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Post #Ar3fxZwaamj8B7DLV2 by [email protected] |
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Ended up taking about blue boxes in my surveillance class today, and explaining… |
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Post #Ar3g6VLt2CXsXiIrCq by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze "We used to leave the house without a phone! And not text our f… |
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Post #Ar3gOQ61JYzTSEQNDk by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze My late mother, who was born in 1934, purchased a computer at age 72… |
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Post #Ar3gQLOvk1pBTLBeiW by [email protected] |
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… so then I tied an onion to my belt, which was the style at the time. |
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Post #Ar3gRbObl5ufMvdV2m by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze You could also have had fun by explaining why the excise tax on long… |
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Post #Ar3gVjxBsngd4JmjUO by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze Did you talk about the original phone phreaks whistling manually for… |
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Post #Ar3gZorxY4pXTMHcxc by [email protected] |
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Post #Ar3gh0bkIsrluE7ybo by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze Trying to get your final points and your goodbyes in before your qua… |
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Post #Ar3haY1JmK5lSZZVya by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze I would like to have back all the time I spent trying to find the be… |
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Post #Ar3hwz4bsOEVjaoHj6 by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze I built a blue box and fooled around with it for a while. We used to… |
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Post #Ar3i7gnYAB7kExw2K0 by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze In the numeric pager days, I dialed the 800 number for my long-dista… |
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Post #Ar3i9rdGqw7GQBAEXg by [email protected] |
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@paninid @ai6yr @mattblaze Hey, you may make fun of MapQuest, but they're c… |
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Post #Ar3i9rqk2qtL5xSzXU by [email protected] |
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@dan @ai6yr @mattblaze I don’t think I’m making fun of Mapquest, I’m reco… |
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Post #Ar3iKitVgHzUVQwCn2 by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze I'm "called my girlfriend 50 miles away after 11 pm so I co… |
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Post #Ar3iMJ3qhQUUxsWqVk by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze I have a phone that can be dialed with punch cards, but nowadays if … |
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Post #Ar3iw26xCE5Yow16My by [email protected] |
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@paninid @ai6yr @mattblaze I remember printing a bunch of MapQuest sheets for m… |
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Post #Ar3iw2IeUjRjPDURbU by [email protected] |
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@carstenfranke @ai6yr @mattblaze PEBKAC |
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Post #Ar3ixqxzbP3yprh2ae by [email protected] |
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@dan @paninid @ai6yr @mattblaze is that because the static map tiles haven'… |
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Post #Ar3ixrAkpxGtTRfETw by [email protected] |
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@kajord @dan @ai6yr @mattblaze 😬 |
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Post #Ar3j0Ra8RGduyUllFw by [email protected] |
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@paninid @ai6yr @mattblaze and my stepson is in his 2nd week of EMT training, … |
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Post #Ar3j0Rmtfoqpc4jx9E by [email protected] |
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@carstenfranke @ai6yr @mattblaze We used to be a proper country. |
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Post #Ar3jBpFem9krZQcNM0 by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze Is long-distance billing still a thing at all in the US, or is it go… |
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Post #Ar3jQMvINlQ83U1qqW by [email protected] |
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@K7PJP most wireless providers still provide monthly itemized call details, but… |
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Post #Ar3kCa8mXjDgwsKKLQ by [email protected] |
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@carstenfranke @paninid @ai6yr @mattblaze Teach him how to use a compass. Bot… |
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Post #Ar3kCaHI261dNGJ7bc by [email protected] |
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@Nazani @carstenfranke @paninid @ai6yr personally, I feel very uncomfortable in… |
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Post #Ar3kQCM5lzMBEZ2sGe by [email protected] |
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@carstenfranke @paninid @mattblaze LOL the younger generations REALLY have a pr… |
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Post #Ar3kQCTtIzaxckh6QK by [email protected] |
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@ai6yrGrandpa*: Here, kiddo, this is the Forest Service map of the area < un… |
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Post #Ar3kbLKYk9i8FuduJU by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze I prefer “culturally experienced” |
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Post #Ar3m7ujmjka5HyXL7Y by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze I think there's a certain irony that hacker culture, and to a ce… |
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Post #Ar3nJchJja1MliWtkW by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze Eh, but kids these days can look stuff up, so they can take a minute… |
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Post #Ar3oENuROCRlPSjZGS by [email protected] |
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@c_merriweather @ai6yr @carstenfranke @paninid @mattblaze My biggest complaint … |
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Post #Ar3oEO2atsy7okY4yO by [email protected] |
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@LabSpokane @ai6yr @carstenfranke @paninid @mattblaze Screenshots of maps are q… |
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Post #Ar3oWc1FfTJyNobxlQ by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze @Nazani @carstenfranke @paninid @ai6yr About the need for GPS…http… |
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Post #Ar3pFTzgLv56WZGzYW by [email protected] |
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@dan I have one of those - DTMF version - in a box somewhere. If only I had som… |
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Post #Ar3pzD2XicsRGPPo6y by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze I've got mine working through a VOIP adapter!https://discuss.sys… |
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Post #Ar3q0PKrURV3geYTwG by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze Old you say? I have two words: pink pistachios. |
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Post #Ar3q1adUxamb1aptce by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze Just wait till you start telling them about "the operator" |
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Post #Ar3qkJeQxMCPNVbIZM by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze As recently as the early 80s, there was a middle tier of pricing whe… |
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Post #Ar3r6i172t47Jmt0ca by [email protected] |
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@thecampbell @mattblaze that was a character in The Matrix, right? |
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Post #Ar3rH7emZX2rjbPIVE by [email protected] |
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@ai6yr @mattblaze One could use HAM radio handsets and repeaters though.Not so … |
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Post #Ar3rH7o01GPyCBierw by [email protected] |
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@lispi314 @ai6yr I remember endless stupid arguments from armchair amateur comm… |
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Post #Ar3rRFUCJlj0udHiC0 by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze Do "Party lines" next, they won't believe you...sorry … |
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Post #Ar3s9HA3S1jMqirAoa by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze @lispi314 😂 |
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Post #Ar3sDHXhyU0bBtpZ7A by [email protected] |
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@ireneista @lispi314 @dan Pulse dialing has this interesting property that alth… |
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Post #Ar3sLngqKr2nD8AJeq by [email protected] |
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@ai6yr @lispi314 The stupid argument was that you aren't supposed to make m… |
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Post #Ar3sbsCrJMSXqqnwq8 by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze @lispi314 LOL the same amateur lawyers get in those arguments here a… |
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Post #Ar3t7TkFnGAxFiUmMy by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze @ai6yr They could just... not charge or not mention it on the waves. |
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Post #Ar3t7TslHcytg6TZdA by [email protected] |
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@lispi314 @ai6yr The tow company wouldn't have been using the radio or know… |
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Post #Ar3uLpeFFsEHBy5pFQ by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze Long distance calls still cost more in some parts of the world, espe… |
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Post #Ar3uiXvzHT1wujDsNk by [email protected] |
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@dan @mattblaze Good grief, I remember those stupid punch card phones. Oddly, … |
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Post #Ar3uiY4UlpptL7Cfdw by [email protected] |
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@elaterite @dan @mattblaze I was born in 1983 but I love old technology of all … |
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Post #Ar3uiYDiDZCznhW20e by [email protected] |
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@dandylover1 @dan @elaterite Card dialer phones were pretty specialized and unu… |
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Post #Ar3up8Hj2iqTOIWzuS by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze I was actually last-week old when I discovered that 2600 magazine st… |
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Post #Ar3uqOiLRcU6dRaMEK by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze I'm this old:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RT4__Nz5HWY&ab_… |
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Post #Ar3vBHyPhZnvoI3yZE by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze man you were so cool, I never did the onion thing, I was just too sq… |
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Post #Ar3vje91mBu4Q1PWpU by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze @marick Next tell them about intra vs inter-LATA long distance can h… |
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Post #Ar3wEQyOnUhCXs7UnY by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze I did a business plan for a business that would provide Usenet to a … |
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Post #Ar3x2fgMNq92dydZeS by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze Why were blue boxes blue? |
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Post #Ar3xElwEwuU5WPpqWu by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze still have my blue box and aqua box in a cardboard box somewhere. |
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Post #Ar3yhxqNrbJ8nYa0NE by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze I am also old, and knew a couple of people in long distance relation… |
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Post #Ar3zUVbDfHfPOAdOd6 by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze I still love my Ordinance Survey maps. But they're useless here.… |
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Post #Ar40KI6373eaZLkLLM by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze @dandylover1 @elaterite the marketing campaign was based on the idea… |
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Post #Ar421NSf8tqDc7QtbE by [email protected] |
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@paninid @ai6yr @mattblaze Hmm ... I still print Mapquest directions, and tos… |
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Post #Ar421NaSfu500J57ku by [email protected] |
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@CommonSparrow @paninid @ai6yr @mattblaze Very early 2000s, I had Mapquest on a… |
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Post #Ar421NnDuSHudt3JeC by [email protected] |
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@mike805 @CommonSparrow @ai6yr @mattblaze Team Treo, unite! |
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Post #Ar425pXqfbz3s7yw08 by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze @dandylover1 @dan @elaterite I saw a 1970s phone dialer with a wide … |
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Post #Ar42YRbOleu40rHopM by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze Kid, I'm "calling your parents collect from the pay phone i… |
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Post #Ar4F2geKaMn8ooqTNw by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze we knew it was bs back then too. Pass me them alligator clips, frien… |
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Post #Ar4HJ9qA1RzPtUMOR6 by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze There is a street running between the border of Delaware & Mary… |
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Post #Ar4JJt2cANlTzSf1xQ by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze wait people my age don't know about long distance calls? |
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Post #Ar4g7p5tJWnhDePTsW by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze they were prob even more horrified that when hearing about if you we… |
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Post #Ar5EtEOaSSKlk5vrhw by [email protected] |
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@LabSpokane @c_merriweather @ai6yr @carstenfranke @paninid @mattblaze Paper map… |
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Post #Ar5EtEY9srzSDmPVcu by [email protected] |
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@JustTooOdd @c_merriweather @ai6yr @carstenfranke @paninid @mattblaze When my D… |
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@LabSpokaneOh, we had those, as well. I still have some AAA maps, for reference… |
