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At 11:21am on March 17, 2018, Korrigan said…: Hey shipmate, thanks for the friend request.

At 6:12am on February 7, 2018, Uncle John said…: Bob, I really encourage you to view knotlenny's CBG 101 on youtube. I has helped me an hundreds of other folks.

At 6:00am on February 7, 2018, Uncle John said…: Good deal, Bob and thanks for your message and service. And welcome to a great hobby. How is the playing going? knotlenny's cbg 101 helped me the most.

At 6:40am on February 5, 2018, Uncle John said…: Hey, Bob. I really liked the chief. Now after seeing your USN ring icon, I am guessing you might be a retired CPO.

I used to be in a little band/ singing group called CPO. In our case it was Chamber Pot Orchestra.

It's good to have you for a CBN friend.

At 7:39am on January 30, 2018, gary herget said…: Hey Bob, thanks for the friend request. We have the fest as well as a cbg club here in thr STL area. The fest is June 2, the club meets on the 3rd Sat. of the month at The HWY 61 Road House in Webster Groves. Starts at 9am and goes till 11am. Come and join us.

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