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Round Robin Giftbag ideas threadOkay, birdies, this is the thread for posting general questions/answers.
Please ask questions about anything you can think of, remember that the bags will be moving on every month so we'll all find the information useful somewhere along the line.
Also, because of the £2.00 limit, many things may be home-made or charity shop finds or quarter skeins of left-over-after-a-pair-of-socks yarn, so these questions may be fairly wide ranging.
So.
1. Do you collect anything? Stamps, seashells, old cotton reels, pigs, elephants, tape-measures, pencil sharpeners?
2. Do you knit, sew, crochet, quilt, spin, embroider, make lace.... or anything else fibery?
3. Do you eat jam, marmalade, pickle, chutney, lemon curd, mincemeat?
4. Do you drink tea, herb tea, coffee, hot chocolate?
5. Would you use home-made lip-balm, soaps, lotions and potions?
6. Do you have a garden, a windowsill, a green-house?
7. Do you prefer chocolate - dark/milk or perhaps boiled sweets?
Please ask your own questions too!
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Answers...
1. Collections.
Pinecones! I try to pick one up from wherever we go on holiday.
Pencils. (not that this is much help, they won't fit!)
Old sewing notions.
2. Knit, sew, quilt, spin.
3. Not mincemeat. Lots of chutneys and bitter marmalades mostly, rather than sweeter things like jam, although jellies are nice.
4. Tea. Herb tea (fruity ones really, not things like camomile, yuk). Hot chocolate. Not coffee.
5. Yes! I'm not really a slapper on of facial moisturiser, but I do like a good bar of soap!
6. Yes, and every year I plan to grow veg and don't make it beyond salads and leeks! No greenhouse up here in the frozen north, so I've never managed exotica like tomatoes!
7. Dark chocolate, not milk, but a good sour sweetie like an acid drop wins over chocolate every time.
Your turn now....
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Auntie Noo
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Re: Round Robin Giftbag ideas threadI've had to copy the questions 'cos me memory ain't what it used to be!!!
1. Do you collect anything? Stamps, seashells, old cotton reels, pigs, elephants, tape-measures, pencil sharpeners?
No not really. I seem to collect dust and dog hair quite a lot but I don't think that's what is meant!
2. Do you knit, sew, crochet, quilt, spin, embroider, make lace.... or anything else fibery?
knit, crochet, try to sew... happy to try anything once.
3. Do you eat jam, marmalade, pickle, chutney, lemon curd, mincemeat?
Not often tbh, but never pickles or chutney cos I can't eat vinegar!
4. Do you drink tea, herb tea, coffee, hot chocolate?
builders tea and coffee. Hot choc after a walk if I need warming up
5. Would you use home-made lip-balm, soaps, lotions and potions?
oooooh yes, but never tried any homemade stuff. generally not a cosmetics or lotions kind of gal, but homemade things are special and worth the effort of putting on.
6. Do you have a garden, a windowsill, a green-house?
yes, yes and yes. mostly grow veggies, but the garden is happy to take most things - hardly any shade here though so no good for shade loving plants
7. Do you prefer chocolate - dark/milk or perhaps boiled sweets?
dark choc is my preference, although milk is OK. Sherbert lemons are my all time fave though
Please ask your own questions too!
Do you homecook or buy convenience?
Do you eat biscuits and/or cookies?
If you had an hour to spend doing anything - what would you do?
Do you have children at home and what age are they?
(My answers to above would be:
Homecook except on Saturdays!
Yes,both, usually homemade
In this order of preference: Walk the dog (if it's not pouring with rain) knit, bake.
Nope, although I can be pretty childish myself (in a good way!)
12. Is there anything you'd like that you can't readily get where you are eg KoolAid, KnitPicks stuff from the States?
I don't really know what's available so don't know - I have tried Koolaid though (do people really drink that/??????!)
13. Do you have any pets?
Yes a soon to be put up for adoption, muddy, hairy springer. And 4 chickens.
14. Do you have any non-fibery crafting habits?
Cooking, gardening.
15. Are you allergic to anything?
Shell fish!!!! (although I really can't see anyone sending a pint of prawns in one of these bags! - still you never know!)
16. What are your favourite colours?
I'm broadening my colour range - I seem to have a bit of a dusky pink thing going on at the moment! Love Autumn/nature inspired shades, but bright candy colours don't suit me.
17. Smells and scents - anything that you particularly like or dislike?
I like earthy, woody musty smells. Not sweet smells. Prefer essential oil/natural type scents as processed fragrances tend to make me sneeze.
18. Do you burn candles?
Yes, but generally only for dinner parties etc. I'm not hugely keen on sweet smelling candles, they can fight with the Coq au Vin !!!!
19. Hair - do you have long, short hair and do you use hair clips, hair bands, alice bands etc..?
II have longish hair for the moment, but I change my hairstyle often so who knows what tomorrow may bring. I usually put it up with a hairstick thing (or a DPN, which is more likely to be to hand!)
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cazzie
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1. Do you collect anything? - not really
2. Do you knit, sew, crochet, quilt, spin, embroider, make lace.... or anything else fibery? knit, crochet, sew
3. Do you eat jam, marmalade, pickle, chutney, lemon curd, mincemeat? - all of the above 
4. Do you drink tea, herb tea, coffee, hot chocolate? tea bags (no tea pot  ) and coffee,
5. Would you use home-made lip-balm, soaps, lotions and potions? - yes
6. Do you have a garden, a windowsill, a green-house? have a small garden but not much in it apart from Dh's shed, rabbit and grass!
7. Do you prefer chocolate - dark/milk or perhaps boiled sweets? - milk choc
Do you homecook or buy convenience? homecook as much as possible
Do you eat biscuits and/or cookies? - yes - my downfall
If you had an hour to spend doing anything - what would you do? knit or read
Do you have children at home and what age are they? - Yes DS is 4 & and DD 7 next week
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Cathie
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Re: Round Robin Giftbag ideas thread1. Do you collect anything? Stamps, seashells, old cotton reels, pigs, elephants, tape-measures, pencil sharpeners?
I have colections of elephants and beads
2. Do you knit, sew, crochet, quilt, spin, embroider, make lace.... or anything else fibery?
Knitting, crocheting and beady things
3. Do you eat jam, marmalade, pickle, chutney, lemon curd, mincemeat?
I like jam and pickles, the kids love marmalade
4. Do you drink tea, herb tea, coffee, hot chocolate?
I drink tea and hot chocolate, do drink coffee but not regularly
5. Would you use home-made lip-balm, soaps, lotions and potions?
I would use home made soaps etc
6. Do you have a garden, a windowsill, a green-house?
No
7. Do you prefer chocolate - dark/milk or perhaps boiled sweets?
Have quite a sweet tooth, so either boiled sweets or milk choclolate
Biscuits and cookies - Yes also my down fall at times.
I do try and do as much home cooking as possible, but do tend to eat more convienvce at the mo, definatly changing that.
Have to children and home a 5 year old boy and a 3 year old girl, and if I had an hour to do anything I wanted, it would have to be sat in a dark room with a little music and a nice smelling candle burning thinking or doing nothing at all.
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jacquie
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1. Do you collect anything? Stamps, seashells, old cotton reels, pigs, elephants, tape-measures, pencil sharpeners?
Hotel room shower caps- especially if they come in a novel little box. What? doesn't everyone do that?
2. Do you knit, sew, crochet, quilt, spin, embroider, make lace.... or anything else fibery?
knit, sew, quilt, tat.
3. Do you eat jam, marmalade, pickle, chutney, lemon curd, mincemeat?
yes
4. Do you drink tea, herb tea, coffee, hot chocolate?
green tea and decaf coffee, and a herbal tea last thing at night to help me sleep
5. Would you use home-made lip-balm, soaps, lotions and potions?
yes i would
6. Do you have a garden, a windowsill, a green-house?
I have a garden but it's probably against custom's rules to send seeds or anything to the USA
7. Do you prefer chocolate - dark/milk or perhaps boiled sweets?
I am trying not to eat chocolate or any kind of sweets at the moment
8. Do you homecook or buy convenience?
Homecook
9. Do you eat biscuits and/or cookies?
I am trying not to eat cookies either!
10. If you had an hour to spend doing anything - what would you do?
Knit or sew and watch something funny on TV
11. Do you have children at home and what age are they?
I have a 14 year old son at home
12. Is there anything you'd like that you can't readily get where you are eg KoolAid, KnitPicks stuff from the States?
13. Do you have any pets?
We have a Boston Terrier, 2 kittens, and some fish
14. Do you have any non-fibery crafting habits?
I make stitchmarkers, so I am always on the look out for lovely beads and findings.
15 Are you allergic to anything?
No
16 What are your favourite colours?
I like most except I wouldn't wear yellow or orange. I am a 'winter' person so blue-based colours suit me best.
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melody yarns
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1. Do you collect anything? Stamps, seashells, old cotton reels, pigs, elephants, tape-measures, pencil sharpeners?
Um, no! Yarn, patterns, knitting needles, dpns - does that count? Maybe pens. I like those. And bits of stationery like rubbers, pencil sharpeneners, pencils, crayons, notebooks, etc.
2. Do you knit, sew, crochet, quilt, spin, embroider, make lace.... or anything else fibery?
I sew occasionally and I'm always knitting
3. Do you eat jam, marmalade, pickle, chutney, lemon curd, mincemeat?
Yes and so does everyone else in our family
4. Do you drink tea, herb tea, coffee, hot chocolate?
I drink organic tea and some herbal teas. I don't like hot chocolate at all and drink decaff coffee mainly[color]
5. Would you use home-made lip-balm, soaps, lotions and potions?
[color=blue]I have sensitive skin so have to be careful. But yes, I'd give it a go!
6. Do you have a garden, a windowsill, a green-house?
A garden, and a windowsill. No greenhouse though
7. Do you prefer chocolate - dark/milk or perhaps boiled sweets?
I'm not at all keen on dark chocolate. But yes to everything else!
8. Do I have children?
Yes, two boys aged 8 and a half and nearly six
9. Do I eat cookies and biscuits?
Yes definitely!
My own questions.....
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Aknita
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I collect elephants.
I drink tea/coffee/herbal /fruity teas, but not anything made by Nestle.
I have sensitive skin and only use tried and tested products. Perfumed things make me itch terribly.
I love dark chocolate, but I don't have a particularly sweet tooth.
I try not to use convenience foods. I love Indian food, especially the sublety of their herbs and spices. I also love cooking Italian style. I am very partial to olives. Yum!
I have a garden.
I will read ANYTHING!
I am looking forward to receiving some diverse and lovely things this year.
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Hanne
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I knit and spin. I give all my leftover yarns to charity so I might not be the best recipient for miniskeins. I never get around using them.
I don't eat things like jam, marmelade, cookies or pickle. I prefer salty to sweet, but I like milk chocolate.
I like homemade products like soap. I'm going to try making soap this year.
I drink tea. I prefer loose, black tea with fruit flavors. I make my tea using a little coffee machine, so tea bags aren't very practical.
I don't have a garden, but I have some windowsill plants and a south balcony which is as hot as Sahara desert in summertime. I haven't yet found a plant which could live there.
My favorite scent is lily of the valley. I like all shades of blue. Usually I prefer pastel colors, but right now I like very bright colors because it's very dark in here at the moment.
I have 2 year and 3 year old sons.
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craftybernie
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1. Do you collect anything? Stamps, seashells, old cotton reels, pigs, elephants, tape-measures, pencil sharpeners?
Beads, Buttons, Craft/Rubber stamps
2. Do you knit, sew, crochet, quilt, spin, embroider, make lace.... or anything else fibery?
I enjoy felting, spindle spinning, knitting, crochet, embroidery. I sew mainly bags/needle rolls with quilters cotton. I will gladly receive mini skeins, yarny leftovers or fibres to spin/blend.
3. Do you eat jam, marmalade, pickle, chutney, lemon curd, mincemeat?
Blackcurrant or Raspberry Jam
Orange or Orange & Whiskey Marmalade
4. Do you drink tea, herb tea, coffee, hot chocolate?
Tea, Calmomile Tea, Peppermint Tea, Hot Chocolate (instant or regular)
5. Would you use home-made lip-balm, soaps, lotions and potions?
Absolutely! Have got eczema so prefer milder soaps etc..
6. Do you have a garden, a windowsill, a green-house?
Use tubs & baskets - easier for me to manage.
7. Do you prefer chocolate - dark/milk or perhaps boiled sweets?
Milk or Dark. Definitely NOT Chilli Chocolate
8. Do you homecook or buy convenience?
A bit of both! Mainly one pot cooking though. Use herbs & spices such as coriander, turmeric, cumin, marjoram, basil, chilli
9. Do you eat biscuits and/or cookies?
Yes, my downfall!!
10. If you had an hour to spend doing anything - what would you do?
Sleep!!!
11. Do you have children at home and what age are they?
10yr old girl. Not a girly girl, loves football esp. Man Utd. Wears warm woolly hats! Favourite colours are turquoise & bright pink!
12. Is there anything you'd like that you can't readily get where you are eg KoolAid, KnitPicks stuff from the States?
13. Do you have any pets?
Yes, a cat, tabby, 7yrs old. Very playful rescue cat. Addicted to Catnip & string.
14. Do you have any non-fibery crafting habits?
Card making, Stamping, Fimo,
15. Are you allergic to anything?
Angora!
16. What are your favourite colours?
Reds, Pinks, blues, greens, purples and most autumnal shades - I have dark hair and sallow skin so definitely no orange or yellow!
my own question:
17. Smells and scents - anything that you particularly like or dislike?
I use essential oils such as lavendar, bergamot, neroli, tea tree. Love the smell of cinnamon & cloves. But absolutely HATE geranium & vanilla. Eugh!
18. Do you burn candles?
Tealights mainly indoors and citronella outside during the summer.
19. Hair - do you have long, short hair and do you use hair clips, hair bands, alice bands etc..?
I have a shoulder length brown hair. I like sparkly slides for special occasions and wear alice bands or butterfly clips most days.
Thanks for setting this up n. It's exhausting looking through everyone's profiles so this has been a great help!! Will come in very useful as the months go by. xx
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Do you homecook or buy convenience?
- mostly homecook, but I'm partial to a take-away Indian Chicken Tikka with Raita and Dhal 
Do you eat biscuits and/or cookies?
Yes but trying to be good at the moment!
If you had an hour to spend doing anything - what would you do?
Oh help, I should probably be out composting or something, but in reality I'd probably flake out!
Do you have children at home and what age are they?
They think they are men... 18 year old who is a dozen miles away and 16 year old who is about to get a Small Bloke Sweater!
Not allergic to anything I know of.
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terri
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1. Do you collect anything?
Other than yarn.... not really 
2. Do you knit, sew, crochet, quilt, spin, embroider, make lace.... or anything else fibery?
I just knit really..... maybe the odd granny crochet square. I don't have time to develop any more hobbies sadly 
3. Do you eat jam, marmalade, pickle, chutney, lemon curd, mincemeat?
Yes to all of the above, especially love lemon curd
4. Do you drink tea, herb tea, coffee, hot chocolate?
All of the above, as long as they're hot!!!
5. Would you use home-made lip-balm, soaps, lotions and potions?
Absolutely!
6. Do you have a garden, a windowsill, a green-house?
I have quite a big garden, but its mainly lawn. I have a couple of big tubs with cordellines in which I put bedding plants around in the summer, and i have herbs in pots too on my decking.
7. Do you prefer chocolate - dark/milk or perhaps boiled sweets?
milk....yummy
8. Do you homecook or buy convenience?
Homecook
9. Do you eat biscuits and/or cookies?
Ocassionally
10. If you had an hour to spend doing anything - what would you do?
read or knit
11. Do you have children at home and what age are they?
Nope
12. Is there anything you'd like that you can't readily get where you are eg KoolAid, KnitPicks stuff from the States?
13. Do you have any pets?
Two dogs
14. Do you have any non-fibery crafting habits?
I like to draw....... thats creative but maybe not a craft
15. Are you allergic to anything?
No
16. What are your favourite colours?
I love all colours really
17. Smells and scents - anything that you particularly like or dislike?
I love lavender
18. Do you burn candles?
I sometimes burn a spiced pear candle that my mum got me last year. I don't burn it often cos I really like the smell and don't want to use it all up. I used to burn candles whilst in the bath, but tended to forget to blow them out and go to bed with them still burning 
19. Hair - do you have long, short hair and do you use hair clips, hair bands, alice bands etc..?
I have a shoulder length blonde hair. My hair is mostly tied up in a pony tail or clip, especially on work days.
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franney
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1. Do you collect anything?
Yarn, ribbon, buttons, fabric, patterns, sheep, hats, bags... 
2. Do you knit, sew, crochet, quilt, spin, embroider, make lace.... or anything else fibery?
knit, sew, crochet, embroider, just getting into needlefelting and a little bit of drop spindle spinning
3. Do you eat jam, marmalade, pickle, chutney, lemon curd, mincemeat?
Yes to all of the above
4. Do you drink tea, herb tea, coffee, hot chocolate?
I do as long as they are decaffienated - i'm afraid caffiene gives me a migraine
5. Would you use home-made lip-balm, soaps, lotions and potions?
Absolutely!
6. Do you have a garden, a windowsill, a green-house?
I have all three and a veg patch 
7. Do you prefer chocolate - dark/milk or perhaps boiled sweets?
i love chocolate but have to limit my intake (see coffee question  ) i also like boiled sweets but not cough candy or winter mixture or anything clovey 
8. Do you homecook or buy convenience?
both
9. Do you eat biscuits and/or cookies?
unfortunately yes
10. If you had an hour to spend doing anything - what would you do?
i would knit whilst listening to some nice music or a favourite tv programme that i can watch without having to concentrate on it. If i could knit and read i'd be in heaven
11. Do you have children at home and what age are they?
I have no children at home or otherwise
12. Is there anything you'd like that you can't readily get where you are eg KoolAid, KnitPicks stuff from the States?
Nothing small or cheap enough to fit in a round robin bag springs to mind
13. Do you have any pets?
I have four rats and a dog
14. Do you have any non-fibery crafting habits?
i do, i try and make cards and i cross stitch too, but that might be fibrey
15. Are you allergic to anything?
Caffiene
16. What are your favourite colours?
I adore orange... oh, and purple, they are my two all time favourites but i am also partial to a bit of blue and green and earthy tones and jewel tones and monochromatic tones and and and...
17. Smells and scents - anything that you particularly like or dislike?
I love lavender, rose, vanilla, sweet musk. I don't like cinnamon, ginger, clove
18. Do you burn candles?
I do, i love candle light, especially when i am having an indulgent soak in the bath
19. Hair - do you have long, short hair and do you use hair clips, hair bands, alice bands etc..?
My hair is currently halfway down my back (well, to my bra strap anyway) and i use any number of different things in it to hold it back, tie it up or keep it off my face
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mogiebear
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1. Do you collect anything?
Yarn!
2. Do you knit, sew, crochet, quilt, spin, embroider, make lace.... or anything else fibery?
Knit, quilt , and have tried to learn to use my spindle.
3. Do you eat jam, marmalade, pickle, chutney, lemon curd, mincemeat?
pickle and chutney.
4. Do you drink tea, herb tea, coffee, hot chocolate?
Tea and herb tea.
5. Would you use home-made lip-balm, soaps, lotions and potions?
Give them a try - very sensitive skin on my hands, though.
6. Do you have a garden, a windowsill, a green-house?
No.
7. Do you prefer chocolate - dark/milk or perhaps boiled sweets?
Chocolate any without extra flavours!
8. Do you homecook or buy convenience?
Homecook.
9. Do you eat biscuits and/or cookies?
Yes!
10. If you had an hour to spend doing anything - what would you do?
Knit, of course.
11. Do you have children at home and what age are they?
3- ds nearly 4
dd- nearly 16
dd- 24
12. Is there anything you'd like that you can't readily get where you are eg KoolAid, KnitPicks stuff from the States?
Nothing that falls within the realms of this swap,lol.
13. Do you have any pets?
smelly tom cat.
14. Do you have any non-fibery crafting habits?
No.
15. Are you allergic to anything?
Tomatoes, soap nuts,scented creams and lotions (on my hands).
16. What are your favourite colours?
Green, brown, black, grey.
17. Smells and scents - anything that you particularly like or dislike?
dislike - instant coffee
like -( I have lost most of my sense of smell and most things can smell very distorted, or loose most of their "notes". ) - citrus, pine.
18. Do you burn candles?
Occasionally.
19. Hair - do you have long, short hair and do you use hair clips, hair bands, alice bands etc..?
Short, no bands, clips or anything - sometimes colours.
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modelwidow
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Yey! I'm allowed to play when we start again So....
1. Do you collect anything? No , not really. Though I am partial to stationery, especially pens
2. Do you knit, sew, crochet, quilt, spin, embroider, make lace.... or anything else fibery? I sew, crochet, make bobbin lace and occasionally quilt
3. Do you eat jam, marmalade, pickle, chutney, lemon curd, mincemeat?
Yes, to any or all of the above
4. Do you drink tea, herb tea, coffee, hot chocolate? Tea and herb tea (but peppermint or the fruity ones, not camomile)
5. Would you use home-made lip-balm, soaps, lotions and potions?Yes though preferably not too strong a scent
6. Do you have a garden, a windowsill, a green-house? Garden and windowsill - always full of good intentions which rarely materialise
7. Do you prefer chocolate - dark/milk or perhaps boiled sweets? Can't think of any chocolate or sweets I don't like
8. Do you homecook or buy convenience? Homecook as much as poss, but occasionally buy convenience for err....convenience.
9. Do you eat biscuits and/or cookies? Oh definitely
10. If you had an hour to spend doing anything - what would you do? Knit, read, or go for a walk depending on the weather
11. Do you have children at home and what age are they? One daughter age 15
12. Is there anything you'd like that you can't readily get where you are eg KoolAid, KnitPicks stuff from the States? Can't think of anything
13. Do you have any pets? A cat
14. Do you have any non-fibery crafting habits? No
15. Are you allergic to anything? Fushias (not that it would affect anything here )
16. What are your favourite colours? purples and mauves, and pinks, though to be honest I like anything bright and cheerful
17. Smells and scents - anything that you particularly like or dislike? like -lavender and vanilla, dislike - musk and strong florals
18. Do you burn candles? No but I have several on my shelves as ornaments
19. Hair - do you have long, short hair and do you use hair clips, hair bands, alice bands etc..? My hair is shortish and layered so I don't put anything in it.
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