"What's happened to me has had a very positive effect on people around me because they think if it could happen to me then I better get it checked out, " he said.

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Because although I can see who has checked out my profile on LinkedIn, it is rare indeed that I can credit this social media source for lassoing a new client for me.

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I'd been checked out and now it was over, right?

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Then I bought a toy telescope, checked out its internals and made another one identical to it.

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First Sergeant DOBOS: I mean, other than gettin' out and takin' it and, you know, those have been already checked.

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