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Hahahah
Nothing like a good rant.
I actually disagree with you totally though. I always enjoy travelling and since I never bothered getting a driving license (or a car) I always use public transport. Being in transit is a state that I find extremely calming and since public transportation doesnt require much mental attention from the traveller (sitting/standing and looking out for pickpockets) it gives me ample time to deliberate about whatever is happening in my life at the moment or to simply enjoy music in a way that is quite unique. I find that the small amount of attention that I am forced to donate to the actual act of travelling is just the right amount to leave me to listen to music closely for prolonged amounts of time without getting bored. I therefore truly love travelling via public transport.
Naturally, I mainly have experience with fairly clean and modern public transport facilities, perhaps that troley you are referring to is just pure shit and doesnt allow for a proper appreciation of the momentary life of the road. |
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Written by jupitreas on 29.04.2008 at 17:12
Hahahah
Nothing like a good rant.
I actually disagree with you totally though. I always enjoy travelling and since I never bothered getting a driving license (or a car) I always use public transport. Being in transit is a state that I find extremely calming and since public transportation doesnt require much mental attention from the traveller (sitting/standing and looking out for pickpockets) it gives me ample time to deliberate about whatever is happening in my life at the moment or to simply enjoy music in a way that is quite unique. I find that the small amount of attention that I am forced to donate to the actual act of travelling is just the right amount to leave me to listen to music closely for prolonged amounts of time without getting bored. I therefore truly love travelling via public transport.
Naturally, I mainly have experience with fairly clean and modern public transport facilities, perhaps that troley you are referring to is just pure shit and doesnt allow for a proper appreciation of the momentary life of the road.
Well, most of our buses, trolleys etc are rather modern. HOWEVER, there are plenty of these old turds left as well. Plus on that particular route, the view is not very scenic either, I'm afraid...
inter-city/countryside routes are a whole different ball game.
P.S. Usually they're rather full as well, so that doesn't help. |
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Hahahaha, what a great blog. But yeh, I also enjoy the odd public transport I use.. busses or trains..
I dread to think what they like over in Estonia.. hahaha |
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I can relate, I've been taking public transport my whole life and while it has its downsides, it sure as hell beats paying shitloads of money just to get a license, and then once you do have one, paying even more for insurance, gas etc.
The classic way of traveling here is by bus, I have to take the 'religious' bus to work where the women are separated from the men. What I do for kicks is let my hair down and sit facing opposite the direction of the bus so that from behind, no religious woman can tell if I'm a guy or not, so they sit down next to me, look at my facial hair, act surprised and sit somewhere else in panic.
But nothing beats the old high school days, where I would have to jump over boarder fences and catch the next ghetto-ass-midget mini van bus to get to work filled with people sneaking in to the israeli side to work/study. |
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| I total;ly relate with this rant. Cause although I use fairly modern public transport on a daily basis I hate it. It is NOT relaxing. |
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 GT - 29.04.2008 at 21:21
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Now this was a fun read. I actually LOL'ed a few times, making my girlfriend go: "What!? what are you laughing at?"
But on the subject: I'm with jupitreas here. Normally I like taking the bus for the exact same reasons he gave up above, but - there's always a but - some days it just doesn't work. That's the days where you are a little late and a little grumpy and the bus happens to be late, totally packed and driven by some fat cow with a fetish for hitting the brakes for no apparent reason. And if you're really lucky there's a shit load of noisy smelly kids there as well.
Luckily I don't have to take the bus very often since I have my bike and it's therefore not very often I'm that unlucky.
The only music that would suit the situation and comes to mind right now is Arch Enemy - We Will Rise |
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| Public transports make me want to go on a killing-everyone-around-me session. And since I don't have a car, it happens every day. They won't be surprised if one day I let go and start decapitating people around me with a little spoon. Transports are rather clean and new here, but they're always packed with smelly people - the smelliest of whom always end pressed up against me, this is a rule. Also, it's like all the crazy people of the city have secret plans to make my life miserable by talking to me about their psychological and physical issues (like pedophilia, the will to kill Jews, the envy to watch gay porn with me and a dozen rugby players or the need to fart loudly in order to not burst into flames - all these really happened to me). So, yes, I'm definitely with destroyah on this one. |
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Well, I must say that I understand what you are saying, totally.
Although I mostly use bus to go to the school and again home from school, for those 4 years of using it I could write a book about my experiences. For instance, when some idiot put a PIG (yes you read it right, a damn pig) in the luggage part, so you imagine taht smell, if you want, or for instance, very common thing in those old buses, if it rains outside, it rains inside too. Just imagine two guys sitting in a bus under an umbrella. Yeah, thats fun... And few years ago, it was common that bus is late 20-40 minutes, no one even bothered to comment that, if it doesnt come at all, than it was "oh... damn..." 
Town public transport is very well described in your 1st post, so I wont bother on repeating that.
Trains are cheep as hell, but also slow, smelly, and dirty as you can imagine.
We also have really cheap taxis over here (the ones called 'wild taxi' or if you will, ones without licence) but the thing is with them, when they go from town to town, they will never drive you alone, they will put at least 4 more ugly bastards besides you, so, Ill better hope for a free seat in a bus.
And even if the bus is relatively free and new and all, one problem always remains, and that is - the music. And one particular kind of it, called "turbo folk" Well, if you didnt hear it, you cant imagine it, but it is a horror for every ears that have at least half of brain between them. Well, that how I started to listen Death Metal I needed something that will render impossible for that music to reach my ears... |
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Come on, public transport isn't that annoying. Sure, it isn't funny with an 30 + year old train that is freezing in the winter and boiling in the summer and is on top of that over-crowded with annoying characters. But for the most time, public transport offers serenity and time for reflection.And you can also meet the most odd characters(wich i consider is a plus) and it is a you say, alot of pretty girls usally is on the train/bus/subway etc. 
To all of you that complain about public transport, it could have been worse:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axwMxUBL_ws |
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Lucas - 03.05.2008 at 16:16
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Written by Collin on 30.04.2008 at 13:52
like pedophilia, the will to kill Jews, the envy to watch gay porn with me and a dozen rugby players or the need to fart loudly in order to not burst into flames - all these really happened to me
You gotta be kidding me. 
I'm going to give my Hellfest ticket away, no way I'm going on French public transport. |
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Written by Lucas on 03.05.2008 at 16:16
Written by Collin on 30.04.2008 at 13:52
like pedophilia, the will to kill Jews, the envy to watch gay porn with me and a dozen rugby players or the need to fart loudly in order to not burst into flames - all these really happened to me
You gotta be kidding me.
I'm going to give my Hellfest ticket away, no way I'm going on French public transport.
As long as you're not with me, everything should be just fine 
I have a long history of being a magnet to crazy people everywhere I go (ask Jeff, he knows all about my encounters with strange people) |
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Written by Collin on 03.05.2008 at 20:47
Written by Lucas on 03.05.2008 at 16:16
Written by Collin on 30.04.2008 at 13:52
like pedophilia, the will to kill Jews, the envy to watch gay porn with me and a dozen rugby players or the need to fart loudly in order to not burst into flames - all these really happened to me
You gotta be kidding me.
I'm going to give my Hellfest ticket away, no way I'm going on French public transport.
As long as you're not with me, everything should be just fine
I have a long history of being a magnet to crazy people everywhere I go (ask Jeff, he knows all about my encounters with strange people)
Same with me and AGAIN, especially while commuting. Once a guy started telling his life story - wife left him, he's fucked up, yadda-yadda. I don't mean to be insensitive (but then again I don't give a crap), but goddammit - no sharing while commuting! |
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Well, at least you can listen to music though. The public transportation here is too loud even to listen to headphones! But, I have a car so I should probably just stfu xD
Maybe you should try smelling worse than the other people?
BTW, nice song choices. |
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Written by Collin on 03.05.2008 at 20:47
Written by Lucas on 03.05.2008 at 16:16
Written by Collin on 30.04.2008 at 13:52
like pedophilia, the will to kill Jews, the envy to watch gay porn with me and a dozen rugby players or the need to fart loudly in order to not burst into flames - all these really happened to me
You gotta be kidding me.
I'm going to give my Hellfest ticket away, no way I'm going on French public transport.
As long as you're not with me, everything should be just fine
I have a long history of being a magnet to crazy people everywhere I go (ask Jeff, he knows all about my encounters with strange people)
I can't wait until I get my first taste of the train in France next month now! Where I live in the US I am essentially forced to use a car to go anywhere (no bus, etc within nearly 10 miles), but from the looks of it, I don't think I am missing out.... ! Of course I do love weird people... just not smelly ones.... |
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I think that the problem with public transportation, is the lack of interest of the government to support it. Imagine if the budget that's destined to stupid things, went to public transportation.
Anyway here in Mexico the public transport sucks to, but i'd never change the public transport for a car. |
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Public transport also sucks here, and also consider that this is a 6 million people city, so it can become really chaotic at the rush hours. Anyway, the 3 average hours I spend daily on buses and subway are the only time I really use for listening to music so it doeasn't really bothers me  |
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| Count me in as well. especially the Dutch trains suck a lot. |
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 Ivan - 12.06.2008 at 11:23
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| Awesome blog entry! Since I live in the same city, I know exactly what you mean - although nowdays I don't use public transport unless I really have to, prefering to go by bike or simply walk if it's too cold. Precisely because of the reasons described. But if I do go by bus, I always have my headphones on - this makes sure that no one tries to tell me their life story, and I don't have to listen to all the stupid conversations people make while commuting |
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K†ulu - 12.06.2008 at 12:55
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| I think there are probably very few countries in Europe which worse public transport than in Ukraine. It does suck, but the traffic jams actually dissuaded me from a idea of having a car at all. and then the gas prices... But just like Southern Wind and Ivan I listen to music all the time when using the public transport. Otherwise, I can just die of boredom. |
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| The benefits from the public transport, is that always something funny happens. Like a preacher from a crazy religion or a drunk homeless. It's always funny |
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| Good god, I know that one. I hate public transit, frequently the bus will completely drive right past me while im waiting at the stop. Of course we dont have a fish market here, i just encounter homeless people who are drunk off mouth wash hassling me about why I should cut my hair and stop being a "Thrasher". Then They usually ask me if I like Guns N Roses, or AC/DC, or Metallica, homeless people love those bands. |
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Written by K†ulu on 12.06.2008 at 12:55
I think there are probably very few countries in Europe which worse public transport than in Ukraine. It does suck, but the traffic jams actually dissuaded me from a idea of having a car at all. and then the gas prices... But just like Southern Wind and Ivan I listen to music all the time when using the public transport. Otherwise, I can just die of boredom.
Nadia my Ukranian friend here, really misses her Kiev public transport. |
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Ok I was once in Tallinn ok by car and to port and to Helsinki, but I didnt saw busses from 50tie sins treets
Damn I hate we had trains from 50/60 whit wooden benches and wholes in window, doors and you know how fucking anoying are if in winter there +10*C isnide only,
and fucking gourement dont alove warm tarins inside because from taht lost fule driver pay from his own mone(and we're in EU)
Ok soem trains are good but 3 vagons when tahy need be 6 , ther elike in India where animals go too, a lot of people no place where sit and be
Busses ok mout of them are old and not good, but sorry if tahy go 20min leither, sometimes take short cut and dont stop in bussstations  also that stupid converstaions there what people do and fucking mobile pfone music, how i wish soem skinheads go to those busses
also prises are huge and that there is no way out get home after 1900 |
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Ernis - 12.07.2008 at 19:51
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Ok a nice joke about public transport.
A guy's riding the metro. An old lady with a bag enters the train and gives the guy a nudge. The guy removes his earplugs and the dialogue starts.
"Young man, do you know that I am a 5th level disabled person."
"5th? Of all the possible three levels?"
The lady says with a slight anger in her voice: "All right, I've got the third level then!"
"Third's the lowest level."
"ALL RIGHT! I am 1st level invalid!"
"Can't be. One's considered 1st level disabled if one has lost a body part or cannot use a part of a body or organs."
The lady starts to scream: "YOUNG MAN, I WANT TO SIT DOWN!"
"You want to take a seat? Why didn't you say it in the beginning?". The guy stands up.
The elderly lady stood for some moments, probably didn't get what was going on. Then she sat down and had the expression as if she were thinking about the meaning of life. |
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Written by Ernis on 12.07.2008 at 19:51
Ok a nice joke about public transport.
A guy's riding the metro. An old lady with a bag enters the train and gives the guy a nudge. The guy removes his earplugs and the dialogue starts.
"Young man, do you know that I am a 5th level disabled person."
"5th? Of all the possible three levels?"
The lady says with a slight anger in her voice: "All right, I've got the third level then!"
"Third's the lowest level."
"ALL RIGHT! I am 1st level invalid!"
"Can't be. One's considered 1st level disabled if one has lost a body part or cannot use a part of a body or organs."
The lady starts to scream: "YOUNG MAN, I WANT TO SIT DOWN!"
"You want to take a seat? Why didn't you say it in the beginning?". The guy stands up.
The elderly lady stood for some moments, probably didn't get what was going on. Then she sat down and had the expression as if she were thinking about the meaning of life.
That a true story? I wouldn't be surprised if it was. Some of the old geezers out there really feel like everybody's out to get them |
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| Public transports aren't that crowdy here, unless it's really late on a weekend or early during the work days. |
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Written by Warman on 16.07.2008 at 02:23
Public transports aren't that crowdy here, unless it's really late on a weekend or early during the work days.
I know and its good quality but you shood try Latvain public transport spevcely in Latgale or 50km away from Riga and ..... not much quality whit Pakistan |
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Ernis - 19.11.2008 at 18:35
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| I dislike sardine treatment but unfortunately underground trains at rush hour and most buses are extremely prone to it in Beijing...it'll be especially awful when you're in a hurry and when the oceans of cars are blocking the roads and junctions and not only will you be waiting a lifetime for the small bus to arrive, you'll spend an even longer lifetime squashed inside the mass.....otherwise I ain't complaining....our underground system works fine, is relatively cheap and shiny clean....the only minus is crowds at some lines and transfer concourses plus the fact it closes after 10 PM..... |
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| I actually like taking the bus, subway or train. It's nice just sitting there, looking out the window, blasting Metal out of your headphones and have people looking horrified at you ("What's that satanic horrible music he's listening too? Poor guy, he was probably molested and sexually abused by his parents"). The best is when people actually change seats when I play my music really loud. |
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| @warman: i really hate the people that puts his/her music too loud in the public transport or in their cars. I think it's a lack of respect to the other users, and that makes the ride more tedious than it should be. |
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Written by Fhuesc on 21.11.2008 at 05:27
@warman: i really hate the people that puts his/her music too loud in the public transport or in their cars. I think it's a lack of respect to the other users, and that makes the ride more tedious than it should be.
Come here here aall kid splay fucking hip hop in sel pfones, till skin head kick his face whit boote and broke it , realy it hepened, IMO we shood not fight against smoking in public places but against self pfone music in piblic places |
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Written by Warman on 20.11.2008 at 02:52
I actually like taking the bus, subway or train. It's nice just sitting there, looking out the window, blasting Metal out of your headphones and have people looking horrified at you ("What's that satanic horrible music he's listening too? Poor guy, he was probably molested and sexually abused by his parents"). The best is when people actually change seats when I play my music really loud.
Thats why I wanna go by train Stockholm-Lulea when there are midnight sun time
I liked public transport in Styockholm too, that fast train and airport bus are great, IMO in not home town(only westrer Europa) its amazing |
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Written by Fhuesc on 21.11.2008 at 05:27
@warman: i really hate the people that puts his/her music too loud in the public transport or in their cars. I think it's a lack of respect to the other users, and that makes the ride more tedious than it should be.
Haha yeah, I hate it too! But I'm such a baby so I have to get my revenge on all the other people who does that. And I've also just found out that I hear really bad on my left ear. So what's loud to people next to me, isn't really that loud to me. |
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@warman, its really annoying and downright rude when people play music loud on public transport, learn some consideration to other people. plus music just sounds shit when its loud enough to be heard but not loud enough to be enjoyed.
If you catch public transport regularly and see the same fuckers everyday who are equally annoying (for doing things like playing music to loud), a great song is Nick cave's - O'Malleys Bar. Ok so its actualy about killing everybody in a bar and not about a bus, but you can imagine that its killing every fucker on that bus. I know its not metal, but what is more metal than an entire album about murder?! |
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...lol there's alot of hot chicks around making viking men happy haha...well there's nothing like that in mexico, at least for girls like me :p
...music always makes things better, i sometimes get stuck into traffic for a long long time but if there's good music i don't get that desperate... |
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| I always listen to music on the bus if I'm by myself. I sometimes wonder If people can hear it clearly because I can't really tell. I do turn it down just in case if there's a sleeping baby or something like that near me. You know, because I'm such a swell guy |
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| All people need to do is buy a good pair of earphones and job done, you can listen to it as loud as you like and nobody will hear it |
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Written by Stuart on 29.11.2008 at 02:59
All people need to do is buy a good pair of earphones and job done, you can listen to it as loud as you like and nobody will hear it
Agreed.
But I don't mind it too much when I can hear music seep through people's headphones. What I find annoying is when morons play their music through their mobile phone so that everyone can hear their crappy taste in music. I notice that this is usually done by people that like RnB. They actually think the entire world likes that annoying music
When I tell them to turn it down or put on headphones the usual answer I get: "But this is good music everyone likes." NO IT IS NOT, you fucking moron. Don't bug me with your annoying RnB cause I don't bug you with my taste in music now do I? |
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Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 29.11.2008 at 18:33
What I find annoying is when morons play their music through their mobile phone so that everyone can hear their crappy taste in music. I notice that this is usually done by people that like RnB. They actually think the entire world likes that annoying music
Indeed, this is highly annoying. Not so long ago I took the bus with one of these guys sitting all alone on the back seat, acting really "tough" and "badass". He had ginger hair, his one ear was pierced with of on those sparkling little diamonds and he was wearing a white "michelin man" jacket with a fur collar - indeed, quite the fashion-conscious fellow. But also his taste in music was quite deplorable, playing RnB and similar crap really loud through his fancy mobile phone. But suddenly this song popped on... He tried not to lose his face by tapping his feet on the floor, only making it worse of course. After a minute or so (and a long grin from my side), he embarrassedly turned off his phone and quietly kept looking at the floor until his stop.
Headphones, people! Headphones. That is all. |
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Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 29.11.2008 at 18:33
What I find annoying is when morons play their music through their mobile phone so that everyone can hear their crappy taste in music. I notice that this is usually done by people that like RnB. They actually think the entire world likes that annoying music
Oh, it's seriously annoying. Specially when you are in the underground metro at 6a.m and hear the noise.. And as you mentioned they're mostly Rap and R n' B. I
think after the invention of headphones it's logical not to share your music with others..
I use my headphones to get rid of those music and listen to mine. |
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| I never been to the east coast but amerikan public transportation has generally a bad reputation its horrible... I've ridden buses in Los Angeles.. its a piece of shit i might as well walk than sit with a bunch of homeless... |
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Ernis - 19.08.2009 at 12:57
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Written by Thryce on 29.11.2008 at 19:50
But suddenly this song popped on...
Headphones, people! Headphones. That is all.
What song was it?
Concerning headphones, the large ones make quite a lot of noise, the ones that are outside ears also tend to do that...the small headphones that go inside the ears also let all the sound out....the only ones that don't do that are the small rubber ones that go inside the ear...the rubber doesn't let them drop out (good for my hedgehog size ears) plus the rubber seems to make them soundproof.... |
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| Dear god, I hate buses. I ain't in one frequently but bus drivers in Belgium seem to be blind, down-syndrome monkeys. Me and my friend were returning from school once and we come to this street and the whole street is packed with at least six buses. Now let me tell ya, the street was about 6 meters wide and between all the six buses there was a massive crowd of people and cyclists. I could slay infants at moments like that... |
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| Thats definitely a bad day for you.. right now im looking for aftermarket auto parts bargain to repair my car.. so that i wont experience what you did.. |
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