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yelling loudly in the street.

Now, my ears were burning, and indeed S-6 is my handle, I believe. Thank you,

S-6. I just yelled out loudly on Anne Street in Brisbane, CBD. How did Greek hop-light,

this is all in all caps, by the way, how did Greek hop-light phalanx maintain kilometers long

cohesive moving lines of troops while marching forward into combat on terrain

where there would be trees and bushes and fences. Did they have a method of reforming parts

of the line when small bands would get slowed down by obstacles? For example, the line to the sides

would slow to allow gaps to reform or the soldiers were trained to run back

after they cleared obstacles or were they following individual commanders who would tell them

to run reform.

Anyway, I am now at the CBD Brisbane CBD Police Station for psych evaluation.

Aha!

Now, I think I said earlier that my ears were burning.

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