DonielDoom

Basics Brawler

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    5:47 PM, Friday February 23rd 2024

    Again, thank you for your time and efforts!

    I'll see you on the other side of 250, or so, boxes!

    I hope you find nothing but success and growth in achieving your goals!

    3:54 PM, Sunday February 18th 2024

    Thank you so much for your time and effort! I value your feedback.

    I think I see where your hatred of funnels comes from. They can be pesky! I should probably spend more time in warm ups to become more familiar.

    I appreciate your patience as I overlook some instruction; I seem to have room to grow in my patience and am rushing things at times. I'm happy to have some help to identify that, among other things.

    Here's the updated images. I've included a new page of funnels, the revised rotated boxes page, and the two pages of revised rough perspective.

    Again, I appreciate your time!

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