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From: kgdykes@thinkage.on.ca (Ken Dykes)
Subject: Re: Current Harley Craze and Women
Organization: Thinkage Ltd.
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1992 02:09:55 GMT

In article <24879@castle.ed.ac.uk> cam@castle.ed.ac.uk (Chris Malcolm) writes:
>In article <daved.713803311@convex.convex.com> daved@convex.com (David Dorfman) writes:
>
>>She looked at the bike and said " If it was a harley I would ask
>>you for a ride" I was shocked and insulted, ( nothing against harleys
>>but I was pretty proud of my new bike) [ST1100] ...
>
>There isn't anything wrong with the Harley rebel image. You just made
>the mistake of supposing this young lady was talking about a ride on
>your motorcycle. In fact she was telling you that that she only wanted
>to be ridden by a Harley owner. It's well known that Harley owners have
>much bigger dicks than Honda owners.

i'll admit to only having 80 cubic inches between my legs. some of
my friends have more than 90 cubic inches!
but, i'm not too envious of them, mine seems to require less energy
resources in attaining full satisfaction.

:-)
  -ken, with 80ci YOU'D be a lowrider too...

next chapter: she's got hot jugs!
-- 
   - Ken Dykes, Thinkage Ltd., Kitchener, Ontario, Canada    [43.47N 80.52W]
         kgdykes@thinkage.on.ca   postmaster@thinkage.com   thinkage!kgdykes
         harley-request@thinkage.on.ca             kgdykes@math.uwaterloo.ca
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: hebert@isvax.lmsc.lockheed.com (Rick Hebert, Lockheed-ESC, Houston, 713/283-5109)
Subject: Re: Harleys are OUT, Porches are IN!
Organization: LOCKHEED MISSILES & SPACE CO.
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 92 03:27:29 GMT

Oh Shit!  Harleys are out!!!  

Hmmm...  Porches are in...   hmmm...  

No time to type,  gotta run and get one of them.  (Where can I get one?)

-Rick H.   III esq, inc.
From: bradl@tekig5.pen.tek.com (Vladimir Poser)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Current Harley Craze and Women
Date: 19 Aug 92 00:18:21 GMT
Reply-To: bradl@tekig5.pen.tek.com
Organization: Pokey Folk on Parade

In article <Stafford-180892173932@stafford.winona.msus.edu> Stafford@Vax2.Winona.MSUS.EDU (Stafford) writes:
>
>So, let's start the rumor that Harleys are passe and Porches
>are really in.  You know, "if you don't drive a Porche, you
>ain't ..."  After all, that's where the trend will eventually
>go.  OK, I'll get started right now.  Next post...


I think you're darn close, John. I think the porches should be the
target for poser Ducatisti, though. After all, they have bench racing
down pretty good; porch racing should be a natural. Other brands may
want to try porch racing too; I know the heck out of
the rocker arms on my favorite porch chair, for instance, and can really
wind up the rpms*. 

*rocks per minute


Don't be offended by my poking fun at the spelling. Jack T already
revealed that I haven't a real job and I'm just making sure I retain
full poser status.

ObMoto:

	I foolishly bought a rear stand for my poser GB500 but it
	doesn't work with the drum brake. I kept it so long that I no
	longer feel I can return it whence it came. $25 and postage can
	get you a lovely StandMaster II, shipped direct from my garage
	to yours.

	Or stay tuned for...........THE RAFFLE! 
				    (just kidding)



--
Bradlee T. LaBroad                             read & write & ride & juggle
 bradl@tekig5.pen.tek.com                        It's a tough job but 
   GB_500 DoD#389                                somebody gets to do it.
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles,tx.motorcycles
From: harlan@bnr.ca (Bruce Harlan)
Subject: Re: Carb Jetting Questions
Followup-To: Carb Jetting Questions
Keywords: carbs, jets
Organization: Bell-Northern Research, Richardson, Tx
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 16:56:20 GMT

I had odd mileage performance on my bike that took awhile to find.
I have an '82 Yamaha 650 Seca that just wasn't running quite right.	
The mileage was a little low and the performance was a little off.
Fortunately, the guy who services my bike is a real nitpicker and 
didn't like the mileage of performance either. He checked the carbs and
found that the diaphragms were cracked and the main jets had been scored.
Cracked diaphragms were understandable for the age of the bike, but the	
jets had been scored by some slob who cleaned them out with steel wire.

The jets and diaphragms were replaced and the bike really runs nice. The
first time that I had to poke it hard in traffic, it lifted the front wheel
off the street. I wasn't quite ready for that.

At any rate, since you're a NorthDallasPlanoite, you might want to talk 
to this guy. Go see Dave. He's the service manager at Central Yamaha in 
Plano. Not always the cheapest way to fix your bike, but I'm impressed with
the level of service that I get there.

Good luck.	
Standard disclaimers, etc.- you know the routine.
From: mage@TEETOT.ACUSD.EDU (Jack Guntly)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Info, comments, flames, etc.
Date: 16 Aug 92 15:44:15 GMT


Well, the time to buy a new bike is almost upon me (mid-October), and
I've been looking around a bit.  Unfortunately, my financial situation
is forcing me to put off that Dynaglide Softail for a while longer, so
I would like to get a little info on a couple of others.  If you've
owned, tested, or know anything important about any of the following,
please let me know.  (I'm getting insurance quotes next week that might
narrow down the field.)

Kawasaki Vulcan 88
Suzuki Intruder 1400
Honda Shadow 1100

Possibly
Kawasaki Concours
Suzuki GSX1100G

Thanks in advance for any info.

Jack

Jack Guntly                               '88 V-45 Magna (for now)
mage@teetot.acusd.edu                     DoD#0361  AMA#648758  NRA#CFS6386R
"The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to
 gain ground."     -- Thomas Jefferson
From: egreen@East.Sun.COM (Ed Green - Pixel Cruncher)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: rec.motorcycles.harley vote acknowledgment
Date: 18 Aug 1992 20:57:21 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems, RTP, NC
Distribution: world
Reply-To: egreen@East.Sun.COM
NNTP-Posting-Host: laser.east.sun.com

In article 12021@ncsu.edu, steve@bucolix.ncsu.edu (Steve Garnier) writes:
>
>The duplicates have been pointed out.  Like I said above, I DON'T INTEND TO
>CHALLENGE THE OUTCOME OF THE RMH CFV.  The quantity of votes due to
>"cheating or mistakes" can not possibly result in a change of the vote.

But it would be nice to debate the implications of the newsgroup
formation, don't you think?

:^)


---
Ed Green, former Ninjaite |I was drinking last night with a biker,
  Ed.Green@East.Sun.COM   |and I showed him a picture of you.  I said,
DoD #0111  (919)460-8302  |"Go on, get to know her, you'll like her!"
 (The Grateful Dead) -->  |It seemed like the least I could do...
From: zyang@danskin.berkeley.edu (ZIJIANG YANG)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Leaning
Date: 18 Aug 92 23:27:04 GMT
Reply-To: zyang@danskin.berkeley.edu (ZIJIANG YANG)
Organization: University of California, Berkeley
NNTP-Posting-Host: danskin.berkeley.edu

In article 80934, by  J. Eric Townsend :
 >I have the same problem with left turns, but I'm both-handed (sort
 >of).  So I dunno what the correlation is.  I know that I can grind the
 >pegs in a right hander, but am deep-down afraid of hardcore left
 >turns.

I am right handed, but I have problem with my left turns, too.
This maybe because that there are more right turns that I can practice on 
my way to and from work everyday. (I have noticed that there are stop signs
at the left turn corners.) 

Over all, I feel more comfortable with right turns than left ones, with
road going uphill than downhill, inside lane than outside. -- I sometimes
feel a little paranoid if the road is at the side of a cliff, and I am 
making a left/downhill/outside-lane-turn. --God bless me that I can make it. 

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  |zyang@kuhn.berkeley.edu       |    him, not things going to destroy
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  |           Life becomes more interesting when they become the same." 
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From: edw@boi.hp.com (Edward Walsh)
Subject: Re: FIAMM buying and Installing ( was Fiamms,Re: cage kill,was: Re: Deer) Kill)))
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 19:38:42 GMT
Organization: Hewlett-Packard / Boise, Idaho
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4

ohrd!jlevine@cs.toronto.edu (Jody Levine) writes:
: 
: If your bike has two wires leading to the horn, you can get away without the
: relay.
: I've        bike                      like       | Jody Levine    DoD #275
--
Not really, the problem is arcing in the contacts of the horn button. The
switch will fry. The gold or other good material used in the relay contacts,
combined with its extremely fast switching action, minimize arcing and leads
to long system life.
------------------------------Edward Walsh----Hewlett-Packard Company-------
                              edw@boi.hp.com  Disk Memory Division, MS213
                              (208)323-2174   P.O. Box 39  Boise,Idaho 83707
                              FJ1200'89,XZ550RJ(Vision)'82,DoD#98
From: jeq@i88.isc.com (Jonathan E. Quist)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Harley women (tm)
Date: 21 Aug 92 16:23:30 GMT
Article-I.D.: i88.1992Aug21.162330.25196
Organization: INTERACTIVE Systems Corporation, Naperville, IL

In article <1992Aug19.155102.29911@advansoft.com> eparker@advansoft.com (Eric Parker) writes:
>
>You guys can call my bike fat, ugly and slow. But, don't say the same about
>the Harley ladies....
...One that truly understands your
>needs as a real biker ( like waxing your HOG for you while you kick back
>and party ).

Or cleaning your shotgun for you when you've stayed out until 4am one
time too many.

>I guess you get the idea. I can't say enough. Unless you have experienced
>a real Harley lady you don't know what happiness is. 

Unless your name is Woody Allen.


If being a real biker means spending my life with a mindless, subservient
housemaid, then I'll never be a real biker.
-- 
Jonathan E. Quist                              INTERACTIVE Systems Corporation
jeq@i88.isc.com  '71 CL450-K4 "Gleep", DoD #094        Naperville, IL
George Bush claims to have neglected domestic issues in favor of foreign policy.
    Looking at Iraqi civilians, I'm glad we didn't have his full attention.
From: egreen@East.Sun.COM (Ed Green - Pixel Cruncher)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: HRC power kits.
Date: 12 Aug 1992 13:47:22 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems, RTP, NC
Distribution: world
Reply-To: egreen@East.Sun.COM
NNTP-Posting-Host: laser.east.sun.com

In article 169nfaINNoat@darkstar.UCSC.EDU, sandman@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (Smarter than the Average Blur) writes:
>
>1) Either everyone knows what an HRC Power Kit is and thinks I must
>be a super dimwit because I don't know.
>
>2) There is no such thing as an HRC Power Kit and people think I am
>a super dimwit because I don't know.

3) People just think you are a super dimwit.


---
Ed Green, former Ninjaite |I was drinking last night with a biker,
  Ed.Green@East.Sun.COM   |and I showed him a picture of you.  I said,
DoD #0111  (919)460-8302  |"Go on, get to know her, you'll like her!"
 (The Grateful Dead) -->  |It seemed like the least I could do...
From: censwm@cend2c10.caledonia.hw.ac.uk (Stuart W Munn)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Honda CB125S Parts Needed
Keywords: Honda, CB125S, Parts Needed
Date: 17 Aug 92 14:47:53 GMT
Organization: Department of Computer Science, Heriot-Watt University, Scotland

I am restoring a Honda CB125S 1976 model. (why? I hear you ask). I wonder if anyone out there has got the following:

A complete exhaust system
+ Engine. I am also looking for a rear tyre, 300x17 but this is not so important.

Can anyone help?

How do I get a DOD number?

-- 
================================================
Stuart Munn, 			E-Mail CENSWM@UK.AC.HW.CLUST
Heriot-Watt University,         Tel +44 31 451 3265 
Edinburgh 			FAX +44 31 451 3261
Scotland.
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From: svoboda@rtsg.mot.com (David Svoboda)
Subject: Re: Current Harley Craze and Women
Organization: Motorola Inc., Cellular Infrastructure Group
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 23:05:22 GMT

In article <14132@gazette.bcm.tmc.edu> mparsons@fleming.iaims.bcm.tmc.edu (Mark Parsons) writes:
|
|In article <1992Aug17.171654.2391@sei.cmu.edu>, dbidwa@sei.cmu.edu (Daniel Bidwa) writes:
||> 
||> Ed Green (egreen@East.Sun.COM) sez:
||> |> So what if yuppies are buying Harleys?  Good for them, it's more sales
||> |> for HD.
||> 
||> Best of all, it means that there'll be a huge number of lightly used Harleys
||> on the market in a few years.
|
|BINGO!!! That's what I'm waiting for . . . . 
|
|Mark "Papa wants a lightly used Fat Boy" Parsons

The thing is, all of those Yupsters were partly induced to buy a Harley
because of the "exceptional resale value" of the marque.  (The *are* all
MBA's after all).  So you will see two year old Fatboys, the one that
Mr Thirtysomesuch bought for $11,500 and never rode, on resale for
$11,000, with water in the oil and a spooged carb (from sitting around 
too much).

I have been looking in used merchandise publications for a ratbike.  I
usually glance over the Harley section for a good laugh.  These people
want $4500 for a three year old vanilla black Sportster (the one that
went for $4539, new).  That's not even a collectable like the $6000 
`56 hardtail might be.

If you really want a Harley, bite the bullet and go get a new one (unless 
you're Tom Deitrich, of course :-)).  It'll be shinier. 

Dave Svoboda (rubis@gagme.chi.il.us)        | "I just can't take
90 Concours 1000 (Mmmmmmmmmmmm)             |  this weird shit
No ratbike at the moment.  Suggestions?     |  before breakfast!"
AMA 583905      DoD #0330    COG 939        |   -- Evo Woman
From: mparsons@fleming.iaims.bcm.tmc.edu (Mark Parsons)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: %$*#^$! Tailgaters
Date: 14 Aug 1992 18:25:29 GMT
Reply-To: mparsons@fleming.iaims.bcm.tmc.edu (Mark Parsons)
Organization: Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tx
Originator: mparsons@fleming.iaims.bcm.tmc.edu


In article <1992Aug14.153146.16745@morgan.ucs.mun.ca>, hamm@weejordy.physics.mun.ca (Craig Hamm) writes:
|> 
|> 	I felt like starting to put the sidestand down at the light, and make
|> 	like I was going to approach the cage.  But, better judgement
|> 	prevailed (arghh), and when the light went green, I left him 
|> 	far-away-ville.  I suppose if I was in the states, I could've just
|> 	shot him?  
|> 
|> 	What would YOU do ?

Just what you did . . leave him in the dust . . get away from him.

But one thing I'd be afraid of is putting the bike on the stand . . 
as soon as I step off I'd be afraid that he's plow into the bike . 
. . .and then speed off . . . :-(

Mark

-- 
Mark A. Parsons
mparsons@bcm.tmc.edu
From: rct@fulcrum.bt.co.uk (Richard Taylor)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Does It Exist? (Jawa?)
Date: 18 Aug 92 16:27:30 GMT
Organization: Fulcrum Communications

In article <14AUG199213014547@mpx1.lampf.lanl.gov> wbetts@mpx1.lampf.lanl.gov (Betts, Wayne J.) writes:
>Can anybody tell me if there has ever been a motorcycle company or model called
>a Jawa or Java, or anything similar?  I think maybe it is (or was)
>Czechoslovakian.  Any details would be appreciated.
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>Wayne Betts

Only in the absofuckinglutely worst possible motorcycle nightmare. Squeeze
your eyes closed and think of ANYTHING else.
Except a CZ.


============================================================================
Richard Taylor                 DoD #981               (rct@fulcrum.bt.co.uk)
"Gentlemen, starta your engines... 2 minutes, to the hills." Massimo Laverda
============================================================================
Fulcrum Communications Ltd., Fordrough Lane, Birmingham, B9 5LD, ENGLAND.
From: mikel@berlioz.nsc.com (Michael G. Lohmeyer)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: I discovered something this weekend....
Date: 13 Aug 92 00:52:21 GMT
Organization: National Semiconductor Corporation

>>Yeah, that first turn isn't nearly as exciting as the first hard stop.
>>That was when I discovered that gas tanks are a lot harder than testicles.
>>A LOT harder. :-(

     When I got my bike (a rather old Honda), the many dents in the tank 
made it obvious that it had been around some.  The two most interesting
dents, however, are the two on the top of the tank right next to the seat.
They are almost completely symetrical, evenly spaced from side to side and
top to bottom and separated by a center line that runs from the front to 
back of the tank.  I have no idea how these happened, but the first thing
that popped to mind was some poor saps testicles after something similar to
what was described above.  What a painful thought.

     Even better, though, was when I got together with some of the
Bay Area DoD'ers and the first comment anyone had about the dents was
that they were caused by someone's testicles also.  I guess that says 
something about the kinds of things we guys are worried about on bikes.

Mike
-------------
Mike Lohmeyer		|  Whether in the street or the dirt...
mikel@berlioz.nsc.com	|  '73 CB500	...the older they are	
San Jose CA		|  '76 DT400	the better they get.
DoD #808		|  '77 IT175
From: cam@castle.ed.ac.uk (Chris Malcolm)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Current Harley Craze and Women
Date: 19 Aug 92 16:37:45 GMT
Organization: Edinburgh University

In article <1992Aug17.171654.2391@sei.cmu.edu> dbidwa@sei.cmu.edu (Daniel Bidwa) writes:

>Ed Green (egreen@East.Sun.COM) sez:
>|> So what if yuppies are buying Harleys?  Good for them, it's more sales
>|> for HD.

>Best of all, it means that there'll be a huge number of lightly used Harleys
>on the market in a few years.

I was listening to a motorcycle journalist the other day, who was
explaining to us why Harleys are so popular in Britain today. He
claimed that it's the born-again bikers, who used to ride a Triumph or
Norton 500-650 parallel twin or somesuch, then married the wrong
woman.

When the kids have grown up and the wife has her own car he starts
hanging round the bike shops and reading the mags. He discovers that
these days the hot stuff is something Japanese of at least 750cc., and
arranges a demo ride on one. Unlike his last bike, which would
sometimes exceed 100mph with a following wind, this bike wheelies in
the first few gears, exceeds 100 mph before you change into top,
accelerates fast enough to flatten your eyeballs, and lifts the rear
wheel when you grab the front brake. He staggers terrified back into
the dealers, who offers him a clean pair of trousers, and leads him
gently over to the HD area.

"I see you are a mature motorcyclist, sir, a man of taste and
refinement. You're not interested in academic top speeds, you don't
want a plastic crotch rocket designed to appeal to teenagers, you want
something with the solid virtues of motorcycles as they used to be. A
classic built of fine durable materials which, although expensive, is
very popular with bankers and accountants because of its slow, er,
depreciation. This motorcycle is the Harley. You know what Harley
riders call these modern Jap bikes? Rice rockets!"

So the guy buys a Harley Davidson motorcycle, a Harley cigarette
lighter, Harley shades, a six-pack of imported Bud (brewed from rice,
but he doesn't know that...), a Harley sleeveless leather jacket, and
some Harley deodorant. It turns out you can't get Harley condoms yet.

But he won't sell the bike. Nope, not even after riding it. If he
actually tries riding to another city on it, and doesn't like the
experience, why, he'll just buy another another to garage there, and
fly between them.  If he likes the rally or bikers pub scene, he'll
get a pickup to take the bike there.

His wife will sell all his Harleys when he dies. So you'll have to
wait more than a few years...
-- 
Chris Malcolm    cam@uk.ac.ed.aifh          +44 (0)31 650 3085
Department of Artificial Intelligence,    Edinburgh University
5 Forrest Hill, Edinburgh, EH1 2QL, UK                DoD #205
From: frank@marvin.contex.com (Frank Perdicaro)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: NE Route info requested
Date: 20 Aug 92 14:45:38 GMT
Organization: Xyvision Design Systems

In article <IeYfS_i00Uzx83QN53@andrew.cmu.edu> ps3p+@andrew.cmu.edu (Peter A. Simon) writes:
>Over Labor Day Weekend (arrrrgh) my girlfriend and I are riding from
>Pittsburgh, PA to White Water Junction, VT.  What I know is:  Its's a)
>600 miles by major highway and b) a grueling 12 hour, pedal-to-the metal
>trip by car.
>
Is there any chance you mean White River Junction?

I would pick up route 7 in CT, follow it through MA to route 2, take
that across to 91, and follow it up to central VT.  The scenery will
be excellent, and I think you can average > 65mph.  I did a lot of
this route at ( an indicated ) 95 mph.

I cannot help you south of CT.

-- 
	 Frank E Perdicaro, Systems Admin, etc.		Xyvision Color Systems
      Legalize guns, drugs and cash...today.		101 Edgewater Drive
   inhouse: frank@marvin, x5572				Wakefield MA
outhouse: frank@contex.com, 617-245-4100x5572		018801285
From: jeq@i88.isc.com (Jonathan E. Quist)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: FIAMM Installation clues
Date: 19 Aug 92 20:27:05 GMT
Article-I.D.: i88.1992Aug19.202705.28434
Organization: INTERACTIVE Systems Corporation, Naperville, IL

In article <1992Aug19.143638.19898@javelin.sim.es.com> blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com writes:
>
>If you have problems, let us hear about them.

Well, first nobody wanted to buy our house.  Then our cat got hit by
a car and broke his leg; he gets the pin out in two more weeks.  My
15-month-old fell off a chair and swacked her face on the edge of the
dining room table, so she looks like we've been playing "Catch a Baby Seal"
with her.  The water pump blew up on my car, so I took a day off to replace
it.  The repair manual had the distributor diagram completely wrong, so
when I replaced everything, I spent an extra two hours discovering that
the plug wires were on completely wrong before the car would run again.
And I have a splitting headache.

That's about all the problems I have right at the moment.

If Datasbuild had an email address, I'd send him a long letter about now.

M'Lud.


-- 
Jonathan E. Quist                              INTERACTIVE Systems Corporation
jeq@i88.isc.com  '71 CL450-K4 "Gleep", DoD #094        Naperville, IL
George Bush claims to have neglected domestic issues in favor of foreign policy.
    Looking at Iraqi civilians, I'm glad we didn't have his full attention.
From: harmons@.WV.TEK.COM (Harmon Sommer)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Countersteering a shafty
Date: 15 Aug 92 19:26:08 GMT

Reply-To: harmons@mithril.WV.TEK.COM (Harmon Sommer)
Followup-To: 
Distribution: 
Organization: /usr/ens/etc/organization
Keywords: 

>The only time countersteering won't work is with a sidecar. If you're getting

Sure it does; just means you do a 270 to get a 90
From: jnmoyne@lbl.gov (Jean-Noel Moyne)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Harleys are OUT, Porches are IN!
Date: 19 Aug 1992 19:59:11 GMT
Organization: Lauwrence Berkeley Laboratory
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: 131.243.64.149

> Forgery deleted

	Seen in the last Independent Biker (Bike Rag from SF, distributed around CA),
in the small ads section: For Trade
For Trade a fully loaded Porsche (I don't remember, think it was a 911) for a
Harley.

	If you don't believe me, check it out.

	JNM
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