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penny in the fusebox

An improvised repair made with no regard for safety.
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The fix I made was just a penny in a fusebox; we need to revisit it and fix the problem for real.

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Submitted on July 07, 2010

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بيني في fusebox

sigorta kutusundaki kuruş

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