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,^«/¤#¶### calendar and timepiece  as  long  as you ###¶#¤/«^,
.¨--\*£### know what year it  is. every  page is  a ###£*\--¨.
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..^=^%§@## below which  are written  coordinates in ##@§%^=^..
.,»†£#@### both  space  and  time. a  lot of it  is ###@#£†»,.
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,:-=¤@@### drawing  of a  muscle cow, but  i  could ###@@¤=-:,
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