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  • bosh
    bosh Member Posts: 5,913

    hi Toni

    I found some online toy w*mbles!

    Have a good night tc xx

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  • Stuartknee
    Stuartknee Member Posts: 312

    4am pillsโ˜•๏ธ

  • frogmorton
    frogmorton Member Posts: 30,536
    edited 7. Aug 2025, 06:07
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    Morning Joan. Let's hope the blood results are ok. At our Drs we put in the month of our birth, the day and the first letter of our surname and then it books us in. At least it's relatively private! Take care ((())) xxx

    Morning Jojo well done seeing the Dr at least your foot is now down on medical record in case (as is very likely) it's gone when you see the lady. Glad you got to the park it's very important for your mental health to have some fun and get out of the house with your children so well done ๐Ÿ˜Š Take care ((())) xxx

    Morning Stuart hope you are ok? Thanks for the cuppa. Your poor Mum must have been a good whack, but good job the bruise is mostly hidden. Take care of yourself ((())) xxx

    Morning Skinny Keef where is our missing friend? Hopefully having fun with your little one maybe even away? Wherever you are I hope not struggling with too much pain ((())) xxx

    Morning Reshmi how are you doing? MTX day today for you bless you with the boys there. Do they see you do your jab? Hope BB pulls his weight today and your Mum is in a good mood.

    Of course your mum was only the kitchen helper when the cakes were made I mean she hasn't been cooking for decades๐Ÿ˜‚

    I love the little wombles! I only have one here Madame Cholet๐Ÿค—

    The film sounded good shame there is a sp***r in it so I can't go. Although I do think it's a good thing to see them as 'friends' for children they should develop less fears than us. Well done BR coping with the entire film what a brave grown up boy he is.

    You must be quite exhausted with your Auntie duties. Very full on life. I hope your sister is able to make the most of the rest time.

    LA really has got your way with words hasn't he and his imagination! I am impressed.

    I pray to the Gods of the digestive system and all who support or gut microbiome that you survive the junk food excesses๐Ÿ˜

    Take care ((())) xxx

    Morning Toady well isn't that fabulous all done! I apologise I think Sleek has left her boilersuit for you to wash? She is so pleased with her ability to help you and reckons you should be ok for many years to come now. She plans to bring the Church urn back later today in her van. Did you now she has a van? No neither did I๐Ÿ˜ฏ

    I would also have treated myself the minute I had my house back I would have been having a little gig about too in celebration!

    Bessie does swirls but Elfie has had the odd ride on her back (and Sleek's when she is in the right mood) we do have a roller but that might have to be Paul's job. It's heavy very, very heavy.

    We are now up to 58 and the weather still looks promising a small shower earlier has given way to sunshine already. We do have lots and lots of support so all being well it will be pretty well stress free. Am I being overly optimistic? Perhaps so.

    The hedge trimming man only came next door yesterday which means me today/tomorrow and Paul is in London! How am I supposed to move the motorhome? HELP!!!!!!

    Oh dear

    Take care Toady have a good solitary day๐Ÿ˜Š be a little solitary bee๐Ÿ ((())) xxx

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  • dachshund
    dachshund Member Posts: 9,420

    Good morning everyone

    Toady (()) thatโ€™s good your boiler is fixed and you are not having another visit from the boiler man. You can have peace and quiet now. Have a good day. A man and Lady from the housing **** are coming tomorrow to see what can be done about the kitchen. Yesterday went alright I had to do a water sample I went home said to pepper on are walk we are going in the Doctors sue has taken you in there so I will I donโ€™t think anybody saw him lead on the scooter.

    Toni (()) have a good day. Yes thatโ€™s what my Doctors are like I canโ€™t reach the scream to do it so someone comes. I was weighed I was 7-12 I was 8 last year itโ€™s worrying about I canโ€™t have this to eat itโ€™s not healthy or sue wonโ€™t have that. Brenda got mad and said have what you want. Sorry going on.

    Jojo (()) the cream you have could be the same as mine is it Ibuprofen. I hope it helps have a good day

    Reshmi (()) have a good day love to your mum (())

    Stuart (()) have a good day love to your mum (()) Iโ€™m sorry she hurt her head was she dizzy it shakes you up. Are the cats alright

    Skinny Keef (()) have a good day love to Loanda (()) and Sucrโ€™e (())

    take care
    joan xx
  • Jojo_16
    Jojo_16 Member Posts: 704

    Morning frogmorton thanks yeah I didn't want to go to the doctors but my mam pushed me to go I just feel like they will think I'm making the pain up. I'm in a good bit of pain today but it was still worth it to see the kids have a good afternoon out. We are off to the beach tomorrow so lots of walking around but a rest day on Saturday I think. I've got my blood test tomorrow morning so we will go off straight after that. I hope you are well and I hope you have a great day.

  • Jojo_16
    Jojo_16 Member Posts: 704

    Hi dachshund I haven't got it yet but yeah she said ibuprofen so I think it might be that I'm going to pick it up today. I hope you are well and I hope you have a great day.

  • bosh
    bosh Member Posts: 5,913
    edited 7. Aug 2025, 11:02

    good afternoon Toni

    how are you?

    Mums ok ๐Ÿ‘
    I slept badly

    Practically MX time
    bye for now take care xx

    Ps an unusual haircut for toady xx

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  • bosh
    bosh Member Posts: 5,913

    hi again Toni
    mums ok now but I later found out she may have had high bs in early morning after little BR woke her up I think

    She was also feeling dizzy later on

    Sheโ€™s resting now and I gave her a healthy snack

    Ok bye for now tc xx

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  • toady
    toady Member Posts: 2,885

    Hi all ๐Ÿ‘‹ quick wave, then I am off for a well-earned catch-up afternoon nap ๐Ÿ‘๏ธ

    Ever so windy out there frog ๐Ÿ˜ฎ should calm down by tomorrow hopefully, it is a bit whirly and blustery for my liking, but it does mean Sleek's boilersuit dried in a trice and is back indoors smelling lovely & fresh airy ๐Ÿ˜ธ. Tea urn clean & shiny too, I am all sorted now and have the freedom of all my kettles again and can have a cuppa anytime of the day or night hurrah ๐Ÿ˜Š. I look forward to seeing Sleek's little van! An impulse purchase?? I heard an anecdote once about Groucho Marx's daughter returning from a shopping trip with a Corvette and a poodle, well I think you're safe from the poodle ๐Ÿ˜‚. I have a fortnight's catazon trial left must start thinking! My shears that I bought there have almost tripled in price since then ๐Ÿ˜ฎ. Did you see the story of the poor chap arrested for carrying a fancy Japanese trowel in a 'holster' home from his allotment? Someone reported him I believe and yes these things must be checked out, but handcuffs and 12 hours in custody?? Still, our deputy PM selling off allotments will help avert similar incidents ๐Ÿ˜’. Enough gloom, hope your hedge trimming goes ok tomorrow and everything falls into place beautifully by Sun ๐Ÿ˜Š plenty of time I'm sure it will be super. Have a good evening ๐Ÿ˜˜ xx

    Hello Joan yes you must eat up ๐Ÿ‘๏ธ not that simple is it I know myself, but eating what you want is definitely one thing to do if you can. Pepper obviously understood everything you said about going to the Drs ๐Ÿ˜Š. What do they need to look at for you in the kitchen? hope that goes well and they turn up when they say etc. Quiet here thank you am making the most of it. Good washing day too but I have not pushed myself to do more than put a couple of little things out as there should be days of nice weather to come ๐ŸŒž. Have a good evening ๐Ÿ˜˜ xx

    Hi bosh, well done managing the cinema etc yesterday. I did read at the time that you weren't going to call in to group but then I reverted to making up my own story obviously, ignore me ๐Ÿ˜‚. Glad you had a little walk anyway. What's on the agenda now? apart from junk food avoidance and english tests from LA, those sound quite enough ๐Ÿ˜ still, making up your own words is quite smart & not to be discouraged in the interest of any future literary career, even if it's rather challenging now for aunties ๐Ÿ˜ฌ. Rich tea biscuits, good point, maybe they are there to give less well off biccies something to aspire to? whilst being accessible to those of us who just want a taste of the finer things ๐Ÿค”. I read a short story once where a man liked to go to fancy shops and buy just a token of the life he aspired to, such as a ยฃ17 pair of cashmere socks even if he couldn't really justify that either (& much to his wife's disapproval when she found out) not an uncommon habit I'm sure, I do similar things although I wouldn't run to ยฃ17 for socks, my aspirations are even lower ๐Ÿ˜‚ (& that was written in 1990 heaven knows what today's equivalent would be ๐Ÿ˜ฑ). Thank you for the new hairdo, it looks very easy care ๐Ÿ˜„ in reality I'm more like the cat in Toni's post from the 5th, that has woken up all anyhow ๐Ÿ˜‚. Have a good evening take care, sending mxt wishes ๐Ÿ‘‹ xx

    Jojo that does sound fun your day at the park ๐Ÿ˜€ yes it isn't nice being stuck in especially when the weather's nice. Good luck with your bloods tomorrow and hope you have a lovely time at the beach after that ๐Ÿ˜Š. Hope you get your prescription ok I'm sure they wouldn't think you are making up your pain I mean why would anyone, and they should be able to judge from how people come across who is telling things like they are. Take care :) xx

    Love to Keef and Stuart ๐Ÿ˜˜ take care all xx

  • bosh
    bosh Member Posts: 5,913

    hi again Toni

    How are you this evening?

    I am a little bit less worried about mum now as sheโ€™s had a rest and is feeling better for the moment

    I got a bit confused. I thought they were leaving on Sunday at one point, but mum said it was Saturday morning or afternoon I think

    I of course wonโ€™t ask her again to verify because I donโ€™t want to make her stressed

    Yes poor innocent BR woke her at 4:45 am because he was feeling scared I think, then at 7:30 am but then mum was completely shattered, most naturally, so she got Dad to deal with him, then after maybe an hour, he went off to her room again to show her his new drawings in his illustration book, but luckily I managed to divert the little troublemaker, and he showed them to me instead, bless him

    yes LA is a creative Guy Iโ€™ve got to give him that - good sign making up words haha

    I havenโ€™t heard anything more about my sisters scan results, but sheโ€™s seeing the doctor this Saturday so she will get the results then I guess

    even though I was sure that mum said she would be getting them sooner, but I may have got that wrong even Mimas are not infallible of course haha.

    my digestive system did recover but even though Iโ€™m trying thereโ€™s hardly any healthy food in the house, so Iโ€™m just hoping it doesnโ€™t get ooked up again really, but thanks for your gastric good wishes of course ๐Ÿ™

    Yes very exhausting auntie duties, youโ€™re right there lol

    Also I had mxt day as well but at least BR didnโ€™t enter my room when I was injecting - which was something I was very worried about
    It could have been worse as mxt days ago.

    I did have a lot of rest but itโ€™s warm in that room so if I will feel nauseous at night is anyoneโ€™s guess, but at least I did rest thanks

    I did not answer all the points, but I think I had better leave it there

    Have a good evening Toni and take care xx

    Ps crockery for toadyโ€™s phantom neighbours lol xx

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  • bosh
    bosh Member Posts: 5,913
    edited 7. Aug 2025, 18:49

    Good evening toady

    how are you today?

    yes ยฃ17 for socks may be a bit too much I agree haha, even socks of the luxury variety

    Yes its energetic auntie lifestyle here I must admit

    so I will try not to repeat myself too much
    Interesting about the taste of luxury idea

    Yes Iโ€™m sure a lot of people do that
    Although of course, many people fall into the trap of buying whatever makes them feel good and then land themselves in big financial difficulties

    I must admit, when left hospital where I was due to bipolar issues long time ago I really felt overwhelmed in many ways and managed my money extremely badly, but luckily not to the point of no return by any means
    Itโ€™s a difficult thing though really when people are in hospital for a long time then have to do things that theyโ€™re not really used to dealing with anymore, they can also Have a lot of anxiety because life has just got better but it really takes some time to adjust mentally

    Sorry, I went off on a bit of a tangent there

    Yes, creativity is something that should always be encouraged I agree

    Ok I think Iโ€™ll leave it there toady, have a good night and tc xx

    ๐Ÿ‘‹night Joan Jojo SK and S knee xx

    ps essential reading for littleys haha and a feminist take on โ€œhotโ€ chocolate lol xx

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  • Jojo_16
    Jojo_16 Member Posts: 704

    Evening toady I've finished work tonight in a lot of pain just doing my job has been hard tonight on me I'm hoping it settles down by tomorrow morning I've got a busy day haven't got time for pain. Anyway I hope you are well and I hope you have had a good day and evening and I hope you sleep well tonight.

  • Stuartknee
    Stuartknee Member Posts: 312

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  • frogmorton
    frogmorton Member Posts: 30,536
    edited 8. Aug 2025, 05:27

    Morning!

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    Morning Joan looks like you got away with taking Pepper in and why not? He's a good boy. I saw the yorkies yesterday they were so pleased to see me. Well done getting your bloods done anyway and if you've lost weight maybe you should eat what you fancy? Brenda is probably right and Joan - you never go on๐Ÿ˜ŠYou re usually far more interested in checking other people are alright. Take care ((())) xxx

    Morning Stuart 4am again. Do you go to bed early to get enough sleep? Hope your Mum is doing ok. How are your gorgeous pusskins? Take care ((())) xxx

    Morning Skinny Keef. I do hope you and everyone you care about are ok. You've been AWOL a good while, but hopefully just busy enjoying Sucrรฉ before he starts school in September - next month! Where does time go? Take care ((())) xxx

    Morning Reshmi I hope your stomach is holding up against the insult of all that child-friendly ookey food? Your Mum too I hope she is well - it's a lot for her even though she loves having the boys. It's a good job she has you to help her and keep her safe.

    Little BR does struggle sometimes at nights, but so did Charley (not Lucy) it settles eventually.

    All being well your sister will get her results tomorrow and get a treatment plan established which will sort out her back issues properly.

    So they go home tomorrow the boys. I am glad really even though it's been very entertaining for you all it is a huge upheaval in your lives when they arrive. I expect it will feel very quiet, but you can watch adulk telly and sleep right through the night. I still maintain LA's imagination and way with words is partly inherited from his Auntie Mima and partly environmental through the same Auntie's stories.

    What on earth has Toady done with her hair?! She is really going to have to go to the HD soon. I suspect she has no intention though๐Ÿ™„ You know she has bought herself some new cutting implements from catazon?

    Yes please to those cups for the neighbours a set for me, one for Toady and one for you for QJL.

    Take care and enjoy your last day with the littleys ((())) xxx

    Morning Jojo it is awful having to keep going back to the Drs I hate it, but it means that swollen foot is down on your records. Evidence which will eventually lead to a definitive diagnosis. You are off to the beach today lovely we live so far from the sea here unfortunately my and Toady i think. I hope you have a lovely day and your foot holds up. At least you can rest on Saturday ((())) xxx

    Morning Toady Sleek's boiler suit smells lovely and clean thank you she has hung it up in her wardrobe and replaced the Urn very shiny ready for Sunday.

    Did you get that rain? Honestly it came down didn't it? Wow!!! I saw the hedge trimming man yesterday he was finishing off next door. He said he is not coming to me until next week which suits me way better to be honest too much too close to the big day if he wanted to come here today.

    As you can imagine there has been much appeasing of people in the village and so many to thank for all their help. I have about 11 cake stands her 50 odd cup settings (none like Reshmi's ones for our neighbours though!!!!) more to come. Jugs, tea pots, ramekins etc etc help!!!

    What can you buy with your prime? I don't really know best not to buy something you don't really need that's for sure. Sleek reckons she can help you out and has put her list in her rucksack to show you later. Apparently her little truck was bought from nosegay she needs it for work? Luckily it is in full working order

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    I have switched off my printer and am about to see if it's working again. Fingers crossed.

    You know I've a;ways wanted an allotment although I am realistic to know it would be too much for me now๐Ÿ˜• so wrong selling them off๐Ÿ˜ 

    Take care Toady have a good day ((())) xxx

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  • Jojo_16
    Jojo_16 Member Posts: 704

    Morning frogmorton yeah I'm off to the doctors first for my morning blood test then hopefully we will go to the beach straight after the beach we are going to is over an hour away we don't drive so we do it on the bus. That's a shame that you live too far away from the beach you and toady. I hope you are well and I hope you have a great day.

  • bosh
    bosh Member Posts: 5,913

    good morning Toni

    Wppl xx

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  • Skinny Keef
    Skinny Keef Member Posts: 1,445

    morning all.
    KTM bike service today. Put my neck out yesterday playing with Sucrรฉ so was expecting migraine this morning and having to cancel and itโ€™s taken a month to get booked in but pleased to say I am okay.
    how is everyone here??

  • dachshund
    dachshund Member Posts: 9,420

    Good morning everyone

    Toady (()) have a peace full day. The man and lady are coming to look at the kitchen because everything is to high when I wash up I canโ€™t see in the bowl. I canโ€™t reach in the back of the cupboards even the cooker is to high. It was all right before they did it. Itโ€™s my birthday tomorrow.

    Toni (()) have a good day yesterday evening the Doctors phoned could I do another sample so I went to get the bottles Brenda is taking the morning off work so she can be here when the couple come she said she will take the sample up to the doctors Charlie came this morning on the way up the shop he will take them. Paul comes home tonight.

    Jojo (()) good I hope the cream works.

    Reshmi (()) have a good day love to your mum (())

    Stuart (()) love to you and your mum (())

    Skinny Keef (()) I hope everything is alright there. Love to Loanda (()) and Sucrโ€™e (())

    take care
    joan xx
  • Stuartknee
    Stuartknee Member Posts: 312

    I go to bed @ 9:30pm but sleep a bit till 2am wake up in pain, if I have a bad night I feel lousy all day don't want to do anything everything aches

  • bosh
    bosh Member Posts: 5,913
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    sorry to hear that Stuartknee tc x

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  • bosh
    bosh Member Posts: 5,913

    good afternoon Toni

    How are you?

    Unfortunately mum wasnโ€™t well with the diabetes last night too

    BR is making so much noise, no one is sleeping enough

    Bye for now Toni tc xx

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  • toady
    toady Member Posts: 2,885

    Hi all ๐Ÿ‘‹

    No rain here frog, not a drop! handy for me as I've been to my yearly rheumatology appt (never mentioned it as the timing was so awful, with the boiler and having to shoehorn blood tests in and all the rest that it was anyone's guess I'd actually make it ๐Ÿ˜ฃ). Saw someone different and they were v nice and pleased enough with me. Had my usual quick look round town but didn't see anything nice ๐Ÿ˜” shame as I never go except if I already have to, it's not my local town, can't really justify the taxi fare when I could spend that online. Catazon yes I try not to buy things just for the sake of (although I do use shopping as a mood booster sometimes), with them it's more a case of trying not to forget a thing I do want but will only remember when the trial is up. Should be in my basket already & waiting, you may say, but I'm not quite organized enough for that ๐Ÿ˜ฌ. So Sleek can have free run of it ๐Ÿ‘๏ธ is she having her 'works van' signwritten? Glad all the cups and crockery are coming together โ˜•๏ธ๐Ÿฝ๏ธ๐Ÿฐ and yes later for the hedge man sounds not a bad thing. We will have fantasy allotments to go with our fantasy houses ๐Ÿ˜Š. Good luck in advance for everything & have a good Sat, how is Paul getting on? Take care ๐Ÿ˜˜ xx

    Hello Joan I have just come back from my routine consultants' appt they were happy with my bloods etc. They always give me a new sample bottle each time but once I bought a few myself, to have in hand in case, they were cheap enough and saves jiggery-pokery ๐Ÿ‘๏ธ. Hope they are happy with your results. Sorry about your kitchen, I really did think that was what they were already sorting for you before, the heights etc ๐Ÿค” I hope they get on with it for you. Sending a little birthday wish now but will pop in tomorrow morning too ๐Ÿ˜˜ xx

    Hi bosh, hope things are going ok so far and your mum has been ok today I'm sorry I missed your post yesterday where she had not been so good ๐Ÿ˜” hope things are alright now. I've been to rheumy appt today which was ok as far as these things go, but v tiring after a busy week not the timing I would have chosen ๐Ÿ˜ฃ and was waiting nearly an hour. I didn't do any shopping; I am quite good usually, I do sometimes buy nice coffee and tea for example which I admit is about the fancy packaging and how things look rather than if I need tea ๐Ÿ˜ฌ but nothing much worse than that & it cheers me up. I didn't have a coffee out or anything not even a 'passably good looking' hot chocolate ๐Ÿ˜‚. I do have hoarding tendencies though I think btw, the older I get I can see that about myself. Hope it wasn't too bad a subject for me to bring up I can see how taking over the reins of day-to-day life and money etc would be quite an adjustment process so all credit to you xx. Hopefully you know now when the littleys 'etd' is? and maybe healthy food can make its way back into the house ๐ŸŒ๐Ÿฅฆ. Have a good evening :) xx

    Hi SK ๐Ÿ‘‹ have been in 'TK Macs' today and gosh it wasn't so much a lot of hallowe'en stuff, as was there anything in stock that wasn't!! ๐Ÿ˜ฎ row upon row of the stuff some of it making its way to your house I expect ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ•ท๏ธ๐Ÿ•ธ๏ธ. Well done with the bike service and glad you are feeling ok ๐Ÿ‘๏ธ have just been for hosp MOT myself nothing too bad wouldn't mind some new bodywork though ๐Ÿ˜‰. Take care :) xx

    Hope your bloods went alright Jojo ๐Ÿคž and you got to the beach ok, it has been nice here just cloudy enough to help not be too glaring sun, hope it's been nice for you. Yes far too far from the sea, well by train it would not be too bad but not a day trip and it's not very likely these days. I should have moved nearer if I'd had a crystal ball about the arthritis and covid & all that but if you knew about these things it would just freak you out ๐Ÿ˜ฌ so best not. Have a good evening hope everyone well :) xx

    Sorry you feel the effects all day when you don't sleep Stuart, that's quite early for bed if I went at that time I would probably be awake at 3 or 4, as I tend to do more like 11 or 12 and wake up at 6 or 7 ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™€๏ธ. But sometimes awake in the night anyway nothing is ideal. I always hope I'll find one thing that definitely helps and stick to it but there are variables like outside noise etc. How are your neighbours at the moment? Hope you have a better night ๐Ÿคž xx

    Take care all, has anyone got an appointment tomorrow, I feel like they have ๐Ÿค” xx

  • toady
    toady Member Posts: 2,885

    Sorry I clashed with your comment again bosh ๐Ÿ˜” I hope your mum has been ok today considering, yes the disturbed nights etc won't help, poor little BR it's not on purpose is it ofc, I hope she is back on an even keel as soon as possible xx

  • Jojo_16
    Jojo_16 Member Posts: 704

    Hi toady the blood tests went well thanks and yeah I managed to get to the beach today but I'm feeling it now really struggled with walking today my foot and legs were letting me down. But at least the kids had a great day out they loved the rides the best. I hope you are well and I hope you have had a great day and it's a shame you can't get to a beach that easy.

  • bosh
    bosh Member Posts: 5,913

    hi Toni toady and everyone

    How are you all this evening?

    sorry I really am completely shattered today

    one more night left of the situation

    the kids are going back tomorrow, not sure what time yet

    Have a good evening all tc xx

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