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The Phone Balance Challenge: Day 5

Day 5 of The Phone Balance Challenge. A $7.97 decrease since yesterday. Not much phone credit got used yesterday or today.

The last day tomorrow. I was wondering what I could do to mark this occasion. I might try and connect to the PlayStation Network. 384kbps should be ok for playing games.
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