SO MAD AT MYSELF TODAY I COULDA SPIT!!

A SMALL LAKE FREIGHTER IN THE GODERICH HARBOR TAKES ON EITHER A LOAD OF BEANS OR CORN

                   

I THINK THESE FELLOWS BETTER GET OUT THEIR WIRE BRUSHES & GET TO WORK ON ALL THAT RUST

Every morning Kelly & I have to put our referee hats on when it's time to feed the gang.  3 separate food dishes have to placed well apart.  Max & Checkers wolf their food down in about 20 seconds flat but our little Motormouse is a slow eater & likes to take her time.  As soon as the big guys slurp down their yummy breakfast they immediately surround the Motor & wait with intense stares focused on her food dish.  Needless to say this a quite intimidating to the little Mouse & her wee worried face sure shows it sometimes.  This is where the referring comes in to save the day.  One of us has to physically stand guard over the little Monkey Face & her dish, especially if the little Sweet-ums goes for a drink of water & a gargle.  If we didn't do that, the 2 big circling food sharks would gobble up her remaining breakfast in a second!!  Same  thing again at night.  The 3 of them are the best of Pals & get along great.....except when there is food involved.  I will try to get a picture of that daily morning stand-off shortly.

    

MAX, SNOOZING ON THE COUCH

Checkers & the Motor got into a really nasty scrap 2 years ago in Borrego Springs when a piece of chicken was accidentally dropped on the rig's kitchen floor.  Blood was drawn on both sides & we had two very upset doggies with bruised feelings for about an hour afterwards.  I felt like an NHL referee having to quickly step in & break up the brawl that time.

   

SOME PORT ALBERT ONTARIO FISHERMAN

Kelly headed east early this morning to visit one of her daughters & grandchildren in Cambridge,   I headed north to pick up a mobility van in the town of Goderich.  Had a couple people to move around in two different towns today & I was back in Goderich around 4 in the afternoon.   And, that's when I got really upset with myself.  I had lost my Jeep key!!!!  I knew for sure I had put it in my coat pocket when I locked the Jeep earlier in the day & picked up the van.  Somewhere during the day as I was in & out of the van 2 dozen times, that Jeep key somehow got out of my pocket.  I knew Kelly had a spare key so I got on the phone to see if she was home from Cambridge yet.  Nope not yet but she was on her way & about an hour's drive from where I was.  So, nothing to do but bluster & fume at myself for carelessly losing the key until she arrived with the spare one.

I HEADED FOR GODERICH TO PICK UP MY MOBILITY VAN THIS MORNING (notice our leafless & barren trees now)

Normally whenever I get a different vehicle I always get spare keys made but when I went to get that done a few months ago at 'Canadian Tire' they told me I would have to go through Chrysler.  I can't even begin to tell you how mad I am about that right now because I know what a total financial rip off it is going to be to get a new key.  Just another greed driven profit line for another greed driven car company I suspect!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Ok, that's enough of that or I'm going to pop a gasket.  We'll find out more details tomorrow on getting a replacement key.

WAITING FOR KELLY TO BRING ME THE SPARE JEEP KEY

Wandering Willy took a nasty little tumble Wednesday in Canyon De Chelly (pronounced De Shay) down in Arizona resulting in an injury to his jaw.  He managed to pick himself up, dust himself off & in a bit of Geezer confusion was redirected on his wayward journey by what Willy called, 'a toothless old native.'  That re-direct led Willy along a Canyon path to where he met what he called, 'a nice young Navajo Lady who had a..........'  But hey, I'm giving his story away so why don't you go to WW's site at WANDERING WILLY'S TRAVELS & read it for yourself.  And check out the photo of him at the end of the day after he lost his........... Well, you'll see!!  He might need a little cheering up:))

SOME LAKE HURON FISHERMEN HAVE MORE COMFORTS THAN OTHERS

I got a chuckle out of the photo below that I took this morning in a hospital parking lot.

These two Mennonite fellows got out of a pick-up truck with a non Mennonite driver.  They stood & talked to each other for a minute both holding their Tim Horton's coffee, then began walking across the hospital parking lot.  They soon stopped as I saw one fellow hand something to the other fellow.  I noticed they assumed an old familiar huddle type position with their hands up around their faces.  Seconds later I saw the puffs of smoke around their heads.  These guys had lit up a couple cigarettes.  They walked a little further & were obscured by some cars, but a minute later I saw them walking back with what appeared to be their wives in tow.  That's when I took the picture because I was looking hard to see if the guys still had their cigarettes going or had hastily ditched them when the women folk came out of the hospital's front door.  I have enlarged the pics trying to see if the boys still had their smokes & just by the way their fingers are being held I think they are still clutching their smokes.  Looks like the one lady might be a tad disappointed by that.  Just thought it was kind of humorous seeing the Mennonite fellas having a smoke with their Snortin Horton morning coffee:))

NEARING SUNDOWN ON LAKE HURON NEAR KINCARDINE ONTARIO LAST SUNDAY

GROANER'S CORNER:((  And a few thoughts by Will Rogers on growing old..............

First ~ Eventually you will reach a point when you stop lying about your age and start bragging about it.

Second ~ The older we get, the fewer things seem worth waiting in line for.

Third ~ Some people try to turn back their odometers. Not me; I want people to know 'why' I look this way. I've traveled a long way, and some of the roads weren't paved.

Fourth ~ When you are dissatisfied and would like to go back to youth, think of Algebra.

Fifth ~ You know you are getting old when everything either dries up or leaks.

Sixth ~ I don't know how I got over the hill without getting to the top.

Seventh ~ One of the many things no one tells you about aging is that it is such a nice change from being young.

Eighth ~  One must wait until evening to see how splendid the day has been.

Ninth ~ Being young is beautiful, but being old is comfortable.

Tenth ~ Long ago, when men beat the ground with sticks, it was called witchcraft. Today it's called golf.

And, finally ~ If you don't learn to laugh at trouble, you won't have anything to laugh at when you are old.

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BIG GUSTING WINDS MESS UP MY VARATHANE PROJECT!!

Our early morning gentle breeze blew itself up into 50 & 60 mph wind gusts by early afternoon & our tall pine trees were whipping around like blades of grass.  That is always a concern when you live in a pine forest.  Pines are not strong trees so we have to keep an eye out on windy days. 

I had no sooner put a second coat of Varathane on my oak board earlier today when a big wind gust blew up a batch of driveway dust & dirt peppering it right into my freshly Varathane coated board.  Our new computer shelf will now have a slightly textured look!!

KELLY'S LOADING UP THE RIG

Yesterday & this morning again Kelly was on the phone with the HWH leveler folks over in Moscow, Iowa.  They suggested we take the floor plate off where the joy stick controls are located & check out a few things.  Kelly got the plate off but we were unsuccessful in determining anything.  Double checked the fuse again & it looks fine....just no power to the box!!  Ron, from FOUR SEASONS PERFORMANCE won’t be home until Thursday so we’ll see if he has any suggestions for us.  Ever since we've had that coach I have noticed what I consider to be design flaw.  The emergency brake release handle is way too close to the emergency brake pedal & when you lift your foot to press down on the emergency brake your boot catches the brake release handle & bends it right down because you think your foot is on the brake pedal.  I have probably made that mistake half a dozen times so far & maybe something has gone amiss there.  The emergency brake has to be on to operate the levelers.  Anyway, we’ll wait to see if Ron has any suggestions for us.

The rest of the day was spent transplanting some Hostas, raking leaves & just general puttering with things in & around the rig.  We are going through our check lists now but it will be next week before we really get active checking things off.  Somebody wondered when we will be rolling out & it will be a week from Saturday on November 6th. (weather permitting)  We like to leave on a Saturday because that gets us north of Indianapolis for an overnight stay at a Wal-Mart near Angola.   By doing this we can get the only large city of our trip behind us first thing on a quiet Sunday morning. 

 

Because I am generally a blogger who wears his thoughts & feelings on his sleeve, those same thoughts often end up right here in my posts.  Sometimes it’s humor, sometimes an opinion or two, sometimes a bit of anger, a bit of sadness, a bit of melancholy & sometimes a bit of silly frivolity.  Yesterday was one of those gloomy days so I went along with the mood of the day & expressed my feelings about some traveling concerns, likes, dislikes, what if’s & some why not’s.  Just some honest off the cuff feelings, but of course that was seen by one reader as, ‘feeling sorry for myself.’   Some days, no matter what a person writes about, their efforts are just going to be misinterpreted by someone & that’s just the way it is.  And, if you blog a little closer to the edge of things like I & a few others sometimes do, misunderstandings, accusations & criticisms are going to happen.   Sometimes we just have to step back & think things through either before publishing a post or comment or after reading a post or comment.  Sometimes thoughts are understood & sometimes they are not.  I have been at both ends of this 'thoughts' process & none of us are immune from the mistakes factor.  

AFTER THE RAIN

Thursday will be a working day for me & I am looking forward to that.  Nice to have somewhere to go, something to do & a nice rural environment to do it all in.   Hopefully I can make enough money tomorrow to buy myself an extra jar of peanut butter to take south with us.  Hard to find good natural peanut butter when we are traveling.  I can eat the more commercial stuff with all the fillers in it if I have to but I much prefer, ‘real peanut butter.’

DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS BUT IT'S IN OUR FLOWERBED

A fellow RV friend we know wrote a fine tribute to the their beloved dog Molly who passed away a few days ago.  We first met fellow Canadians, Mike, Maureen & Molly (MnMnM) in Cannonville Utah back in November of 2008 & we remember Molly well.  A TRIBUTE TO MOLLY

GROANER’S CORNER:((   A man is stopped by the police at midnight and asked where he’s going.  “I’m on the way to listen to a lecture about the effects of alcohol and drug abuse on the human body.”  The policeman asks, “Really? And who’s going to give a lecture at this time of night?”  “My wife”, comes the reply.

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A PASSING STORM TURNS OUR SKY ORANGEY YELLOW

I WAS AT THE COMPUTER WHEN I NOTICED THE YELLOW ORANGE COLOR

Although tonight's photos have a yellowish sepia tone look to them, it is the natural color left behind after a storm passed over our area.  The sky turned a yellow orange & cast a warm glow over our digs here in Bayfield.

If it hadn't been for the 20 minutes it took me to put a coating of clear coat Varathane on a 16"x 8' oak board this morning my day might have been a total washout!!

 

We have a large storm front bearing down on us (3:35PM) & I see they issued a Tornado watch for parts of southwestern Ontario. Hope it's not packing hail because I always worry about our solar panels being smashed. Noticed the other day about 80% of the leaves are off the trees alongside the roadside forests & after today's winds & rain I imagine our beautiful Autumn colors will totally disappear from the countryside. We still have a fair bit of foliage left in our front yard because it is protected by large pine trees.
Took some pics today just after the storm passed us by.

We are less than 2 weeks from departing on this year's travels. A lot of folks would be excited at this point but the word excitement just does not carry the same meaning as it did when I was a kid. I think that may have something to do with age. Let's just say I'll be darn glad to be out of here doing & seeing something different for a change & I am mighty darn glad about that!!

This has been a long 7 months since arriving home at the end of March last year. Sometimes I wonder if it would have been better to have never traveled at all. At least that way I wouldn't have known what I was missing. Some say we Snow Birds have the best of both world's & I do understand that thought & believe it to be true to some extent but of course it all comes down to an individuals personality. I'm guessing most Snow Birds are just content with wherever they are. I suppose if we were able to do some traveling during the summer months I could possible fall under that 'contented' label a little bit too, but we don't, so it makes for a long boring summer if your a born traveler with a sense of adventure. Can you tell I'm having myself a dull & rainy kind of a day again!!

FRONT YARD AROUND THE FROG POND

Not sure which route we will be taking when we leave at the end of next week because of the coach's problematic leveling system. If it was just me I would say the hell with the levelers & make do without the troublesome
things just like we did all last winter without much trouble. Kelly, on the other hand likes to be totally level & stable while parked.

The HWH company that makes the hydraulic leveling system for our rig is located on the other side of Chicago just west of Davenport & it has been suggested we take the rig right there to the factory rather than an HWH repair facility somewhere. At the present we have a two-fold problem with the system. Main one is the passenger side rear leveler which has a habit of not retracting.  Not good!!  And, the other problem is that I couldn't even get any power to the controls a couple days ago. Checked for loose wires in & around the gas pedal as a commenter suggested but didn't see anything wrong.  Checked the fuse in the floor panel & it looked fine so I have no idea why it isn't working.........again!!!!
 

Oh, & an update to our big storm today.....it never happened!!  Aside from
some rain & moderate winds the whole storm somehow missed little Bayfield &
moved right over top of us & continued inland.  Our temps reached into the
high 60's today & a big sunny day is forecast for tomorrow:))

GROANER'S CORNER:((  How to speak about some women & be politically correct:))

- She is not a 'DUMB BLONDE' - She is a: 'LIGHT-HAIRED DETOUR OFF THE INFORMATION SUPERHIGHWAY.'

- She has not 'BEEN AROUND' - She is a: 'PREVIOUSLY-ENJOYED COMPANION.'

- She does not 'NAG' you - She becomes: 'VERBALLY REPETITIVE.'

HOW TO SPEAK ABOUT MEN AND BE POLITICALLY CORRECT:

- He does not have a 'BEER GUT' - He has developed a: 'LIQUID GRAIN STORAGE FACILITY.'

- He is not a 'BAD DANCER' - He is: ' OVERLY CAUCASIAN.'

- He does not 'GET LOST ALL THE TIME' - He: 'INVESTIGATES ALTERNATIVE DESTINATIONS.'

- He is not 'BALDING' - He is in: 'FOLLICLE REGRESSION.'

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SUNDAY WAS THE FIRST TIME I MISSED A POST IN A YEAR & A HALF

TWO LONE FISHERMEN ON THE SHORES OF LAKE HURON SUNDAY

I came away with a feeling of disappointment after reading a friend's blog Sunday morning & that kind of set the tone for my day.  It would be a full 24 hours before I sat down at the computer again.  A work related schmozzle later in the morning didn't help my frame of mind any & I had to finally throw my old sack of bones in the Jeep & take them for a long drive along some quiet country roads.  Every once & awhile I just have to get away from things so I generally grab my cameras & some favorite music CD's & away I go for a few hours.  It is a good way for me to mull things over in my mind, make some decisions, see some different scenery & just generally get myself back on track with myself.  I once again questioned this whole blogging thing & by the time I got home in the late afternoon I just didn't have the mental energy to put a blog together.  It was the first day I have missed writing a blog for about a year & a half.   I like writing & I like the photography end of things, so with a few necessary changes, a short one day blogging break & a self motivated pep talk I am again back at the keyboard:))

 

SUNDAY FELT LIKE A 4 BUZZARD DAY

We are into our second day of exceptionally warm weather.  Mid 60's yesterday & today coupled with a healthy splash of sunshine  this afternoon.  In fact it was so nice it actually spurred us on to make a last minute renovation to the rig's interior.  Some of you may remember a couple years ago in Quartzsite when we took out all the cheaply made & hugely uncomfortable furniture in our rig.  Sold the dinette, tub chair & couch at a business called, The Gambler.  A few days later we headed east & purchased all new stuff at the Ikea store in Tempe/Phoenix, AZ.  You can see our shopping spree here....IKEA 

NEAR THE BENMILLER INN.....BENMILLER, ONTARIO

But, going back to Quartzsite for a minute.....we were looking for a computer desk & Kelly found a used one that had come out of a Tiffin Motor Home at the Le Mesa RV dealer.  I think we paid $40 for it.  It was made of oak with a marble like top & of course was very heavy.  It was a solid good quality desk but it was actually too big for our rig.  We liked it anyway & that's what we have been using the past couple years.  Last winter we finally accepted the fact it was maybe not the best desk for our particular set-up so this morning, that desk came back out of the Motor Home!!

 

We had a much smaller el-cheapo wooden student's desk in the carport but when we put it in the rig we realized it was much too high for a laptop computer.  Kelly set off for Goderich to see what Zeller's & Wal-Mart had in the way of desks but came back saying all the computer desks were too long for our short space.  We have now opted to have handyman Bruce build us a nice shelf type of thing for the laptop & he's going to do that this week-end.

I again recognized our latest blog supporter, cowboy hat & all.  That's Froggi Donna from 2 TAKING A FIFTH.  I first met Froggi D here on my blog about 3 years ago.  I had written a post about a bunch of vehicles I had owned over the years & a comment came in from a 'Froggi' person saying they once had the same type of vehicle as one of the one's I had.  Well, with a cute name like that we had to email her back of course.  Froggi D was traveling solo in those days & Kelly actually met her in Ajo Arizona one day when the Froggi gal was filling up some propane tanks.  Kelly recognized her rig from the pictures on her site.  She & Stu were two of the people who came out to our boondocking spot last winter in the Kofa Mountains.  I've always had one regret though since that day.  We never really did get to know anyone really well that were there & I remember thinking that as I watched Froggi D & Stu pull out on their motorcycles heading back to Yuma.  Yes, we had met them alright, but we really didn't get a chance to talk to them much.  Maybe next time we can make it 2 on 2 & do that "Howdy Neighbor" thingy all over again,  Thanks for your blog support guys:))

PORT ALBERT, ONTARIO.....

GROANER'S CORNER:((  A big earthquake with the strength of 8.1 on the Richter scale hits Mexico.  Two million Mexicans have died and over a million are injured. The country is totally ruined and the government doesn't know where to start and is asking for help to rebuild. The rest of the world is in shock.
Canada is sending troops to help the Mexican army control the riots.  Saudi Arabia is sending oil.  Other Latin American countries are sending supplies.  The European community (except France) is sending food and money.  The United States, not to be outdone, is sending two million Mexicans to replace all the people lost in the earthquake.
God bless America!!!!

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MORE PROBLEMS WITH THE RIG’S HYDRAULIC LEVELERS

KELLY SITS ON THE SIDE OF SUPERSTITION MOUNTAIN NEAR APACHE JUNCTION ARIZONA FIELDING A WORK CALL FROM ONTARIO CANADA

Was unable to readily locate my Kofa Mountain pics so tonight’s photos are from a hike up Superstition Mountain near Apache Junction Arizona….. March 2010

       

MET THESE FOLKS ON THE TRAIL

Well, this was the day we had originally planned to be on the road but here I sit in my recliner with my Toshiba on my lap watching it rain.  And, that is all I am going to say about that!!!!

OUR QUIET TREK WAS SUDDENLY OVERRUN BY A HIKING CLUB

Didn’t get myself off to a good start this morning.  Figured I’d slip out, fire up the rig & give the hydraulic levelers a test run.  Engine on, gearshift in park, emergency brake on, slides in & side door closed.  Reached down beside my seat & pressed the ‘on’ button........nothing!!!!  No power to the box again, stone dead.  Ron replaced the solenoid switch a month ago & had the levelers working fine (except for one sticky one) & the guys at Carrier Truck this week had the levelers down while they did the brake recall work.  So, why wouldn’t they work for me this morning.  Well, that’s just the way it is with me & mechanical things.  I was even kind of heartened in a way when Kelly couldn’t get them to work.  That suggests a mechanical problem instead of the usual AL problem.  I have never liked or trusted those leveler things on Class A’s but that’s just the way it is with them.  I guess we’re back to using boards under the tires again.  Since we got that coach it has been those levelers that have caused me more grief than everything else put together.  Other than those troublesome things the rig has been just fine & we have been happy with it.
 

Noticed this morning we have two new blog followers & by golly, I recognized both of them right away.  Jan is from right here in Bayfield & I think he is the only blog supporter we have in our own home town.  As many RV bloggers have found out, it is generally an RV’ers own family & non RVing friends who seem the least interested in their blogging travels.  I also think it is one of the reasons the RV blogging community has formed into the tight knit community it is.  Thanks for your support Jan.  Much appreciated by The Bayfield Bunch. 

IT’S A ROCKY PATH ALL THE WAY

Our latest blog supporter Ellie I recognized from  JUSTRAVELIN.  We met Ellie & husband Jim last winter near Quartzsite, Arizona.  Kelly & I were camped in the Kofa Mountains when I noticed on the computer there were a number of fellow RV bloggers who we were in touch with scattered about in the surrounding area.  Although we are not the most sociable couple on the planet I did think it might be kinda nice if everyone could get together to meet each other.  We seemed to be centrally located so I sent out an email to everyone & a few days later a number of RV folks rolled into our boondocking site for a little get together.  Ellie & Jim from Justravelin and  Mike & Jana from TIN TEEPEE/LOG CABIN came down from Bouse where they were boondocking together.  Froggi Donna & Stu from 2 TAKING A FIFTH came up from Yuma while MOTTY & PATTI drove in from Blyth, California.  We had previously met Motty & Patti at the ranch near McNeal Az.  Another couple, Peter & Patty rolled in from Quartzsite.  I had met Peter the year before when he came rumbling up to our boondocking site south of Quartzsite on his ATV.  He had been following our blog, knew we were in the area & came looking for us.  So Ellie, thanks for your blog support & thanks for stirring up some nice memories from last winter.  For the blog & pics of that day go here…KOFA MOUNTAINS GET TOGETHER

CHECKING MY DELORME P-40 FOR ELEVATION

IT’S KELLY COMING DOWN OFF THE MOUNTAIN

GROANER’S CORNER   A Sunday school teacher asked her little children, as they were on the way to church service, "And why is it necessary to be quiet in church?" One bright little girl replied, "Because people are sleeping.” 
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SCROUNGING FOR PHOTOS IN THE FRONT YARD

STILL A FEW LAWN ORNAMENTS TO PUT AWAY

Our Thursday night snow showers did not materialize but we did get the showers part.  Friday has turned out sunny & our front yard is still showing lots of color.  Generally, if I am stuck for photos I can just grab a camera & walk outside into our mini jungle here & find something interesting.  Tonight's pics are from our front yard today.

SURFACE OF OUR FROG POND IS COVERED WITH DUCKWEED & PINE NEEDLES

I liked Chuck & Rod's common sense approach in the comment section of GYPSY'S Thursday post.  They both have a good point & I think they are right in their views about all the new technologies.  I hadn't thought of it that way but I can certainly understand companies doing that.  It just affirms my own grumblings about 'newer is not always better!!'  As I read through other blogs I am seeing what appears to be a consensus of other disgruntled folks as well.  Always nice to know I do not stand alone in my opinions:))))))

I noticed Thursday we have a new blog supporter.  LUCI & LOREE. I always enjoy reading about the determined courage of folks out there going it alone in the RV world.  Welcome aboard Loree & Luci:))

A year ago today we were preparing for our 09 departure to the southwest.  I remember hooking up our Santa Fe in a cold rain.  By the time we get out of here in another 2 weeks it could be a cold snow!!

   

WE STILL HAVE COLOR IN THE FLOWERBEDS

Two of our Snow Birding neighbors left this week for the sunny south with one lady heading to Florida & another couple to southern Georgia.  Another couple in the Park will soon leave for Texas.  I think we are the only people we know from around here who prefer the scenic wonders of the great American Southwest. 

And speaking of the Southwest, it has come to our attention that some folks living near the Dragoon Mountains in Arizona's Sulphur Springs Valley not far from the town of Sunsites are looking for some RV folks to look after 5 dogs on their property.  They will be taking a 2 week vacation for the first two weeks of March 2011.  We would do this but don't plan on being in the area at that time.  Electricity & water provided but no sewer hook-up.  Use of the house is offered.  If anyone is interested, just send us an email at.....  mousebanana@msn.com.  We'll get in touch with friends of ours in the area who are friends with the property owners.

MOTORMOUSE STAYS WARM BY THE FIRE THIS MORNING

GROANER'S CORNER:((    While on a road trip, an  elderly couple stopped at a roadside restaurant for lunch.   After finishing their meal, they left the restaurant, and  resumed their trip. When leaving, the elderly woman unknowingly left  her glasses on the table, and she didn't miss them until they had  been driving for about forty minutes.
By then, to add to the  aggravation, they had to travel quite a distance before they could  find a place to turn around, in order to return to the restaurant to  retrieve her glasses.
All  the way back, the elderly husband became the classic grouchy man.   He fussed and complained, and scolded his wife relentlessly  during the entire return drive.
The more he chided her, the more  agitated he became.  He just wouldn't let up for a single minute. 
To her relief, they finally arrived at the restaurant.  As  the woman got out of the car, and hurried inside to retrieve her  glasses, the old  geezer  yelled to her, "While you're in there, you might as well get my hat and the credit card too."

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