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¨~»/%&@#@# CALENDAR AND TIMEPIECE AS  LONG  AS  YOU #@#@&%/»~¨
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.^«=%*@### DRAWING OF  A  MUSCLE COW, BUT  I  COULD ###@*%=«^.
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