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| | | | | Re: An evening with Larry Pieniazek. —John Neal
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| | | | | (...) We're talking about *Larry Pieniazek*, right? <ducks slow right, runs> (...) I hope he didn't sucker you into playing Foosball. Crafty one, he is;-) (...) I remember the first time I met him as well. Quite different than "knowing" him from (...) (25 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | Re: An evening with Larry Pieniazek. —Gary R. Istok
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| | | | | | | (...) I'm no where near as absurdly difficult in real person, as I appear in print (heh-heh). No actually I'm not much different in person than how I appear in print. At least that's how I think I am? I dunno, ask Lar or Scott Sandburn or Mark (...) (25 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: An evening with Larry Pieniazek. —Scott Edward Sanburn
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| | | | | | | | (...) I can vouch for Gary, he is a great guy, and I am glad I got to meet him. Gary, we should have some sort of Lego get together again, I had a blast the first time! Scott S. (25 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | Re: An evening with Larry Pieniazek. —Scott Smallbeck
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| | | | | | | Well Larry, if you ever make it to Seattle dinner will be my treat (especially if you bring a Maersk Container set!). You can show me a lot about trains and I'll show you a thing or two about foosball! Scott Smallbeck scotts@contactics.com (25 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | Re: An evening with Larry Pieniazek. —Simon Robinson
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| | | | | | (...) Had to laugh when I started reading this thread. I must stress that the following is just my evil mind working overtime, and does not reflect on Larry or anyone else (I've not met anyone on lugnet anyway apart from Chris Dee, who seems a nice (...) (25 years ago, 1-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | Re: An evening with Larry Pieniazek. —Scott Edward Sanburn
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| | | | | To All, I assume that after the meeting, you guys went to Sunday night church? :) (Ducks, runs, hits side of cube, falls over in pain) (Sorry, Larry, all in good fun!) Scott S. Gary Istok wrote: snipped Gary's comments about meeting with Larry > (25 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | Re: An evening with Larry Pieniazek. —Gary R. Istok
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| | | | | | No Scott, we did one better, we went to the Cathedral! And Lar took some pictures of it. Gary Istok (...) (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: An evening with Larry Pieniazek. —Steve Campbell
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| | | | | (...) You know, a lot of us don't have that kind of opportunity. I mean, sure, more power to Gary and all but I don't think i need my nose rubbed in it. "I got to play with Larry and none of you did, nyah nyah," I think you should have just kept it (...) (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | Re: An evening with Larry Pieniazek. —James Brown
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| | | | | | | (...) I don't think that's being entirely fair. I don't think we can get mad at Gary just because he took advantage of an opportunity that came his way. I think the real target of your ire should be Larry himself, for not providing that opportunity (...) (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: An evening with Larry Pieniazek. —Scott Smallbeck
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| | | | | | | | | (...) Larry can never offer a bulk time ordering service because that would ruin his prepackaged time bundles and besides it would be too much work to track each minute of his time to be worth selling it in bulk. Scott Smallbeck (...) (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | | | | Re: An evening with Larry Pieniazek. —Jeff Boen
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| | | | | | | | | | | (...) that's it!.. i'm calling my broker.. i'm pretty sure we can get an IPO together, get larry up on the market and get him to go public.. then it's just a matter of coughing up the dinero for "LarryShares" %) (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: An evening with Larry Pieniazek. —John Neal
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| | | | | | | | | | | | "All Hail LarryShares!" ??? Larritarians, we have a crisis on our hands! [1] How to combat the cheap commercialization of our Venerated Icon (VI)? I guess it was inevitable though. How ironic... Larry, being parted out like Christmas tree (...) (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: An evening with Larry Pieniazek. —Tom McDonald
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| | | | | | | | | | | | (...) Our sixth (VI) venerated icon? ;-) (...) You mean a town lampposts, right? White or grey for me please, with clear minifig heads attached ;-) (...) Doesn't bother me in the least. The merchandising of Larritarianism, as well as the core (...) (25 years ago, 1-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: An evening with Larry Pieniazek. —Steve Bliss
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| | | | | | | | | | | | (...) I thought it was an weird editor on Unix. (...) You can have 'em. I want the ones with trans-yellow minifig heads! Steve (25 years ago, 1-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: An evening with Larry Pieniazek. —John Neal
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| | | | | | | | | | | | (...) That's right. Thomas, care to tell the history of the VI and V before him? Or maybe that info is in Sproat's encyclopedia...;-) (...) No, just a weird poster on LUGNET. Wanna see the "Ridiculous and the Sublime" check out: (URL) (in order, (...) (25 years ago, 1-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: An evening with Larry Pieniazek. —Steve Bliss
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| | | | | | | | | | | | (...) Nah, I just need to complete my seaport set. Steve (25 years ago, 3-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: An evening with Larry Pieniazek. —John Neal
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| | | | | | | | | | | | (...) Oh, so it has nothing to do with your Islanders sets.....ok.....NEVERMIND;-) -John (...) (25 years ago, 3-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | | | | Re: An evening with Larry Pieniazek. —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) My time bills at 4.16<overbar>6</overbarbar> USD/minute, wholesale (Quantity 60 or more). at least that's what our clients pay. This year. Next year it may be 5 USD/minute... Retail would have to be at least 10 USD to make up for the time to (...) (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: An evening with Larry Pieniazek. —Mike Stanley
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) Is your time available for groups, get-togethers, picnics, church socials, etc? What is the minimum quantity of Larry we would have to commit to in order to bring Larry to our town? (25 years ago, 1-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: An evening with Larry Pieniazek. —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) Church Socials? :-) Those I do for free... (plus reasonable T&L per the standard professional services agreement) (25 years ago, 1-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: An evening with Larry Pieniazek. —Gary R. Istok
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| | | | | | | | | (...) Ya know, I usually don't get cheesed off by posters, but this really takes the cake! I wasn't attempting to rub anyones noses in anything (in fact Larry thinks he's the lucky one, since I do have one of the rarest Lego collections this side (...) (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | | | | Re: An evening with Larry Pieniazek. —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) I think Gary has some kind of a food fixation, as you can see by his choice of invective here.(1) We went into the VERY FIRST restaurant we saw, and it was ME that bought him dinner. I pushed my plate away half eaten (because I was talking (...) (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: An evening with Larry Pieniazek. —John Neal
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| | | | | | | | | | | Larry Pieniazek wrote: <snip> (...) A steak, a stake, or a reputation? -John (...) (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: An evening with Larry Pieniazek. —David Eaton
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| | | | | | | | | | | | (...) I donn't mak misstakes eether. Dvae Eaton (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: An evening with Larry Pieniazek. —John Neal
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Must bee grate knot having two ewes spell checker-- Eye knead too sew that is why aye never heir oars. -John (...) (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: An evening with Larry Pieniazek. —James Brown
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| | | | | | | | | | In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Larry Pieniazek writes: <Snippage> (...) Bwa ha ha ha!(1) (...) Shoot. I thought I had that error fixed after the whole /clips/ incident. Tell you what. I'll try to convince the webmaster to amend that page to say "Or on the (...) (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: An evening with Larry Pieniazek. —Tom McDonald
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) Dang! I thought *I* controlled Larry! Now I'm just pissed off that I didn't get the chance!! ;-) (...) But by the same token James controls me too. :-) -Tom McD. when replying, collect all four of the Might Morphin Spamcake Raiders today! (1) (...) (25 years ago, 1-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: An evening with Larry Pieniazek. —James Brown
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) My plan is working perfectly... now all I need to do is start religious wars between the Larritarians and the Righteous Brothers of Spamcake, sweep in during the aftermath, and take over the world! Come Pinky, we have work to do. James (URL) (25 years ago, 1-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | The Brain has spoken: (was Re: An evening with Larry Pieniazek. —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) Now THERE is the bestest cartoon to come out of Warner brothers (maybe even the best cartoon made for TV) in the last 20 years. Really. (25 years ago, 1-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: The Brain has spoken: (was Re: An evening with Larry Pieniazek. —Mike Stanley
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| | | | | | | | | | | (...) The Animaniacs of just the P&B segments? (25 years ago, 1-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: The Brain has spoken: (was Re: An evening with Larry Pieniazek. —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | | | | | | | (...) Just P&B. Rest assured, the Animaniacs are up there (right behind Batman the Animated Series). I'm not much for bathroom humor but the one where one of them was in search of a potty just about made me P myself. Now, if we widen the net to (...) (25 years ago, 1-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: The Brain has spoken: (was Re: An evening with Larry Pieniazek. —Tom McDonald
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | (...) the (...) P&B is very funny! Just insane! And Reboot was just plain awesome! Where did it go? As soon as Megabyte was about to enter the internet, the show got pulled off ABC :-( The storylines, while not always the greatest, though always (...) (25 years ago, 2-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Reboot is on Cartoon Network up here in the Northwest. TCI just hooked us up with the upgrade a couple of weeks ago, added some 20 or so channels. My kids were watching Reboot one day and I got hooked. Reruns just started yesterday, I assume from (...) (25 years ago, 2-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | (...) the greatest but the animation is out of this world. So to speak. Yup. Reboot is miles ahead of the competition. The sheer detail of the season 3 visuals is phenominal. Although I definately think that season 3 pushes the 'kidfare' envelope. I (...) (25 years ago, 2-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | RE: Re: re: boot —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Is there any Internet resources about the heroes that you mentioned (by drooling..:-) for days? I'm beginning to want to see them, hardly..:-) Selçuk Larry Pieniazek wrote in message <37CEC56B.9EB415FA@v...er.net>... (...) (25 years ago, 3-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Re: re: boot —Thomas P. Rafert
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| | | | | | | | | | | | (...) Try this :-) (URL) there is a lot of fan sites also. Tom (25 years ago, 3-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: The Brain has spoken: (was Re: An evening with Larry Pieniazek. —Ed Jones
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| | | | | | | | | Re: An evening with Larry Pieniazek. —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | | | (...) And Gary's pretty neat, kind gentle, smart, etc. Not what I expected a mainframe programmer to be like <grins, ducks and runs> at all. (...) OK, OK, it (a time ordering service) is on my list of webpage enhancements. Right after the live (...) (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: An evening with Larry Pieniazek. —Gary R. Istok
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| | | | | | | | (...) Thanks Lar. Glad you liked my buildings. And I wasn't trying to rub anyone else's nose in this. You've encountered a lot of bad press here in the newsgroups lately, and I just wanted to make it plain to anyone who hasn't met you personally (...) (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: An evening with Larry Pieniazek. —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | | | (...) erm.... you DID realise that whole line of discussion was a bit of a spoof (of me ripping Sanjay for having special access to TLG) right? All in good fun (I *think*). (...) Wow, that IS faint praise. :-) Kind of like "this hammer doesn't hurt (...) (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | Re: An evening with Larry Pieniazek. —Simon Robinson
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| | | | | | (...) Well if there's a demand for that sort of thing I'll gladly offer my services. Meet THE Simon Robinson - general nobody who hangs out on lugnet. I think you'll find my rates are quite good value (I charge per second so you only have to pay for (...) (25 years ago, 1-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | Re: An evening with Larry Pieniazek. —Simon Robinson
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| | | | (...) Can I add to that that this is really all very surface - saying how pleasant and friendly the guy is. What we'd really like you to share are the deep things that characterize what you've found out about what Larry is truly like down inside. (...) (25 years ago, 1-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: An evening with Larry Pieniazek. —Paul Foster
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| | | | | | Re: An evening with Larry Pieniazek. —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | I used to have a pic on my site that was me posing with Ariel the mermaid but I took it down... if there's really interest (in Ariel) let me know. (...) (25 years ago, 1-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: An evening with Larry Pieniazek. —John Neal
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| | | | (...) Now *she* was a babe! Jodi Benson was spectacular. Apparently others agree: (URL) love to see the picture. [1] BTW, I wonder how long she had to take in make-up each day for that movie? ;-) -John [1] *your* frightful mug can be digitally (...) (25 years ago, 1-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | Caution, this may break your monitor —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | Re: Caution, this may break your monitor —Jeremy Sproat
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| | | | (...) her? ;-) Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 1-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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