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Hello and welcome to this Let's Play of MLB 07: The Show. It is a baseball game for PS2 and is based on the 2007 season. It has someone from the Mets on the cover, so you know it's good! Ah, but what is baseball, you might ask? For that, I heartily suggest reading the Let's Play of The Closer by TheMcD. He talks about baseball while following the adventures of one specific baseball player, Bobson Dugnutt, in his quest to win the World Series. Ah, but why LP a baseball game from 2007? Because MLB 07: The Show featured the debut of a brand new game mode, called Road to the Show. In this mode, we can create a custom player and play an entire season - nay, an entire career! - strictly from the perspective of that player. Like The Closer, we will be only control one baseball player, on both offense and defense. He will go from a rookie in the minors to a major league all-star, maybe! Hopefully! Someday! While I am allegedly proficient at this video game, I know less about baseball than other people. Fortunately, I will bring other people along, to helpfully fill the gaps in my knowledge with knowledge of their own. Or at least jokes at my expense. Episode 1 - Spring Training part 1 featuring TheMcD and Danaru Episode 2 - Spring Training part 2 featuring TheMcD and Danaru Episode 3 - Spring Training part 3 featuring TheMcD and Danaru Episode 4 - Spring Training part 4 featuring TheMcD and Danaru Episode 5 - April 2007 part 1 featuring DiscountCleric and Miz Kriss Episode 6 - April 2007 part 2 featuring DiscountCleric and Miz Kriss Episode 7 - April 2007 part 3 featuring DiscountCleric and Miz Kriss Episode 8 - April 2007 part 4 featuring DiscountCleric, FairGame, and PolarMic Episode 9 - April 2007 part 5 featuring DiscountCleric, FairGame, and PolarMic Episode 10 - April 2007 part 6 featuring DiscountCleric, FairGame, and PolarMic Episode 11 - April 2007 part 7 featuring DiscountCleric, FairGame, and PolarMic Episode 12 - May 2007 featuring TheMcD and Danaru Episode 13 - June 2007 featuring TheMcD and Danaru Episode 14 - July 2007 featuring TheMcD and Danaru Episode 15 - August 2007 featuring TheMcD and Danaru Episode 16 - April 2008 featuring bunnyofdoom and Mistywave Episode 17 - May 2008 featuring bunnyofdoom and Mistywave Episode 18 - June 2008 featuring bunnyofdoom, Mistywave, and Miz Kriss Episode 19 - July 2008 featuring bunnyofdoom, Mistywave, and Miz Kriss Episode 20 - August 2008 featuring DiscountCleric and Miz Kriss Episode 21 - Spring Training 2009 featuring DiscountCleric and Miz Kriss Episode 22 - April 2009 featuring DiscountCleric and Miz Kriss Episode 23 - Spring Training with Turgid Pnurtis featuring DiscountCleric, habeasdorkus, and Miz Kriss Episode 24 - April 2007 featuring HulkaMatt and PolarMic Episode 25 - May 2007 featuring HulkaMatt, Miz Kriss, and PolarMic Episode 26 - June 2007 featuring HulkaMatt, Miz Kriss, and PolarMic Episode 27 - July 2007 featuring DiscountCleric and Miz Kriss Episode 28 - August 2007 featuring habeasdorkus and Miz Kriss Episode 29 - April 2008 featuring habeasdorkus and Miz Kriss Episode 30 - May 2008 featuring habeasdorkus and Miz Kriss Episode 31 - June 2008 featuring Danaru, DiscountCleric, and Miz Kriss Episode 32 - July 2008 featuring Miz Kriss Episode 33 - August 2008 featuring Miz Kriss Episode 34 - September 2008 featuring Danaru, habeasdorkus, and Miz Kriss Episode 35 - April 2009 featuring bunnyofdoom, Danaru, habeasdorkus, and Miz Kriss Episode 36 - May 2009 featuring bunnyofdoom, Danaru, habeasdorkus, and Miz Kriss Episode 37 - June 2009 featuring bunnyofdoom, Danaru, habeasdorkus, and Miz Kriss Episode 38 - July 2009 featuring bunnyofdoom, HulkaMatt, Danaru, Miz Kriss, and The_Goog Episode 39 - August 2009 featuring bunnyofdoom, Mistywave, Danaru, Miz Kriss, and The_Goog Episode 40 - September 2009 featuring bunnyofdoom, Mistywave, HulkaMatt, Danaru, Miz Kriss, and The_Goog Episode 41 - April 2010 featuring bunnyofdoom, Mistywave, Danaru, Miz Kriss, and The_Goog CirclMastr fucked around with this message at 23:34 on Mar 17, 2021 |
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Now we all know what the most important thing about baseball is, but what's the second most important thing? Statistics and records! They are so important that they've even been codified into video games, in the form of achievements! Listed below are some key achievements for Flaccid J. Pnurtis to earn, but feel free to post suggestions for new achievements to add to the list!
A Pnurtis-sized shoutout to onewordalllowercase in the YouTube comments for scanning in their copy of Flaccid J. Pnurtis's rookie card: Pnurtis-sized thanks to oldskool for eavesdropping on Flaccid and Turgid's holiday reunion: CirclMastr fucked around with this message at 18:17 on Jan 30, 2021 |
# ¿ Sep 6, 2020 04:30 |
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Episode 1 - Spring Training part 1 featuring TheMcD and Danaru The LP has to start with the creation of a custom character, and boy do my guests have creativity. Now this trundling abomination will haunt the Toronto Blue Jays for all time! Or at least for the duration of spring training.
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# ¿ Sep 6, 2020 04:32 |
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Episode 2 - Spring Training part 2 featuring TheMcD and Danaru The worst thing about Pnurtis is that he's somehow NOT the worst player on the Toronto Blue Jays.
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# ¿ Sep 9, 2020 19:04 |
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There are good and bad ways to allocate your starting stats, but the total is still the same. Gotta have room to grow into an all-star.
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# ¿ Sep 10, 2020 21:50 |
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Episode 3 - Spring Training part 3 featuring TheMcD and Danaru I'm not going to sugar-coat this (because then Pnurtis would eat it) but his performance isn't entirely terrible in this episode. The Blue Jays as a whole? That's a different story....
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# ¿ Sep 12, 2020 17:01 |
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Y'all might want to take a gander at the second post real quick.
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# ¿ Sep 13, 2020 17:42 |
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Episode 4 - Spring Training part 4 featuring TheMcD and Danaru Please enjoy the final part of spring training, as clearly Flaccid J. Pnurtis needs no further training.
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# ¿ Sep 16, 2020 17:31 |
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Solumin posted:It's not too late to change, right? It is possible to request a position change, though offhand I don't know what determines how successful the request is.
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# ¿ Sep 17, 2020 04:23 |
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Flesnolk posted:So why '07 when every The Show since has had RTTS? Because 07 was the first! Also it's the one I own.
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# ¿ Sep 17, 2020 15:34 |
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Episode 5 - April 2007 part 1 featuring DiscountCleric and MizKriss Flaccid J. Pnurtis starts what will surely be a long and illustrious career. And hey, speaking of his career, the second post has been updated with some achievements for Pnurtis to work toward! If you have any suggestions for achievements to add to that list, post them here. But also, I want to commemorate said achievements in some form. If you have any suggestions for something I personally or the thread generally should do to celebrate the unlocking of an achievement, post them here as well!
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# ¿ Sep 20, 2020 17:01 |
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Episode 6 - April 2007 part 2 featuring DiscountCleric and MizKriss Flaccid Pnurtis, despite everything including himself, is not doing poorly. It's hard to say he's doing well, but it's something. In regards to achievements, hitting the pitcher is not possible (the ball either goes through them or they catch it and you're out), nor is getting into a fight/getting ejected. And in regards to Jobbo_Fett's "steal every base" achievement, I'm going to assume that doesn't include first base, because waiting for Pnurtis to swing on a third strike, on a wild pitch, that catcher can't handle, just to see if it's even possible to steal first, isn't something I'm willing to wait for. Also I'm going to specify ahead of time that he has to be called up to the majors to do any of these achievements. Minor league baseball isn't an achievement, it's the MVP (Minimum Viable Product). Could you imagine creating a custom player so bad that he gets zero offers after spring training?
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# ¿ Sep 23, 2020 19:13 |
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Episode 7 - April 2007 part 3 featuring DiscountCleric and MizKriss Thus ends another recording session. We're doing about one week per session, how many weeks are in a baseball season... kw0134 posted:At the rate the game makes you participate you're pretty much playing Pnurtis' career in real-time. Oh god
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# ¿ Sep 26, 2020 17:13 |
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Episode 8 - April 2007 part 4 featuring DiscountCleric, FairGame, and PolarMic If you think my obligation to post videos and/or grind levels is bad, wait until you hear about pro sports labor disputes! We need some drama to contrast the levity of Flaccid J. Pnurtis, after all.
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# ¿ Sep 30, 2020 16:38 |
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Episode 9 - April 2007 part 5 featuring DiscountCleric, FairGame, and PolarMic There is discussion about moving Flaccid J. Pnurtis to the catcher position, but catchers do very little and don't nearly fail so dramatically or comedically.
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# ¿ Oct 3, 2020 22:06 |
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Episode 10 - April 2007 part 6 featuring DiscountCleric, FairGame, and PolarMic Flaccid J. Pnurtis, in an effort to do even less work during a baseball game, has discovered that you don't actually have to swing the bat if you bunt.
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# ¿ Oct 7, 2020 17:20 |
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I don't know what the specific requirements are, but I will say you should stay tuned.
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# ¿ Oct 7, 2020 19:48 |
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Episode 11 - April 2007 part 7 featuring DiscountCleric, FairGame, and PolarMic This is the last episode of April 2007, I promise.
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# ¿ Oct 10, 2020 17:40 |
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Episode 12 - May 2007 featuring TheMcD and Danaru Yes, the entire month is in one episode. Things get crazy.
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# ¿ Oct 14, 2020 18:01 |
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We unlocked an achievement! Thanks to whatever random number goddess is in charge of MLB 07 The Show, Pnurtis got called up to the majors. I literally can't remember who suggested it, but we're going to celebrate achievements with some variety of baked good. So, for our first achievement, let's celebrate with... Official Flaccid J. Pnurtis Choco-chip Cookies™ Take one stick of room temperature unsalted butter, and 2 cups of the sugar of your choice (I go with half a cup of white sugar plus one and a half cups of brown sugar). Throw it in the bowl of a stand mixer and mix with the paddle attachment until combined. Or use your arm muscles if you don't have a stand mixer. Pnurtis has no arm muscles though, so they won't be Official if you do that. Beat in two cold eggs, one at a time. In a separate bowl, you want 11.5 ounces of all-purpose flour (yes, go by weight, not volume), half a teaspoon of baking soda, a healthy pinch of kosher salt, and three-quarters of a teaspoon of cinnamon. Yes, we're flavoring the cookies themselves with cinnamon instead of vanilla extract. It's good! Anyway, whisk that all together until it's homogenous like this. You want that cinnamon well dispersed. Slowly beat the dry stuff into the wet stuff. I usually do two additions, so half the flour mixture, beat until combined, then the other half, beat until that's combined. Adding it all at once is asking for a flour explosion in your face, but you also don't want to overmix the cookie dough. These wouldn't be choco-chip cookies without choco-chips, of course. Weigh out a pound of choco-chips (any less would be unacceptable to Flaccid J. Pnurtis) and stir those in until they're well dispersed. Still be careful about overmixing though. At this stage, you want to cover the dough and throw it in the fridge for a couple hours, up to overnight. I didn't because I was kind of pressed for time when I was making these, but you absolutely should not skip this step! Roll out portions as chonky as Pnurtis himself, preferably by weight. Or use an ice cream scoop to get nice big chonkers. Plop 'em on a baking sheet with parchment paper, and put them in a preheated 350 degree oven until done. Time can vary based on local conditions, so keep an eye on them. For reference, mine took twenty minutes. Remove to racks to cool while still on the parchment paper, and let them cool for at least 5-10 minutes. Again, I didn't refrigerate the dough, so they ran into each other a bit, but if you fridge your dough like you're supposed to, they will hold a rounded Pnurtis shape better. Do as I say, not as I do! There you go! Now you too can enjoy Official Flaccid J. Pnurtis Choco-chip Cookies™ from the comfort of your own home!
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# ¿ Oct 14, 2020 18:27 |
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Episode 13 - June 2007 featuring TheMcD and Danaru I'm a little upset Pnurtis is still playing in the majors. How is he supposed to get training points if all he does is pinch-run (and tootblan)?
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# ¿ Oct 17, 2020 18:22 |
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oldskool posted:Do you have to manually slide or is the game taking complete control of that for you? Given the way the game fights me at times, it is probably set to some kind of assisted control of sliding. I may need to change that to full manual control (which has a dozen different ways to slide, including "Collision with catcher" so maybe Pnurtis can steal home plate at some point).
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# ¿ Oct 21, 2020 17:22 |
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Episode 14 - July 2007 featuring TheMcD and Danaru I'm not sure what the best part of this episode is, but despite talking about Frankfurter-by-the-Foot, that is not something I will recreate at home.
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# ¿ Oct 21, 2020 17:25 |
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Episode 15 - August 2007 featuring TheMcD and Danaru So hey, it turns out that the RTX 3000-series is still impossible to find. Nvidia, hook me up with a sponsorship! I will say great things about your products if you give me a 3080!
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# ¿ Oct 24, 2020 19:15 |
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Episode 16 - April 2008 featuring bunnyofdoom and Mistywave Somehow, Flaccid J. Pnurtis's prospects have gone down. Now if only his weight could do the same...
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# ¿ Oct 29, 2020 17:03 |
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Episode 17 - May 2008 featuring bunnyofdoom and Mistywave Pnurtis finally gets an opportunity to start! But it's in the AAA club, not the majors. Apropos, the joke player on the joke team turns in a joke of a performance.
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# ¿ Oct 31, 2020 15:59 |
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Episode 18 - June 2008 featuring bunnyofdoom, Mistywave, and MizKriss This may be Flaccid J. Pnurtis's worst month to date.
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# ¿ Nov 4, 2020 18:07 |
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Episode 19 - July 2008 featuring bunnyofdoom, Mistywave, and MizKriss Here's Pnurtis's stat line for the 2008 season, as of the end of this video:
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# ¿ Nov 7, 2020 19:28 |
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No Pnurtis videos this week, sadly. Technical issues sprang up during the last recording session, but I finally (hopefully) tracked down the culprit. I should be able to record on Saturday, and get videos going again next week.
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# ¿ Nov 12, 2020 03:18 |
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Episode 20 - August 2008 featuring DiscountCleric and MizKriss It's the last episode of the 2008 season. What will become of Pnurtis? Will he anyone want to pick him up? Does anyone have that much upper body strength?
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# ¿ Nov 19, 2020 00:09 |
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Episode 21 - Spring Training 2009 featuring DiscountCleric and MizKriss Flaccid Pnurtis doesn't get a contract offer during the offseason, so it's back to spring training for him. Surely he can impress a team enough to get picked up, right?
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# ¿ Nov 21, 2020 18:55 |
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Episode 22 - April 2009 featuring DiscountCleric and MizKriss Is this the end of Flaccid J. Pnurtis? Is this the end of this LP? You'll just have to tune in and find out!
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# ¿ Nov 25, 2020 18:27 |
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Episode 23 - Spring Training with Turgid Pnurtis featuring DiscountCleric, habeasdorkus, and MizKriss Witness the (spring training) debut of Flaccid J. Pnurtis's twin brother, Turgid K. Pnurtis! Naturally Flaccid Pnurtis got all the recessive genes, while Turgid got the dominant genes. Since Turgid Pnurtis is a closing pitcher, I think we're going to need some new achievements for him to earn. Or we can just make him become a good hitter for some reason. Could you imagine a team signing a closer and making him the starting DH? That would be wild. CirclMastr fucked around with this message at 03:34 on Nov 29, 2020 |
# ¿ Nov 28, 2020 18:46 |
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Nissin Cup Nudist posted:This links to episode 22 BTW Bleh, fixed. Thank you.
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# ¿ Nov 29, 2020 03:35 |
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Episode 24 - April 2007 featuring HulkaMatt and PolarMic Who could have predicted that the co-owner of the Multiple Tag Team Champions Burnt Doritos would be able to give useful advice about baseball? CirclMastr fucked around with this message at 01:41 on Dec 3, 2020 |
# ¿ Dec 2, 2020 18:29 |
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Nissin Cup Nudist posted:Once again, this links to the previous episode (spring training) As if I need more evidence that my brain doesn't work right. Thanks for letting me know.
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# ¿ Dec 3, 2020 01:42 |
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Episode 25 - May 2007 featuring HulkaMatt, MizKriss, and PolarMic I am 99.9% sure this will link to the correct episode. It turns out that all Pnurtis needs to succeed to a pitching coach. It's a good thing HulkaMatt is here to help! And he'll never miss an episode, depriving me of much-needed guidance, right? Right?
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# ¿ Dec 5, 2020 20:55 |
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Episode 26 - June 2007 featuring HulkaMatt, MizKriss, and PolarMic Turgid Pnurtis is in the big show! Or on the big show! I don't know the correct nomenclature. The point is, the opportunity for achievements has arrived, so I had better start working on more recipes.
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# ¿ Dec 9, 2020 17:29 |
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Episode 27 - July 2007 featuring DiscountCleric and MizKriss Turgid K. Pnurtis is hanging in there in the majors, but for how long? Can he actually earn a permanent spot in the Cubs bullpen? Can I ever select the correct pitch unaided? Special thanks to MizKriss for the extra-lanky thumbnail. My version of lanky just looked normal next to the wide Flaccid Pnurtis version.
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# ¿ Dec 12, 2020 19:15 |
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# ¿ May 9, 2024 09:39 |
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Episode 28 - August 2007 featuring habeasdorkus and MizKriss Turgid K. Pnurtis is back from spending the holidays with the rest of the Pnurtis
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