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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-26-10 04:21 PM Original message |
Marlin Firearms to Close Next Year |
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Richardo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-26-10 04:22 PM Response to Original message |
1. I thought gun sales were through the roof , you know because Obama's gonna try and take 'em all |
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Tempest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-26-10 04:29 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. They're closing to relocate |
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Wilber_Stool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-28-10 05:38 PM Response to Reply #2 |
50. I love my |
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tburnsten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 09:53 PM Response to Reply #50 |
71. I know Cerberus owns them, and Bushmaster as well |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-26-10 04:45 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. Marlin has avoided producing more modern, innovative designs |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-26-10 07:46 PM Response to Reply #8 |
18. Good stuff. I have a SS Model 25 |
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Paladin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-29-10 10:34 AM Response to Reply #8 |
56. "More Modern, Innovative Designs" |
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tburnsten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 09:56 PM Response to Reply #56 |
72. No, he means designs that weren't created in the late 19th century |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-10-10 02:10 PM Response to Reply #56 |
87. Assault rifles have been regulated since 1934, and I don't have a problem with that |
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Paladin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-10-10 02:54 PM Response to Reply #87 |
90. Yeah, I Know What You Mean: Assault Rifles. :) (n/t) |
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whats_a_zip (27 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 03:31 PM Response to Reply #1 |
77. Good |
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michreject (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-10-10 10:57 AM Response to Reply #1 |
83. Not Marlins |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-26-10 04:30 PM Response to Original message |
3. wow...i thought it was impossible to lose money manufacturing guns |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-26-10 04:41 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Many of the guns sold since the panic of '08 are imported military clones, such as |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-27-10 09:06 PM Response to Reply #3 |
41. If you make the wrong guns, it's quite possible. |
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Paladin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-29-10 10:36 AM Response to Reply #41 |
57. "Modern-Style Firearms" |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-29-10 12:10 PM Response to Reply #57 |
59. No, I mean non-automatic, exclusively civilian rifles with modern styling. |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-26-10 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
4. Winchester stopped making its famous lever action rifle several years ago. Marlin made the only |
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givemebackmycountry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-26-10 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
5. A 30/30 Marlin was a great deer rifle... |
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frylock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-26-10 05:55 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. friend of mine has a marlin 30/30.. |
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burrowowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-26-10 04:41 PM Response to Original message |
6. Sniff |
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Botany (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-26-10 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
9. Long time ago I had Marlin .22 tube feed rifle ...... |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-26-10 06:24 PM Response to Original message |
11. "Marlin is relocating its manufacturing operations to an undetermined site" |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-27-10 06:47 AM Response to Reply #11 |
22. Probably, or they'd be advertising the new location. |
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jefflrrp (78 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-27-10 01:47 PM Response to Reply #11 |
38. I think |
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quiller4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-28-10 08:18 PM Response to Reply #38 |
54. Marlin is looking to move to a right to work (for less) state-not move offshore. |
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michreject (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-10-10 11:00 AM Response to Reply #11 |
84. Idaho maybe? |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-26-10 06:29 PM Response to Original message |
12. My brother has a .22 lever action -- lovely rifle |
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panzerfaust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-26-10 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
13. I had a Marlin 30-30, as it was lot cheaper than the other national gun makers |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-27-10 01:10 AM Response to Reply #13 |
19. "I think this shows what type of firearm is most popular with the "2nd Amendment" set." |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-27-10 06:56 AM Response to Reply #19 |
23. The gift that keeps on giving from the Arkansas RP to Palin. |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-27-10 09:25 PM Response to Reply #13 |
43. The most popular sporting rifles aren't sporting rifles? |
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beevul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-27-10 11:25 PM Response to Reply #13 |
45. What? |
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Crabby Appleton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-28-10 09:14 PM Response to Reply #13 |
55. I had a Marlin 336 lever action 30/30 |
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tburnsten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 03:07 AM Response to Reply #13 |
74. "pistols with ridiculously large capacity magazines" |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-26-10 06:45 PM Response to Original message |
14. Remington is UnAmerican, closing a plant while sales are soaring. |
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NecklyTyler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-26-10 06:48 PM Response to Original message |
15. I have two myself |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-27-10 09:55 AM Response to Reply #15 |
29. The semi auto on the bottom |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-26-10 06:52 PM Response to Original message |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-26-10 07:01 PM Response to Original message |
17. It's simple. Marlin doesn't make military-looking arms. |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-27-10 01:29 AM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Plenty of progressives own military-looking arms, but if you insist... |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-27-10 07:06 AM Response to Reply #20 |
24. Second post of that pic. You own stock in that company? Or are you crushing on Palin or the head of |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-27-10 11:57 AM Response to Reply #24 |
31. Just goofing on people who think they "know" all about guns and the people who buy them. |
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Paladin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-29-10 10:46 AM Response to Reply #31 |
58. Give It A Rest. |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-29-10 01:16 PM Response to Reply #58 |
60. The generation gap rears its head again... |
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Paladin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-29-10 01:31 PM Response to Reply #60 |
61. I'm Sorry Ben, But You Guys Brought This On Yourselves. |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-29-10 02:45 PM Response to Reply #61 |
63. Brought what? Marlin's poor choices? "Handgrips are of the debbil" claims by Baby Boomers? |
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Paladin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-29-10 03:49 PM Response to Reply #63 |
66. It's Not The Styling Of The Guns. |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-29-10 04:27 PM Response to Reply #66 |
68. Those associations exist in *your* mind. |
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tburnsten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 03:53 AM Response to Reply #66 |
75. Sorry bud |
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Paladin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 08:14 PM Response to Reply #75 |
79. I'll Alter My Viewpoints On This Matter....... |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 09:18 PM Response to Reply #79 |
80. When we stayed quiet and out of the debate in 1994, the zealots passed a fricking ban. |
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Paladin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-10-10 09:43 AM Response to Reply #80 |
81. Not That It Seems To Matter To You....... |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-10-10 10:49 AM Response to Reply #81 |
82. So you're fine with the Remington R-25? |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-10-10 12:15 PM Response to Reply #81 |
85. Thoughts... |
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Paladin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-10-10 01:29 PM Response to Reply #85 |
86. Enjoy April 19th. |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-10-10 02:24 PM Response to Reply #86 |
89. Who knows. |
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tburnsten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 09:49 PM Response to Reply #61 |
70. Personally, I have had five "favorite" guns, in no particular order |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-29-10 03:17 PM Response to Reply #58 |
65. "Discussion of gun-related public policy issues or the use of firearms for self-defense" |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-29-10 03:15 PM Response to Reply #17 |
64. All firearms look military to me |
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4bucksagallon (324 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-27-10 05:46 AM Response to Original message |
21. Sad to hear |
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paparush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-27-10 07:08 AM Response to Original message |
25. I had a Marlin .22 rifle when I was growing up. |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-27-10 08:09 AM Response to Original message |
26. I have an 1894 in 357 Mag. |
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RagAss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-28-10 10:07 AM Response to Reply #26 |
46. Me too...and I love running .38s through it too !...It's a fun plinker. |
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hollowdweller (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-28-10 11:08 AM Response to Reply #26 |
47. Are you sure it's not the 94 Marlin Jamming Syndrome |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-28-10 11:47 AM Response to Reply #47 |
49. I don't have any problems with cycling. |
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Xenotime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-27-10 08:40 AM Response to Original message |
27. Good. Fewer guns on the streets IMHO |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-27-10 10:04 AM Response to Reply #27 |
30. They'll still sell them here. Just not make them here. |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-27-10 09:09 PM Response to Reply #30 |
42. Actually, the most popular civilian rifles *are* made in the USA. |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-27-10 12:09 PM Response to Reply #27 |
32. Because we know that rifles are so popular with criminals. |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-27-10 12:35 PM Response to Reply #27 |
34. Yeah, because lever-action 30/30 hunting rifles |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-27-10 09:02 PM Response to Reply #34 |
40. AR's and civilian AK's aren't commonly misused, either. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-27-10 09:46 PM Response to Reply #27 |
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Endangered Specie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-28-10 07:55 PM Response to Reply #44 |
52. shoot, you could BUY Marlin |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-28-10 08:02 PM Response to Reply #27 |
53. LOL, 'cuz the bad guys just can't keep their hands off those Marlins! |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-10-10 02:11 PM Response to Reply #27 |
88. Econ 101 FAIL |
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Owl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-27-10 08:54 AM Response to Original message |
28. That's a shame. Love my old Marlin. |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-27-10 01:16 PM Response to Reply #28 |
36. Is that a pre-2011 Marlin? |
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Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-27-10 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
33. What a shame. I learned how to shoot with a Marlin .22. |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-27-10 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
35. Well, I guess they won't be selling very many guns |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-27-10 01:36 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. A KalashniKlone can be very handy, tovarish... n/t |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-27-10 06:55 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. Especially on auto-git-em. |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-28-10 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
48. What a g.d. shame. I feel back for the workers and for people who treasure these guns. I'll be |
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Endangered Specie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-28-10 07:54 PM Response to Original message |
51. Shame, I learned to shoot on a Marlin |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-29-10 01:34 PM Response to Original message |
62. Supposedly, my state of Connecticut is too expensive for Remington. |
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bamacrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-29-10 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
67. That sucks I guess they are moving to China. |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-29-10 07:06 PM Response to Reply #67 |
69. No, I think they are going to move production to an existing Remington facility |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 10:14 PM Response to Original message |
73. More jobs moving overseas--which will give us a crappy product |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 08:12 AM Response to Reply #73 |
76. South Carolina isn't "overseas". |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
78. Catapults and trebuchets, anyone? |
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