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Friday, June 19, 2009

Handling for #90... This is tough...


...Meaning, it appears the dogs that pick up the long bird second seem to have extreme difficulty getting back in to that boat bird. 

Unfortunately, #90 wasn't comfortable in settling up through the route to that bird and went right, requiring a handle.  

 


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