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May 23, 2017

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In this episode Bryan and Bill Spohn talk about 10 years of TruTech tools and we read some of the comments from the big 10 year giveaway.

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May 23, 2017

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Bill Spohn is the Man-ometer / 10 Years of TruTech Tools

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