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    • #11584
      jamiekulhanek
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      No they don t work, yes they look cool.
      These were posted on Mini Z World by arch2b.
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      Edited by – Aaron on 16 January 2003 14:41:02

    • #44217
      PandaBear
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      Ya – heaps of those stickons available for mZ, 1/10 and Maxxes, even seen metal discs for Micro RS4s.

      But my big question is… of course they won’t work, ‘cos Where’s the Brake Calipers??

    • #44220
      GT-ahh
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      or the hydraulic lines….

    • #44222
      PandaBear
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      Shiny metal ones good only for jap tincan like the Toyo Echo.

      You’ll need carbon-ceramic ones for your GT3, Jamie. 🙂

    • #44225
      Barrelll
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      Yeh they look sweet as i have some on the way 😀 😀

    • #44256
      jamiekulhanek
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      Quote:
      Ya – heaps of those stickons available for mZ, 1/10 and Maxxes, even seen metal discs for Micro RS4s.

      But my big question is… of course they won’t work, ‘cos Where’s the Brake Calipers??

      Panda, most of us know that they DON’T do anything besides look good, but some people on other forums were convinced that they were real working disc brakes. Calipers would enhance the look, but who can be bothered.

      Barell, I REALLY want some of these babies cause they r so cool, where did u get yours from?

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    • #44257
      jamiekulhanek
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      Yeah Panda I do need some proper carbon ceramic rotors, Barrelll?? Can u find me some? lol j/k

      Also need some good calipers, not sure what porsches have but i want 8 spots :8ball:

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    • #44258
      jamiekulhanek
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      Just wondering, where abouts do they go? Do they mount directly on the mags?

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    • #44262
      GT-ahh
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      i think they are attached to the wheels…and those wheels look like they were specifically designed for the rotors

    • #44268
      aesch
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      Toyeast sells them and so do rcmart. mini-zracer.com and draconious(?) should either have them or be able to get them in too 🙂

      (First 2 in HK, second 2 in US)
      Aesch 🙂

    • #44279
      PandaBear
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      Nah, there’s heaps of room in the wheels to add discs. The suspension doesn’t impinge much.

      All the ones I’ve seen are just plain discs of metal or plated plastic. I’m sure you can easily cut your own.

      I was yanking yer chain on the callipers.:) Not possible to put rotors on… as they’ll just go round-n-round. Not even on the Micro RS4, which comes from the factory with discs.

    • #44288
      jamiekulhanek
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      Panda i was yankin’ your chain with the callipers ;).
      Not possible to put rotors on?? I thought discs and rotors were the same thing.
      Even if u could put callipers on somehow, they would probably give so much trouble, and working out how to get some way of operating wouldnt be easy.

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    • #44299
      Shypo
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      but could you imagine 8 spots up front and some 6 or 8 spots up back, the car would be crazy.
      i want a handbrake in my car so i can rip it up with a proper drift release

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    • #44307
      me and me lude
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      hehee get a f1 pcb swap

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    • #44315
      Barrelll
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      lol @ the hand brake idea .. id love that one !

      Yeh i got mine from toyeast to put on my rexy with my gold alloy rims, its going to be pimpin (as shypo would say :clown:)

      Also a blue light set and and exhaust system 😀 should have that baby looking like gold

    • #44319
      me and me lude
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      hehehe rice!!!

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    • #44323
      Shypo
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      it still will look really nice Barrelll, im going to get myself a a White Altezza shell, lower it somehow and then put some big big big gold rims on it. can you say PIMP

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    • #44359
      Barrelll
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      hehehe i know it will be rice, but that will be my show car and iv got a racer. The altezza body is really really nice, i was considering getting one

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    • #44526
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      i see you now have 2 cars Barrell, dude this is becoming an expensive hobby huh

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    • #44552
      Barrelll
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      i havent got the supra yet, getting it in about a month, and then im moving upto 1/10th scale, i need a loan !

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      35MHZ 1.0 Battery Modded Castrol Supra
      45MHZ 2.2 Custom Painted Yellow and Black WRX
      57MHZ 2.6 Booster Trueno
      Mini Z Blue WRX (Lights, Gold alloys, Exhaust)
      Mini Z Castrol Supra + all mods (Coming)

    • #44559
      Shypo
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      how come your buying a 1/10?
      this is becoming very expensive for you isnt it lol

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    • #44580
      Barrelll
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      im buying a 1/10 because they FLY ! Buying a kyosho 4WD monster truck, and its going to be huge, front and rear wheelies 😀 … hmmm maybe i should stop buying little cars and buy a big car ?? 👿

      27MHZ 3.5 Honda Accord (Custom Exhaust and F1 Wing)
      35MHZ 1.0 Battery Modded Castrol Supra
      45MHZ 2.2 Custom Painted Yellow and Black WRX
      57MHZ 2.6 Booster Trueno
      Mini Z Blue WRX (Lights, Gold alloys, Exhaust)
      Mini Z Castrol Supra + all mods (Coming)

    • #44590
      Shypo
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      man if u added up how much u have spent on RC cars you would have the biggest heart attack, jus like i did when i added up my tally…..

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    • #44600
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      its still not as bad as what ive spend on beer…

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    • #44601
      Shypo
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      just start drinking Turpentine and eating boot polish GT-ahh, it’ll save u a bucket load LOL:smiley2:

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    • #44607
      Barrelll
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      lol .. ditto about the beer thing .. o dear. . hobbies DO cost alot lol 😀

      27MHZ 3.5 Honda Accord (Custom Exhaust and F1 Wing)
      35MHZ 1.0 Battery Modded Castrol Supra
      45MHZ 2.2 Custom Painted Yellow and Black WRX
      57MHZ 2.6 Booster Trueno
      Mini Z Blue WRX (Lights, Gold alloys, Exhaust)
      Mini Z Castrol Supra + all mods (Coming)

    • #44612
      Shypo
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      hobbies cost WAY TO MUCH money, they are so much fun yet so draining on the bank account

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    • #44615
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      Quote:
      man if u added up how much u have spent on RC cars you would have the biggest heart attack, jus like i did when i added up my tally…..

      Simple – to *avoid* heart attacks, just *don’t* count. :):):)

      I lost count of how many cars we have many years ago.
      But that’s ok, I don’t even dare to count anymore.

    • #44618
      Barrelll
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      well iv youv got the money, mayaswell spend it on something you enjoy, thats what i say anyway 🙂

      27MHZ 3.5 Honda Accord (Custom Exhaust and F1 Wing)
      35MHZ 1.0 Battery Modded Castrol Supra
      45MHZ 2.2 Custom Painted Yellow and Black WRX
      57MHZ 2.6 Booster Trueno
      Mini Z Blue WRX (Lights, Gold alloys, Exhaust)
      Mini Z Castrol Supra + all mods (Coming)

    • #44620
      PandaBear
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      Ya, can’t take $$ with you… 👿

      Thing is, if you don’t spend much on house, 1:1 cars, women, clothes, booze, cigs, drugs… there’s a surprisingly ample amt leftover even on my meagre wage.

      There are definitely worst ways to blow your ca$h than gadgets & RC toys. 🙂

    • #44626
      Shypo
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      very true Panda, i wanst knocking it, it would suck realllly bad if we didnt have something to be interested in

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    • #44631
      Barrelll
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      ditto with panda … love my r/c cars just as much as girls, alcohol, etc lol 😀

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      35MHZ 1.0 Battery Modded Castrol Supra
      45MHZ 2.2 Custom Painted Yellow and Black WRX
      57MHZ 2.6 Booster Trueno
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    • #44635
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      At least with RC we have something to show for it… beats empty alko bottles and lipstick stains. Bleeding waste of $$$ all that jazz – been there done too much enough of it. 🙂

    • #44638
      Shypo
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      lol im only in high school and Cars are getting to expensive

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    • #44651
      Barrelll
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      and so will girls sometime soon shypo lol

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      35MHZ 1.0 Battery Modded Castrol Supra
      45MHZ 2.2 Custom Painted Yellow and Black WRX
      57MHZ 2.6 Booster Trueno
      Mini Z Blue WRX (Lights, Gold alloys, Exhaust)
      Mini Z Castrol Supra + all mods (Coming)

    • #44654
      8ch Ess Vee
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      What do they say??
      somethin’ like

      ‘If it has breasts or wheels it’s gonna be trouble!’

      :smiley2:

      I’ve got it bad too, a 1/8 Scale Nitro Off Road, 3 boats (2 Nitro and 1 electric), 1 Compact CG, 2 Nano Racers, 1 Enertec MSC, Sony PS2, an ’96 HSV Clubsport, a dog and in my spare time I play bass guitar in a couple of bands!!

      Somehow I still find time to work 40+ hours a week and have a Fiance!!:p

      Not sure how much longer the last one is gonna last thought blackeye:

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    • #44674
      jamiekulhanek
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      Ive spent way too much on hobbies, females, booze etc.
      Just wondering…..what are our priorities, our chicks, our toys or beer?

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    • #44679
      GT-ahh
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      chicks, toys, and beer for me respectively (in that order)…

      my toys include…. 2 BGC, 5 clones, 1 mini-z,
      76 GTS monaro, GIANT atx-990 downhill mountainbike, burton “rippey” snowboard, multiple skateboards, custom handshape bodyboard, elec guitar, roland mc-303, ps1 and computer

      all im missing is a dirtbike…

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    • #44704
      Barrelll
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      chicks, toys, and beer (at the same time) .. now thats heaven lol

      27MHZ 3.5 Honda Accord (Custom Exhaust and F1 Wing)
      35MHZ 1.0 Battery Modded Castrol Supra
      45MHZ 2.2 Custom Painted Yellow and Black WRX
      57MHZ 2.6 Booster Trueno
      Mini Z Blue WRX (Lights, Gold alloys, Exhaust)
      Mini Z Castrol Supra + all mods (Coming)

    • #44706
      Shypo
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      u think i dont know about how expensive chix can be, man im only young and im already sick of females, i have had 14 girlfriends and am in the middle of an on again off again relationship and i havent evcn finished high skool:shock:

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    • #44717
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      14? u pimp….

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    • #44718
      Shypo
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      yes thats right 14 plus many floosies (howevr u spell it:p)
      On my way to my lifelong dream……

      i think yall know what my dream occupation is:D:D:clown::smiley16:

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    • #44728
      Barrelll
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      o dear shypo, your certaintly on your way lol, do many chicks you know like your mini R/Cs ??

      27MHZ 3.5 Honda Accord (Custom Exhaust and F1 Wing)
      35MHZ 1.0 Battery Modded Castrol Supra
      45MHZ 2.2 Custom Painted Yellow and Black WRX
      57MHZ 2.6 Booster Trueno
      Mini Z Blue WRX (Lights, Gold alloys, Exhaust)
      Mini Z Castrol Supra + all mods (Coming)

    • #44733
      jamiekulhanek
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      Women can go and get f***** :angry::angry::angry::angry::angry::angry::angry::angry::angry::angry::angry::angry::angry::angry::angry::angry::angry::angry::angry::angry::angry::angry::angry: grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. Sorry i’m just screwed up atm. ATM i am sticking to getting drunk.

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    • #44734
      jamiekulhanek
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      GT ahh…..Giant ATX 990?? I have a giant ATX 900 (same exept the frame is sold separately and u buy all the components) i love it, its hardcore as. Snapped the forks twice and its generally buggered all round.

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    • #44736
      jamiekulhanek
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      o dear shypo, your certaintly on your way lol, do many chicks you know like your mini R/Cs ??

      I dunno about daniel, but i dont play with my toys in front of my chick(s). They would probably want to play BCG rather than do…erm…other stuff.

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    • #44737
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      Quote:
      u think i dont know about how expensive chix can be, man im only young and im already sick of females, i have had 14 girlfriends and am in the middle of an on again off again relationship and i havent evcn finished high skool:shock:

      On again and off again………i hope mine is gonna be an on again…..

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    • #44748
      GT-ahh
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      dont we all….

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    • #44848
      Shypo
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      http://www.toyeast.com/proddetail2.asp?pdtid=AC0183

      brake discs if anyone wants them:smiley2:

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    • #44893
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      Hmm… I just bought a holepuncher on the weekend… and hey, my new AutoScale parcel just arrived today. Woohoo, spare set of wheels too. 😀

    • #44898
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      what shell did u get Panda??

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    • #44913
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      what shell did u get Panda??

      The AutoScale that arrived yesterday was a 360 Modena… but it looks too darned good to run!! Even the rear logo and tailpipes are chrome finished, amazing! 🙁

      Had thought of mounting it anyway till I found a better basher/runner, but then realised (1) chassis was too short and (2) I think I’ve got a Echo/Vitz and the motor is “high”.

      Modena needs “Long” and “Low”; could do the Long but didn’t have the bits to move the motor. As is it’ll bash the rear window, so its retired back into the case.

      Hmm… what’s the 4AAA battery box on the dummy chassis for? Looks like Kyosho wants us to light up the display body, maybe. :p

    • #44931
      Shypo
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      thats a nice shell Panda, i was worried about driving my WRX but now it just getting thrashed andc i love the battle scars, it feels more “loved” then it did b4.

      just got 18 hops ups in the mail today after a very very long and painstaking wait.

      i now hav and X speed installed, some serious camber, a new motor mount and heat sink, some carbon fibre H plates and HEAPS of toehr stuff which Charg-o-saurus and i are gonna split

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    • #44935
      Barrelll
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      thats it shypo, get those hop ups in there 😉

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      35MHZ 1.0 Battery Modded Castrol Supra
      45MHZ 2.2 Custom Painted Yellow and Black WRX
      57MHZ 2.6 Booster Trueno
      Mini Z Blue WRX (Lights, Gold alloys, Exhaust)
      Mini Z Castrol Supra + all mods (Coming)

    • #44957
      Shypo
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      i couldnt figure how to work the motor mount properly, the Heat sink just kept sliding off so i aint gonna keep that one and Charg-o-saurus needs it anyways.

      the X speed is a bit too fast sometimes, with my old motor i could at least turn without flipping lol, its a crazyfast peice of work, i think out on the concrete it will be ALOT better and i dont think i will roll as much, hopefully

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    • #44988
      Barrelll
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      you have to screw the heat sink on with thr 2 screws it comes with (2 fat short ones).

      The x speed is mad, on uphill concrete, it just spins when you put the finger straight forward !!

      27MHZ 3.5 Honda Accord (Custom Exhaust and F1 Wing)
      35MHZ 1.0 Battery Modded Castrol Supra
      45MHZ 2.2 Custom Painted Yellow and Black WRX
      57MHZ 2.6 Booster Trueno
      Mini Z Blue WRX (Lights, Gold alloys, Exhaust)
      Mini Z Castrol Supra + all mods (Coming)

    • #44995
      aesch
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      Might want to put a bit of threadlock on those screws as well 🙂

    • #45001
      Shypo
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      ah thanks for the tips guys i got them and just didnt have a clue what to do with the screws but now it makes sense:clown:

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    • #45015
      Barrelll
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      no worries shypo, what are mates for 😀

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      35MHZ 1.0 Battery Modded Castrol Supra
      45MHZ 2.2 Custom Painted Yellow and Black WRX
      57MHZ 2.6 Booster Trueno
      Mini Z Blue WRX (Lights, Gold alloys, Exhaust)
      Mini Z Castrol Supra + all mods (Coming)

    • #45027
      Shypo
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      lending you money, beating anoying people up and buying you escorts LOL

      also listening and all that other stuff:clown:

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    • #45195
      jamiekulhanek
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      Yeah that sounds about right

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