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Iggo

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48. Yeah, I don't use mine for much either.

Reply to quaint (Reply #47)

Sat Dec 27, 2025, 09:51 PM

6 hrs ago

But if I got rid of it, there’d just be a hole in the wall.

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All's I'm sayin' is, before I discovered minute rice, I couldn't cook rice, either Iggo 6 hrs ago #45

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Yeah, I don't use mine for much either. Iggo 6 hrs ago #48

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