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Old 11-28-2018
WOW! Bakunin, Chubler and Don, thank you so much for the tour de force in explainiology. Aside from how helpful that was you folks renewed my faith in humanity. There are really good people out there and you're not just in that number, you're leading the pack.

That was better than I imagine a boot camp would be.
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