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Happy birthday Bender!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tonight I celebrated the passing of yet another successful year in the life of Ben with of bunch of his mates at the Aspley Lonestar! Overcoming the short notice of the gathering and the &#8216;how-the-heck-do-I-get-there-with-those-directions&#8217; issue, I still managed to turn up (within a reasonable timeframe) for a great dinner with some great people! 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