This working nine-to-five thing is really getting in the way of my writing and reading time! I’m going to have to figure out a decent schedule! Late is better than not, right? And I know, there is no late per se but ya’all know most of us like to get these things in early (ier). A thank you to C.E.Ayr for the use of his photo and to Rochelle for keeping us all afloat week after week! To join in, just click on the frog below and follow the instructions to leave your link!
A Boat Abode
Riding along on her bicycle, Clara’s thoughts were filled with questions about her future when she spotted a pink boat with a ‘For Sale’ sign. Curious, she parked her bike to go investigate further.
“Hey there, Missy. What can I do for you?”
“I’m curious if one could live on this here boat?”
“Shore thing. Wanna look inside?”
“I do.”
“You by yourself or with someone?”
“Just me. My apartment has been taken over by the landlord and I’m in dire need of a new home.”
“And you thought a boat is a solution?”
“Not until I saw this one!”
Living on a pink boat does have its charm, doesn’t it? Well done, friend. As always. 😘
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It sure would. Not that pink is my favourite colour and all that but I think I’d make an exception! Thank you for your sweet words, always! 😘
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It would definitely be a unique house. 😍
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That it would! 😉
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I like it! How cool it would be to live in a pink boat on a sunny beach 🙂
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I think it would be super cool! Glad you like it!
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Fun prompt response, Dale.
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Yay! That’s what I wanted. A bit of fun…
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You got there. 😁
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Woot! 😉
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Hahaha.
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I think I would be game to considering this an abode, too! 🙂
Lovely take, my friend. And … yeah to better-late-than-none – good thing we have a week for FF!! I’ve been the next-dayer on several in my time. Tis all fine and I’ll still read ya, anytime! 🙂
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And why not? It would be fun, for sure. For a while, anyway 😉
And you are da best! It’s tit for tat… I’ll read you anywheres anytimes… 🙂
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Fun till the storm goes puke-in-the-bucket … 😉
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Awwww what did you have to go and say that for? LOL
I’ll have you know, on one of our cruises, the waters were ROUGH… I was the ONLY one not puking 😉
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I would likely be one of those who were hugging the pail … 😀
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Buahaha! Not all are meant to be sailors…
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I’m not even a good navigator in a car (unless I’m driving), so … yeah … I did fine on boat rides so far, but I’m not so hopeful to think that bad weather won’t send me hugging the side of the boat and feeding the fish … 😉
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“I will read you in a chair
I will read you everywhere
I will read you here and there
As long as we’re fair and square”
🙂 Your NYNF
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Docteure Seuss!!
You are the besterest! 🙂
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😀
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Why not?!!!
If it’s a safe harbor too, then pink boat it is! 😉
Lovely, Dale! xoxoxoxo
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That’s what I’m thinking!
Thank you, dear Marina! xoxo
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😉 xoxoxoxoxo
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xoxoxo
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❤
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Is that like the song “Little Pink Houses”? Little pink boats for you add me? I love the story.
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Exactly what I was thinking! 😉
Glad you enjoyed, Timothy. I felt like having a little fun.
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And a little pink boat.
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Exackery
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There are times when we miss the boat, but it wasn’t pink. However, on our last trip up for brokerage we came across a boat with the same name, and though not a narrow boat like ours, that was pink!!
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My father had a sailboat. A beautiful 32′ Bayfield with a bowsprit… Sigh… His dream was to sail in winter to the islands but that never came to be and he sold it. It wasn’t pink, that’s for sure!
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😀
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There are much worse things than living on a boat.
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I would tend to agree! I loved sailing when my father had his. I miss it. Mind you, I probably would have gone nuts living on it as it was only 32 feet…
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How sweet it is! ⚡️💥
I could live on a pink boat. Of course, it would be in dock 24/7.
I said live, not drive on the water… whatever you call it!
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I thought so! 🧚🏻🌟
Nothing wrong with remaining docked (you can still get rocked to sleep….)
Live… no drive/sail/whatever… Gotcha.
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YOW!!!
I’m in! ⚡️💥
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Woot!!
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Dear Dale,
In the present, a boat set out to sea doesn’t sound like such a bad idea for living quarters. And a pink one? Even better.
BTW Thank you for the 9 to 5 earworm. 😉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbxUSsFXYo4
Shalom and lotsa rosy hugs,
Rochelle
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Dear Rochelle,
I was thinking it would be pretty darn good idea, myself. Pink? Goes with your story, doesn’t it 😉 Instead of a pink Cadillac a pink boat…
And… uh… how in the hell did I give YOU the earworm that you just gave me?
Shalom and lotsa pink love,
Dale
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Your intro. Saying working 9-5 was making it a challenge to write. Happy to share the earworm. One of my favorites. 😉 Besides, what are friends for? (Wisoff grin).
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I forgot about that!!! Wanna hear a horror story? They just gave me my schedule starting Monday… 2-10. I said hell no. I just left the restaurant business because I was sick of working evenings/nights! This will NOT work for me. At. All.
Wretch. (said most lovingly, of course)
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😳😤😖🤬
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Good one, Dale.
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Thank you, Adele
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You’re welcome. It was a pleasure to read 🙂
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What a sweet thing to say!
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🙂
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Living on a boat would be so much fun! Well done.
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I think it would be… for a while, anyway! Glad you enjoyed.
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I don’t know if I could do one that’s pink…. 😀
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I don’t think I could, either!
There is a pink (same shade as the boat) Ford F-150 down the road from me… so very odd!!!
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HA! Ford F-150? Unless it’s a pink Cadillac, that color is best as an accent.
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I swear! Ugliest thing ever. I would never have made it to the pink Cadillac with Mary Kay. Not enough “Whooooos” in me. Ugh.
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LOL!
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And a solution will present itself….
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Exactomundo!
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She’s ready and excited for a new beginning.
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That she is!
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If I owned a boat, it would be pink 😉😘
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Of course it would! 💗🌸
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Wonder how she’ll hold up during the first storm. Hope she doesn’t suffer from seasickness. What an adventure!
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I’m hoping she doesn’t. And is she ever going to take it out? That’s a whole ‘nother question!
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That’s such a typical and fun-filled Dale approach. I would love to do just that. I love the water, I love being in and on the water, but I am afraid I like my little luxuries too much and I’m too old to go down that road…. But you might want to mail me WHAT you work from 9 to 5 as I must have missed that post! Makes me chuckle with joy because I’m thinking of the movie and I will probably watch it AGAIN…. (have it on DVD).
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A Dale approach, eh? Love it. I loved being on my father’s sailboat but dunno that I would be happy in such a small (32′) space for any length of time.
I basically do data entry from home. Started September 24th and thankfully, ended at the golf last Saturday (10th) because until then, I was doing seven days a week!
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I love this girl with her imagination and optimism – definitely a “glass half full” type. And I love the video, such a great film with my favourite line “He will always be F Hart to me.” What are you doing 9 – 5? As it’s office hours, I am guessing you’ve completely changed your work.
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Apologies on my tardiness. I guess my notifications bar cut off a whole section of comments and I just now decided to come back to check something only to found I had involuntarily dissed a few of you!
Yes. I love her attitude – an opportunity presented itself and she grabbed it. That movie was so good and that line… oh yeah! I am out of the golf/service/canteen biz and now working from home doing, for now, data entry. I am not sad. At all. I’m done with the 12+hours on my feet gig!
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Fantastic, to live on a boat… not good for the rheumatism though, being so close to water 🙂
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So sorry! I somehow didn’t get this notification (Good thing I came back to check!)
Well… it’s a nice idea in theory… 😉
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Yea. I understand WP has been tempermental of late
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No… actually, I think I had too many notifications come in at once and I couldn’t get to see them all. Sounds like a nice problem to have 😉 I’m just glad I decided to go check directly on the post… eeeesh… there were five!
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Well, whatever. I wouldn’t have sulkled. Sulking’s not me.
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I know. Still. It irks me when I let some comments go unanswered, even if it is unintentional!
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Yea, I know what you mean
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Nice uplifting story. There are a few canal barges near me where people have made into lovely homes. I expect an advantage is you cull all the clutter and if need be move onto a new site.
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Thank you, James. It’s definitely a doable thing and a great opportunity to ditch the stuff!
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Anything but pink. Love what you did here!
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No kidding… But for the sake of this story… Glad you liked.
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Lovely take on this photo! I do hope she moves in and finds happiness in her pink boat home.
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Thank you, Merril. Sometimes something unexpected Showas up when needed. I think she will!
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Fun story. Dock fees hopefully would be less than rent. LOL
Ronda
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Thank you, Ronda. I’m sure they are a lot less!
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It’s the perfect little home! And moving is a doddle 🙂
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Right? It’s what I thought… Hopefully she doesn’t have too much stuff!!
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if the price is right, why not? 🙂
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Why not indeed? 🙂
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Halfway through reading this I thought it was going to turn into something sinister, so you managed to surprise me – probably unintentionally! 🙂
Susan A Eames at
Travel, Fiction and Photos
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Tee hee! Glad I did!
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Whatever boats her floats. She can now be the ferry queen if she wants to.
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Exactly! That she can 😉
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Q
If you ask me, a houseboat is the way to go in this crazy day and age. I don’t know if pink would work for me, or the motion sickness thing. But the idea of having a mobile house that can sail away from a zombie apocalypse or a second Trump term (which, really . . it’s the same kind of difference there come to think of it).
Brings new meaning to “Whatever floats your boat” eh?
B
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B,
I could not agree more. Now pink ain’t my thing but hey, when push comes to shove, if you can get away from the crazy? I think the colour is the least of our worries. And they have great little bracelets and things to help those of you with the motion sickness thing. Me? Not a problemo!
It does, doesn’t it?
Q
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Why didn’t the gang in Walking Dead grab a fleet of houseboats and make way for the ocean? Not the high seas or anything, but yanno . . just like, a few hundred yards off the shore so’s they could go back to land and hunt before grabbing waves again.
Bracelets? What’s in those bracelets? Because it best be meth or crack. And if it’s the former, it best come with dental insurance . . .
It does!
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They were smart enough in Fear the Walking Dead… but that had its own issues so… yanno.
Hmmm…. Good question. I’m thinking it best not be crack… no way in hell dental insurance gonna be involved with that.
Uh huh.
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I would just live on an oil rig. Bring in supplies when needed.
Yeah, you’re right.
Mmm Hmmm
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Now there’s an idea! As long as there are peeps who can supply…
Of course.
Ya!
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Well, the advantages far outweigh the negatives, I think.
Of course.
Boom!
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For as long as it can..
😉
Chagga lagga!
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True that.
😘
Chicka bow . .
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😘😘
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😘😘
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Love it! 💗
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💗
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I wonder if she bought it or the guy who asked her if she was on her own was a serial killer 😉💜
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Willow!
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Lol 😃💜
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A gentle story Dale, glad it worked out for the woman with no-where to live.
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Thank you, Francine. I am too
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Serendipity knocks. Hoping she ends up living on her pink houseboat.
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Indeed! I hope so, too!
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Hopefully, she’ll find another suitable boat and not end up out on the street. I always thought it would be fun to live on a boat, at least for a small part of my life. Nice story, Dale! 🙂
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I think this should work out just fine. And if she doesn’t like it, or her circumstances change, I’m sure she can sell it 😉
Thank you, Brenda.
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When the kids were young we went on lots of canal holidays living on narrowboats and I promised myself that one day I’d live on one permanently. Another broken promise!
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It’s not over yet…. 😉
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That’s what I often remind myself!
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I have occasionally wondered that would be like, to live on a boat. I love the flow of this story. Another good one, Dale!
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Thank you, Anne. Glad you enjoyed!
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Oh what fun to live on a boat! Very adventurous, this young ‘un!
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I do believe so! 🙂
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I was afraid this wouldn’t end well! That question about whether she was on her own bothered me, but it seems all was well ☺️
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Funny… when I wrote it, not a nefarious thought crossed my mind. It was posed more because there would be no room for a family!
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I often wonder about people who live on boats. I get seasick, so I will stick to the land.
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I don’t, luckily and I think I could for a spell – if it is big enough!
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It’s not the size that matters. It’s how you use it.
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Hahaha… Oh, I have news for you… size does matter when you are cooped up!
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All right. I won’t buy into the tiny house hype.
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Sounds like it could be fun… and no landlord
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Bonus!
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A very nice idea to escape from this mundane world.
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Especially the crazy one we are living in right now! 🙂
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A very eye-catching new abode 🙂
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That it is!! 😁
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