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Tom: any luck with the military surplus dealers???

Thank you for helping the 72nd Mech.....they are one of my favorites....

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Yesno. Have checked a few, and - also thanks to help from 2-3 of readers - found a few interesting things.

'But', considering developments, have left that idea be for the time being: I've saved the links so if necessary, I'll get back to it.

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Awesome.

BTW: if you guys need me to go to Washington D.C. and put my foot up the ass of Uncle Joe to convince him to do the right thing just say so......also I would need 2 tickets from Oakland International to and from DC and a decent hotel would be nice.

:o)

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Tom I know this is off topic but are you planning to write about the alleged alliance between Saudi Arabia and Iran? Keep up the good work!

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Probably yes.

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Can you do a Bitcoin account where to donate?

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Sorry, right now nope.

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Oct 8Liked by Sarcastosaurus

Tom, I have no problems with your love and support for our oligarchs. Quite appropiate. But if you belive i want my donation returned because you saw the need to change something in how you helped, you are insulting me. I donate to the Richsaw because of the idea, but Even more because I want to support. I trust you to put it to good use. Updates are fine, telling me what the next project is etc is fun. Returning donations? Insulting. The only thing remotely problematic here is telling my wife I constantly donate to this Anastasia… ok, I survive that. So keep using the money for good purposes at very local level. 72 is wonderful by the way.

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Thanks a lot, much appreciated!

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Oct 8Liked by Sarcastosaurus

As a donor, please continue to use my funds for whatever seems most in need. Your choices to date have been excellent.

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Thanks a lot, much appreciated!

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Oct 8Liked by Sarcastosaurus

If it is not too late, I suggest to buy oil for at least two changes and depending on the generator model, a special syringe could also be added which is handy for oil replacement. It has to be changed every few hundred hours (more or less) which could come very quickly and they may not have a compatible oil on hand. It will cost up to 50 Eur, but may prolong the life of the generator significantly.

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Thanks for the tip: was right on time!

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Oct 8Liked by Sarcastosaurus

Hi Tom, hope you are well! After the collection for the Shark drone(your last update was 4th of may) family desided to help the 72nd via the topcargo link you were so kind to recomend and we are still sending. My question is is this link still relevant, or we should relocate our modest help to Anastasias colection? https://topcargo200.com/ua72/

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Thanks Vladimir!

AFAIK, yes, that link is still valid, and I'm certainly not going to tell you to stop donating there and start donating 'to us'. I'm very grateful you're donating. That's great, and I'm sure they know to appreciate.

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22 hrs agoLiked by Sarcastosaurus

I wonder why the 72nd guy was surprised people wanted to donate and help them. That should be rectified soon. Next payday I’ll send donation again esp now the 72nd is one of the recipients.

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11 mins ago·edited 9 mins agoAuthor

They were isolated and left on their own for nearly a year. Foremost by their superiors. It's clear they didn't expect anybody to even know what was going on in Vuhledar.

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19 hrs agoLiked by Sarcastosaurus

Thanks Tom

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