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Alaginger
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07-11-2002
| Thursday, October 29, 2009 - 7:12 pm
Transcript: Jeff Probst: Next time on Survivor...
Survivors: You are now one tribe! <Survivors yell and celebrate with new merged tribal buffs> To our new tribe. <Survivors toast>
Russell <in confessional>: All of a sudden, all hell breaks loose.
John <talking to Dave?>: Monica needs to go home tonight.
Shambo <talking to Russell>: Laura is the only name we are writing down.
Laura <talking to Russell>: It'll be Shambo.
Kelly: It's Erik 100%.
Russell <in confessional>: I gotta do what I gotta do. Things are gonna get crazy tomorrow.
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Alaginger
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07-11-2002
| Friday, October 30, 2009 - 8:10 am
Jeff's Blog for Episode 7: ******************************* Fair Warning: I haven’t been feeling too well for the past few days, so tonight as I sat down to write this I took a Zyrtec. It certainly cleared up my sinus issue but in doing so has made me really drowsy. Major drowsy. So this is my first blog written under the influence of an “over the counter, readily available at any pharmacy” drug. Here goes… FOA FOA Here’s my take on Foa Foa. If they lose again, I believe they will vote out Jaison due to his attitude and lack of motivation, and the three remaining tribe members (Mick, Natalie, and Russell) will pray for a merge. If there is a merge, Russell should be the first to go, and after that it doesn’t matter, they won’t have a chance. They need a miracle right now to have any shot of staying in this game. THE MIRACLE The miracle would be making it to the merge and then making something happen. Big and immediate. Count on Russell to give it his best shot… If there is a crack in Galu’s armor he will find it and he will do his best to exploit it in the most beneficial way. Thus, Russell is Foa Foa’s only hope at this point. He’s just crazy enough to risk it all on a wild plan. Natalie is very sharp and if he holds onto her, together they could make something happen. INSIGHT: Yes, we were well aware at this point that we could have a Palau situation on our hands. If you remember in Palau, one tribe lost challenge after challenge until only Stephanie was left in her tribe. It was an amazing thing to watch as Stephanie overcame tremendous odds and made it deep into the show and is now considered an “all-star” as a result of her efforts. As to whether or not this season will have a merge, can’t tell you that. Not even under the influence of Zyrtec. Ambien maybe, Zyrtec no. SHAMBO LEADS The election of Shambo as leader really impressed me. Great move by the men of Galu. INSIGHT: I was not aware of the motivation for making Shambo the leader. I had no idea it was the guys’ idea nor did I realize the strategy behind it. Brilliant. They pulled a major fast move on the women and in doing so shifted the game. They also created a crack in the armor which could come back to haunt them if Russell and Co. make it to a merge. Yes, I feel for Shambo. She is such an underdog. She is so sincere, so eager to lead her tribe. It’s hard to listen to the comments from her tribemates about why they elected her as leader. They have absolutely no intention of ever letting her make an important decision. I hope she proves to be an amazing leader. REWARD CHALLENGE The memory challenge is one of those challenges that is not that exciting to watch, but usually creates great drama in terms of heroes and goats. That is why we do it. Truth be told, the best person to ever play this game is my favorite honorary niece, Skyleur. She’s younger than most of the pants I wear on the show but her memory is uncanny. She plays this game while watching the show and never ever misses. Just sharing. I really thought Foa Foa had a shot at this challenge. A simple reward would have gone so far with them. But once again they fall short and as a result fall further behind in the game. PAYBACK IS A There is no doubt in my mind that Shambo sent Laura over to Foa Foa because Shambo just does not like having her around. Sometimes it’s nice to be Queen. IMMUNITY CHALLENGE Sometimes I make the right call, sometimes I don’t. INSIGHT: When explaining this challenge to the Survivors I always give them a chance to ask questions before we run the challenge. Someone asked if they could push their boat instead of using the paddles. Usually this is a terrible idea as the water gets too deep to do any pushing and the paddles are much more effective. So, without even consulting John Kirhoffer our Challenge Producer, I said, “Sure. Knock yourself out.” Turns out I was wrong. That one little decision completely changed the challenge. It took out all of the drama of having to figure out how to paddle while fishing for the puzzle pieces. I knew it moments after the challenge started, but there wasn’t anything I could do – the decision had been made. It was still a fair challenge, so it didn’t affect the game, but my decision changed the design of the challenge and as a result it didn’t run as well as it should. That’s all on me. I blew it. To his credit, John Kirhoffer, our Challenge Producer, never said a word. Then again, he didn’t have to — I was painfully aware. WAS LIZ THE RIGHT VOTE? That’s a tough one. I think Liz had a great attitude, but the trust factor was too much. I imagine this was one of those votes when you had to really trust your gut. Question of the week: Will Foa Foa win another challenge or will they continue to crumble? Thanks for understanding that I’m not 100% today, I’ll try to make it up to you next week but I’m done for tonight. Zyrtec wins. Going to sleep.
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Alaginger
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07-11-2002
| Friday, October 30, 2009 - 2:03 pm
No Reward Challenge --- Merge Party on Beach instead. Individual Immunity Up For Grabs:
Laura
Kelly
Dave
Mick
Erik
John ******************************* From our General Spoiler Thread for the whole season, things relating to this Episode. 1 - Merge is 4 Foa Foa and 8 Galu 2 - Boot is Erik 3 - When the episode aired where Erik found the hidden immunity idol at the Galu camp, the 4 Foa Foa members that made the merge supposedly were all surprised viewing that episode at their home, cause nobody knew Erik had an idol. The 4 Foa Foa members were shocked that one of them didn't get the boot, and now knowing Erik had an idol are even more surprised. 4 - Reason given that Erik got booted was that those behind his boot thought he was playing too aggresively.
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Alaginger
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07-11-2002
| Friday, October 30, 2009 - 2:12 pm
Press Release: AFTER A LONG-AWAITED MERGE FEAST, THE TWO TRIBES BECOME ONE AND AN UNEXPECTED MASTER MANIPULATOR EMERGES, ON "SURVIVOR: SAMOA" THURSDAY, NOV. 5
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Lexie_girl
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07-30-2004
| Friday, October 30, 2009 - 3:04 pm
Oh when the Saints go marching in... I wonder if the "unexpected" master manipulator is Shambo. They elected her as their chief because they thought they could walk all over her and manipulate her.
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Alaginger
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07-11-2002
| Friday, October 30, 2009 - 3:11 pm
Could be. Spoilers have her flipping.......but the latest on that was that she doesn't flip right away. Over at Survivor Blows, a couple of posters are wondering if the master manipulator might not be Natalie, doing ER's bidding. She would be able to bond with the girls. All speculation......... no real spoiler out that as to who the "unexpected" master manipulator is.
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Alaginger
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07-11-2002
| Friday, October 30, 2009 - 3:46 pm
Pamy's Favorite Part from the Insider --- the TC Voting: ********************************** Tribal Council Voting Find out what each member of Foa Foa had to say as they cast their votes Mick (Liz with a line through the Z): I feel terrible about blindsiding you like this. This is strictly strategic, and that's it. We have a soft alliance over at Galu, and a lot of hinges on Natalie's play. That's all this is about. Around camp, you've been amazing, your performance in competitions is top-notch. Please don't take this personally. It's strategy. Liz (Jaison with a sad face): This is totally strategic and not at all personal. Sorry. Russell (Liz): You're the weakest link when it comes to trust. That's why I've gotta get rid of you. When the merge happens, I know you'll flip-flop. Natalie (Liz with a line through it): Liz I'm voting for you because this is what the group decided. Played a good game. Jaison (Liz): <says nothing>
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Alaginger
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07-11-2002
| Friday, October 30, 2009 - 3:55 pm
New transcript and pics over at Survivor Fever, but after the 2nd pic, it all bombed out as far as snagging any pictures goes. ************************* Transcript: Announcer: When you're outnumbered...
Natalie: We have four people and they have 8 Announcer: ...and outplayed...
Russell <in confessional> : Keep swinging, eventually you're going to hit home runs. Announcer: ...you're only hope of survival is a merge. Russell: I'm not nervous about numbers. I'm too good for this game. Announcer: Now everyone's scrambling. Shambo <in confessional> : I'm done with her, I have no use for her. This is Shambo talking about Laura. Russell: You have to outwit them. Laura: It's going to have to be a big blindside. Russell: I think she should go first. Dave: He's a crafty dude. Announcer: Can the losers pull off a shocking upset? Russell: We already have our plan down!
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Alaginger
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07-11-2002
| Friday, October 30, 2009 - 3:57 pm
AFTER A LONG-AWAITED MERGE FEAST, THE TWO TRIBES BECOME ONE AND AN UNEXPECTED MASTER MANIPULATOR EMERGES, ON "SURVIVOR: SAMOA" In anticipation of the merge, the outnumbered Foa Foa tribe devises a strategy that will allow them to make quick alliances with some of Galu's strongest players.
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Costacat
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07-15-2000
| Friday, October 30, 2009 - 4:35 pm
All I can say is... The folks at Galu are plain idiots for even thinking of voting out one of their own. With a two to one advantage over Foa Foa, they should have kept their numbers and got rid of Foa Foa members. THEN they could've gotten rid of Erik. Dumb, dumb, and dumber.
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Kookliebird
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08-04-2005
| Friday, October 30, 2009 - 4:38 pm
The problem with Galu not going to Tribal very often is that they don't have an opportunity to 'weed out' the annoying ones. Then, when the merge comes, they think they will have the numbers to get rid of 1 or 2 of their tribe. I thought last night's tribal, with FF talking about how tight they were, was very telling for the future. In reality, there does not appear to be a strong bond between the members of Galu like over at FoaFoa. Maybe the boys have a bond and the girls have a bond. AND, when you have someone like Russell coming in the middle, it will be easy to play off the '2' Galu groups while staying in the background. This is the point of Survivor that I like. I get bored following the tribes and prefer watching after the merge. But, I always keep track of Ginger's spoilers until then.
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Alaginger
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07-11-2002
| Friday, October 30, 2009 - 5:10 pm
Aha ....... here's another spoiler pic for you then, Kooklie!!!
Thanks to TDT we now know what the players are aiming for when they hit the ball with the bat for the Individual Immunity Challenge.
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Alaginger
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07-11-2002
| Friday, October 30, 2009 - 5:27 pm
Thanks to James Barber at Survivor Sucks, transcripts of the Survivor Insider are up. I found these 3 to be informative: ******************************* Monica Becomes Paranoid With Shambo the newly-elected leader of Galu, Monica becomes suspicious of her tribe's recent activities "We just had a chief's vote, and everyone voted Shambo, when Shambo was supposed to be Shambo home last night. It's just very strange for me. I don't know if they're trying to increase the target on her back. That just seems weird, the one person everyone said wanted to go home, they now want to be our leader and make decisions. (pause) I don't know. I guess it kind of turns on who to trust out of Erik, Dave, and Brett, and if they're actually being straight up with me or not. I'm still not quite sure. Really in the long run it would be better for Erik to stick with me. John will eventually want to get Erik out as his only threat. If Erik doesn't see that...he's just screwing himself over as well. (pause) I'm just trying to stay silent, I gotta wait until I talk to Kelly, because Kelly seems to be more in the know to what's going on. I just want to know who John has in the numbers. It seems he's kind of pulled Shambo into his court because he considers her a strong player. He's kind of going against what he said, but I never trusted John, ever, ever. I had a gut feeling about him and it turns out I'm right. We shall see how it plays out." Russell's Evil Plan Russell announces his secret plan of using Laura to oust the stronger members of the Galu tribe before she outlives her usefulness "I just talked to Laura. I'm trying to use my jedi mind trick on her. I'm trying to convince her it would be best for her to get rid of one of the guys. It probably would be for the best, but it would also be the best for our tribe, because if she gets rid of one of the guys, it makes her tribe a little bit weaker. The next to go would probably be Shambo. At the same time, I'm trying to get her on our side. 'Hey, you can trust me. We need to be able to prevent the blindside. That's the main thing in this game. If we can do that, me and you can go all the way. Who do you think's butt's gonna be on the line once the merge happens? You. You're the smartest out there, you're the strongest out there. You can play the game. Your butt's gonna be on the line.' She fell for it hook, line and sinker. She's taking it all. I think once we get to that side, she's gonna protect me as much as she can until I can get rid of her. Then the whole game changes. Plus, I have an idol. Hopefully I'll get the second one. If I have two idols, and this works with me and her, I could win the million dollars with no problem." The Galu Men Erik reveals his plan of getting the Galu men to the final four "It's like we have a few different leaves on the lawn. You see a couple leaves, and you go, 'We should rake the lawn.' A couple more leaves, we should rake the lawn. A couple more leaves, we should rake the lawn. Then all the sudden this huge windstorm comes in and *poof* there's leaves everywhere. Well, you'd better go get a damn rake. Basically, last night was that night. We had to get a damn rake. Russell left. We had a lot of things possibly pending, if, and, maybe, whenever. Now it's survival of the fittest. Russ is gone, we have no more options, we have concrete. There are 4 Galu men. We outnumber the women. Galu outnumber Foa Foa. If you do the math, there's no reason those 4 men should not be venturing into the final 4 together. Especially if we have Shambo up our sleeve. It's almost like a 5-man alliance, in the Galu tribe. There's no reason Foa Foa should even be considered competitors in this game anymore, and there's no reason the women of Galu should be considered competitors anymore. It should be all about those 4/5 Galu men."
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Friday, October 30, 2009 - 6:35 pm
Jaison again with no words. LOL Ginger great stuff!!! Thanks so much!!! Do you think they are doing the challenge where it reveals a pecking order?
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Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000
| Friday, October 30, 2009 - 8:08 pm
Great stuff, Ginger!! Thanks for doing the legwork.
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Alaginger
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07-11-2002
| Saturday, October 31, 2009 - 4:12 am
No Pamy ... I don't think this is a pecking order challenge. Based on what TDT says, I would think that whoever has the most points is immune at TC and it could be anybody on the new tribe: "the immunity challenge curiously takes place two days after the merge, and that it's called "Nut Cracker." ... "It's essentially Skee-Ball with a baseball bat. Points for various distances from the tee, with ten points for hitting it into the net (seen Mick's shot)."
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Alaginger
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07-11-2002
| Saturday, October 31, 2009 - 5:11 am
More of those pictures I was unable to get yesterday: *************************** More of the previouse Foa Foa's at bat
Jaison
Russell
Natalie Scrambling going on in the new tribe to make contacts:
Russell with Monica
Natalie with Dave
Jaison with John
Natalie with Laura Shambo and Laura still do not hit it off!!!
Look at that body language
Russell and John shake hands (Another deal?)
Dave: He's a crafty dude.
Russell: We already have our plan down!
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Pamy
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01-02-2002
| Saturday, October 31, 2009 - 9:33 am
aahhh thx for clearing that up for me.
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Catfat
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02-27-2002
| Saturday, October 31, 2009 - 10:59 am
Why is Russell wearing shorts made out of a tablecloth? snark snark
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Saturday, October 31, 2009 - 12:02 pm
hee hee. I thought the were odd also.
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Kookliebird
Member
08-04-2005
| Saturday, October 31, 2009 - 12:16 pm
Great stuff Ginger. Erik's comments, well, those type of comments are usually when they get voted out. Too cocky. It looks like FF4 each pinpoint a potential weakness at the Galu camp. Pretty the soon it would be 8 against the remaining Galu 4. My gut feel is that Mick would be good at that challenge. No real reason, he just looks comfortable in that photo, like he knows what he is doing. This will be a good episode.
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Alaginger
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07-11-2002
| Saturday, October 31, 2009 - 3:05 pm
For some reason I have the feeling that none of the Foa Foa 4 win this Immunity Challenge. I could be wrong. My feeling is based on the fact that the 4 thought one of them was going home, and were shocked that it was Erik.......plus they were even more shocked when they watched the episode where Erik found the idol. So knowing that he got voted out, and that he had an idol he didn't play, really knocked their socks off. Maybe Mick is really good, but somebody on the Galu side of the new tribe bests him. So far, there are no pics with even a hint of somebody wearing something that looks like an IN.
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Alaginger
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07-11-2002
| Tuesday, November 03, 2009 - 5:20 am
It's Tuesday morning, so let's see where we are: RC --- All the other boards say "None", Merge Feast instead. Plus there is quite an emphasis of the fact that in the pictures, the Foa Foa tribemates are mingling at the feast, rather than staying together as a group (good tactic). Nobody will be sent to another tribe as they "are one tribe" now. IC - Nobody has any idea who will win that challenge, but it will not be Erik. Boot - All seem to agree Erik is the boot and the first jury member of a 9-member jury. Just for Discussion: I have noticed at Survivor Blows that they are discussing the fact that Erik has the hidden immunity idol that he found at the Galu Camp, and the spoilers say he does not play it. In addition, they discuss the fact that Jeff has yet to say at any of the TC's, "If you have the hidden immunity idol, now would be the time to play it". I have wondered about that, but one poster suggested that he has mentioned it each time and it has just been edited out as so much is because it didn't have any bearing on the outcome. So, I, for one, will be interested to see if Jeff is going to mention it at the TC for Episode 8 since we pretty much know that Erik is the boot, and has an idol. What do you guys think?
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Kookliebird
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08-04-2005
| Tuesday, November 03, 2009 - 11:26 am
The first thing I noticed in the very 1st picture above was that the Foa Foa was walking down the beach sort of together (maybe strategizing), while the Galu tribe appears to be single file.
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Catfat
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02-27-2002
| Tuesday, November 03, 2009 - 11:38 am
I like the new blue colour for the united tribes. Maybe this week they will make the new sign and come up with the new name. It would boring just to watch them feast for an hour.
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Alaginger
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07-11-2002
| Tuesday, November 03, 2009 - 1:27 pm
Believe me, they will not just be feasting for an hour. They still have to have the IC challenge, and then they have to scramble to figure out who they are going to boot, plus they might have to set up a new camp, or at least fix one of the other onew to accommodate 12 people, and then a TC with a Boot down the "Walk of Shame".
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Alaginger
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07-11-2002
| Wednesday, November 04, 2009 - 5:34 am
The SOTS (State of the Spoiling) is up over at Survivor Blows, done this week by poster CTgirl. In summary, she says: To Summarize: Reward: Merge feast Merge Buff: Blue Merge Beach: Aganoa Immunity Challenge: Anyone but Erik Bootee: Erik Note in the summary that it tells us the merge beach is Aganoa. They have a map over there, but it is just too big for me to bring over. I can shrink it, but then you can't see anything. Basically, the map shows that the previous Galu Beach and Foa Foa Beach were not far from each other at all. The Aganoa Beach is quite a distance from those two, close to Ponderosa, and supposedly the most beautiful beach in Samoa. As far as I have seen, nobody has spoiled the new name of the merged tribe.
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Alaginger
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07-11-2002
| Thursday, November 05, 2009 - 11:49 am
Well ... here's the parts we didn't know, as of Thursday: Thanks to Survivor Skills, we have this info: The name of the merged tribe is: Aiga (which is samoan for both family and meal) The winner of the IC is John

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Alaginger
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07-11-2002
| Thursday, November 05, 2009 - 4:09 pm
oooops! Just noticed something else over at TDT. should have checked over there sooner. Evidently both John and Laura have immunity tonight.
Will be interesting to see if they tied, or if there were two contests .... one for the guys, and one for the gals.
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Panda
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07-15-2005
| Friday, November 06, 2009 - 7:10 am
I knew Laura was going to get it, great episode and I love knowing the boot list! Thanks, Ginger!
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