. There is no one who will want anything of mine unless there is a good probability of making some money from it. Once upon a time all my family’s old heirloom quilts might have been desirable but I am not so sure these days. Ladies of my age still love them but they have their own things to get rid of. I am still happy to be surrounded by my memories. I am certain some day they will be anchors dragging me down.
I was die cutting little fairies for some cards and a journal page. I cleaned up the odds and ends of paper and tossed them in the trash which went out on Tuesday. Yes, you guessed it, the tiny die is not in its appointed sleeve which I will admit was a bit torn. I am guessing it fell out in the paper scraps. Oh well, switch gears and move on. Endless searching is a waste of time. Time to start working on the graduation cards. One young gentleman was working on restoring an old pickup with his grandfather but he died while they were working on the project. I spoke to the grandma and she said she thought an old vintage truck, in yellow, would be special to him. So, I am going to give it a go. Still thinking about the other card, he might like the same truck in red but he would prefer a racing riding lawn mower. I do not think I can do that!
Meanwhile, lovely day. Tai Chi, Library ladies time with many very funny stories. I wore myself out with laughter. Then returned books to a different library and picked up my new holds and talked to the lady who runs all artsy type programs. She is going to do another bead project this summer and would like to do something with clay. That would be exciting but she really doesn’t have time to add anything to the calendar. So she told me about a huge order she made of Spellbinder products. Excitement. She will be parked by the mailbox until those arrive.
Anne, wahoo. Lots of bath water. How marvelous! Such a great outcome. Now not so good with the critter issue but I swear anything in my house sounds like a huge monster! Mice, bats, birds etc. are all so good at getting into our domains.
And yes, MFP does not seem to refresh for me even though I hit refresh over and over. Maybe I will need to shut the iPad down to get it to actually reload.
Well, back to sorting through my mail.
Hugs. Guess what—yep, I have Tai Chi again tomorrow morning!
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Do you see me now? I don't know what's happening here but I do post every day....even though late! All's well. We may start a Weight Watchers group here. I used to do very well with MFP but haven't the patience or knowledge to figure out my menus since I no longer create them! Buzz
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Hello BUZZ!
I will say this about MFP, I've lost about 6lb since February just by following their calorie guidelines. Haven't felt hungry either!
Great news from the Korean Peninsula IF it's true. Finally civilized behaviour and common sense! And more importantly HOPE for this beautiful planet we call home! Now, if we can just get rid of all the guns floating about !!!!!
Now, where's our JERI. Haven't heard from you for a while Jeri. Are you both okay?
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Off I go again. Yep, Tai Chi.
Good job Anne, well done with your calorie watching. And yes, if the news is true, it would be an excellent first step for the Korean Peninsula. An intention to end the war, to let families reunite, all sounds very good. Time will tell.
Buzz, not knowing what is in your food must be very difficult. I would be ill all the time with unknown ingredients! You can only do what you can do. With all of the temptations I would need to hide in my apartment. Yipes. Hoping you have a lovely day. May the electronic world be good to all of us.
Hi Sandy, Patsy, Jackie (wherever you may be now), Marie, Jeri, Diane, Barbie, and the rest of the Sneakers we haven’t seen for a while.
Hugs.
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Happy Friday! The kids left, laundry is being done and always good to get my house back to myself. We went yesterday to show my son and his wife the new unit and to take measurements. They liked it a lot and thought it was brighter and bigger than my place. I called my landlady this morning and told her that I really liked the other place but had to give the new landlord an answer soon since it will be ready July 1st. I told her that either she lets me out of my lease July 1st or I am staying until August 30. She feels sure she will be ready by July 1st. but asked if she could get back to me next week and I agreed. I called Kieran and he was proud of me and hopes we can all get this done by my vacation May 12- 19th.
My DIL helped me sort through boxes in my garage since I am trying to downsize and get rid of stuff I haven't used since moving here.
So for now back to normal except for maybe boxes in different rooms in my house. Now to play catch up on my computer.
Have a great day.
Sandy
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Good morning! Woooooo! We had thunder and lightening this morning. Of course, it upsets Katie and she has to discuss this big odd noise with the world and very loudly. However things are looking more and more springlike. I went to Home Depot yesterday.the plant area is filled with delightful possibilities! I am not ready for planting anything yet. John finished his first big mow of the year. The grass was really tall. We have a part of our acreage near our mailbox that our neighbor always mows for us. He is such a really wonderful young neighbor. Now John has decided he would like to show him some appreciation for his consideration. John is shopping for some sort of “guy gift.”
I am currently trying to ex out sarcasm from my life. John is right on board with this. I have been reading some of my philosophical books lately and that kind of expression is often so depressing. It is easy to slip into that kind of thinking. Words do have power!
A dear old friend that we went to college with is having the worst kind of family relationship. How I wish she would do the positive thing and go to Al-Anon. letters and phone calls are so fraught with anger and disappointment with her family. How can I help? What can I do? I know my sugar-sweet cards are of little real help but it is all I can think of.
I do think everyone here is positive and caring. I know We all have issues of various kinds but mainly, I think everyone here is beautiful, friendly and giving. It is heartwarming to remember there are people like you still on the planet.
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What cheering posts, my dear friends! And as I checked in, I was startled by an unexpected tremendously loud burst of rumbling thunder that has NOt STOPPED! It started pouring, but I think I'd better log off! SANDY, I knew this was the place for you and it will be terrific! PATSY, what a great goal, philosophically! We are all happy you are now one of OUR family!
ANNE and LIN, amazing results in the Korea's, and let's hope it works out as hoped! A real surprise! And I , too, wondered about our dear JERI, and actually others who were part of us! Time and people march on, I guess! I will try to watch portions more carefully, at least. I do enjoy food, I'm afraid! Buzz
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Well, I wrote quite a long piece and again it blanked out and went back to the very first MFP logo. So.....I lost my words of wisdom or whatever. Here we go again !
Basically, The Bean and I went for our morning walk and outside the church on our corner, someone had chucked out dried chrysanthemum plants minus their planters. The garbage truck was rumbling towards us so I grabbed these sorry specimens to bring home for planting in a big, big planter I possess. Of course we met Janice and Jilly's pal Amy on the way back! Talk about a cheap skate, but honestly I hate to see plants ripped up to die! So you can call me cheap OR a saver of dying chrysanthemums! They already seem to be perking up and by late summer I may have beautiful pink and white flowering plants to plant out in the garden. When I was coming home with my rescued loot the old chap who wanders around with a shopping cart on garbage day collecting cans and booze bottles out of people's recycle bins gave me a cheery wave of the hand and I think I've got a new friend now, a fellow rescuer of discarded treasures
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Good morning. It is World Tai Chi day. The idea is one world one breath. At 10am in each time zone, people will be doing Tai Chi so 24 hours of Tai Chi. I am going to the local gathering as they are having a Lion Dance, demonstrations and workshops. I have intended to get there each of the last two years but something always pops up. Fingers crossed nothing happens in the next half hour.
We have another sunny day. No thunder here right now. Maybe Tuesday? We actually could use some rain. Brush fires have gotten out of control as it was quite windy yesterday.
I agree, I love this group. Very kind and supportive people. Wonderfully unique and much appreciated. Thank you.
Yesterday, yes, Tai Chi, picked up some tomatoes that were supposedly on sale but it doesn’t look like the store’s system agreed. Whatever they are delicious! Home for lunch and then I decided to zip over to the Art Center to catch up on the new exhibits. Finally, the flu threat is muted, the weather was good, lots of other events in town given it is Drake Relay weekend so I thought it would be kind of low volume over there. Oh my gosh no, full of groups of little children complete with school buses and many guides busy trying to contain the kids while also trying to explain bits and pieces about the displays. But I enjoyed it quite a bit. I had wanted to see the Wanderlust exhibit. Very odd mixture of pieces.
This is probably not interesting but it was to me. Only 5% of the center’s collection is on display at any time. They put together a lithograph exhibit. All were Grant Woods. Another surprise was one little corner with a few oil paintings of local subjects that he completed while living in Des Moines, upstairs in a funeral home as it turns out. I found it quite interesting. And I had to take pictures of the paintings which is allowed as long as no flash is involved.
Back home, finished a birthday card for next week which I hadn’t seen until I turned my calendar to May. Yipes!!
Hugs.
Lin
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Happy Saturday! I will probably put somethings in containers today for my move. I am trying to get rid of things I haven't used in the last 6 years but I am not sure what to do with them. I have so many frames it is incredible, do I try to sell them or just donate them? I have some old vases and stuff people probably don't want. Where is the best place to donate? I might just keep all in the garage until I see if I should have a garage sale. Decisions, decisions.
Lin, sounds like a fun day in your area, don't get sidetracked and miss the gathering. Interesting facts about the Art Center, I hope you share some of those pictures.
Anne, I do not think you are a cheap skate at all, I hope your green thumb brings you some beautiful flowers.
Buzz, I am excited about the new place and I pray it all works out and I get to move there by July 1st. I think Jeri is very busy with all her grandchildren. Two of them just made their Confirmation with pictures on Facebook.
Patsy, in Al Anon we learned "Sarcasm" can be traced back to the Greek verb sarkazein, which initially meant to tear flesh I tend to be sarcastic at times when I get nervous. I never mean it to hurt anyone but like you I would prefer to just stop. No one can make anyone go to Al Anon but it is so beneficial when dealing with any kind of addict whether alcohol or drugs.
I bet our dear Jackie is having the best time, I do hope the weather cooperates for them.
Have a great day.
Sandy
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Hello dear ladies! We might have a sunny or at least a partly sunny day. It is a chilly morning. I have the laundry going. I need to get Katie’s sweet potatos cooked up to add to her chicken snacks. If she wasn’t such a sweetheart I would not be tempted to pamper her.
We have a woodpecker that is devoted to a large old tree at the edge of the back acreage. You would notbelieve how this bird hammers at that tree for hours. The tree will need to come down before it falls down.
The wonders of internet friendships...I don’t do Facebook because I feel very uneasy about the risks. Not that I have any great big pots of money for anyone to steal. Being a teacher and artist is a wonderful rich life of exploration and expression. Not wealth. I am however, very easily duped. I trust easily. I think it is hard wired into my brain.
I love garage sales but they are a lot of work and you always have stuff leftover. It is the joy of moving. Offer first to friends and family. Have them pick out anything they might enjoy. I do that and I am often astounded at what they will chose. Then a trip to Goodwill, Catholic Charities, and Salvation Army. Over and done! A suggestion from someone (me) who hasn’t moved in 30 years. But I do try to thin out the stacks of stuff around here.
Dryer said clothes are dry....later....
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Hello, pouring with rain here which should be good for my reclaimed plant treasures!
I bet JACKIE is having the time of her life. I hope she is, she works so hard she deserves a break. Funnily enough and coincidentally I am reading a book about a Norwegian serial killer at the moment. Mary Jo dropped it off with a few more. It's good but I am having trouble with the names, I I keep forgetting who's who unless a character has a fairly close English name. I'm getting mixed up with the Olafs, Ottos and Augs etc. Anyway it's "The Devils Star" by Jo Nesbo and apparently 28 million books have sold worldwide. Presumably translated but I wish the names had been translated as well!
You must be getting quite excited SANDY and what a great chance to donate, throw out, and generally spring clean. I received a pamphlet yesterday about new homes going up in Niagara on the Lake. I've been telling Mark how lovely it would be to live in the pretty little town with its theatre. Mark agrees, says he would like to live in wine country as well, but so far I don't seem to have put any thoughts into their heads about buying a new home,.......... with a granny flat of course!
Well, Jilly is snoozing and I am just wishing the rain would ease up to get out and about.
Happy Saturday everyone,
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