(from Truna)
the 48 hour competition starts at 6.00pm tonite!
We will be posting an address to watch the teams progress later on today but meanwhile, a desperate plea:
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copied from another thread on behalf of kyall - call truna - 0404884027 ....
if you want to help but cannot actually do the lock-in, we have a 'phone a friend' system in place ... basically you stay in touch with your team via email and sms etc ..
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