Weekly Thread 1/13/18

What a glorious morning! I stepped out on the deck this morning and watched the sun come up over the lake and said a little prayer to God for such a beautiful sight. It’s chilly, about 21 degrees, so I had a big mug of coffee with a generous dollop of Irish Crème in it to keep me warm.

It was so still, unusual around here, that the lake looked like a mirror and I could hear the migratory ducks and geese quacking and honking. They will be gone soon and I hope I am here next year to hear them. I feel sorry for all of you who live in the city, I really do. You do not get to experience the sun coming up in the morning, the buildings get in the way. Or the smog is bad. You miss what a sunset can be for the same reason. To many people and dirty air.

Any of my friends here get tired of it, come on down! As long as you are sort of redneck, conservative, own guns and use them, men or women who believes in honesty and integrity you would be welcome. Then you too would be able to breathe clean air and watch a glorious sunrise. With a mug of hot coffee and a dollop of Irish Crème.

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whiskeyriver

Oh my God! I got up this morning and the sky has fallen! Armageddon is coming! We will all die a horrible death! The Feral Gooberment has shut down!

Wait a minute here. I still have electricity, the lights and my ‘puter still work. My propane didn’t suddenly go away, I am nice and warm. I went out on the deck and the lake is still right where it belongs. I heard the migratory ducks and geese that I hear every year.

My television still works and I have not seen any news stories about Guam tipping over, Kalifornia sliding off into the ocean, or a volcano in Chile blowing its top killing thousands of people.

What the f*** people! I thought a gooberment shutdown was going to be a big thing! I doubled up on my Swann’s order of key lime pie, shrimp and scallops! I bought a few more boxes of ammo for my weapons! I even doubled up when I went on my beer-whiskey-cigar run yesterday! Then I get up this morning and what do I see?

A beautiful sunrise shining on the lake. A lot of booze to get me by until the end of March or so. Enough Shrimp and scallops to feed my neighbors a feast. Which I will do tomorrow while we are watching the football games and sucking down the hooch. In other words, not one damn thing is different today that it has been since we were wearing diapers. Friggin’ fear mongers in gooberment positions and the lame stream media are sickening excuses for human beings.

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MGAP

I think ours boys in uniform aren’t getting a paycheck tho. The Repubs need to be screaming from the rooftops that Democrats care more for illegals than our own troops.

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whiskeyriver

I haven’t heard from my grandson, a Marine, or my granddaughter, Air Force, in a while but if they need some cash I will get it to them. Meanwhile Trump needs to stand strong. No deals when it comes to illegal aliens!

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whiskeyriver

A little funny for the day. I went to town this morning on my weekly trash-beer-whiskey-cigar run and heard a story on the radio. It seems some guy burned his older brothers home down because older brother farted in his face years ago! LMOAO…I have four younger brothers and we were meaner than hell to each other! But none of us have burned anothers house down because of something that happened years ago! And we have never, to this day, allowed anyone to mess with any of us.

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MGAP

Reading this reminded me of a Grand Canyon trip that took us through Freedonia,Az. On the way out of town there’s a convenience store. Their lighted sign in the drive advertised, “Ammo, Guns, Beer, Cigarettes and Lotto.” I drove by thinking GD, I’m proud to live in this country!

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whiskeyriver

Dayam! What was I doing wrong yesterday?? I check today and the songs I was trying to post are hear. And a Big thanks to MGAP for posting them too!

Things better today, I got some good news for a change. Sorry if I sounded like a grumpy old fart yesterday, it had nothing to do with anyone here.

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MGAP

And welcome back all those MIA IHTMers that are returning to the IHTM fold these last couple weeks!

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whiskeyriver

I kind of miss some of the old haters, they were so much fun to argue and debate with. The more truth and common sense we tossed out there the wilder they would get. Almost as funny as watching an old Johnny Carson rerun!

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whiskeyriver

This friggin’ website pisses me off to no end. I want all my old friends, who are having heath problems, to listen to two songs that say what I think better than I can say. Google up That’s Why I Pray by Big and Rich and I Was Born Free by Kid Rock. I have tried to post a link to the songs twice and cannot do it so you guys have to do it yourself. I am not an educated man, I don’t have the words to say what those two songs say to all of you here. Check them out and remember this: You were born free. You try to be a better person every day and that is why you pray. Enough said, I am not having a good day so I am going back to the music that has kept me sane for a lot of years now.

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MGAP

Kid rock. – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bu3rsha1ZtI

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MGAP

B and R – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjJyZfDCa88

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whiskeyriver

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=big+and+rich+that%27s+why+i+pray+with+lyrics&&view=detail&mid=6EF664FEF8E04CEC49036EF664FEF8E04CEC4903&&FORM=VDRVRV

I hate this internet crap, nothing can be done the easy way. I wanted to post two songs, Big and Rich That’s Why I Pray and Kid Rock I was born Free. Some of us are getting older and having problems, like CO2, Ghost and others and I want to try to tell them that they will be remembered long after they are gone. Just like the rest of us around here will be some day. The point is, don’t cry over me, I was born free! The other point is I pray because I try to be a better man every day but I have some demons that do not go away but that is not going to stop me from trying!

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=big+and+rich+that%27s+why+i+pray+with+lyrics&&view=detail&mid=8A0B36BE3078770199D08A0B36BE3078770199D0&&FORM=VDRVRV

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whiskeyriver

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=born+free+by+kid+rock+lyrics&&view=detail&mid=7ED4270299DE25A4CCE57ED4270299DE25A4CCE5&&FORM=VDRVRV
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=big+and+rich+that%27s+why+i+pray+with+lyrics&&view=detail&mid=6EF664FEF8E04CEC49036EF664FEF8E04CEC4903&&FORM=VDRVRV

I look at things today and think about what has been, what will be. Our old friends here like CO2 and Ghost, even me, are having more health problems but I want all you IHTM folks to remember the most important thing. We were born free! All of us who saw combat still have things running around in our heads that cause sleepless nights but that is our own thing because we were born free! I a not an educated man, I don’t have the words to explain all the pyschobabble so I do it with music. I don’t know if I can do this right but I want all you to listen to Born Free by Kid Rock and That’s why I Pray by Big and Rich.

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PsychoDad

Well well well, howdy boys. Long time no see. Has this place gotten over its Never Trump tantrum? Kinda miss the ol’ neighborhood.

Say, has Nurse Olive Oyl ever been back? I DON’T miss her!

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1. Yes
2. I banned her ass.

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PsychoDad

Well howdy! I thought she’d just disappeared a long time ago.

“Banned her? Dam near killed her!”*
*Nah, doesn’t mean anything.

Say, I keep seeing a little black dot pop up and run back and forth a half inch or so at top right, just about where the first comment scrolls down. Some obscure site feature, a virus in my browser, or have I finally started seeing things?

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I see it too. Must have started from the last WordPress update. Or, it’s mass delusion.

Oh and welcome back.

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PsychoDad

Ah, thank you! ps- was just looking down at some recent posts. Hope you’re feeling better and doing well.

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Hanging in there.

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Progressive Hemrrhoid

We all told you to lay off the Wine, Women, and Song, but noooooooo.
Beware of the Statin drugs like Crestor, a friend of mine was having all kinds of bad side effects.

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Yeah I told them to stuff that a few years ago. Then they tried Januvia which made my hands swell up like the Michelin Man. Now I’m on Atorvastatin. I have no ill effects that I’m aware of.

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GhostntheMachine

Good to hear 02, nice to see you psycho dad. That’s where I am now, getting another double transfusion and mooching hospital wifi, about the only time I get online these days. And no cute shaving nurses here dangit.

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Don’t worry about it. As you continue to age your eyes will fail and you can pretend they’re all cute. That’s how it works with my 98-year-old dad. He always asks, “Was she cute?” and I always answer, “Yeah, Dad, your nurse is a hotty.”

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GhostntheMachine

Hello,
I’m nurse Ratched and
I’m here to change your catheter. Noooo

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One of my cousins used to go to the bar with my great grandfather. He told me he used to pinch all the women on the butt. I guess he was in it’s after 2AM mode.

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Yeah, what the hell is that black dot? I’ve been meaning to ask that question but I was afraid I was the only person seeing it.

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I have no clue. I’ll have to look into it.

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whiskeyriver

No little black dots, ufo’s or anything else on my monitor. Are you sure you guys aren’t doing a little day drinkin’?

Then again, I am doing a little day drinkin’ so maybe it’s me is isn’t seeing any dots or anything. (snicker)

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Hi! Welcome back!

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whiskeyriver

Welcome back PsychoDad! I too stayed gone for a while, partly because of the never Trump nonsense and partly for personal bullshit but I am glad to be among friends again. I kinda miss old Olive Oyl! If nothing else we could all get a laugh at some of the silly crap she posted!

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drb

Hey there PD….I still don’t care for Trump as a person, I think there were better candidates running during the primary but they didn’t win. Overall I give him a “C” so far. I still have no tolerance for left flat making stuff up even if it is about Trump, and will at least try to correct the record when it happens, yet at the same time I also have little tolerance when those on the right who try to act like he’s playing some type of 4th dimensional chess. But that just means I’m the same ol’ drb, who has to let her horns show. 🙂

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OK I’m home. They keep you forever waiting for the vein to close. They went through my arm this time. Basically they did nothing. Doc told me that a stent or angioplasty will make no difference. They’re trying some med changes to see what happens.

Thank you all for your concern and prayers.

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whiskeyriver

Ooorah! Glad to hear it! Honest to God CO2, get a second or even third opinion. I had a mild heart attack in 2003 and the doctor I was going to told me I had to take all this medication because I was all screwed up. He wanted me to quit eating meat and start living on rabbit food. He said my cholesterol was way to high and my potassium levels were too low. If I had listened to him I would have been taking about $400 worth of medications per month to live. I said bullshit to that and got a second opinion from the doctor I still see today. He said my cholesterol was about 180 and anything under an aggregate 200 was great. He told me there was nothing really wrong with me other than high blood pressure, which is common when we get older. I take two pills per day for the blood pressure, less than $20 bucks worth each month. I eat what I want, I drink what I want and I am still in pretty good shape for a man my age!

Another little fact my doctor told me is doctors get kickbacks from drug companies. Push the crap they are selling and get X number of dollars for every prescription! I am not joking, I am not trying to bullshit you in any way old friend. Get a second, third, even a fourth opinion. You may find out, like I did, that the drugs your current doctor is giving you is part of your health problems. It’s a little early for a beer but nothing wrong with a healthy shot of Irish Cream in your coffee this morning! I’m 64 and it works for me!

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They went through your arm? So you missed the pleasure of having a cute young nurse shave your crotch? You poor bastard.

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No they do that anyway in case the arm doesn’t work. LOL.

She was cute. I had to think about Hillary to keep launch control calmed down.

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MGAP

Y’all are two are baskets of deplorable. 😉

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whiskeyriver

True but they are our deplorables so we love them anyway.

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whiskeyriver

At my age if launch control works I say yee-haw and let ‘er rip! lol…

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I remember having a debate with myself: is it more embarrassing to have a reaction or to not have a reaction? By the time I was done pondering that philosophical question, she was done.

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MGAP

A philosophizing deplorable…

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That’s the same excuse they gave me when I asked them why they were shaving both sides. “In case the doctor changes his mind about which side to use,” she answered. That was after I told her to get some help for the heavy lifting. Okay, yeah, it was meant to be a joke but she didn’t have to laugh that much…

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whiskeyriver

I’ve never seen a cute young nurse. The few times I have been in a hospital all my nurses looked like Mrs. Doubtfire only not as nice.

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The hospital I use is just across the street from a big nursing school so it’s chock full of cute young nurses-in-training. The doctors are so-so but the nurses are great.

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Awesome!

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whiskeyriver

Has anyone heard anything about CO2? Kind of worried about the old fart is all.

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OK folks. Been having chest pains again. Flunked the stress test. Time for a heart cath tomorrow. I don’t know if they’ll do a stent, an angioplasty or tell me I’m phucked. Will happen about 1PM PST. I will let you know how it went when it’s done. Prayers are appreciated. Thanks.

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Not so silent

Keep us updated as you can, Prayers from my family for you.

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whiskeyriver

Looks like you don’t sleep much either Nss. Or are you supposed to be working? (snicker) As for me it seems 3 or 4 hours a night is enough as long as I get a little nap after lunch.

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whiskeyriver

Dayamit CO2 how many times have I told you that quitting smoking and drinking before noon was going to be bad for your health?

All jokes aside, big time hillbilly prayers are heading your way. Please let us know how things are going.

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Thank you they worked.

I should go see you, you can give me lessons in being a badass.

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So sorry. Please take care of yourself even though a pain. Prayers for you.

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They worked Kimmy. Thank you.

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You have my prayers. And I know exactly what you’re going through–had the same procedure last year. Only my orneriness, being what it is, had me barking at the doctor before he went in. He came around for his thirty second meet-‘n’-greet and ended up pissing me off something fierce. I told him he was going in to take a look, nothing else. He told me it was usually left up to the doctor whether they put in a stent or did something else. I told him no, not this time, and if he did anything but take a look I would shove his catheterization equipment up his… well, I think we’re all familiar with the term after Dicky Durbin’s press conference. Everybody’s different but my situation wasn’t a situation where I wanted anything done without talking to me first. I almost walked out because who wants a pissed-off heart surgeon shoving a cable up your crotch?

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MGAP

Yikes. Don’t piss of surgeons when they’re in ‘surgeon mode.’ Best to do that during clinic time! I learned that surgeons are a different breed of Doc years ago and to take into consideration that they feel they are several levels/stations above the exalted level that most Doctors feel they are entitled!
Their job is to cut you open and either put something in or take something out. No gray area for these guys.

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whiskeyriver

I’m going to tell you what I told CO2. You quit smoking and drinking before noon and it has screwed you up! Look at me! I’m 64 and start the day with a pot of coffee then a beer. End the day with a few shots of sour mash. Chew on 5 or 6 cigars per day. Do everything I can to frustrate my doctor! Nothing wrong with my cholesterol even though I am a beef, beans and potatoes guy. And fried foods still rule in my home! Bacon, eggs and hash browns cooked in bacon fat is the only way to start the day!

In a way I am kidding you guys, in a way I am not. Eat what you want, do what you want. As long as you feel good who cares what some overeducated doctor thinks. Quit taking all the pills they give you because most of them do more harm than good. I take two little pills for blood pressure problems, less than $20 bucks per month and if I forget a day no big deal. I eat what I want, drink what I want and still do pretty good every day. None of us are going to live forever guys so the thing is to live good instead of living longer. This is the chorus to a song Kris Kristofferson did back in the 1970’s.

“Now I love too much, fight too much
Stay out late at night too much
But you bet your butt I’m going to
Live before I die
And I may smoke too much, drink too much
Every blessed thing too much
It’s a low-down life, but it ain’t gonna pass me by”

Think about it my friends then have a shot, a smoke and live before you die. And tell your doctor to stick it in his/her ear.

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Thank you. Prayers work.

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MGAP

Prayers and good vibes Sir. Let us know the results.

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Kip Hooker

Thoughts and prayers, get well soon!

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SHAGGY

Okay, I never get on here and say a lot, but I just read this and was fascinated with it because I don’t remember being exposed to it before. https://truthandshadows.wordpress.com/2016/09/03/king-murdered-in-hospital/ My personal connection to the upcoming 50th anniversary of MLK’s assassination is the memory of returning to Memphis after my Spring break from my freshman year at college and arriving after dark during the curfew that followed the assassination. I drove from the east end of Poplar Avenue to my tiny apartment near Overton Park without seeing another car. Pretty spooky. No one tried to stop me.

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Pretty convincing link. Odd that the assassination of MLK and the assassination of JFK are linked by physical evidence to some of the same people, specifically Jack Ruby. There’s no way you can explain that away by labeling this a whacky conspiracy theory.

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SHAGGY

Yeah, Jack Ruby and Lyndon Johnson. I stayed in Memphis after college and left in 1986. Crime got so bad I knew I couldn’t stay there for the rest of my life.

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poppajoe49

Is anyone else getting tired of the sob story commercials from the ASPCA?
I’m an animal lover, but their commercials just piss me off. They try to guilt you into giving them money, and I hate it.

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Agreed. I used to donate. but they are money hungry and I heard they kill the animals anyway.

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whiskeyriver

Ever notice that they want as much or more per month to help the “poor” animals than St. Jude’s children and Shriners hospitals want to help “poor” children with disabilities and serious illnesses? Or the Wounded Warriors Project that helps thousand of veterans with disabilities?

I don’t “play well” with adults, don’t know very many I care to associate with, but a child or fellow veteran? I have never met a child I wouldn’t wrap my arms around and do all I could to protect and make sure they felt loved. I have met very few veterans who I would kick the crap out of because they are liars and never suffered like the real vets I served with. I send $50 bucks per month to those three charities and that is all I donate to.

Another “charity” I quit giving money to is the Salvation Army. I used to stuff cash into their red kettles every year until one year, about 20 years ago, when I was watching the Rose Bowl parade. I was doing a little “hair of the dog” thing to get rid of my hangover, watching the parade when I see this million dollar float. A Salvation Army float. In the Rose Bowl parade? This is where my money has gone? To finance a million dollar float to roll in the Rose Bowl parade? I have not given one penny to the Salvation Army since.

St. Jude’s. Shriners. Any veterans charity until they prove to be money hungry and not doing what they say with my cash, helping vets being number one. All the whale loving, dog loving, cat loving, eco freak assholes can kiss my old wrinkled ass and they will never see one penny in donations from me.

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poppajoe49

Has he even had his “Lopitoffome” yet?

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whiskeyriver

If you are talking about the traitor I don’t think so. I’m willing to bet that Manning he/she is going to file another lawsuit to force the VA to pay for his lopadickoffme operation.

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MGAP

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/01/13/chelsea-manning-files-to-run-for-us-senate-seat-in-maryland.html –

File this under “shit I cant wait to watch.”

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Or under where’s my popcorn.

Some guy on Twitter this morning said he better hope he doesn’t need a cop in Baltimore.

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Progressive Hemrrhoid

Well it is a proven traitor, perfect resume enhancer when your going for the demodipshite votes.

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flashingscotsman