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2naSalit

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10. Except they are getting funds from...

Reply to Beachnutt (Reply #3)

Thu Feb 10, 2022, 08:44 PM

Feb 2022

Oligarchs to stay out there so I'd imagine they get some kind of funds for paying their bills.

I have owned semis and it costs money to own them whether they sit or roll down the highway. The only way to keep them is to work them in such a way that you make money, otherwise, they're very costly.

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Except they are getting funds from... 2naSalit Feb 2022 #10

I am referring to the folks working in the Beachnutt Feb 2022 #19

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