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¨^-/$$&££# calendar  and  timepiece as long  as you #££&$$/-^¨
¨.-:^^^¤#@ know  what year it is. every page  is  a @#¤^^^:-.¨
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.-=%$£#### reordered,  some  names  i   have  never ####£$%=-.
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.¨,.=%^§£# too quick, spilling  all my notes on the #£§^%=.,¨.
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..~==$£##@ drawing  of a muscle cow,  but  i  could @##£$==~..
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