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VMA131Marine

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2. If it does get built ...

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Tue Jun 16, 2026, 06:55 PM

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You could pay for the reconstruction of the East Wing by selling raffle tickets where the winner gets to push the plunger to implode it. I’d buy a dozen or so.

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