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2017-12-19
Is that a book with 116 2 sided sheets, or is the page number at the end of the book 116?
Claudio
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2017-12-19
@
Claudio
: The page number at the end of the book is 116.
Matthew
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2017-12-19
@
Matthew
: Thank you for the clarification!
I don't want to spoil the answer for anyone, but my Christmassy picture looks like a
well dressed bird
.
Claudio
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