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|000007e0| 74 6f 6c 64 20 79 6f 75 | 20 74 68 61 74 2e 22 00 |told you| that.".|
|000007f0| 22 59 65 61 2c 20 49 20 | 73 61 77 20 74 68 65 20 |"Yea, I |saw the |
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|000076c0| 21 3a 20 43 61 72 6c 20 | 4c 69 6e 73 6b 79 2c 20 |!: Carl |Linsky, |
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|00007770| 61 6e 64 72 61 20 4c 61 | 72 73 65 6e 20 28 4e 43 |andra La|rsen (NC|
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|000077b0| 79 20 48 61 6d 6d 6f 6e | 64 2e 22 00 22 41 62 6f |y Hammon|d."."Abo|
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|0000a1a0| 00 22 43 69 67 61 72 65 | 74 74 65 73 20 63 61 6e |."Cigare|ttes can|
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|0000a1f0| 20 49 66 20 79 6f 75 20 | 77 61 6e 74 20 69 6e 66 | If you |want inf|
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|0000a230| 74 72 79 20 61 6e 64 20 | 73 77 65 65 74 20 74 61 |try and |sweet ta|
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|0000a290| 20 68 6f 77 20 61 6e 20 | 6f 6c 64 20 67 75 79 20 | how an |old guy |
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