03/22/11
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I am off on Fridays and have no Dr.s appointments this week, I may just take a quick trip to Terrell to see what Mr. Poston is up to.
03/22/11
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Thanks,Shannon.Now if she is just on Face Book...lol
03/22/11
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Hello Bruce,
James has a feed and seed store sells all kinds of stuff, seeds, hay,firewood etc. I have not stoped by to see him but my husband has. He has been here for a long time.
Seems to be doing well
03/22/11
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Steve, did you know John Dubiski became a great teacher in the Dallas area. John graduated with me in 65. A school was named after him in his honor. He was a delight to know and you are right he had a great sense of humor for sure.
03/22/11
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Hey, Michael Collins - just watched the YouTube link you sent - I'm still crying from the laughter!
03/22/11
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I don't have my latest class directory with me, but seems to me I recall John Egan was in PA. Don't recall anyone from our class in MD, but Charlotte Brewer is in MA, I believe.
03/21/11
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Someone help me out,here.Who do we have in Pa. and Md.? I have HUGE opportunity to share!
03/21/11
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Venita, what is Post Toasties doing there in Terrell?
03/21/11
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I'm so sorry to hear about Dickie, as some of you know we were really good friends in school. His aunt and uncle lived next door to me, so we spent a lot of time together. I connected with is aunt several years back but they both have passed as well. I did get to see Dickie at the 25 yr. reunion and I'm grateful for that, I have some good pictures from that Reunion when we all really really still looked really good. I have moved to Terrell Texas, just down the road from James Poston's business,, Small world.I love reading this web page and thank everyone who makes it possible.
03/19/11
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It was 1962.My aunt (9mos my senior) was visiting from Harleton,TX.She and Kaye Stephenson went to the old Crest Theater to see "Curse of the Werewolf".Don Lawson and I were sitting in the row (where else?)behind them.In a scene where our hero (facing away) becomes a beast,he suddenly turns toward the audience,rapid,extreme close-up,snarling,slobbering...At which point I grabbed Kaye by the back of the neck...Didn't know a human could jump so high! Maybe THAT'S why she wouldn't go out with me...do ya' think? That's a memory!
03/19/11
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Michael - that was a priceless clip. I enjoyed and thanks for the good laugh.
03/19/11
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One of those stupid horror movies had just come out and we had to go see it. It was not my choice. I had always rather see a family film (I had a stunted childhood in that regard) but when you are with four other junior high age boys, you are not going to the movies to see the Nelson Family at Disneyland. These were my buddies. We were the non athletes. The non band students. The non top student candidates. Not really sure what we WERE exactly but at that age we were just nons. But we had fun. Sam Barcus, the laughing kid with no father, whose home we filled most weekend nights. Johnny Dubiski, another boy with no father, a Polish kid with a funny speech but quick wit and a good non athlete. Ken Cochran, again no father, passive and dry but a good first baseman. And finally Mike Parrish, my best friend and almost as much a home body and boring as myself. WE walked from Sam's Kellog Street home to the Crest Theater. Typically the Crest was full of Holmes students that night. Carol Klempin and Bill McCracken holding hands and being proper. Johnny Lawrence looking for a girl friend and definitely not being proper. The show scared me half to death and I hid my eyes through most of it. We walked home at 11 pm under a bright moon and laughed and cut up all the way down residential streets.I tried to act cool (it was always an act for me) and talked as though I enjoyed the movie. We spent the night at Sam's, in his garage, beating each other with pillows and wrestling. Junior high boys being goofy is nothing out of the ordinary. We raided Sam's cabinet for anything edible and about 2 am fell asleep. I made sure there was at least one light on. Memories.
03/16/11
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Please,Friends,remember Tommy Barr as he goes in for triple by-pass surgery, tomorrow. Thanks
03/11/11
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http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=billcosbyunderstandingsouthern
This link will take you to the funnest thing I have every seen on youtube...I laughed until I almost hurt myself
03/11/11
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Wednesday it was cold and windy and I definitely didn't wear enough warm clothing to go fishing. But I was not going to miss the opportunity. For I met with my three brothers for the first time in several years. Larry (SOC 61), Ernie (Samuel 67) and Mark (Samuel 70) and I had not been together since Mom died in 2007. We met at the McDonalds in Stephenville. Just four old men, hugging and drinking coffee and customers were probably wondering what was up with the old fools. It took a fishing trip to get us together. Lives are just too busy. Jobs. Homes. Spouses. Medical problems. Kids and grand kids and before you know it you have gone years without seeing a sibling. When we got to the private lake in Gorman it was colder than it was when we left home. I was freezing. We laughed, drank coffee and eventually got a hook in the water. I have never been much of a fisherman but no sooner did I get there than a four pound bass hit my line. We caught a ton of fish and I have them in my freezer to prove it. We talked and laughed, reminiscing about school days and Christmas mornings of the 1950's. We ate bologna sandwiches sitting on the tailgate of the truck. Mark's wife Susan had died 12 years to the day before we were sitting there. It was the last time I had been in Stephenville. It was so good to mend old feelings and be brothers again. I hope we do it again someday.
03/06/11
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I remember Goose as well, quite fondly I might add. He was so skinny that everything he wore just hung on him. I think that was why he was such a good guard. Seems his clothing would be going one way, and he would be going somewhere else. Tough to cover a guy like that.
03/06/11
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I remember Dickie so well. I can still see his "Bushman face" and a grin that went from ear to ear. Would mischievous be the word? And I also remember he was a great bowler. One thing that tugs at my heart is when we lose precious friends from the past and find out about it later. I wish we could have been there to say goodbye. Thanks for sharing, Steve.
03/05/11
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I had lost touch with Goose for many years. Just another one of those bygone memories of times laughing, playing ball, discussing girls, the things pre-puberty boys did in those days. Dickie Goose Tatum had been a pretty good basketball player in his day, hence the name given him by Coach Hitt, "Goose." He was raised in a family with his only sibling an obese brother Jerry and his parents who were heavy smokers. Weren't all parents in those days? Goose loved to get in trouble. It was his middle name. Yet he was a good kid and I wish he could have stayed in sports at SOC. Instead he moved to Duncanville and it was ten years before I heard of him again. His brother and he were running a barber shop in a strip mall in Duncanvlle. I took my son Steve Jr to get his first hair cut from the Goose. Years later I met up with Goose again and he was trying to make it as a pro bowler, I was writing sports for the Duncanville newspaper in those days and he got me an invite to bowl in the pro am in a pro tournament in Grand Prairie. A few years later his brother Jerry, who had lost over 100 pounds and become a bookkeeper, died suddenly. Goose just sort of disappeared again. I got a note from his wife Nancy today that Dickie would talk about me from time to time and she wanted to let me know Dickie Goose Tatum had passed away on Feb. 9. A Bushman legend in my book. I will remember you Goose. You were a good friend and you meant to lot to me. Memories.
03/03/11
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Thanks for the update, Sandy. I was hoping it would be the stents. Many prayers are needed. He's been through so much lately. I'll check on him tomorrow.
03/03/11
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Update on Tommy Barr - I just got off pho w/Charles Moss ('66). He drove Tommy to hospital for angiogram (sp) & is w/him now. Can't do stints! Is going to have to have quadruple heart bypass surgery!! Taking him off blood thinners & will schedule surgery for next wk. Charles is waiting for him to come out of anesthesia so can take him home. After burying his sister Tue, he could really use our prayers more than ever!!
03/01/11
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Steve, I believe my all time favorite was Rae Files Still. She taught civics at SOC. I think she is responsible for my affinity for politics. She walked with a cane, but it didn't stop her from teaching us. Great lady.
03/01/11
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Oh yes, I'm an avid reader. Next best thing to Kindle is checking in here. Keep um coming, Steve. 
03/01/11
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Whenever I am facing one of life's crises (and there seems to be way more these days than ever before) I can always draw off an experience as a kid. For instance: when I am facing something that is inevitable that I do not in any way look forward to. Like the time the cardiologist said he was going to put me in the hospital and then put a drill into my heart to clean it out. Good grief! Drills go in wood. Plastic. Teeth. Not my heart! Then I had three days to wait. Inevitable. Dread. I remember when I was assigned to the teacher that I had heard was the demon of the school. Mrs. Riley. She even looked mean. Why me, Lord? And I have to do this? Yes unless I ran away from home and then who would fix my dinner? And I have to go to her class for nine months? I even prayed the woman would expire before school started. I know, that's not exactly biblical prayer. Turns out the woman was not only a good teacher, I loved her. One of my three favorite of all time: Riley, Sonntag and George Michael Stuart. So now when I dread something, I think, who knows? May be the best thing that ever happened to me. Memories.
02/28/11
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Not much time to write about the memories, but I sure like reading about them. Thanks, Steve.
Please pray for Tommy Barr, class of '65. His sister passed away. Her funeral is tomorrow in Duncanville (Jaynes Funeral Home).
Hope everyone here is doing well.
02/28/11
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As I sat at the table seven years ago listening to our WW Bushman Pirates coach Bill Hitt (1957) speak, it took me back nearly fifty years ago to our 6th grade huddle. I saw the faces of Jerry Wellborn, Tommy Morales, Mike Walker, Tim Freeman, Bill Goss, and James Cothran and I remembered the boys (and girlfriends) I spent my youth with. I recalled fondly Larry Haning (who left us about a month after this reunion) telling me one time in the huddle to just take the ball and stay as close to him as possible and he would get me through the defense. And he meant every word. Mike looked exactly as he did those many years ago when he wore Number 37 for Doak Walker. Receivers like Tim and Ronnie Salter made it easy to throw passes. Just throw it out there and they would get to it. I took pictures and we laughed recalling the old glory days. All memories from a great childhood.
02/27/11
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SKIP, I know one, Gaylan Williams-Lemmon in Maryland!!! 
02/27/11
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Hi Sandy, on the Will situation if a spouse's names in as beneficiary, especially if there is anything owed still on those items, i.e. car, house, etc, make sure it reads AND/Or spouse and not just AND requiring the signature of the other spouse would still be required and the cost in probate to have that changed after the fact is what costs the beneficiary so much money, that's why I stated to have everything even with a balance, placed in one name only or to have the OR clause attached, it is so much easier cost wise, per Brenda.
02/23/11
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I see we have 3 classmates in Maryland.Anyone know who they are?
02/23/11
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I know this borders on advertising, but my wife does not get commission, so I'll take a shot. Esther works for a probate attorney in Duncanville. This is all he does. William Neilon, PC, in Duncanville. If you have a need, look him up. Oh, and if you have had a traffic ticket or the like in Duncanville, he is also the city judge.
02/23/11
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Thanks Sandy Lynn for answering my question. Your comments were a real eye opener for me. I need to get busy and make sure both our names are on all of our accounts... I would like to comment about something I have learned lately with regard to my mother-in-law. You don't need to make a Trust in Texas. The will is sufficient.
02/23/11
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Good mrng SOC 64! Don't mean to ease drop but always ck-out all your site to see what's gng on with ya'll.
Here's the thing about wills - you can't just say you leave "all your worldly possessions" to someone, even your spouse! That will not include your home or any vehicles! That's why it really is important to t/w a good atty that does wills & probate a lot and it's not just a sideline for him. It is much easier if your home & all vehicles & checking accts are in both spouses names!! Don & I have everything in both our names, including bank accts, home, cr cds, all vehicles & land in Sedona, AZ. We have each other as beneficiary on the retirement accts. I realize if we are talking about a parent, instead of a spouse, it is a diff situation. That's why a good atty is necessary to have a will that will leave items & money to the person they intend. And yes, you still have to probate a will if you want to be able to acquire those things. Having a will probated in court gives you legal authority to have those things changed to your name & gain access.
I am only telling you what my brother has preached to me for 30 yrs, as he grew up to be an atty!!! LOL He does Real Estate sales/purchases & Wills & Probate. There are a lot of SOC '66ers that have wills done by him. He also probates wills & is in the process of doing one now for a classmate who's mom passed away recently.
I guess the problem today is that we all have too much stuff!! Used to "all our worldly possessions" meant whatever was left in a small paid for home, which wasn't much!
I do enjoy ya'lls new GB! Come ck out our GB or the rest of the site when you have the chance. Our Events pg has the invite for our next get-together & the dates & some of the activities for our 45th!! Ya'll join us if you can!
02/22/11
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Tanya, If your will states that all your worldly possessions will be left to your spouse, do you still have to change titles on your house, cars etc... if they are in your name? Lately, I am discovering how complicated wills and trusts can be, even when you are trying hard to be fair and do what is right by everyone.
02/21/11
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Mr. Foster.... Please get in touch with me concerning drive to succeed.I want you to see something INCREDIBLE! If it doesn't strike your fancy, you'll get a thank you from me and hear no more about it. Is it worth 1 hr. of your time?
02/20/11
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Great story again Steve. Was going to add one more thing about the Will situations. My friend Brenda Kemp, went through this when Barney passed. Though she and Barney had their wills done, anything, car or otherwise that was not placed into her name before he died had to be changed over. It cost her over $1500.00 at the time of probate for all things still holding a balance that was in his name only. Everything should be placed in the other spouse's name before hand to prevent such costs. Most people don't know about this and Brenda found out about it when it was too late and paid the costs.
02/20/11
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My father came in one day (as far as we kids knew) and announced he was a constructing a commercial building in our front yard and going to open a lumber yard. Now this bold act of entrepreneurship was coming from a man with a 5th grade education. He kept up his job of painting houses and tried to run a business. We had lumber all over our over sized garage which was more like a white barn. As you might expect in three years he was broke. So what did we do? Throw in the towel? Not my old man. He changed the commercial building to a hamburger joint with red plaid table cloths and a jukebox with Hank Williams music on it. My Mom and sister Shirley (SOC 59) made hamburgers, shakes and listened to Your Cheating Heart a thousand times.That too lasted about three years and all we had to show for it was hundreds of stories to laugh about for a generation. Later Dad rented the building out for ice cream shop, a beauty shop and a flea market. All in our front yard! No wonder I have this undying drive to succeed. At my age I'm running out of time but it's in my genes. Memories.
02/16/11
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Steve, thanks for the info about Wills. Glad what I had heard was incorrect. I looked at Mom's and it is notarized and fairly in order. She hasn't been feeling well lately and it motivates me once again to make sure I'm taking care of business. My daddy was serious about that.
Tanya, it does seem that we're losing so many friends, and family of friends. Charlotte had such endearing love for her brother, Alex. I pray she is feeling the comfort we have been asking for.
And one more thing, Steve. I like your attitude about writing another book...so many potential new readers. Cute. You are a great writer, and we all know it.
Hope everyone is doing well. Know that I love you all.
02/16/11
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Steve, critics are critics because they cannot do what you do.
02/16/11
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Very kind comments, my dear SOC friends, but I'm afraid John and I would last in the same room about five minutes. He is a Progressive liberal Democrat and I am a Christian conservative Republican and down through the years we have had some rather animated disagreements. However I do appreciate his comments and always enjoy reading his contributions. Except the political parts which I have tried my best to leave out of my own rants. And the older I get the harder it is to think. I am good for about 75-200 words a sitting and that's about the length of my contributions to the Guest book. Thanks to all of you for reading and enduring. Besides I have two published books and a third in the can. My critics say why did you write another book when no one read the first two? And I say, 350 million Americans didn't read my first two. Look at all the potential still out there! God bless you all.
02/12/11
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Let me second that,Tanya.Great idea ! Wish I'd thought of it.What about it,Steve,John?
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02/12/11
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Steve, I so enjoy reading your comments about the things that happened to you and the guys on the baseball team, etc.. I really believe you should write another book and this time go with the school antics throughout your lifetime along with all these wonderful memories! Between you and John Southworth with all the wonderful memories that you both share with us down the line, I believe it would be a best seller for sure and I bet every SOCITE would purchase one of them!
02/12/11
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I have to admit that the beginning of the season does not affect me like it did before. Even at the T-Ball level, every sport has become driven by the elite catering to those one or two kids that have exceptional talent. I remember the days when we played for hours, days, weeks on end simply because we loved it so much. I wish I had a dollar for every hour we spent at Bushman in the summers. No grass, anything flat for a base, goatheads, didn't matter, we got to play baseball. As much as I admire Josh Hamilton for his skill and testimony, twelve mil for two years is insane.
02/11/11
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I'm with you Steve.My 15 yr old plays for a home-school team.They're schedule is so lousy this spring,I may get to see 3-4 games ,because of my job and our "home" field is in Waxahachie.Bummer!
02/11/11
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An old man still loves to hear the sound of a baseball popping a mitt. Watching the kids run to their positions. It's almost baseball season. Thank goodness. Takes this old man back about 50 years to the Woodrow Wilson HS diamond and a sunny afternoon game between the Golden Bears and the Woodrows. They had a stud third baseman named Griffin who had been quite the football star as well. Ikey Walker or Ken Haas or one of our better hitters hit a laser to third. The football star never had time to bat an eye. It's not called the hot corner for no reason. Never saw the ball, only hear the splat as it hit bone. Suddenly the third sacker was prone and coaches rushed to his side. It was deathly quiet as everyone prayed the boy was okay. I sat on the bench with some of the wittiest guys I have ever known. Jerry Hopkins. Fred Robinson. The late Jim Steele. Ken Cochran. One of them said loud enough for every one in the park to hear in the stillness of the quiet. "You got to charge those kind!" I broke up and worked to suppress it. Coach Hughes gave me a stare I will never forget. I didn't say it, Harold Lee. Let's play ball!
02/04/11
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Betty, I read on FB that Charlotte Napier-Stanley's brother Alex (who was four years younger), had passed away. Seems like our classmates all need our prayers right now.
02/03/11
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Please check the '63 site for a message from John Southworth. His daughter has passed away tragically. I know you will pray...you are always faithful to do this. John needs our love and prayers.
02/03/11
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A holographic will (entirely in your handwriting) is a very safe and acceptable will. Be sure it is ALL in the handwriting and not partially typed and no alterations. I have seen wills on napkins, backs of checks, even on a post it note, signed sealed and admitted to probate. Deb and I worked in probate court for over 25 years. I sat in on the probate of Mickey Mantle's, Tex Schramm's, Tom Landry's, and Stevie Ray Vaughn's wills down through the years that seem so far in the past now. Jack Ruby's executor gave me a signed copy of Jack's will admitted to probate after his death in 1967. It was handwritten on motel stationary in Galveston.
02/03/11
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A high school website is the place to find the best advice. Our friends are sharing valuable info. I'm the med POA for my Mom, and we also have her Will. After reading your post, Shannon, I'm going back to look over mother's paperwork to make certain everything is in order. Seems I remember my brother has a hand-written Will, and these are not as acceptable these days as the Living Will. Don't think her Will was even notarized.
And about the "stuff." I've been slowly going through much of her's this last three years. Had to...we needed the space for ourselves.
02/02/11
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Shannon, We have been down the "stuff" road with both of our parents. It is a bittersweet process, and it is difficult. Be selective in what you dispose of because you will find memories in many things. God bless you at this time, and may His grace surround you.
02/02/11
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I only cared for my mother for 3 months before she died. However, she already had a Living Will, which had been filed with Charlton Methodist years before (that's what we were instructed to do - keep a copy & send one to the hospital). My brother had been given power of attorney also some years before, but you also need medical power of attorney. While she was hospitalized, Jon had to go to her house to obtain a copy of her Living Will (computers are great - no one seems to actually keep an electronic file) and a copy of the power of attorney. Fortunately, the wording in the power of attorney was sufficient to cover "medical" needs so he didn't have to get a separate medical power of attorney - which, by the way, they can draw up right there in the hospital if necessary. I agree with Steve, we are at the age now where we need to make plans for our "end of life" living needs. But first, I need to clean out my house of the over-abundance of worldly goods in order to make room for all my mother's worldly goods. This chore will keep me occupied until "end of life"!
02/01/11
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Well, I received my Medicare card in the mail the other day. Of course, since I am so young, it doesn't take effect until May 1. What amazes me is the fact that all these insurance companies care so much for me that they all want to be my best friend now. I had no idea I was so popular.
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