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The Original Groove Life Belt | Tested & Reviewed by Adam!
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Jan 25, 2025
Groove Life makes some of our favorite products here at Gear43! This time, Adam tested out the Original Groove Belt with the carbon fiber buckle that the brand gave us. He'll go over everything from what he likes to what he doesn't like to exactly who this belt is for! Use discount code "GEAR43" for 15% off Groove Life's gear on their site (Paid Link): https://www.groovelife.com/products/groove-belt-carbon-fiber-deep-stone?aff=5 Read the full article here: https://gear43.com/groove-belt-original-carbon-fiber-review
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hey everyone Adam here with gear 43 and
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today we're looking at the OG Groove
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life belt with the carpon fiber weave
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buckle and it is just that a belt but it
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is probably the last belt you will ever
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need to buy and I can say that I've been
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testing it out over the past few months
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and I know that this is a bold statement
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but this belt from Grove life is the
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absolute best uh I cannot get around it
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it is my absolute favorite I wear it
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every single day from the sleek black
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carbon fiber Buckle as you can see here
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this is actually real carbon it's pretty
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awesome they've laser engraved their
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logo in the corner it's perfect fit
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every time this groove life belt is sure
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to impress so how did I test this belt
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after the brand was willing to gift it
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to me I put it through its Paces by
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using it exactly the way you would use a
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belt and that is to we it every day for
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many many hours a day and I absolutely
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love this thing um I took note of
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everything I did and this is the summary
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of all my findings of the gro life belt
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so let's get into
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it what is the groove life belt the
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groove life OG belt is a minimalist belt
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that is about 1 and 1 12 in wide and is
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made out of semi- rigid nylon with a
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metal buckle it's minimalist design in
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which you don't have any visible tail or
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tag end it is there but it's behind and
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when you're wearing it you can't even
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tell it's there it's not hanging out
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it's not hanging out on this side and
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it's really really really nice and it
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also is nice you don't have a bunch of
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holes that you have to ster at that you
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aren't using this thing is so so great
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the Buckle is a clasp type Buckle those
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two uh ears right there kind of go into
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those holes and index and then there
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this magnet there's one here and one
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here they index on each other and they
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go together just like so and that is a
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very
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secure I love that sound very secure
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lock up on that thing the Buckle comes
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in a variety of colors and patterns this
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one the brand gifted me to review is the
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black belt black buckle with this sweet
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sweet carbon Buckle face this is the OG
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belt they have a slim Ultra and a low
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profile you can get that at the link in
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the description which is the other
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option that they have from Groove life
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at the time of this
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article so what do I like about this
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belt we'll start with the belt buckle so
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this belt buckle has the perfect amount
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of magnetism I guess as you can see I
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just bring the two halves
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together and they lock they lock
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together and it's not easy to get it
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apart when you're actually wearing it
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I've never had this thing in any shape
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or form come off or even come close to
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coming off and I've done some pretty
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strenuous work work with it on and it
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hasn't even been a problem it's been
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literally the best
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belt the magnets are important because
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when you want this thing to be together
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it stays together but you can see very
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easily you can get it to come apart
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that's really nice uh if you ever need
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to get this thing off then it's not a
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hard mechanism to operate there's not
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like a lever underneath you don't have
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to twist to unlock it or anything like
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that just push together pull apart and
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it comes apart it's very very very nice
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you're not fumbling with this thing you
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will never ever have to worry about it
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coming apart I guarantee if you do then
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congratulations I would love to hear any
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comments or feedback if you can get this
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thing to fail out of any normal use I
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was not able to the stretchiness this
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thing is it's kind of hard to see here
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but it
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does stretch a little just ever so
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slightly you know that's just a little
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bit of space and it is so perfect it is
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a bit of an overstatement to call this
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belt a stretchy belt there's some very
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elasticy belts out there I've used um
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but this is definitely not one of those
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this is a very rigid material I mean
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even just trying to bend it in half is
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semi difficult I mean you really got to
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try to to bend this stuff it's not not
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stretchy and it's not not stretchy if
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that makes any kind of sense it's quite
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the belt it's really nice to have a snug
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belt but sometimes when you sit down it
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gets a little too tight and this one
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does not do that if it's set up right
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you can have it be a nice tight belt
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then when you sit down it stretches out
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just a tin tiny bit and it works very
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well so this thing will not uh come
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apart uh you can see that these these
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two ears here index on those slots and
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actually lock lock in so there's open to
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unlock it and there is the it locked in
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and you can't I'm pushing on the back of
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this trying to get that to come apart
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and I'm pushing pretty hard and it's not
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wanting to come apart you have to slide
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that thing in to get past those little
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ears and then it'll come apart but
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literally it will not not come apart I
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mean this belt buckle I don't know these
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guys are great I can't believe they came
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up with this this design and I'm so
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excited that they did cuz this is
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literally the best belt buckle in my
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opinion now this is kind of a personal
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thing so I store my belts rolled up so I
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take them and I do this if this is not
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proper I don't know this is just how I
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store them um I put them in a drawer but
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you know I would love for this belt to
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be this big in my drawer but it turns
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out it's this and then it starts to move
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and and it it just it comes apart kind
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of on its own it ends up getting smashed
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in the drawer it gets all tangled up I
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usually just put it over the top of my
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dresser now because I can't keep it in
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my drawer in a nice way I wouldn't
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necessarily knock it for that it's just
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a personal thing but I thought I'd let
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you know about it so the second thing is
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is that the belt you want to wear all
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the time but the material makes it look
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kind of cheap it is very deceiving
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because this is a extremely high quality
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material but it just it doesn't scream
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go on a a nice dressed up event type
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material even though I think the the
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Buckle is is a dress Buckle at just this
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belt material doesn't quite live up to
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being a dress belt I would go out on Lim
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and say that if the material was just a
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little less cheap looking it could be a
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contender for being a dress belt however
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for those times that I need a dress belt
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for a special occasion I just have to
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pick up my old school belts with holes
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in them which is a bummer because uh the
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second I go to tighten my belt and the
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one hole is too tight and the one other
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hole is too loose I think oh my groove
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life belt is the perfect solution if
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you're watching this video and you think
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you would want this belt then you are
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the exact person that is going to want
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to buy this belt 100% yes you should buy
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this almost any occasion like we said
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it's not a dress belt but pretty much
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any other occasion this belt is going to
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do a great job high-grade materials I
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think it's one of the last belts you'll
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probably ever need to buy you probably
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may just want to buy another one of
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these in a different color but other
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than that it is a great great belt no
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regrets would I have if I were to
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purchase this it is going to be one of
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my top recommendations for anybody
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looking for a belt I tell more people to
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get a Groove life belt than almost any
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other product I've uh reviewed or have
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bought in the past that said if you are
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someone that likes store belts in a
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drawer there are some kind of drawbacks
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with that if you are a person that is is
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dressing up for different occasions a
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lot this is probably not the belt for
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you with that thanks guys we'll catch
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you on the next one
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