Hannah Flynn
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12/14/2015
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Christmas in the Neath! Hark to the tuneless singing of urchins. Wade through a drift of what Londoners pretend is snow.
SNOW!
Starting at noon GMT today, Time, the Healer will bring ‘snow’ to the doorsteps of London. You’ll need to dig your door out, or find a helpful soul to assist you.
You may even spend Fate to employ a certain cowled assistant - and earn unique seasonal Home Comfort items!
Acquiring pails of this so-called snow and learning what you can about it will unlock a selection of seasonal benefits at the end of the season, when Penstock’s Wicket opens on the 6th of January.
A GIFT FROM MR SACKS
The urchins have got their hands on Mr Sacks’ terrible sack. You can draw a gift from it (or send one to a friend) - for a price, of course.
Buy a lucky dip in Mr Sacks’ sack for yourself, or send a lucky dip draw to another player! There's a snippet of story for each prize. Begin with Explore the festive season, available throughout London.
TREATS AND WELL-WISHES
The Fallen London advent calendar continues! Each window is only around for a few days, so check back regularly to receive all of the various treats.
Christmas cards are still being delivered by Time, the Healer! We encourage you to reach out to a new player with a card and a friendly greeting, in the spirit of the season. Find new friends on reddit, twitter (using #flcards) or here on the forums.
Look for Explore the festive season throughout London to take part in the seasonal fun!
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Sackville
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12/15/2015
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Optimatum wrote:
According to RandomWalker there is also a "Fragment of The Tragedy Procedures" but sadly said user doesn't have links to their accounts in their signature.
edited by Optimatum on 12/15/2015
http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/vswest?fromEchoId=7289686
I got it at drawing from a pilfered sack = 0
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malthaussen
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12/14/2015
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Just so everyone knows, a certain Tiger is eligible to receive gifts for Sacksmas...
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Will do all socials except Loitering or Private Evenings (all my Free Evenings are accounted for), and Affluent Photographer Betrayals only, please. I am not currently accepting calling cards.
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Kade Carrion (an_ocelot)
Posts: 1372
12/22/2015
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Of all the offerings during Advent, the peace offering from the Probably Random Number Algorithm is always my favorite.
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ashdenej
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12/14/2015
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Robin Mask wrote:
That's really interesting! Is that a fate-locked destiny? If not, can you say how you got it? 
Oh! No, just an image manipulation in reference to the (fatelocked) Probably a Coincidence and Backstage.
I rather imagine that it's what would happen if you trip up over your robe while leaving the Bazaar with your gift! Crushing the Bazaar and destroying the Neath is, of course, the One True Destiny that everyone is working towards (if only to get those extra points of Bizarre).
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suinicide
Posts: 2409
12/15/2015
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Okay, I am really jealous of that. That is amazing.
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Erika
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12/15/2015
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http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/a/30171midnightmatriarchy
Now there's an access code I can get behind. If you haven't seen, I am the perfect place to send cat boxes (if you don't mind sending them to someone who already has a Starveling Cat or 77).
Donations to the Starveling Cafe are welcomed with a hot cup of bat guano as a scratch to the face. Come for the day! And lose it.
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Optimatum
Posts: 3666
12/15/2015
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Various denizens of the IRC have put together a google doc. I'll PM you the link, since posting it publicly might be giving a bit too much info about fate options.
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Parelle
Posts: 1084
12/14/2015
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Snow is returning with Time the Healer, as I already cleared my path this morning and the way is again shut with ToH
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pages from a dusty bookshop: a badly updated FL changelog | Useful Guidance and Explanations
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Sara Hysaro
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12/14/2015
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Glad to see new gifts this year! I picked up a Tea Set, partly because it's the only Respectable Home Comfort in existence right now.
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Eli V Tso
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12/14/2015
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SUN THE SUN THE SUN THE SUN THE SUN THE
http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/Eli~V~Tso?fromEchoId=7284161
(my friends got one of the Research Assistants and some Beetles, and the other got a heavily dented tin of zzoup and an emergency blunderbuss that was attempted to use to open the tin)
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Optimatum
Posts: 3666
12/18/2015
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The difference I'd say for the Rat of Glory is that it's much less of a guaranteed gain. With my best gear I have Watchful ~250 and only a 60% of using it successfully, which also takes seven actions per try and even on success has a 20% or so chance of stealing tons of candles instead of giving anything useful. On the other hand a soul can be sold for a fairly large amount normally and various options like the Brass Embassy room and having purchased the Soul Trade make it even more lucrative.
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NiteBrite
Posts: 1019
12/22/2015
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Optimatum wrote:
metasynthie wrote:
So... probably no Acquaintance: Heptagoat this Xmas? Or a Dark-Carapaced Crustacean? Very few unpredictable days left (perhaps just one!)
NiteBrite is now personally acquainted with it, after all.
I'm keeping an eye on the heptagoat. So far, there's not been an option to let me acquaint people with it. At least, not yet.
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NiteBrite
Posts: 1019
12/22/2015
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I hope there is an option to get a third tattoo this year, or that you can reset tattoos individually. Because I want a heptagoat tattoo, but it would be a shame to lose the noman tattoo. My current tattoos are my own name, and my own face (noman). I, ah, I might be a -little- vain. Maybe, just a bit :P
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Nigel Overstreet
Posts: 1220
12/23/2015
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Kolanowski wrote:
Oh, a new Advent Calendar window is open! I wonder what delicious gifts await withi-
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*sobs* You had me at 52% conversion rate on Lens of Black Glass, you magnificent creature!
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Lady Sapho Byron
Posts: 770
12/22/2015
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an_ocelot wrote:
Of all the offerings during Advent, the peace offering from the Probably Random Number Algorithm is always my favorite.
I laughed so hard when I saw that last year! I'm glad it appeared again!
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Màiread
Posts: 385
12/15/2015
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Kolanowski, it's always been the way (as the snow blocks the path to your lodgings)....and yet every time I am surprised by it.
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Peggy the Nowoman lived to see the Feast. Thank you for the memories, Snow Lady.
I'm happy to accept most social actions except for lethal sparring and loitering suspiciously. Please challenge my plant! Currently not accepting calling cards.
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Souglas D'cott
Posts: 11
12/17/2015
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Gonen wrote:
Not necessarily. Day 9 gave Irrigo clearance. Not everyone had Irrigo (some new players could not even obtain one to erase it). The solution was to give an extra prize with it to all. Those who had Irrigo benefited from both.
So the advent gift could contain both soul and another prize for all to benefit.
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So what, maybe make it soul/spirifer related, something about you stumbling upon a spirifer uncovering a trove of souls, gives you maybe 100-200 souls, 15-20 Brilliant souls, maybe some infernal contracts and a loss of "Your own Infernal Contract"? I think that would sound reasonable.
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2016 No Rose Gifts please.
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MrBurnside
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12/17/2015
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Souglas D'cott wrote:
So what, maybe make it soul/spirifer related, something about you stumbling upon a spirifer uncovering a trove of souls, gives you maybe 100-200 souls, 15-20 Brilliant souls, maybe some infernal contracts and a loss of "Your own Infernal Contract"? I think that would sound reasonable.
Most of the year, that wouldn't be too big a deal. It's Sackmas-tide, though, and that would end up giving a ton of advantage to people who could sell their soul using The Western Tower card. That's 130 Echos or another Pail!
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dov
Posts: 2580
12/23/2015
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Which means you can also add it for ease of reference to your Plans.
Just find any action which requires ToL (e.g. by choosing a Pail of So-called Snow so you can see the Boar option, even if you can't/won't use it), and click the little ribbon to add this action to your plans.
Now, anytime you want to check your ToL level, choose your Plans tab, find the action you've marked (e.g. Feed it to a Wild Boar) and hover the mouse over the ToL requirements icon. Much faster than going to the Myself tab, opening the Story category and scrolling down / searching for the quality).
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1/14/2016
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Somebody on another site did this mistake, so I thought I'd warn everybody (again: )
If you completely lose your Putting the Pieces Together: A Taste of Lacre, you can't buy Buckets of So-Called-Snow from Urchins. If you are in that point, only said Buckets, finishing an (Uncompleted) 12 Days with Mr. Sacks choosing the correct options on certain days or allowing a melting purchased Noman (not getting to Noman Knows 15+) and putting it in a Bucket for So-Called Snow can add that Taste back.
You don't wan t to get to this point.
It's always best to have +3 Taste for the Wicket anyway (to enter) and a +1 taste to buy the Snow. Even if you have a Taste balance when the Christmas event ends, you can buy Tears of the Bazaar in the Nadir with them or save them as Rollover for next year's events (they last unlike the buckets which can also be used in De Gustibus.)
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Souglas D'cott
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12/18/2015
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MrBurnside wrote:
Most of the year, that wouldn't be too big a deal. It's Sackmas-tide, though, and that would end up giving a ton of advantage to people who could sell their soul using The Western Tower card. That's 130 Echos or another Pail!
Oh wow, I didn't even realise that was a thing which could be done. Thing is though, some of these advents give items which can be used far more effectively by some people than others. Taking the previous example of the 9th day, the FiHP that gave could really only be used by non-POSI characters for monetary gain, whereas POSI characters could use them for creating MW on The High Tower Card. It would be quite an exploit though if someone used that soul-returning method.
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Optimatum
Posts: 3666
12/22/2015
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metasynthie wrote:
So... probably no Acquaintance: Heptagoat this Xmas? Or a Dark-Carapaced Crustacean? Very few unpredictable days left (perhaps just one!)
NiteBrite is now personally acquainted with it, after all.
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Want a sip of Cider? Just say hi!
PM me for information enigmatic or Fated. Though the forum please, not FL itself.
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Grenem
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12/22/2015
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Kolanowski wrote:
Oh, a new Advent Calendar window is open! I wonder what delicious gifts await withi-
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YOUR TRANSGRESSIONS ARE UNFORGIVABLE
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It shows up every year- and it seems to have brought me good luck this one. upcrafting love stories, i got 0 rare successes, which is a shame, but 0 failures, either, which is lucky, for 9 upcrafts!
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Scienceandponies
Posts: 247
12/23/2015
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Just something I've noticed.
I've seen people talking about how the level for Taste of Lacre isn't displayed and you either need to know what the the descriptions correspond to, or use the profile mantle piece trick. Has anyone else noticed that the level is clearly marked under story qualities on the "Myself" tab?
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Sara Hysaro
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12/23/2015
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Yep! You can also see it if you look at any quality requiring Taste of Lacre (like the Boar option).
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Optimatum
Posts: 3666
12/22/2015
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Clearly it isn't satisfied with your service and devotion. Selling a bottle of Hesperidean Cider wasn't enough, you have to get tattoo'd with it first.
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Want a sip of Cider? Just say hi!
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suinicide
Posts: 2409
12/15/2015
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I found a reliquary for a famous rat. (A ratty reliquary) May they rest in peace. It doesn't have a use however.
http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/suinicide?fromEchoId=7284254
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A gentleman seeking the liberation of knowledge, with a penchant for violence.
RIP suinicide, stuck in a well. Still has it under control.
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thedeadlymoose
Posts: 214
12/15/2015
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I was gifted (!!!!) a sack dive, and got a curious catch.
http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/Eris~Jay?fromEchoId=7289101
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The Glass Boffin
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12/14/2015
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Thank you Madam Flynn!
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Agatha Kizmesis
Posts: 32
12/14/2015
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Wow, my very first Christmas in FL! Sounds really fun, so I'm looking forward to it (and figuring lacre out, too ☆)
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Agatha Kizmesis: A Machiavellian zee captain, neddy woman, and actually a rather nice person.
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Màiread
Posts: 385
12/14/2015
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Wohoo! Time to strap on the wellies and start harassing the Urchins.
If anyone has time, I too would appreciate a pm about the new home comforts - I may need to nab another night whisper!
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Useful Links: Traveller's Friend (Progress Tracker & Notability Calculator) | phryne's Guide to Favours & Renown |
Peggy the Nowoman lived to see the Feast. Thank you for the memories, Snow Lady.
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Souglas D'cott
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12/14/2015
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Well I chose one of the new Home Comforts, the one from Mr Spices. It is currently on my profile, if anyone wishes to see it.
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2016 No Rose Gifts please.
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Optimatum
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12/15/2015
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rawandle wrote:
so im fairly new to the game, been playing for about a month or two and its definitely my first Christmas, whats the best way to use buckets of snow?
This thread covers the mechanics of lacre and Mr. Sacks and such. Much of it is specifically for optimizing gains as a high-level player but I'm sure you can find some useful information. If you have a four-card lodging and are a PoSI then I'd recommend trying to upgrade the lodging to the five-card version. Otherwise (or if you get a five-card and have stuff left over) a Remote Address lodging would be a good goal. Those are pretty cheap at only three Taste of Lacre, or three buckets max, and while in use prevent several common but fairly useless cards from showing up.
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Want a sip of Cider? Just say hi!
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Optimatum
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12/15/2015
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Catherine Raymond wrote:
thedeadlymoose wrote:
I was gifted (!!!!) a sack dive, and got a curious catch.
http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/Eris~Jay?fromEchoId=7289101
You can get those at Mutton Island during the fall festival...I forget what it's called exactly. But you can only have one at a time there because the action carousel that grants them cannot be repeated while you have one, so it's nice to have an extra for next year!
Deep-zee Catch, not Curious Catch. The latter is a quality and gets removed by TtH when the festival ends.
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malthaussen
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12/15/2015
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Pass the Cat should really let you Pass the Cat, i.e., send it on to somebody else if you are sent one (as opposed to drawing the card normally). Otherwise, it can be a bit harassing.
And Cecil, you have two cat boxes from me sitting in your mailbox! I bet you're being swamped!
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Will do all socials except Loitering or Private Evenings (all my Free Evenings are accounted for), and Affluent Photographer Betrayals only, please. I am not currently accepting calling cards.
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Optimatum
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12/15/2015
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I believe that it not showing a number is because you have only one, whether it's a quality or item. If the value was 0 then you wouldn't have the quality at all so nothing would be shown, such as when viewing your profile between raiding sacks.
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Rae Ameras
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12/15/2015
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There we go, I can get back into my house. Whew!
Now, to find those sneaky urchins...
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Feel free to send me other stuff tho! Thank you.
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metasynthie
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12/15/2015
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Ian Hart wrote:
Whatever shall I do with all these research assistants?
Further the propagation of unconventional encomia, that's my vote!
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