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Practicing law as a digital nomad
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Date: July 21st, 2021 8:21 AM Author: razzle-dazzle azn I know it's not very common but I've been practicing US law as a digital nomad for about three years now living mostly in Asia and Latin America. Happy to take questions. Long story short, I practiced for a few years at a big firm then started my own solo shop. A year into working solo I realized it was so expensive to live in a top tier US city, I could instead live abroad and work remotely without anyone noticing. Everything I do is through the internet. I have multiple internet US phone numbers with Google Voice, Sonetel and Plivo (cost: free to $1.99 a month). I use a $2 a month service to receive faxes and send them at .10 cents a page via eFax. I have multiple virtual offices that cost $20-30 a month plus scans. Average month is $50-75 each including scans depending on how busy I am. I never meet with clients in person. 98% of them have no problem with this. None of them know I am not in the country. As long as I reply to emails and calls in a timely manner they don't care. I advertise online, mostly on Adwords. I also use a call answering service that runs around .90 cents per call, they take brief messages for me and I can call back. When I work remotely in Asia this is helpful as the time difference kills but in Latin America I'd usually just let it ring direct to my cell. I use a internet mailing service to send mail from a US address. It basically runs around double the charge of postage so a basic 2 page letter that is around .49 cents postage will cost around .90 or so to mail including their service fee. It's been a pretty good service and even if I lived in the US I would use this as it's cheaper than hiring an assistant. I do litigation and do have to appear in court or meditations sometimes. However, for court hearings I almost always can appear by telephone. Just the other night I did one where I was in Asia and the hearing was in the US. It's easy to appear by phone usually and the Judge has no idea whether you are in Chicago or Baghdad. I use to do depositions myself and would fly back to the US but now I hire people to do them. This can range anywhere from $250 to $600 per deposition, which is not horrible since I make around 11-12k per case and cases usually have no more than one deposition (most don't even have any). The one thing I must come back to the US for is mediations but I am able to schedule them 1-2 months in advance so I can try to bunch them together. Usually a set of cases takes me 15 months start to finish. The first 6-7 months I am just recruiting so I don't have to go back to the US at all. About the last 8 months I need to go back to the US every 4-8 weeks. Overall my set up has worked out amazingly. I currently live in a nice place in Asia for a fraction of the cost and my overall life is significantly better than in the US. I don't like flying back to the US but it's maybe 5 times a year so it's okay. I save a great deal of money living in Asia so even with my travel costs it still works out. I've done this now for over three years. My first year, or rather first round of cases, I pulled around a 115k profit, my second round around 170k and now in my current round I am on pace for around 425k. Happy to take any questions as I realize not many lawyers do this. Many are scared but most just don't know it's possible with today's technology to do this. |
Date: July 21st, 2021 8:25 AM Author: bossy stage voyeur the TT story? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4882433&forum_id=2#42816319) |
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Date: July 21st, 2021 10:04 AM Author: hilarious kitty lollollol (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4882433&forum_id=2#42816638) |
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Date: July 21st, 2021 8:26 AM Author: flushed harsh boltzmann brunch one fucking 80, brother
fuck wagecucking |
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Date: July 21st, 2021 8:39 AM Author: zombie-like university mediation (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4882433&forum_id=2#42816346) |
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Date: July 21st, 2021 8:47 AM Author: Soggy Bateful Locus Useless Brakes (Lee Rosen) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4882433&forum_id=2#42816364) |
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Date: July 21st, 2021 8:50 AM Author: cracking stain By the way, Have you visited the reddit community for your area? They are filled with expats just like you with great tips and tricks for your new adoptive home! |
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Date: July 21st, 2021 1:05 PM Author: effete ticket booth fortuitous meteor (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4882433&forum_id=2#42817583) |
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Date: July 21st, 2021 9:09 AM Author: Vivacious preventive strike (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4882433&forum_id=2#42816411) |
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Date: July 21st, 2021 9:21 AM Author: Cowardly contagious lettuce I'm assuming you only take clients from your licensed state and practice in those courts? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4882433&forum_id=2#42816460) |
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Date: July 21st, 2021 9:28 AM Author: Cerise exhilarant indian lodge When you were considering moving, did you look at any low COL places in the US or just go straight to Asia/LatAm? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4882433&forum_id=2#42816490) |
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Date: July 21st, 2021 9:37 AM Author: Vengeful volcanic crater juggernaut The benign mask of reddit diction helping the insane person to conceal their psychopathology from their self (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4882433&forum_id=2#42816530) |
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Date: July 21st, 2021 9:38 AM Author: hilarious kitty lol 180 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4882433&forum_id=2#42816539) |
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Date: July 21st, 2021 10:02 AM Author: painfully honest dilemma karate this is 180 fucking million. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4882433&forum_id=2#42816625) |
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Date: July 21st, 2021 10:03 AM Author: marvelous mood bawdyhouse Sounds like flame. How do u take depositions remotely? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4882433&forum_id=2#42816631) |
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Date: July 21st, 2021 10:08 AM Author: hilarious kitty said he hires someone, pays them up to $600
most cases dont have depos anyway |
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Date: July 21st, 2021 10:15 AM Author: marvelous mood bawdyhouse Sound 180. Wish I was a litigator (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4882433&forum_id=2#42816681) |
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Date: July 22nd, 2021 12:07 AM Author: Orange jewess Everyone is doing them by zoom now anyways. Not op, but I’ve prob taken 50 depos by zoom in the last year and done a dozen mediations by zoom. Did a few hearings, but they’re back to being in person. The fact that op got this backwards makes me suspicious (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4882433&forum_id=2#42821149) |
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Date: July 22nd, 2021 7:20 AM Author: marvelous mood bawdyhouse Presumably everythin will go back to in person now (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4882433&forum_id=2#42822197) |
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Date: July 21st, 2021 10:04 AM Author: hilarious kitty this is a poaster ljl (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4882433&forum_id=2#42816636) |
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Date: July 22nd, 2021 8:41 AM Author: Lake forum (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4882433&forum_id=2#42822377) |
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Date: July 21st, 2021 10:05 AM Author: magenta macaca hell Lol (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4882433&forum_id=2#42816644) |
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Date: July 21st, 2021 10:36 AM Author: beta jap Was this first posted before or after covid? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4882433&forum_id=2#42816778) |
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Date: July 21st, 2021 10:40 AM Author: hilarious kitty before, prob 2018 or so (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4882433&forum_id=2#42816801) |
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Date: July 21st, 2021 10:37 AM Author: Purple filthpig national Have you ever lost a client/lead due to not being able to meet in person? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4882433&forum_id=2#42816785) |
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Date: July 21st, 2021 10:41 AM Author: hilarious kitty no, prowls are desperate for representation, only maybe 5-10% even ask for in person meeting i just say can do it all by phone, text, or email and they are fine.. its all contingency so arent paying a dime (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4882433&forum_id=2#42816807) |
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Date: July 21st, 2021 12:10 PM Author: marvelous mood bawdyhouse Why would they hire u over the boomer solo with more experience and a real office? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4882433&forum_id=2#42817342) |
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Date: July 21st, 2021 10:41 AM Author: bossy stage voyeur if you look like TT you'll do better if they never peek your face. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4882433&forum_id=2#42816809) |
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Date: July 21st, 2021 10:42 AM Author: hilarious kitty mean and unnecessary (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4882433&forum_id=2#42816816) |
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Date: July 21st, 2021 10:43 AM Author: bossy stage voyeur but it's the truth. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4882433&forum_id=2#42816819) |
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Date: July 21st, 2021 10:43 AM Author: hilarious kitty nah, im gorgeous man (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4882433&forum_id=2#42816822) |
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Date: July 21st, 2021 10:45 AM Author: bossy stage voyeur i thought you're indian not native american. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4882433&forum_id=2#42816832) |
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Date: July 21st, 2021 10:46 AM Author: hilarious kitty both are gorgeous (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4882433&forum_id=2#42816834) |
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Date: July 21st, 2021 10:46 AM Author: bossy stage voyeur LOOOOOOL (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4882433&forum_id=2#42816837) |
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Date: July 21st, 2021 10:48 AM Author: hilarious kitty (300 pound birdshit with gorilla face) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4882433&forum_id=2#42816848) |
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Date: July 21st, 2021 12:11 PM Author: Misanthropic impressive shrine 180 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4882433&forum_id=2#42817353) |
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Date: July 21st, 2021 12:49 PM Author: transparent flatulent school cafeteria How do adwords work out?
I was thinking of doing this with eastern europe. I have not met with a client yet in my first year a solo practice. |
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Date: July 21st, 2021 12:53 PM Author: hilarious kitty just set up a website and adwords account, pretty easy... to start u can use their simplified site and then once u figure shit out use the normal one
it was super reliable, wld pay 200usd for one client on average and that was consistent over a 5 or whatever year period |
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Date: July 21st, 2021 1:07 PM Author: transparent flatulent school cafeteria That is an awesome return.
You don't use some search engine optimization company?
With hearings, do you just face tank the hours? |
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Date: July 21st, 2021 1:08 PM Author: marvelous mood bawdyhouse Find it hard to believe, CA is really competitive (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4882433&forum_id=2#42817604) |
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Date: July 21st, 2021 1:59 PM Author: hilarious kitty bullshit, it has 40m ppl, tons of prowls, u forget 90% of US pop cannot afford a lawyer so they need contingent lawyers and those arent enough to serve the pop , most normies struggle to find a lolyer even if they have a decent case (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4882433&forum_id=2#42817929) |
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Date: July 21st, 2021 2:48 PM Author: razzle-dazzle azn What did u do for legal research (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4882433&forum_id=2#42818262) |
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Date: July 21st, 2021 2:50 PM Author: hilarious kitty ljl 99% of the time u dont need it, just google, or use google scholar
when i was in the US i went to local law library and downloaded entire treatise in PDF, had the number 1 in my practice area and so if i did need to consult it it was free
ljl at these solos paying 800 a month for lexis whatever |
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Date: July 21st, 2021 3:24 PM Author: razzle-dazzle azn 180, but see that other pumos question above, how did u compete with older more experienced solos (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4882433&forum_id=2#42818466) |
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Date: July 21st, 2021 4:10 PM Author: hilarious kitty ljl who cares, there arent that many, many older ones are taking bigger cases, just overall tehre arent enough lolyers for prowl shit ppl, thers no fuking competition at all (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4882433&forum_id=2#42818702) |
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Date: July 21st, 2021 1:58 PM Author: hilarious kitty no SEO comps are fuking flame scammers, ull get 5000 spam emails from them, its lame shit, its stuff that goy birdshit 40yo shrew bitches pay 2k a month for cause they are too stupid to figure shit out (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4882433&forum_id=2#42817920) |
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Date: July 21st, 2021 1:58 PM Author: hilarious kitty wtf is face tank? for CMC u almost always can appear by phone and this was before covid, now prob even fed lets u, i wld try to avoid fed, it sucks (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4882433&forum_id=2#42817924) |
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Date: July 21st, 2021 2:26 PM Author: transparent flatulent school cafeteria face tank is just basically eating it--I appear via phone for all my cases atm. I guess the only thing that would blow is being awake at 2am for a CMC or dispositive motion (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4882433&forum_id=2#42818078) |
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Date: July 21st, 2021 2:27 PM Author: hilarious kitty yes sometimes i wld go to da CLUB in asia and then come back at 3am and do a CMC drunk
once i remember i was pissed at NOWAG opp counsel and just called him drunk at 4am asia time and yelled the fuk at him and then couple days later he emailed me basically agreeing to what i wanted |
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Date: July 21st, 2021 2:52 PM Author: transparent flatulent school cafeteria 1800000000 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4882433&forum_id=2#42818284) |
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Date: July 21st, 2021 12:54 PM Author: marvelous mood bawdyhouse What practice area are u (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4882433&forum_id=2#42817543) |
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Date: July 21st, 2021 1:04 PM Author: transparent flatulent school cafeteria PI and consumer protection. Like lemon law, 1st party property insurance, ect. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4882433&forum_id=2#42817580) |
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Date: July 21st, 2021 1:08 PM Author: marvelous mood bawdyhouse What did u do before going solo (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4882433&forum_id=2#42817601) |
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Date: July 21st, 2021 1:22 PM Author: transparent flatulent school cafeteria government lawler (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4882433&forum_id=2#42817688) |
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Date: July 21st, 2021 2:30 PM Author: Cowardly contagious lettuce what are 'bread and butter' types of cases out there that feed the base of this business and are easy to do entirely remote? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4882433&forum_id=2#42818101) |
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Date: July 21st, 2021 4:36 PM Author: razzle-dazzle azn Cq (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4882433&forum_id=2#42818849) |
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Date: July 21st, 2021 1:07 PM Author: gay blood rage Careful bro. I hear a lot of state character and fitness boards have bounty hunter teams to track down stray lawyers like you and wrangle them back into jurisdiction. They travel the world like blade runners. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4882433&forum_id=2#42817590) |
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Date: July 21st, 2021 1:08 PM Author: transparent flatulent school cafeteria https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdxj_UfRHpI&t=3s (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4882433&forum_id=2#42817600) |
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Date: July 21st, 2021 1:09 PM Author: gay blood rage (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4882433&forum_id=2#42817613) |
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Date: July 21st, 2021 2:00 PM Author: hilarious kitty they actuall have special action branches to hunt down lolyers abroad who do this, the CA bar has a commando unit made up of BIGLOL partner kikes who volunteer to do this (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4882433&forum_id=2#42817938) |
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Date: July 21st, 2021 6:02 PM Author: Well-lubricated Business Firm Lol at Dog the Bounty Hunter and his team walkie-talking about how they are going to take down the gangly white guy in the Bangkok Internet Cafe. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4882433&forum_id=2#42819283) |
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Date: July 21st, 2021 11:47 PM Author: gay blood rage You laugh but this is 99-% of “criminal” arrests... these guys aren’t looking for hard work (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4882433&forum_id=2#42821098) |
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Date: July 21st, 2021 3:28 PM Author: up-to-no-good theatre (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4882433&forum_id=2#42818491) |
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Date: July 21st, 2021 5:13 PM Author: transparent flatulent school cafeteria what are 'bread and butter' types of cases out there that feed the base of this business and are easy to do entirely remote? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4882433&forum_id=2#42819028) |
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Date: July 21st, 2021 5:57 PM Author: marvelous mood bawdyhouse Nuisance "das rayciss" employment lawsuits apparently (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4882433&forum_id=2#42819244) |
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Date: July 21st, 2021 7:59 PM Author: peach french coffee pot center 180. Great work. However, you are significantly overpaying for depo coverage. I have like a dozen guys who do this stuff for $50/hour. Unless you have multiple day depos, the average depo cost should only be $100-150 for a depo. Especially since most depos are zoom and there is no driving time now. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4882433&forum_id=2#42819855) |
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Date: July 22nd, 2021 1:36 AM Author: hilarious kitty ljl yea but the guy i used had like 35y experience in lit and was from the chosen ppl, now some goy from pepperdine law
anyway most he ever asked for was like 300 i think, he was already retired and rich so just doing it to occupy his time, it was some AZN that asked for 600 but i never needed him for anything in socal
anyway, even 600 is really cheap, this was pre covid so factor in commute time and some prep |
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Date: July 22nd, 2021 8:37 AM Author: marvelous mood bawdyhouse How do u find these bros
Also did you have a mentor |
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Date: July 22nd, 2021 8:39 AM Author: hilarious kitty just poast on indeed.com or something for free
no, dont need mentors im not a kike, im alpha |
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Date: September 17th, 2023 12:46 PM Author: Walnut histrionic feces Tommy should really wriet a book about how this works - would be a good income stream and help others (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4882433&forum_id=2#46807813) |
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Date: September 17th, 2023 12:50 PM Author: Ruddy Elite Twinkling Uncleanness Pisswyrm this was a good thread (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4882433&forum_id=2#46807820) |