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A member asked:
Stool has a bit of an oval/sqeezed look. tho not flat or ribbon or anything. it is possible my stool always looked like that and i just never looked.
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Yes it is: Since we can't turn the clock back we will never know but you can observe and note if there are other changes that occur in the future.
Answered 9/23/2017
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