Neighbour Dumped Their Trash in My Bin

Lmissosoup on 15/12/2017 - 22:04
Last edited 15/12/2017 - 22:05

It was a normal, average day. I came home, spotted my recycling bin outside. It was ready to be wheeled back inside…when I spotted something out the corner. Brown paper? That's a bit strange. I opened by the bin to see it completely full of trash. I was in utter shock… It was supposed to be empty…this wasn't our trash!? People suck.

I only had one option but to move some into another bin otherwise risk a month living with the recyclables.

I reluctantly stooped to the level of the scum of earth who had inflicted their trash upon me. I kept most of the trash in our bin though, to save someone else from the suffering that had been inflicted upon me. Then something caught my eye. A box… I took it out for a closer inspection. There was a name and and address. I thought, BINGO, I've caught the culprit. I then looked and around to find at it was my NEIGHBOUR.

I spent a good 30 minutes contacting friends and family… what should I do? If anything at all.

He seemed to be having a party, with people walking into the property. I stood there by the bin, seeing if he would notice.

I then decided, I really had to say something. I told him I had come home to a bin full of trash. He said it had happened to him too and pointed to his bin. I said I found a package addressed to his address in my bin. He said it was his but DIDN'T KNOW HOW IT GOT THERE. He didn't seem the least bit concerned that his packaging had ended up in someone else's bin!? He flat out stood there and lied to my face, acting as if I was the crazy one for accusing him of putting trash in my bin. I said, Well, I'm not saying that you did it, but you can see why it would seem like you did it. Whether or not you did do it, I'd appreciate if you could ask first in the future.

There are a number of things about this scenario that I find troublesome:

  1. He waited until the bin had been emptied, as opposed to before it was about to be emptied
  2. He filled the bin to the top and recycling gets collected fortnightly
  3. It meant that I had to then go out and dish out his trash so I'd have room for my trash
  4. What made this situation next level infuriating - when he had been caught, didn't apologise or attempt to resolve the situation

This really bothered me the rest of the night into the next day until when I got in contact with his estate agent to make a complaint. Made me feel, just a little bit better.

What would you have done in this situation?

Have you ever experienced this scum of the earth behaviour and had any luck in catching the culprit?

Ultimately I hope he stumbles across this and realises that he is a pile of stinky poop, should be utterly ashamed of himself and looses his job so he can live among the trash, that he is.

Thanks for reading!

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Comments

    • JediJan on 18/12/2017 - 02:21

      I can just see some bored young (and not so young) folk going around setting off people's bin lid alarms for fun.

  • Findo on 15/12/2017 - 22:53
    +4

    Lock your bins

    • HangryCakeStore on 15/12/2017 - 23:22
      -3

      Then lock your toilets?

    • jellykingdom on 16/12/2017 - 09:48
      +13

      Better hide your kids, hide your wife. And hide yo husbands

      • The Wololo Wombat on 17/12/2017 - 19:01
        +1

        Cause they're raping everyone round here!

  • JimmyF on 15/12/2017 - 22:58
    +13

    OP for those saying lock your bin, yes you can. But you need to get the right type of lock.

    These ones

    https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Gravity-Bin-Lid-Lock-Security-Bu…

    have a gravity release and when flipped upside they release the bin lid for emptying by the truck

      • JimmyF on 15/12/2017 - 23:20
        +11

        you can do whatever you like……

    • peterpeterpumpkin on 16/12/2017 - 09:35

      Council bins are much lighter than skips. I wonder if anyone has just flipped a bin. Hopefully when empty…

      • [Deactivated] on 16/12/2017 - 10:58

        That lock is fora domestic bin; not a skip

        • peterpeterpumpkin on 16/12/2017 - 11:06

          Yeah I know. Hence why I wondered if anyone has ever just flipped one to override it.

          (If you thought I meant the skip bin, I don't personally know of anyone strong enough to flip one of those. But if they could I'd probably let them do what they want with my council bin).

        • JimmyF on 16/12/2017 - 22:40

          @peterpeterpumpkin: you could flip it for sure to release the lid, but more people are lazy and just move on to the next bin.

  • missosoup on 15/12/2017 - 23:03
    +7

    If my neighbour learnt how to act like a normal human being, my problem would be solved for free. :D

    • JimmyF on 15/12/2017 - 23:09
      +10

      yeah most likely won't happen…. Can't fix stupid.

    • Rifraf on 15/12/2017 - 23:10

      Some thing to hope for but not to bet money on.
      Eventually he'll upset someone who'll hopefully break his jaw.
      But its not something you want to be silly enough to do.
      Sitting in a jail cell contemplating on why you didn't just buy a lid lock or putting the bin in the garage is not the kind of introspection you want to indulge in.
      You still lose in this out come.

  • Clear on 15/12/2017 - 23:12
    +12

    Glitter bomb the bin? Open the lid and get splattered.

    • missosoup on 15/12/2017 - 23:12

      Now someone is offering solutions I can get on board with.

      • Clear on 15/12/2017 - 23:18

        Perfect defence too. "Oh I threw out a heap of glitter. That stuff goes everwhere".

    • BargainKen on 16/12/2017 - 05:40

      Stink bomb would work better, perhaps one filled with bin juice from your neighbours trash? :)

    • BartholemewH on 16/12/2017 - 20:36

      If by glitter you mean faeces, the answer is yes.

    • Herbse on 17/12/2017 - 15:28

      Glitter bombs are destroying the ocean

      https://moneyish.com/ish/glitter-is-killing-the-environment-…

      • Clear on 17/12/2017 - 15:37
        +1

        Correct. It wasn't a serious answer.

    • missosoup on 15/12/2017 - 23:18

      My story is slightly different as I caught the offender who flat out deined it.

      • Findo on 15/12/2017 - 23:23
        +3

        No, you caught the alleged offender.

        • missosoup on 15/12/2017 - 23:27

          So bins had been emptied and someone else happened to place his package in my bin. That makes so much sense!

        • LlamaFarmer on 16/12/2017 - 01:25
          +4

          @missosoup:
          It makes perfect sense to me as that's what I would do to point the blame in someone else's direction. (Not that I would dump my rubbish in someone else's bin to begin with). Actually…I would just relabel an already used parcel of mine with a neighbour's name and address to make it look like theirs.

        • field1985 on 16/12/2017 - 07:20
          -1

          @missosoup: In this #metoo age people (women in particular) seem to have forgotten that an allegation does not mean the accused is guilty. Proving guilt requires evidence. Which in this case could have easily been planted by an unknown third party. So unless you set up a camera and/or catch them red-handed, you are just shooting your mouth off, which is a great way to get your neighbours offside.

        • missosoup on 16/12/2017 - 08:04

          @fieldo85: He said that was his box… Unless he just leaves his trash on the street…. If it had been in his bin, then it would have been emptied, I don't see how a third party would have got a hold of it. Further, it wasn't at the top, so it wasn't easily seen, it was under a layer of brown paper. My perspective the evidence is pretty damning… And I'm not sure why if you are dumping stuff you would attempt to frame someone else. That is pretty low.

        • [Deactivated] on 16/12/2017 - 08:11

          Username checks out.

        • Slippery Fish on 16/12/2017 - 09:52

          @fieldo85: yes shooting your guns off is much more effective for compliment neighbours…

        • ozzpete on 17/12/2017 - 01:27
          -1

          Allegation seems proven 'beyond reasonable doubt'

  • Roddy001 on 15/12/2017 - 23:17
    +1

    I'd lay a cable on their front lawn

  • Dont Care on 15/12/2017 - 23:18

    OK really question your social development. It's a bin with rubbish in it which then gets emptied. When "confronting"him you melted like the powder puff you are. I hope you feel you got one over him by posting your traumatic experience on the internet and alerting the world.

    • missosoup on 15/12/2017 - 23:25

      Hope he reads this and feels bad to be honest, as he showed no remorse for his actions and lied to my face.

      • ozzpete on 17/12/2017 - 01:29
        +1

        Rent a billboard. .. Post his photo , and a message 'IM A TOSSER!! I TOSSED INTO MY NEIGHBORS BIN !!

    • secondstory on 16/12/2017 - 19:44

      I think it's called being civil. Not sure how much tougher you need to act for it to feel like you had a confrontation, but not everyone wants to get into a yelling match or a fist fight. I mean, what are you gonna do? Be a bit more firm with your words? He's still going to give the same response because he doesn't care. I'd personally rather not escalate the situation with a neighbor like that either. If it actually was him, then you know he doesn't care and if you piss him off he's probably gonna mess your place up when you're gone and pretend it happened to him as well, also sounds like he's got mates who would be in on it too.

  • SecondSkoll on 15/12/2017 - 23:48

    I mean you could let it go, but if you pursue it I doubt there's much to be done from a legal standpoint.

    Alternatively, if you feel vindictive, find a high volume item that costs very little and fill his bin completely for a week. Maybe he'll understand the significance and irritation of such a thing when he's on the receiving end.

    It's around $30/35 for 200L of packing peanuts, which would fill a standard 240L bin fairly well.

    • missosoup on 15/12/2017 - 23:53
      +2

      I'll let it go.

      By the way, he doesn't deserve good peanuts. I ought to just fill it up with packaging addressed to me and vehemently deny that I put it in his bin.

      • missosoup on 15/12/2017 - 23:55
        +2

        That was a joke by the way. I'm not going to do anything for the record.

        • SecondSkoll on 16/12/2017 - 22:56

          Don't worry, I was also joking :P

          As much of an irritation as this sort of thing is it's best no to escalate, even if the results would feel temporarily satisfying.

        • ozzpete on 17/12/2017 - 01:34
          -1

          @SecondSkoll:
          Contact a company that collects/empties those sanitary bins in female toilets . Give him a bin full of them, just after his bin is emptied next week.. and put your name on tags attached to each sanitary item ..
          Then say its your time of month, but theyre not yours and you dont know how they got there

        • JediJan on 18/12/2017 - 02:28

          There's nothing wrong with vindictive thoughts as long as you don't act on them. Well, that's what I think anyway.

    • JediJan on 18/12/2017 - 02:26

      Some unflattened used cardboard boxes may be cheaper and more environmentally friendly.

  • Matslurpee on 15/12/2017 - 23:58

    Act a fool.

  • Yttrium on 16/12/2017 - 00:05
    +2

    Set your bin on fire.

  • tassieeagle on 16/12/2017 - 00:12

    Came for the comments. 3/10. Wouldn't read again

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    • [Deactivated] on 16/12/2017 - 00:29

      Came for your comment. 3/10. Wouldn't read again.

  • Lockieasy on 16/12/2017 - 00:27
    +29

    Wheel your bin up to his front door, ring his door bell and hide in it.

    When he answers the door, talk in a deep voice while opening and closing the bin lid from the inside, as if it's a mouth.

    • serpserpserp on 16/12/2017 - 22:02
      +1

      This is possibly the best way to resolve any bin related angst with neighbours. Possibly even problems with your work colleagues with the recycling bin in the office.

  • [Deactivated] on 16/12/2017 - 00:42
    -7

    Hi OP,

    I'm your neighbour.

    I didn't put that stuff in your bin. I found out who it was, and they just needed to move some stuff from one bin to another as they needed to fit a large item into one of our bins, and needed the room. That explains why my box was in your bin.

    My wife is pretty upset now as we've been evicted, and she's on chemotherapy. We didn't tell people about it as it's our private battle. I'm not earning an income now either as i'm her full time carer.

    It's going to be tough finding a new place in this market, especially without a steady income.

    But thank you for your community engagement.
    I always respect those that take an interest in the local community.

    Kind Regards,

    Your neighbour.

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    • missosoup on 16/12/2017 - 08:07

      Oh strange, I remember you pointing to your bin as evidence that you didn't put trash in my bin and it certainly wasn't one large object.

      Hope you and your wife enjoyed your party and find somewhere else to live quickly!

      xoxo

      • [Deactivated] on 16/12/2017 - 14:20
        -6

        You only have flimsy circumstantial evidence that he personally put anything in your bin.
        You don't understand that, because you're not too bright.

        It's not my fault you're a suburban klutz with nothing better to do but have conniptions about something as petty as this.
        You should get out of the house more…

        • smartazz104 on 17/12/2017 - 12:17
          +1

          Seems like you're the one that needs to get out more, seeing as you have so much free time to be an annoying git on the internet.

        • [Deactivated] on 17/12/2017 - 16:00
          -1

          @smartazz104: Thanks for keeping me company.

    • TheBilly on 16/12/2017 - 08:20
      +2

      Obviously not your neighbour… just an angry chicken

      • [Deactivated] on 16/12/2017 - 14:21
        -2

        Thank you for stating the bleeding obvious.
        Hey, where's member Captain Obvious?

        • TheBilly on 16/12/2017 - 17:07
          +2

          It really is an Angry Chicken.

    • hell0 on 16/12/2017 - 12:18

      "My wife is pretty upset now as we've been evicted, and she's on chemotherapy. We didn't tell people about it as it's our private battle. I'm not earning an income now either as i'm her full time carer."

      Create a GoFundMe page or as you both have no jobs why dont you move to a third-world country where your last few $$ will let you live a life of luxury.

      • [Deactivated] on 16/12/2017 - 14:22
        -1

        Oncology services in third-world countries aren't usually up to scratch.
        And in any case third-world countries aren't usually places where one can live a "life of luxury".
        The fact you don't seem to understand that means you should probably get out of the house more as well.

        But hey, who needs facts when we've got your insightless assumptions!

  • wukachuka on 16/12/2017 - 00:50
    +3

    You can solve the issue entirely with a gravity bin lock
    Ones like these are lockable and you can leave it locked when you put the bin out and it unlocks when the bin is tipped by the truck.

    http://www.binminder.ie/product/bin-lock/

    • JIMB0 on 16/12/2017 - 12:28

      Only works if the lid closes when the bin is put back on the ground.

  • Geekomatic on 16/12/2017 - 03:57

    Drill a hole through the front of the lid & another on the bin lip. Push a padlock through & lock it.

    https://www.bunnings.com.au/master-lock-50mm-excell-long-sha…

    Probably can get a longer shackle cheaper online.

    • ozzpete on 17/12/2017 - 01:37

      And do this to his bin also, throw away the key .
      Then say, I dont know how the locks got on our bins, but it happened to mine and I have the key also

    • singlemalt72 on 18/12/2017 - 08:05
      +1

      Doesn't solve the problem unless OP stood outside at all hours of the morning waiting for bin to be emptied and immediately locks bin …

  • chumlee on 16/12/2017 - 06:03

    You need to go Nicky Santoro on your neighbour

  • JediJan on 16/12/2017 - 08:05

    I think you should feel grateful the bin mobster didn't leave week old stinky fish in your bin, and did so after the bin was emptied. Yes, things can be much worse. That happened to me once and I knew for a fact the neighbour who put it there. Lady must have heard my very vocal complaint as I heard her grumbles that she had no choice but to put it in mine. Never happened again though. But hell it stunk like bat crazy for the rest of the week!

    I fancy the idea of a large black and hairy spider should be attached to the underside if the lid, so it swings outwards if the lid is opened. I hid one similarly, inside my letterbox, as mail was going missing. At least that is a bit of fun.

    • missosoup on 16/12/2017 - 08:12

      Yep agree could have been worse… only thing is that recycling gets collected fortnightly, so if I had kept the bin full, it would have been a month until I could have got rid of my own stuff.

      What is done is done. I hope he realises the error of his ways.

  • TheBilly on 16/12/2017 - 08:15
    -2

     I said, Well, I'm not saying that you did it, but you can see why it would seem like you did it. Whether or not you did do it, I'd appreciate if you could ask first in the future.

    This is where you chickened out. Its a sign of weakness, if I was your neighnour I would do it again and regularly.

    • missosoup on 16/12/2017 - 08:26

      Well, it was basically like speaking to a brick wall at that point and everyone told me to me nice.

      Guess I just wanted to post this so he could see that he didn't pull one over me and I know that he did it even if he denied it…

      If he does it again, I'll contact his estate agent again. I'm sure disturbing your neighbours isn't a good look.

      • Slippery Fish on 16/12/2017 - 10:01
        +2

        Lol grow some balls, the correct response was, "next time I'm filling yours with concrete, would you preference a dick or smiley face drawn in the top?"

        • JediJan on 16/12/2017 - 13:12

          Yup; I like that … very much! Slippery slope to selective success. Definitely your best method of attack. Don't be predictable; have him doubt your sanity. He won't be so keen in the future to tangle with his crazy neighbour.

        • missosoup on 16/12/2017 - 13:46

          @JediJan: I'll pass. If people just acted normal… wouldn't be in this situation.

        • JediJan on 16/12/2017 - 14:10

          @missosoup: Think the expectation of having normal neighbours is just not realistic though. I once lived in an area where the kids liked playing bin pranks for fun … on their nightly sojourns they would hijack bins for a walk and leave them streets away. Some people were ringing the councils just about every week for replacement bins as they couldn't locate them. For some unknown reason our bins were not taken by the bin nazis and neighbours were confounded by this. Eventually the practice juststopped. Guess I shouldn't give the latest batch of kids ideas …

        • Slippery Fish on 16/12/2017 - 15:15
          +1

          @JediJan: it was your kids.

        • JediJan on 18/12/2017 - 02:31

          @Slippery Fish: Lol, no … didn't have kids then, and I was too old for that kind of prank. The mystery was never resolved!

  • [Deactivated] on 16/12/2017 - 09:04
    +2

    Empty the bin on his driveway. End of story.

  • Gronk on 16/12/2017 - 09:09
    +2

    Empty it on his lawn?

    Edit: There seems to be a theme here… ^^^

    • kevsta on 16/12/2017 - 17:14

      Agree ^^^. From experience, this works. Make sure it's somewhere inconvenient like blocking access to their front door.

  • kolorijo on 16/12/2017 - 09:33
    +1

    Hire this guy https://youtu.be/hVZFEEwZznI

  • peterpeterpumpkin on 16/12/2017 - 09:43

    Most councils have a missed bin collection service (of course normally only for "missed" bins - my council uses RFID tags to log pick-ups so you couldn't lie anyway).

    Although it's a bit late now, it's normally worth ringing up and explaining one's situation.

  • solidussnake on 16/12/2017 - 09:49

    You really need drill and put a lock on the bin like small businesses do to stop dumping and then on bin day put it out and unlock it. If theres still rubbish dumped into it after collection just empty the contents over his fence or front door step lol

  • Peck on 16/12/2017 - 10:10

    Was he related Assam MaBin? Phil MaBin? Maybe your cat could drop one into his bin = the worst smell known to man!

  • OzBoganYeah on 16/12/2017 - 11:01
    +2

    Yeah I've experienced this many, many times before. Both for recyclables and hard rubbish. I always end up trying my darnest to cram and push everything down for the tiniest bit of space for my rubbish. Crappy neighbours fill it up and over the top/brim. Which means no room for my rubbish and you can't even close the lid: having to drag the heavy bins out is horrible because trash falls out onto the ground and I need to stop every 4 seconds to pick it up and careful add it to the pile again.

    They also do it in the middle of the night. What I don't understand is if you have already filled up your bin/s, are you unable to wait a week or two for the next collection? AT the very least if you are going to use your neighbour's bin/s, portion it out and dump a little in one bin and a little in the next bin. It's lame, but it's a more considerate than dumping all your trash in one other person's bin and not leaving any room for their rubbish.

  • [Deactivated] on 16/12/2017 - 11:03
    +13

    Get a few sheets of toilet paper. Pour some brown sauce on it. Leave it sticking out of the lid so it is visible and so it falls onto whoever opens it.
    Put some liquid soap on the handles.
    His brain will add up the sensation of the soap on his hands and the sight of the brown stained toilet paper and mess with his head.

    • yaziyo on 16/12/2017 - 15:09

      Beautiful.

  • Dack Smith on 16/12/2017 - 11:05

    You did the right thing by telling him

    But since laws are non existent for stuff like this I suspect you will have to just put up with it.

    If you dump stuff on his lawn he may get rabid and violent.

    Bad neighbours are commonplace as people just do whatever they want now especially now lazy real estate agents let any old morons rent places and trash them.

    Get a lock or take your bin out later.

    Maybe also put CCTV in place for evidence, this sounds like the start and soon you may find rotten garbage and used needles in your bin.

    You have to monitor your garbage against other garbage

    • ozzpete on 17/12/2017 - 01:43
      +1

      Since he is a renter, could contact real estate to let them know what he did.
      They may take this into consideration, when his lease comes up for renewal.

  • centrelink on 16/12/2017 - 11:16

    Just put the rubbish back into their bin and use that I don't know excuse as well.

  • skywards on 16/12/2017 - 11:20
    +1

    Had a neighbour who used to do this (I live in a cul de sac) so now I pull the bins out in the morning.

  • thwarted on 16/12/2017 - 11:28

    FWP

  • [Deactivated] on 16/12/2017 - 11:40
    -3

    Shit Happens.

    Get Over It.

    Almost every freaking week we get one of these threads.

    Ozbargain is turning into whingepool, with low-effort content memes.

    You aren't going to find any constructive methods to fix this problem.

    The party is a one-off thing? Can't you see that? Mate, if I got pissed off every time; I would go crazy.

    My neighbours are running illegal boarding houses. I deal with this every week, so damn, you got it lucky mate.

    You got it bloody lucky, you don't have to deal with it.

    Most of these issues are due to poor council planning as well as the illegal boarding houses.

    You got it lucky.

    You got it lucky.

    I would pay someone to create a meme picture of this garbage situation. We have a problem in Australia with garbage. Then mix it with the wonderful bin chickens everywhere. I think this would go well with the meme. I wonder what our neighbouring countries like New Zealand are thinking when they see people complain about such simple issues. First world problems.

    Damn bro, they just want to get rid of their trash. The system isn't setup to allow people to have a party and throw away their trash. The system is broken when you have too many people crowded in one apartment… It's all broken. It's Australia.

    No offence, but many visitors to australia come across the ozbargain forum. Makes us aussies look like a bunch of idiots.

    Take a quick look at some of the asian countries and you'll see why I am pissed at this disconnect. Look at Japan. People just need to learn some respect and work within the broken system, because it ain't getting fixed with the amount of corruption in australia.

    • centrelink on 16/12/2017 - 12:10

      I'm looking at Japan but what am I supposed to be looking at?

      • [Deactivated] on 16/12/2017 - 12:34
        +2

        Waste management. Japan has some of the best waste management practices…

        They have it done well.

        Even a so-called developing/almost developed country like China has better waste infrastructure than us. Surprisingly… Never heard of any disputes with garbage as they generally take away whatever you throw out on the day anyway.

        We need to shift towards getting rid of whatever waste our society produces in an efficient manner. Councils are the most bureaucratic piece of junk we have in Australia. I'm glad they merged some of them, but they should just get rid of them altogether.

        Made some quick simple memes regarding Bin Chicken. Our National Icon.

        https://imgur.com/a/UVZMq

        • [Deactivated] on 16/12/2017 - 12:58
          -2

          I think a lot of this stems from other countries doing it differently. They don't need your waste to be inside a physical bin to be emptied. Either they use some special bag to sort it, or they take it away after you place it on the kerb. You can opt to have a personal bin to contain the garbage in the meantime to stop smells from emitting, but it isn't 100% needed to get rid of your garbage.

          The whole idea of only stuff inside the bin gets taken away needs to be changed. (This is the worst problem with Australia, too many dodgy rules and people rigidly following them)

          Easiest solution to the problem would have been to buy a large black plastic garbage bag and then put it next to the red bin when it comes time for trash collection day. However, most councils and garbagemen won't take away anything that isn't inside the red bin. That's bureaucratic.

          Blame the garbos. Other rules include that bins that are too full won't be emptied. That's ridiculous if you ask me. Why can't they spend a few seconds to take the few off the top and then empty the bin twice, after all, it is a paid waste management service. The whole you can only empty your bin once a week is bureaucratic. They won't even let you pay to empty it again in some councils!!!

          Australia. That's the problem. We think we are doing it so well, but in fact we are probably doing it all wrong.

        • smartazz104 on 17/12/2017 - 12:18
          +2

          Waste management. Japan has some of the best waste management practices…

          Probably because there aren't idiot people like OP's neighbour, and if there are theres't are people like you to come along and say "who cares, stop whinging".

    • missosoup on 16/12/2017 - 13:40

      He should have just kept it in his house and waited two weeks until the bin is emptied. But he made it my problem.

      • Moneyneversleeps on 17/12/2017 - 17:06

        And then you have made it someone else problem by dumping it in anther person and not asking for permission. Whether it's full for partially full they now have to deal with it. Same cycle, they probably going to rant somewhere and hope you read it and feel bad.

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