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I'm Grant Barrett.

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slash donate. Thanks. One of my favorite songs on the jukebox in my

grandparents basement was Dang Me by Roger Miller. Some of the lines go, they say roses are red and violets are purple,

sugar sweet and so is maple circle. I'm the seventh out of seven sons, my papy was a pistol,

and I'm a son of a gun.

And although I still get a kick out of Maple Circle,

today I'd like to talk about the last line, son of a gun.

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