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12 January 2020 | 80 replies
In subsequent years, my grandparents would put a $5 bill in my birthday card and I had to put the money in my savings account rather than use it to by comic books and bubble gum.
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16 September 2015 | 4 replies
Our company uses Mastic Ply Gem technology to create a vision for what the different types of siding would look like.
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29 August 2018 | 14 replies
Some kind of quality mastic would probably do just as good of a job and cost way less.
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6 April 2023 | 37 replies
I bought 6 properties that were basically rehabbed with chewing gum & bailing wire so I became pretty involved in redoing the previous rehabs & property management.
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6 March 2014 | 51 replies
My wife choked on her gum when reading.
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22 January 2016 | 13 replies
Mastic and thinset both age and lose elasticity over time, which is why tiles eventually start falling off walls on their own (i.e., nothing is forever).
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29 September 2010 | 0 replies
The principal's eyes opened really wide and before he could stop the answer, Harry replied, 'Bubble gum.' 6) Ms.
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26 May 2011 | 3 replies
They didn't experience the big run-up in prices when the bubble inflated, so they didn't get gum all over their faces when it popped.
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8 September 2018 | 60 replies
1) Walk around the construction site. 2) Find a few twigs a piece of gum and 2 elastic bands.3) If you can't find these items, thats ok, you don't need them.
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22 September 2016 | 21 replies
... also in floor mastic, ceiling tiles, wiring, caulk, window glaze, insulation, and a whole host of other things I'm likely forgetting.