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Home Delivery

jhdouglas59
 

I'm in a reflective mood tonight trying to recall the various items we
had delivered to our home on East Main Street back in the 40's/50's.

Some of the stuff I remember:

Sterling bread (from Canton?). I remember the cracked wheat bread that
came in the waxy wrapper (which you could use to wax the runners on
your sleds). I think occasionally the delivery guy would attach a
Peter Wheat comic book to the bread. I think the Peter Wheat character
was pretty dorky, but at the time he seemed neato.

Ideal milk (from Massillon?). The milk was full stregth with that
layer of cream on top. I think the bottle was sealed with some kind of
cardboard top that kind of flipped up. Returnable bottles. Imagine
that would be considered eco friendly recyling today. A good idea at
the time but now too labor intensive.

Grit weekly newspaper. I think I tried delivering those papers weekly
using my balloon tire orange Schwinn bike with the wire baskets on the
sides to hold the papers. I believe the full retail price was 10
cents; the goofy delivery boy got to keep four cents (which really was
a pretty good profit margin). The only problem was you had to send in
the six cents to Grit headquarters every week, even though you had a
problem collecting the full 10 cents from the customers (many old
tightwads around town who enjoyed stiffing the paperboy). That old
bike was a cool bike. It had a horn button with a battery operated
horn on it.

Charles potato chips in the big metal can. I still have the empty can.

Various door to door salesmen who sold:

Electrolux horizontal vacuum cleaners and Kirby upright vacuum cleaners.

Encyclopedias

Fuller brushes and Better brushes.

What other stuff do you remember that was delivered to your house or
that some pesky door to door salesman tried to sell back then?

The Weaselmeister
Addie & Dave Yoder
 

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Hello,
?
This is Addie.? Just returned from Toronto for a Woodstock (India) School Reunion.
?
Are you sure Ideal milk was delivered?? We had Smith Dairy's milk delivered from Orrville.? Was that because we lived on Kidron Road?
?
Addie

----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, July 13, 2008 11:49 PM
Subject: [dalton59] Home Delivery

I'm in a reflective mood tonight trying to recall the various items we
had delivered to our home on East Main Street back in the 40's/50's.

Some of the stuff I remember:

Sterling bread (from Canton?). I remember the cracked wheat bread that
came in the waxy wrapper (which you could use to wax the runners on
your sleds). I think occasionally the delivery guy would attach a
Peter Wheat comic book to the bread. I think the Peter Wheat character
was pretty dorky, but at the time he seemed neato.

Ideal milk (from Massillon?). The milk was full stregth with that
layer of cream on top. I think the bottle was sealed with some kind of
cardboard top that kind of flipped up. Returnable bottles. Imagine
that would be considered eco friendly recyling today. A good idea at
the time but now too labor intensive.

Grit weekly newspaper. I think I tried delivering those papers weekly
using my balloon tire orange Schwinn bike with the wire baskets on the
sides to hold the papers. I believe the full retail price was 10
cents; the goofy delivery boy got to keep four cents (which really was
a pretty good profit margin). The only problem was you had to send in
the six cents to Grit headquarters every week, even though you had a
problem collecting the full 10 cents from the customers (many old
tightwads around town who enjoyed stiffing the paperboy). That old
bike was a cool bike. It had a horn button with a battery operated
horn on it.

Charles potato chips in the big metal can. I still have the empty can.

Various door to door salesmen who sold:

Electrolux horizontal vacuum cleaners and Kirby upright vacuum cleaners.

Encyclopedias

Fuller brushes and Better brushes.

What other stuff do you remember that was delivered to your house or
that some pesky door to door salesman tried to sell back then?

The Weaselmeister
 

Addie, John:
?
I thought of another one - the Watkins man.? What did they sell spices, tonics, medicines ???
?
Linda Freeland

Addie & Dave Yoder wrote:

Hello,
?
This is Addie.? Just returned from Toronto for a Woodstock (India) School Reunion.
?
Are you sure Ideal milk was delivered?? We had Smith Dairy's milk delivered from Orrville.? Was that because we lived on Kidron Road?
?
Addie
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, July 13, 2008 11:49 PM
Subject: [dalton59] Home Delivery

I'm in a reflective mood tonight trying to recall the various items we
had delivered to our home on East Main Street back in the 40's/50's.

Some of the stuff I remember:

Sterling bread (from Canton?). I remember the cracked wheat bread that
came in the waxy wrapper (which you could use to wax the runners on
your sleds). I think occasionally the delivery guy would attach a
Peter Wheat comic book to the bread. I think the Peter Wheat character
was pretty dorky, but at the time he seemed neato.

Ideal milk (from Massillon?). The milk was full stregth with that
layer of cream on top. I think the bottle was sealed with some kind of
cardboard top that kind of flipped up. Returnable bottles. Imagine
that would be considered eco friendly recyling today. A good idea at
the time but now too labor intensive.

Grit weekly newspaper. I think I tried delivering those papers weekly
using my balloon tire orange Schwinn bike with the wire baskets on the
sides to hold the papers. I believe the full retail price was 10
cents; the goofy delivery boy got to keep four cents (which really was
a pretty good profit margin). The only problem was you had to send in
the six cents to Grit headquarters every week, even though you had a
problem collecting the full 10 cents from the customers (many old
tightwads around town who enjoyed stiffing the paperboy). That old
bike was a cool bike. It had a horn button with a battery operated
horn on it.

Charles potato chips in the big metal can. I still have the empty can.

Various door to door salesmen who sold:

Electrolux horizontal vacuum cleaners and Kirby upright vacuum cleaners.

Encyclopedias

Fuller brushes and Better brushes.

What other stuff do you remember that was delivered to your house or
that some pesky door to door salesman tried to sell back then?

The Weaselmeister
jhdouglas59
 

--- In dalton59@..., "Addie & Dave Yoder" <akddyoder@...>
wrote:
Addie:

I'm not even sure it was Ideal milk. Was there an Oberlin dairy in
Massillon? I don't think we had Smith's milk delivered either.

Did you see any hippies at Woodstock? How was the rock music?
I'm confused. How is Toronto connected to Woodstock (India)?

The Weaselmeister





Hello,

This is Addie. Just returned from Toronto for a Woodstock (India)
School Reunion.

Are you sure Ideal milk was delivered? We had Smith Dairy's milk
delivered from Orrville. Was that because we lived on Kidron Road?

Addie
----- Original Message -----
From: jhdouglas59
To: dalton59@...
Sent: Sunday, July 13, 2008 11:49 PM
Subject: [dalton59] Home Delivery


I'm in a reflective mood tonight trying to recall the various
items we
had delivered to our home on East Main Street back in the
40's/50's.

Some of the stuff I remember:

Sterling bread (from Canton?). I remember the cracked wheat bread
that
came in the waxy wrapper (which you could use to wax the runners
on
your sleds). I think occasionally the delivery guy would attach a
Peter Wheat comic book to the bread. I think the Peter Wheat
character
was pretty dorky, but at the time he seemed neato.

Ideal milk (from Massillon?). The milk was full stregth with that
layer of cream on top. I think the bottle was sealed with some
kind of
cardboard top that kind of flipped up. Returnable bottles.
Imagine
that would be considered eco friendly recyling today. A good idea
at
the time but now too labor intensive.

Grit weekly newspaper. I think I tried delivering those papers
weekly
using my balloon tire orange Schwinn bike with the wire baskets
on the
sides to hold the papers. I believe the full retail price was 10
cents; the goofy delivery boy got to keep four cents (which
really was
a pretty good profit margin). The only problem was you had to
send in
the six cents to Grit headquarters every week, even though you
had a
problem collecting the full 10 cents from the customers (many old
tightwads around town who enjoyed stiffing the paperboy). That
old
bike was a cool bike. It had a horn button with a battery
operated
horn on it.

Charles potato chips in the big metal can. I still have the empty
can.

Various door to door salesmen who sold:

Electrolux horizontal vacuum cleaners and Kirby upright vacuum
cleaners.

Encyclopedias

Fuller brushes and Better brushes.

What other stuff do you remember that was delivered to your house
or
that some pesky door to door salesman tried to sell back then?

The Weaselmeister
Addie & Dave Yoder
 

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John:
?
Clarification - there is an American International School located in the first range of the Himalyan Mts. in the northern part of India.? I taught piano, violin and choir from 1965-1971.? It was started as a British boarding school and celebrated it's 150th year back in 2004.? Because the British didn't know the word Alumni existed, WOSA was begun - Woodstock Old Students Association.? On our way to Toronto, we went through Woodstock, Ontario so cancel the usual American association of Woodstock and pot smoking from this Woodstock Reunion.? Actually, marajuana (spelling?) grew on the hillside close to our school and one of the students was expelled 4 days before graduation for dealing drugs!!? At this year's reunion, former Madrigal Singers that attended got together and we sang a Thomas Morley Madrigal as part of the Saturday night program.? Also featured was a "band" of two sitars, tabla (drums) guitar and singers.? Two were Woodstock grads.? The group sings religious Christian songs in the style of "praise songs" in a mixture of rock, classical Indian (a la Ravi Shankar) and Peter Paul and Mary!!? Not my cup of tea but if you are interested, I can tell you where to buy their CD!? While in Toronto, we took a bus tour to "Little India", having passed Little Saigon and Little China and made purchases we wished we had made whilel in India.? The second trip was to a newly built Hindu Temple.? Was nice to see white stone, lots of windows, clean floors and to learn of their beliefs.? The temples in India were always small, dark and dingy, no windows and usually lots of monkeys stealing food (that was given to the gods) and darting in and out between your legs while muching on peanuts and strewing shells all over!? This was such a pleasant experience - saw many families coming to worship.
?
Addie

----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2008 10:04 PM
Subject: [dalton59] Re: Home Delivery

--- In dalton59@yahoogroups.com, "Addie & Dave Yoder" ..>
wrote:
>

Addie:

I'm not even sure it was Ideal milk. Was there an Oberlin dairy in
Massillon? I don't think we had Smith's milk delivered either.

Did you see any hippies at Woodstock? How was the rock music?
I'm confused. How is Toronto connected to Woodstock (India)?

The Weaselmeister

> Hello,
>
> This is Addie. Just returned from Toronto for a Woodstock (India)
School Reunion.
>
> Are you sure Ideal milk was delivered? We had Smith Dairy's milk
delivered from Orrville. Was that because we lived on Kidron Road?
>
> Addie
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: jhdouglas59
> To: dalton59@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Sunday, July 13, 2008 11:49 PM
> Subject: [dalton59] Home Delivery
>
>
> I'm in a reflective mood tonight trying to recall the various
items we
> had delivered to our home on East Main Street back in the
40's/50's.
>
> Some of the stuff I remember:
>
> Sterling bread (from Canton?). I remember the cracked wheat bread
that
> came in the waxy wrapper (which you could use to wax the runners
on
> your sleds). I think occasionally the delivery guy would attach a
> Peter Wheat comic book to the bread. I think the Peter Wheat
character
> was pretty dorky, but at the time he seemed neato.
>
> Ideal milk (from Massillon?). The milk was full stregth with that
> layer of cream on top. I think the bottle was sealed with some
kind of
> cardboard top that kind of flipped up. Returnable bottles.
Imagine
> that would be considered eco friendly recyling today. A good idea
at
> the time but now too labor intensive.
>
> Grit weekly newspaper. I think I tried delivering those papers
weekly
> using my balloon tire orange Schwinn bike with the wire baskets
on the
> sides to hold the papers. I believe the full retail price was 10
> cents; the goofy delivery boy got to keep four cents (which
really was
> a pretty good profit margin). The only problem was you had to
send in
> the six cents to Grit headquarters every week, even though you
had a
> problem collecting the full 10 cents from the customers (many old
> tightwads around town who enjoyed stiffing the paperboy). That
old
> bike was a cool bike. It had a horn button with a battery
operated
> horn on it.
>
> Charles potato chips in the big metal can. I still have the empty
can.
>
> Various door to door salesmen who sold:
>
> Electrolux horizontal vacuum cleaners and Kirby upright vacuum
cleaners.
>
> Encyclopedias
>
> Fuller brushes and Better brushes.
>
> What other stuff do you remember that was delivered to your house
or
> that some pesky door to door salesman tried to sell back then?
>
> The Weaselmeister
>
jhdouglas59
 

Addie:

Thanks for clearing up the confusion about Woodstock.

Where can you buy the sitar, tembla and Peter Paul Mary soundalike
singers music?

I really like Peter, Paul and Mary music. I saw Peter Yarrow, Paul
Stuckey and no Mary Travers (she is seriously ill) this year at the
Kerrville Folk Festival in Kerrville Texas.

You must have really enjoyed the Himalayan Mountains when you were
there. Leave it to the Brits to not know the word alumni (too latin
for them, I guess). Were you close to the Dalai Lama? Didn't he
escape from Tibet and relocate in India or am I confused again?

The Weaselmeister

--- Indalton59@..., "Addie & Dave Yoder" <akddyoder@...>
wrote:

Clarification - there is an American International School located
in the first range of the Himalyan Mts. in the northern part of
India. I taught piano, violin and choir from 1965-1971. It was
started as a British boarding school and celebrated it's 150th year
back in 2004. Because the British didn't know the word Alumni
existed, WOSA was begun - Woodstock Old Students Association. On our
way to Toronto, we went through Woodstock, Ontario so cancel the
usual American association of Woodstock and pot smoking from this
Woodstock Reunion. Actually, marajuana (spelling?) grew on the
hillside close to our school and one of the students was expelled 4
days before graduation for dealing drugs!! At this year's reunion,
former Madrigal Singers that attended got together and we sang a
Thomas Morley Madrigal as part of the Saturday night program. Also
featured was a "band" of two sitars, tabla (drums) guitar and
singers. Two were Woodstock grads. The group sings religious
Christian songs in the style of "praise songs" in a mixture of rock,
classical Indian (a la Ravi Shankar) and Peter Paul and Mary!! Not
my cup of tea but if you are interested, I can tell you where to buy
their CD! While in Toronto, we took a bus tour to "Little India",
having passed Little Saigon and Little China and made purchases we
wished we had made whilel in India. The second trip was to a newly
built Hindu Temple. Was nice to see white stone, lots of windows,
clean floors and to learn of their beliefs. The temples in India
were always small, dark and dingy, no windows and usually lots of
monkeys stealing food (that was given to the gods) and darting in and
out between your legs while muching on peanuts and strewing shells
all over! This was such a pleasant experience - saw many families
coming to worship.

Addie
----- Original Message -----
From: jhdouglas59
To: dalton59@...
Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2008 10:04 PM
Subject: [dalton59] Re: Home Delivery


--- In dalton59@..., "Addie & Dave Yoder"
<akddyoder@>
wrote:
>

Addie:

I'm not even sure it was Ideal milk. Was there an Oberlin dairy
in
Massillon? I don't think we had Smith's milk delivered either.

Did you see any hippies at Woodstock? How was the rock music?
I'm confused. How is Toronto connected to Woodstock (India)?

The Weaselmeister

> Hello,
>
> This is Addie. Just returned from Toronto for a Woodstock
(India)
School Reunion.
>
> Are you sure Ideal milk was delivered? We had Smith Dairy's
milk
delivered from Orrville. Was that because we lived on Kidron Road?
>
> Addie
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: jhdouglas59
> To: dalton59@...
> Sent: Sunday, July 13, 2008 11:49 PM
> Subject: [dalton59] Home Delivery
>
>
> I'm in a reflective mood tonight trying to recall the various
items we
> had delivered to our home on East Main Street back in the
40's/50's.
>
> Some of the stuff I remember:
>
> Sterling bread (from Canton?). I remember the cracked wheat
bread
that
> came in the waxy wrapper (which you could use to wax the
runners
on
> your sleds). I think occasionally the delivery guy would attach
a
> Peter Wheat comic book to the bread. I think the Peter Wheat
character
> was pretty dorky, but at the time he seemed neato.
>
> Ideal milk (from Massillon?). The milk was full stregth with
that
> layer of cream on top. I think the bottle was sealed with some
kind of
> cardboard top that kind of flipped up. Returnable bottles.
Imagine
> that would be considered eco friendly recyling today. A good
idea
at
> the time but now too labor intensive.
>
> Grit weekly newspaper. I think I tried delivering those papers
weekly
> using my balloon tire orange Schwinn bike with the wire baskets
on the
> sides to hold the papers. I believe the full retail price was
10
> cents; the goofy delivery boy got to keep four cents (which
really was
> a pretty good profit margin). The only problem was you had to
send in
> the six cents to Grit headquarters every week, even though you
had a
> problem collecting the full 10 cents from the customers (many
old
> tightwads around town who enjoyed stiffing the paperboy). That
old
> bike was a cool bike. It had a horn button with a battery
operated
> horn on it.
>
> Charles potato chips in the big metal can. I still have the
empty
can.
>
> Various door to door salesmen who sold:
>
> Electrolux horizontal vacuum cleaners and Kirby upright vacuum
cleaners.
>
> Encyclopedias
>
> Fuller brushes and Better brushes.
>
> What other stuff do you remember that was delivered to your
house
or
> that some pesky door to door salesman tried to sell back then?
>
> The Weaselmeister
>
Addie & Dave Yoder
 

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John,
?
Yes, the Dalai Lama came often to Mussoorie and came to our school on several occasions - one being a concert where one or both h.s. choirs sang!? His presence was not know at the time.? He preferred to come in and out of the auditorium very quietly.? He loved the "Christian" atmosphere at Woodstock.? In return, we often went over to " his" Tibetan school on the west side of "town".? when we took Karmen back to India in 2004, we went to visit the Tibetan School he started.? Those teachers and students are a very dedicated buch for education and for keeping the Tibetan history alive.
?
I'll have to look up the website for the performing group.? Right now, I'm communicating with family to let them know Dave, (husband) came though his heart procedure just fine yesterday.? Had a stent inserted in the lower part of his heart (had quadruple by-pass five years ago) from the right radial (wrist).? Since back from Toronto, he's had a heart cath (pulse in the 40's but no chest pains after the stress test), told to go home and be a couch potato until this procedure on the 23rd.? He came thorugh great.? Has good coloring and feels fine-unlike after the cath last week.
?
I'm on my way to work and will be there until Dave calls to say he's released to go home.? Knowing hospital time, that could be as early as 8:30 this morning or 11 tonight.? He wrote his sermon last Tuesday so he plans to be back in the pulpit this Sunday.
?
The group that uses sitars etc is based in Toronto and is called Aradhna.? Oh, I found the website.? .? Chris Hale, the founder of the group was raised in Nepal and attended Woodstock School (class of 1986).? If you contact them, let them know you got their website from a former staff member of Woodstock ' Addie Amstutz Yoder, 1965-1971.? He would appreciate knowing that Woodstock School helped spread the word of his group.? If you have any problems, let me know because I have other Toronto contacts that could get their hands on his CDs.
?
Thanks for your interest.
?
Addie

----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 10:05 PM
Subject: [dalton59] Re: Home Delivery

Addie:

Thanks for clearing up the confusion about Woodstock.

Where can you buy the sitar, tembla and Peter Paul Mary soundalike
singers music?

I really like Peter, Paul and Mary music. I saw Peter Yarrow, Paul
Stuckey and no Mary Travers (she is seriously ill) this year at the
Kerrville Folk Festival in Kerrville Texas.

You must have really enjoyed the Himalayan Mountains when you were
there. Leave it to the Brits to not know the word alumni (too latin
for them, I guess). Were you close to the Dalai Lama? Didn't he
escape from Tibet and relocate in India or am I confused again?

The Weaselmeister

--- Indalton59@yahoogroups.com, "Addie & Dave Yoder" ..>
wrote:
>
> Clarification - there is an American International School located
in the first range of the Himalyan Mts. in the northern part of
India. I taught piano, violin and choir from 1965-1971. It was
started as a British boarding school and celebrated it's 150th year
back in 2004. Because the British didn't know the word Alumni
existed, WOSA was begun - Woodstock Old Students Association. On our
way to Toronto, we went through Woodstock, Ontario so cancel the
usual American association of Woodstock and pot smoking from this
Woodstock Reunion. Actually, marajuana (spelling?) grew on the
hillside close to our school and one of the students was expelled 4
days before graduation for dealing drugs!! At this year's reunion,
former Madrigal Singers that attended got together and we sang a
Thomas Morley Madrigal as part of the Saturday night program. Also
featured was a "band" of two sitars, tabla (drums) guitar and
singers. Two were Woodstock grads. The group sings religious
Christian songs in the style of "praise songs" in a mixture of rock,
classical Indian (a la Ravi Shankar) and Peter Paul and Mary!! Not
my cup of tea but if you are interested, I can tell you where to buy
their CD! While in Toronto, we took a bus tour to "Little India",
having passed Little Saigon and Little China and made purchases we
wished we had made whilel in India. The second trip was to a newly
built Hindu Temple. Was nice to see white stone, lots of windows,
clean floors and to learn of their beliefs. The temples in India
were always small, dark and dingy, no windows and usually lots of
monkeys stealing food (that was given to the gods) and darting in and
out between your legs while muching on peanuts and strewing shells
all over! This was such a pleasant experience - saw many families
coming to worship.
>
> Addie
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: jhdouglas59
> To: dalton59@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2008 10:04 PM
> Subject: [dalton59] Re: Home Delivery
>
>
> --- In dalton59@yahoogroups.com, "Addie & Dave Yoder"

> wrote:
> >
>
> Addie:
>
> I'm not even sure it was Ideal milk. Was there an Oberlin dairy
in
> Massillon? I don't think we had Smith's milk delivered either.
>
> Did you see any hippies at Woodstock? How was the rock music?
> I'm confused. How is Toronto connected to Woodstock (India)?
>
> The Weaselmeister
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > This is Addie. Just returned from Toronto for a Woodstock
(India)
> School Reunion.
> >
> > Are you sure Ideal milk was delivered? We had Smith Dairy's
milk
> delivered from Orrville. Was that because we lived on Kidron Road?
> >
> > Addie
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: jhdouglas59
> > To: dalton59@yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Sunday, July 13, 2008 11:49 PM
> > Subject: [dalton59] Home Delivery
> >
> >
> > I'm in a reflective mood tonight trying to recall the various
> items we
> > had delivered to our home on East Main Street back in the
> 40's/50's.
> >
> > Some of the stuff I remember:
> >
> > Sterling bread (from Canton?). I remember the cracked wheat
bread
> that
> > came in the waxy wrapper (which you could use to wax the
runners
> on
> > your sleds). I think occasionally the delivery guy would attach
a
> > Peter Wheat comic book to the bread. I think the Peter Wheat
> character
> > was pretty dorky, but at the time he seemed neato.
> >
> > Ideal milk (from Massillon?). The milk was full stregth with
that
> > layer of cream on top. I think the bottle was sealed with some
> kind of
> > cardboard top that kind of flipped up. Returnable bottles.
> Imagine
> > that would be considered eco friendly recyling today. A good
idea
> at
> > the time but now too labor intensive.
> >
> > Grit weekly newspaper. I think I tried delivering those papers
> weekly
> > using my balloon tire orange Schwinn bike with the wire baskets
> on the
> > sides to hold the papers. I believe the full retail price was
10
> > cents; the goofy delivery boy got to keep four cents (which
> really was
> > a pretty good profit margin). The only problem was you had to
> send in
> > the six cents to Grit headquarters every week, even though you
> had a
> > problem collecting the full 10 cents from the customers (many
old
> > tightwads around town who enjoyed stiffing the paperboy). That
> old
> > bike was a cool bike. It had a horn button with a battery
> operated
> > horn on it.
> >
> > Charles potato chips in the big metal can. I still have the
empty
> can.
> >
> > Various door to door salesmen who sold:
> >
> > Electrolux horizontal vacuum cleaners and Kirby upright vacuum
> cleaners.
> >
> > Encyclopedias
> >
> > Fuller brushes and Better brushes.
> >
> > What other stuff do you remember that was delivered to your
house
> or
> > that some pesky door to door salesman tried to sell back then?
> >
> > The Weaselmeister
> >
>

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