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​Stapler review, Office Confessions & Paris
(Original airdate: Sept 14, 2016)

 Welcome to the Insomnia Project. Sit back, relax and listen as we have a conversation about the mundane. One thing we try to deliver is a conversation that will be less than fascinating so that you can feel free to just sort of drift off. So at this point, I'll put in a little warning. Please do not operate heavy machinery like the truck that you just heard. Drive by while you're listening to the Insania Project, as we don't want you to drift off while you're driving a car or operating a tractor, um, using a bulldozer, whatnot. But I do want to thank you for joining us. We hope you will listen and sleep. I'm your host, Marco Timpano.

Nidhi: And I'm your co host, Nidhi Khanna. Marco, somebody lovely out there in our listenership, if we can call it that,

Marco:  in the sphere of Insomnia Project.

Nidhi: Exactly. Was kind enough to nominate us for a Canadian Comedy Award in the category of best, uh, audio.

Marco:  Best audio show or series.

Nidhi: So whoever that was, it was an anonymous, uh, nomination.

Marco:  It wasn't me, even though I have won a Canadian Comedy Award in the past.

Nidhi: Well, it wasn't me either.

Marco:  So it was a lovely surprise.

Nidhi: Yes. So we, uh, just wanted to take a moment to thank our lovely nominator and, uh, encourage our fans of the Insomnia Project to go online and, uh,

Marco:  vote for us, because they're gonna narrow it down to five nominees in each category. So if you go to www.canadiancomedyawards.org and you scroll down or pull a little drop screen screen to the last category, which is Best audio show or series, you will see us listed as. Actually, it's listed as the Insomnia show. And that's how I know you didn't do it. Because I'm like, niddy wouldn't have misnamed our podcast in a category. You're very meticulous.

Nidhi: I am very meticulous about branding.

Marco:  And so I had to click on the link to see, to ensure that it was our podcast that was nominated and not some other podcast. So please, uh, we invite you to go click on it, vote. And who knows, we might end up one of the top five.

Nidhi: Well, and if we do that, we will, uh, maybe we will have to do a podcast with our fellow nominees.

Marco:  And, you know, it's interesting that you should say that, Nidhi, because Nug, his podcast, Illusionoid. Illusionoid is nominated as well. Do you remember we did a, um, podcast. It's actually a. A show on Siri Satellite. And, um, it is also a podcast, the Humble and Fred Show.

Nidhi: Oh, yes, of course.

Marco:  They're also nominated. So we were on their show talking about our podcast years ago.

Nidhi: Yes. Well, look at that. So it's a small world in the best audio show or series category. But thank, uh, you once again to our lovely fans out there. And thank you, of course, um, to Nectarine Goth, who, uh, on Twitter suggested we check out the Swing Line stapler from a previous episode. Because, uh, if some of you may recall, Marco. Oh, there he goes. Stapling away. Has, uh, a particular. I don't know, do you want to call it? Uh, it's not an official affection for staplers, but a particular, uh.

Marco:  Well, it's kind of like need for a good stapler.

Nidhi: Right, right. And so Swingline was. The Swingline stapler was suggested to us.

Marco:  And of course, we listen to our listeners.

Nidhi: We do. And so, Marco, I see that, uh, you've picked up a very bright blue. An aqua blue Swingline stapler.

Marco:  So, Nidhi, here's the thing. I went to one of these, um, office supply stores, and I'm like, I'm gonna go look for a Swingline stapler because it was recommended by one of our listeners, and there is a great deal of Swingline staplers. Oh, really? Yeah. And it ranges from, let's say the nine dollar mark to the $47 mark. Yeah. So it's, uh, quite. Quite a range. And the Swingline stapler is known for their red stapler, which I didn't know, but once you see it, you're like, oh, yeah, that stapler.

Nidhi: It's like the Louboutin of staplers, kind of, I guess.

Marco:  Well, then, so I was like, do I buy the red one? Because that's the one. But it was a little bit pricier because it's a metal stapler. Right. That one's the. The whole m. Stapler casing is made out of hard, uh, heavy metal.

Nidhi: Oh.

Marco:  And I feel like you have to actually have the stapler on a table or a hard surface to staple, you know? You know what I'm saying? It's not one you can do easily in your hands.

Nidhi: Gotcha. And I see a Photo of it right here. And I understand what you mean. It's not. There's no grip on it. It's. Right.


It's kind of old school. It's like a retro stapler

It's kind of old school. I like it. It's like a retro stapler.

Marco:  Yeah. You know what? It kind of looks like the stapler your grandfather would have on, uh, his oak desk. Or that your shouldn't just say your grandfather, your grandmother would have in her, uh, you know, area where she would do, um, accounting and whatnot. Not to be, you know, gender bias, but it just looks like one of those old school staplers, you know what I'm saying?

Nidhi: Right.

Marco:  And, um, so it was a tough decision. I will be honest with you. I kind of oscillated between three, and I was kind of like, do I buy the classic red? Do I buy the one that staples, you know, through many different, uh, pages and that has a secure grip or whatever it was advertising.


Marco picked the stapler based on price and color

Nidhi: Before you go on, Marco.

Marco:  Yes.

Nidhi: I just need to say one thing, please, because I don't know if you know this fun fact. Do you remember the movie Office Space? It was like old school. Jennifer Aniston.

Marco:  It was like, now you lost me a Jennifer.

Nidhi: Four guys, pre friends, all of that.

Marco:  Um, Leprechaun. I think she was in a horror film called Leprechaun.

Nidhi: Oh, really? Oh, really?

Marco:  I think so.

Nidhi: Interesting. Um, it was like four.

Marco:  She was in Leprechaun too. Was even.

Nidhi: Oh, yeah. So it's even more rancid. Um, so there were like, four guys, they hate their jobs, and they go and they try and, like, defraud the company of money by, um, through like, some sort of accounting rounding era, and they end up with, like, millions of dollars. And this was like pre Wall street collapse. So it was pre all those crazy things. But, um, yeah, it was kind of like a cult classic. But anyone out there who knows Office Space might know that, um, it was a sweet swing line. A red swing line stapler was prominent throughout the film, apparently. So.

Marco:  Well, there you go.

Nidhi: Another reason to go back and watch Office Space.

Marco:  Well, I picked the stapler based on price and color. It finally came down to. I was like, you know, I could spend 27 bucks and then I'm going to be assured that it's going to be great.

Nidhi: Will you, though?

Marco:  Well, kind of like a. I would expect it to be great right at that price. But I was like, it should be great at a lesser price. And so I was like. And the other thing about the one that's stapled through, like, a lot of pages required a different type of Staple. And I wanted the standard staple because I have quite a few standard staples. And I don't want to get a stapler where I then have to search for a particular brand of staple that matches with that stapler. I want to be able to walk into a dollar store, into a hardware store, into a, um, office supply store, or to just take it off a desk when I'm at somebody's office at work and take those staples and use it in my stapler.

Nidhi: So you just want to be a thief, essentially.

Marco:  Well, if. Listen, if my staple needs require me to do some, you know, let's say shady business, I'm not. I'm not going to suppress that urge.

Nidhi: Have you ever stolen office supplies?

Marco:  Yes.

Nidhi: So on the scale of, uh, like, theft, let's say, does office supplies even count?

Marco:  No.

Nidhi: Right. I agree.

Marco:  I have taken so many. So, Nidhi, this is great. So I used to work for a television station, right? And I had to do work on my boss's. My boss was like, go through my Rolodex, find up this person's number, call them up and make it. Make it. Make an appointment for an interview for some show, right? So I was like, okay. Going through his Rolodex. This is. Now, I must say, I was still in university and college, and this was many years ago. But then I started to stumble. So, like, you know, you stumble through people's names, and then all of a sudden, I would hit. I would stumble through really famous people's names. So I took out a pen and paper and I copied. Yes, totally. Well, one of them was one of my heroes.


I wrote down Pierre Trudeau's home address in Montreal 20 years ago

Okay, so it was the Prime Minister of Canada. Former Prime Minister of Canada. And it's so apropos that I should be mentioning this right now. Actually, this is something.

Nidhi: I actually don't think you should be mentioning this at all.

Marco:  No, I'd be happy to mention this because it's like a confession from, like, 20 years ago or whatever.

Nidhi: Statue of limitations. No longer.

Marco:  I could care less. What are you gonna do, come after me for this? So I write down. I wrote down two names from my boss's Rolodex. Now, you work in an office setting. Do you think this is wrong that I did this?

Nidhi: Yes.

Marco:  Great. So I wrote down Pierre Trudeau's home address in Montreal. Right? And his son is our current president, Minister Justin Trudeau. So his father was a hero of mine. I wrote down his information and I wrote him a letter.

Nidhi: Okay. At least he didn't show up at his house.

Marco:  No, no, no. I'm Not a stalker. But I wrote a letter. Uh, I'm a thief, not a stalker, clearly. And I got a response.

Nidhi: So I was from him, or like a kind of generic response from him.

Marco:  Oh, yeah. And I'll show it to you. I have it framed. You. You've probably walked by that photo of, uh, framed, uh, letter that I got back from the prime. The former prime minister of Canada. So the other famous person's information. You'll never be able to guess.

Nidhi: Oh, but I so want to.

Marco:  Please feel free.

Nidhi: Is this, like, an actor?

Marco:  No. Oh, it's the husband of some. A famous. It's the husband of a famous singer.

Nidhi: The husband of a famous, uh, singer. Oh, I have no idea.

Marco:  So this person's also the manager of this famous. Or was the manager of this famous singer.

Nidhi: Oh, yeah. We'll spend the entire podcast guessing.


Marco says he took Celine Dion's husband's phone number from his Rolodex

Marco:  Okay, so Renee Angelil, husband who has since passed away. Um, I had his cell phone number in my Rolodex, Marco, because I guess before she became really famous.

Nidhi: Yes.

Marco:  She was on this television show or whatnot. And there's television. Came, uh, to this television station and whatnot. And so because he was her manager, his number was in there. And at the time, I'm like, m. You never know. This might m. Prove useful. So I had his personal cell phone number in my Rolodex. I could probably find it somewhere.

Nidhi: Did you ever call it?

Marco:  No, I never called it because I never had reason to. But I just thought you never know when you have to. When you need to get in touch with Celine Dion. It's good to have her now dead husband's phone number in your back pocket. So, yeah, this is something that no one. No one knows that I did this. So there you go.

Nidhi: Wow. Well, that was. So when I said, oh, I don't necessarily think office supplies are theft, I was thinking more along. You know, I took a couple of Post it notes or a pen. I, uh, don't, um, know.

Marco:  This is another level, Marco, when you start with, like, you know, do you remember those? Um, they were like when you punch a hole in. In paper and then the hole would start to rip. You'd have these little.

Nidhi: Yes, those little, like, um, round stickers.

Marco:  Yeah, it starts with that. Which they're probably no longer making them, but I. I had a ton of those paper clips. Um, staples, Post it notes. Um, you know, starts with things. Little things like that. And then it leads to going through your boss's Rolodex and taking famous people's numbers.

Nidhi: This is quite the spectrum. I Was honestly just thinking about a pen, but you've outshone me on this.

Marco:  Listen, listen. Yeah, that's about. That's about as big a, uh, theft that I did was personal information of famous people in my boss's Rolodex. But.

Nidhi: Well, he should. I mean, the lesson here is that he should have secured his Rolodex.

Marco:  Right. And he should have treated me better.

Nidhi: Oh, well, you didn't say that part about it.

Marco:  You know, listen, a happy employee doesn't take Celine Dion's husband's phone number from your Rolodex.

Nidhi: Right. Right. Fair.


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Um, but let's get back to this swing line because. So. So what do you think? So you have the $10 version.

Marco:  Yeah, this was like 11. Let's say $11.25. I should. I should.

Nidhi: And. And what did the $45 version look like? Or.

Marco:  It was massive. And it looked like something.

Nidhi: The heavy duty one, it, uh, looked

Marco:  like something that would staple a thick booklet. I think it. It would ST like 140 pages or something like that. So I got this one because I was like, you know what? I'm gonna get the lower end model. Lower end in the. In the sense of price, and I'm gonna see how this is. And if I like it. And I like it because I was. I was kind of like, see how this goes. And then maybe I'll get another one that's a little bit more pricey.

Nidhi: I like the color. I like that it's kind of like retro looking too. Like, maybe that's their thing. Because when I look online, I see some other kind of cool swing line versions that are, like, bright orange. And even their mini staplers are really cute.

Marco:  I didn't want to get a mini stapler. I saw them. Yeah. And I was kind of like, no, I want. I want a stapler. I want a proper stapler, and I want one that doesn't jam. So it hasn't jammed as of yet.

Nidhi: Good.

Marco:  So I don't know if there's other brands because then when I was there, I was, like, looking for other brands of, uh, staplers. And they just had the swing line. No, they had the swing line and

Nidhi: like, the Staples brand or whatever.

Marco:  The. Yeah, it was also the brand of the. Of the place that I was in.

Nidhi: Right.

Marco:  And that was it. And I was kind of like, okay, so.

Nidhi: Huh, huh. Wow.

Marco:  And there you go. So I'll keep you.

Nidhi: Thank you. Swing line.

Marco:  I will keep you posted with. I mean, it's still a little early for me to give you my final judgment on this.

Nidhi: Okay, well, we'll have to revisit this topic.

Marco:  You know, like. Yeah, exactly. Let's revisit this, you know, when we get to episode 125.

Nidhi: Okay.

Marco:  Because I think that'll be a good gauge where I can concretely say whether or not I endorse this.

Nidhi: Stapler.

Marco:  Stapler. I will say I do endorse pilfering a bit of office supplies from your work office area.

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Have you ever made photocopies at work for stuff that was personal

Marco:  Have you ever made photocopies at work for stuff that was personal?

Nidhi: I mean, yeah, but not like, um, massive amounts. I'm pretty. I, um, don't know. I'm a Pretty. I'm a pretty conscientious.

Marco:  Yeah, no, I photocopied books that I need. Listen.

Nidhi: Giving me a heart attack.

Marco:  Well, I don't know if I photocopied books. I'm just. I might be exaggerating, but I photocopied stuff. I will say this, though, for every sort of, um. Say, gray area, illegal sort of theft I've done at the office, I've more than proved myself in other ways.

Nidhi: Sure. Fair enough. Yes.

Marco:  I once put out a fire.

Nidhi: Oh. Um.

Marco:  That was taking place around a whole bunch of people I was working with. They all froze as they saw the fire start to. I know it's all this little confessions of things that have happened.

Nidhi: Why were there no emergency evacuation procedures, like fire, you know, leave.

Marco:  Well, it's a really good question. Like, when. When it happens. There's a moment of, oh, my God, there's a fire.

Nidhi: Right.

Marco:  And it happened during a show. So I was in it. I was in a show. Uh, and all the. All the performers were on stage. Cage. And we were in the middle of it. The person who was, let's say, reciting lines, or performing, in this case, had his. Had his back to the flames. And everyone just kind of looked and saw the fire grow. And so I just got up from the spot.

Nidhi: Wait, was his back still to the flames as the fires are growing?

Marco:  Yes, because he was performing, so his back wasn't on fire. It was. It was about, let's say, three feet behind him on a little, um, ledge or something. Like a little ledge. There was a candle and there was some plastic flowers. And the plastic. I believe it was the plastic flowers started to, uh. Were too close to the flame, so they started to ignite. But everything behind it was obviously a stage prop. So it could have all caught on fire. Right.

Nidhi: And so he didn't feel it getting warmer and.

Marco:  No, because it was. It was the beginning of the fire. Right. And he was. He was in the middle of reciting his dramatic moment, like his. His monologue. Right. And everybody. But there's people all around him, and they didn't know what to do because they could see the fire growing. But they sat in their spots where they were supposed to be.

Nidhi: Oh, um, you know, I understand.

Marco:  And what I did was I just got up from where I was right in the middle of the. Him speaking. I picked up the flowers that were on fire, and I just batted them till they went out. And then I went back to my spot and sat down.

Nidhi: Wait, and did you do it in character?

Marco:  Kind of. Yeah.

Nidhi: Oh, wow.

Marco:  But then I was kind of like, well, it's either. It's either I take this moment to interrupt the performance to ensure that the theater doesn't catch on fire, or I allow it to catch on fire till the point where someone says fire and everybody gets out and then someone deals with it.

Nidhi: So I was just a hero of the show, really.

Marco:  She felt that way. But no one really sort of gave me the.

Nidhi: No, I think the accolades.

Marco:  It happened, I think, because it happened

Nidhi: quick and you guys were seamless about

Marco:  it, and I was deter. And I was very determined and in control. So it seemed like it didn't seem as big as it was or could have been.

Nidhi: Right. Or it seemed like some sort of joke that everyone was like, oh, this is meant to happen.

Marco:  The, uh, audience didn't realize.

Nidhi: Right. So there you go. You did your job.

Marco:  They didn't realize. And to be honest with you, I think it was only the, let's say, eight actors that were close to it that would have noticed how big the flames could have got.

Nidhi: I understand.

Marco:  And would have been like, yeah, uh, the whole place could have caught on fire.


Flight or fight: What would you do in an emergency situation

Nidhi: Okay, so that makes a bit more sense. I thought they were just a bunch of people watching a fire and didn't know what to do.

Marco:  No, no.

Nidhi: But if you're on stage.

Marco:  Yeah, but it's interesting because, you know, it's. It's that. That moment that you question, what would I do in this case? Would it. Would it be.

Nidhi: Yeah.

Marco:  Uh, sorry. Uh, flight or fight.

Nidhi: Yep.

Marco:  Or fright, I guess. There you go. I've added another one. Uh, or a combination thereof. And you don't know until you're in a situation where you have to sort of deal with something that's going on. So I hope, hopefully our listeners. And we don't ever have to be put in a position like that. But it's just interesting to note I

Nidhi: have, um, kind of either or reactions, depending on the situation.

Marco:  Fair.

Nidhi: Like, it's not one versus the other, but sometimes I'll definitely go into fight mode.

Marco:  Right.

Nidhi: But if it's something like, um, you know, I don't know, like a fear of heights or something like that, I'll definitely go into flight mode where I'm like, just get me out of this situation and I don't care.

Marco:  Um, I'm not. I'm not. I'm not a big fan of heights either.

Nidhi: No. No. But anyways, that's a whole other topic.

Marco:  Sure.


What is something you're good at doing on your own

Nidhi: Um,

Marco:  what are you good with? What are you, like, what is something where it's like, I can really handle myself. Whereas other people have issues with.

Nidhi: Oh, that's a good question. I'm really good at, uh. I don't know, actually. That's a great question. I haven't really thought about that. I'd have to be a little bit more introspective. But I'm really good at, like, doing things on my own. Like, I can go into a new city and kind of figure things out. Uh, whereas some people need constant support in that, you know, or a lot more support. Not constant support. Uh, but for me, like, I can land somewhere and then just, just feel, Figure it out. Yeah.

Marco:  You're not afraid to be, like, in a city you've never been in before?

Nidhi: No, because I've done it so many times now that I know, like, what needs to happen. Okay. I need to do A, B, C, and D. I need to figure out where not to go. Uh, there's just certain skills that I think you develop when you're in those type of situations that you can apply to any city.


What's the most difficult city you've ever been into with regards to navigating

Marco:  What's the most difficult city you, you've ever been into with regards to navigating and being able to sort of, like, get a handle of things?

Nidhi: Oh, I think any city in India.

Marco:  Oh, really?

Nidhi: Yeah. Like, I find it diff, Like, I would never be able to navigate that very well. Like, everything from the roads to, like, things don't make sense in the same. It's kind of like an organized chaos.

Marco:  Okay.

Nidhi: Uh, or a disorganized chaos.

Marco:  Chaos.

Nidhi: I'm not sure. So, um, I think it would be difficult for me to.

Marco:  But you understand the language, like, would you?

Nidhi: Minimally.

Marco:  Right.

Nidhi: But minimally. I, I, My Italian's probably better than my Hindi.

Marco:  Fair, Fair enough. But, um, Tokyo was difficult.

Nidhi: See, I found Tokyo easy only because they're so organized. Like, everything makes sense that I guess

Marco:  it was because I, I messed up with the training.

Nidhi: Oh, well, I can do it.

Marco:  And I was kind of like, I should, it shouldn't have been that hard. And, and I think, um, part of it is because, A, I was just daft that day.

Nidhi: Right.

Marco:  B, not a lot is in English, which I don't have a problem with because I don't feel every country has to have everything in, written in every other language. So it's, you know, the person who's the visitor who has to make that extra effort. I don't necessarily think the host nation or the people of that nation have

Nidhi: to make the effort.

Marco:  Have to make the effort. And if they do, it's really Wonderful is what I will say. So I blame myself. I found Paris. The first time I was in Paris, it was not.

Nidhi: Oh, interesting. Really?

Marco:  Yeah, I was just like, uh, maybe it was because I was young, and maybe it was because, um, I faced a bunch of challenges there. But, uh, it was interesting. It was like. I also think it was a city. I didn't expect it to be as challenging as it was. And that's where I realized my French wasn't as strong as I thought it

Nidhi: was in my world. So was it a language thing that you found challenging, or it was just big?

Marco:  It was big. And I'm talking about the subway. It was big.

Nidhi: I find the, like, Paris small in comparison.

Marco:  Uh, and I will say this was the first time I was there. Now I go to Paris and I'm like, breeze. Yeah, it's so funny. It sounds so. We sound so smug. Like, look at us traveling and how easy and hard these places are.

Nidhi: But it's these privileged podcast hosts.

Marco:  It's. But it's a lot of the travel that we've done has been for work and for other things. So, like, please, please don't. Please don't write insane. You guys are just elitist snobs. I am, but not necessarily when it

Nidhi: comes to travel, only when you're stealing contact information.

Marco:  I don't look at it as stealing. I look at it as an exchange of information that.

Nidhi: What information they get on you, though?

Marco:  They got so much from me. They got tons from me. So much of my work. I, uh, was a co op student there before I got hired, so they got a lot of free work for me. You know, when you do that and. And companies really can teach their co op students or they can use them as office slaves. Well, let's just say they used me a little bit more as an office slave than helping my career or helping. Helping to teach me.

Nidhi: It's funny because, uh, I interned in France a, uh, few years ago, back to France, and they actually pay their interns there.

Marco:  Some companies here do that as well. And I think it's a great thing because then you want to get value for the money you put in and you want to instill more than just, you know, oh, here comes the co op student. Right.

Nidhi: Well, I think this was more like from a government. Like, they're. They have to pay interest.

Marco:  Oh, that's great.


Marco says when people are on vacation, their demands become bigger

What did you do there?

Nidhi: Uh, I worked.

Marco:  Are you able to say, uh, I worked?

Nidhi: Talk about how elitist this is going to sound. I worked at a resort hotel. Okay. Um, yeah, it was super fun.

Marco:  It's funny because when you talk about working in the tourism sector, it sounds

Nidhi: glamorous, but it's not.

Marco:  And it's not because I've done it. It's, you know, you're not on vacation.

Nidhi: No.

Marco:  In fact, you're trying to ensure that other people's vacations turn out well. And if you've ever been the person who's on vacation, who's not having a good time, just think about how you talk to people who should be helping you. That's what you're constantly receiving.

Nidhi: Oh, yeah. And it's. It's like, uh, people, when they're on vacation, if their demands are not met, it's a bigger deal than if they weren't on vacation. Right. Like, every small thing becomes so huge. And I get it. Listen, I've been that person, Right? Like, yeah, of course. It's like you want everything perfect. This is your vacation. You work hard, you want to play hard, you want to, like, enjoy. Um, but there's some things, some people who. It's almost like they become these unreasonable beings. It's like you didn't staple it with the swing line, you stapled it with the other brand of stapler. Um, or, I mean, those kind of nuanced requests. I had get me this fax with.

Marco:  I had a couple that I would have to get chocolate peanut M and Ms. For them every single day of their trip. And I was in Southern Italy, where Italians would look at chocolate MM's and say, this is the worst chocolate ever. Why would you give them this when you could have an array of great European or Italian chocolate?

Nidhi: You don't question. You just do.

Marco:  You just do. And I had to get it for these people, these horrible, horrible, horrible people. And that's all I'll say.

Nidhi: Well, you know what? That sounds like karma, Marco, coming back to you for your theft of personal property.


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Nidhi: Plural. Uh, we'll put it in, uh, the bio of this episode as well, so that people know where to go.

Marco:  It's the last category that you would,

Nidhi: uh, bring down on little on the drop down.

Marco:  Thank you. I was gonna say the scroll down screen.

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