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Bouncy Ball (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-05 05:41 PM Original message |
"That car is killing us. The boat is, too." |
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XanaDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-05 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
1. My heavily red neighborhood |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-05 10:02 PM Response to Reply #1 |
45. Very interesting |
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XanaDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 08:22 AM Response to Reply #45 |
55. Since this is a red-red area (Jacksonville FL) |
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ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-05 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
2. At least he admits it. I know many conservatives |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-05 05:49 PM Response to Reply #2 |
13. If gas is a function of supply and demand |
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ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-05 05:54 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. not that they give a shit |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-05 06:13 PM Response to Reply #15 |
22. Economics is the ALMIGHTY GOD |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-05 06:03 PM Response to Reply #2 |
16. Gas costs a lot more because the dems want to increase gas taxes |
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Bouncy Ball (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-05 06:08 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. So because we supposedly WANT to do something, that |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-05 06:24 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. The best I could do was stand, stunned, and blink my eyes once. |
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nolabels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 09:57 AM Response to Reply #16 |
61. How about starting with taxing the OIL corporations record profits? |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 10:41 AM Response to Reply #16 |
71. Republican Congress and President for how long??? |
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Carla in Ca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-05 08:13 PM Response to Reply #2 |
28. Sounds like my Dad |
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Bouncy Ball (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-05 08:13 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. How convenient! |
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Carla in Ca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-05 08:19 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. That is what I say! LOL! |
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knowbody0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-05 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
3. you're good |
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acmejack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-05 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
4. They're giving them away. |
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Bouncy Ball (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-05 05:45 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. See, I hadn't really heard anything about that. |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-05 10:04 PM Response to Reply #4 |
46. Are they really??? |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 09:45 AM Response to Reply #46 |
60. If they are, I want one. |
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benburch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-05 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
5. Why do you think the Detroit automakers are on life support? |
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Bouncy Ball (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-05 05:46 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Mmm, I hadn't thought about Detroit. |
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fujiyama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-05 01:50 AM Response to Reply #9 |
89. SUVs |
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Career Prole (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-05 05:48 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. "now they are a drug on the market" |
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benburch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-05 06:07 PM Response to Reply #12 |
20. Old idiom |
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Career Prole (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-05 06:14 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Hey, cool! |
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benburch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-05 08:04 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. I aim to educate! |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 10:00 AM Response to Reply #26 |
62. And you've educated me too! Thanks! |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 04:11 PM Response to Reply #5 |
83. why don't the Detroit folks spy on the Japanese automakers? |
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Dave Reynolds (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-05 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
7. Yeah, the market sucks right now. |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-05 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
8. You know what I think? |
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Bouncy Ball (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-05 05:46 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. What do you mean? |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-05 05:54 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. People who bought those silly vehicles in general. |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-05 05:47 PM Response to Original message |
11. So are the dealerships. |
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Lisa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-05 06:05 PM Response to Original message |
17. I've actually started seeing "low on gas" scrawled on cars for sale |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-05 10:07 PM Response to Reply #17 |
47. Don't you remember |
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hatrack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-05 10:09 PM Response to Reply #17 |
50. Are you sure that's not a warning to prospective buyers? |
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Lisa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 02:13 PM Response to Reply #50 |
81. well, the junker I saw last week was probably worth less than a full tank! |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-05 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
18. "I didn't buy the boat to have it just sit in the driveway" |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-05 09:00 PM Response to Reply #18 |
36. keeping up with the Joneses is the rule of law |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 10:49 AM Response to Reply #18 |
73. " I didn't buy that driveway so it could sit there boatless! ... |
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bicentennial_baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-05 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
19. My fiancee's parents have a new Suburban |
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Submariner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-05 06:19 PM Response to Original message |
24. I Luv my '95 Tahoe |
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dweller (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-05 08:10 PM Response to Original message |
27. ahh....yardart Americana... |
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LiberallyInclined (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-05 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
31. if you add in Insurance and incidentals- |
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Glenda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-05 08:36 PM Response to Original message |
32. did your neighbor say how many MPGs he gets? |
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lectrobyte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-05 09:21 PM Response to Reply #32 |
41. $100 / wk sounds like 40 gallons or so to me. And even if they're |
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Bouncy Ball (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-05 09:27 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. He drives a monster commute five days a week with it. |
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lectrobyte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-05 09:35 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. I never understood something like a Suburban as a commuter |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 09:33 AM Response to Reply #41 |
58. 15 mpg is overly optimistic - probably more like 10-12. 10 or less if |
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Tsiyu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 11:01 AM Response to Reply #41 |
77. having been a Suburban owner |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-05 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
33. My answer: A 4-cyl Subaru and a roof-top kayak. |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 10:50 AM Response to Reply #33 |
74. That red one's purty. |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-05 08:48 PM Response to Original message |
34. Was your neighbor one of those Bush voters that thought voting |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-05 08:57 PM Response to Original message |
35. My girlfriend bought this enormous new Durango about 2 or 3 yrs. ago |
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Logansquare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-05 09:07 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. Gawd, a car rental agency tried to "upgrade" me to a Durango |
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grace0418 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 10:34 AM Response to Reply #38 |
69. Yeah, Enterprise tried to "do me a favor" by upgrading me |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-05 09:05 PM Response to Original message |
37. Suggest that your neighbor google "sunk cost" |
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Bouncy Ball (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-05 09:08 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. LMAO!!! |
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benburch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-05 09:19 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. But if it really WERE a "sunk cost" |
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onager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-05 09:59 PM Response to Reply #40 |
44. The Suburban owners could... |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 10:52 AM Response to Reply #44 |
76. OR: Up-armor and donate to the War Effort! |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 10:52 AM Response to Reply #37 |
75. Hey at least he can catch fish and put some food on his family. |
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hatrack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-05 10:08 PM Response to Original message |
48. Well, at the risk of sounding all judgemental and superior . . . |
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Bouncy Ball (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-05 10:09 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. Very true! |
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CAG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-05 10:11 PM Response to Original message |
51. I just laugh now when I see the SUV/support the troops sticker combos |
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Bouncy Ball (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-05 10:12 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. I don't, really. |
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Glenda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 10:02 AM Response to Reply #51 |
63. I've noticed that... |
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Bravo411 (263 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-05 10:19 PM Response to Original message |
53. Diesels are the way to go. |
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B3Nut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 08:44 AM Response to Reply #53 |
56. Can't you find a pump from a scrapyard? |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 09:35 AM Response to Reply #56 |
59. I hear you |
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Bravo411 (263 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-05 12:13 AM Response to Reply #56 |
86. The pump isn't that expensive... |
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Scout1071 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-05 10:29 PM Response to Original message |
54. I got rid of mine last September. Just in the nick of time. |
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sadiesworld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 09:09 AM Response to Original message |
57. The gas prices are having an effect on boating in |
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Blue Diadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 10:18 AM Response to Reply #57 |
65. I haven't been out to the lake yet, but I'm betting it has the same |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 10:06 AM Response to Original message |
64. All those Suburbans will be good for living in when the |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 04:17 PM Response to Reply #64 |
84. I had a dream recently about designing "double wide" Suburban housing |
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SkipNewarkDE (762 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 10:19 AM Response to Original message |
66. Republicans, Gas Prices and Trickling Down |
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lectrobyte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 10:35 AM Response to Reply #66 |
70. I'm not sure I really blame the Republicans for the price of gas. |
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SkipNewarkDE (762 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 10:42 AM Response to Reply #70 |
72. I don't blame them for the price of gas, per se |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 11:11 AM Response to Reply #70 |
78. dont you think if Gore had won, we'd be on a much better path?? |
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lectrobyte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 11:54 AM Response to Reply #78 |
80. Yes, in my post, I said I blamed the Repubs for doing nothing about peak |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 07:11 PM Response to Reply #80 |
85. And the trip down the wrong path began with |
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LeahD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-05 02:01 AM Response to Reply #66 |
90. $250/mo. on auto insurance??? Is that correct? n/t |
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grace0418 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
67. All I can say is HA-Fucking-HA |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 10:33 AM Response to Original message |
68. A modest suggestion... |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 02:58 PM Response to Reply #68 |
82. See my post #64 |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
79. You would have thought U.S. carmakers would've learned |
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Algomas (576 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-05 01:35 AM Response to Reply #79 |
87. Socialism for the rich...Free Market capitalism for the poor. |
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fujiyama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-05 01:44 AM Response to Original message |
88. Haha great story |
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