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The Measured Pencil
Tomato Draft-X
Season 2, Ep. 39
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Our first unboxing.... Our first set of pencils with different lead sizes... But will we like the Tomato Draft-X. Gotta listen to find out.
Theme music by Joshua Baumgartner
Additional music by Daniel Hourtoulle from Pixabay
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