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Old 07-25-2023, 01:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Cybersprings View Post
I agree with a lot of what you have posted in this thread. However, how can you say the statistics are exaggerated if you don't know the "real" statistics?
Because everything I *have* found looks more like 35% and 18%. Still over represented but by a factor of two not six.

I will try again to find a good source for clear numbers.
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