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tammywammy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 07:48 PM
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I'm bored, ask me anything.
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Gelliebeans Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 07:49 PM
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1. what is your kitty's name?
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tammywammy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 07:50 PM
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3. Monty
He's my little baby boy. :) I have another cat named Mia too, she's actually Monty's mom. When I adopted her from the shelter she was pregnant, and they told me that "it guarantees she'll be put to sleep," so I had to have her. He's the only one from the litter I kept.
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Gelliebeans Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 07:52 PM
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8. sounds like you love them both
very much and they are lucky to have you as their mom. :)
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tammywammy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 07:55 PM
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13. Oh I do love them
and when Mia sits in someone elses lap I remind her that if it wasn't for me, she wouldn't be here. :P

Mia's really just the sweetest thing, and I can't image someone let her go. She was barely a year old, and I figure they dumped her b/c she was pregnant.

They're both polydactal too.
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hippiepunk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 07:50 PM
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2. What should you be doing instead of
posting this and being bored?
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tammywammy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 07:51 PM
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6. I'm at work
I'm a receptionist, and there's no calls tonight. What a surprise, a Friday night at a car dealership is slow.
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freethought Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 07:51 PM
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4. How bored are you? n/t
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tammywammy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 07:51 PM
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7. really really bored
I don't have anything to do, and I left my book in my car.
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bigwillq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 07:51 PM
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5. Do you like brussel sprouts?
:shrug:
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tammywammy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 07:52 PM
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9. sometimes
My mom loves them. I can take them or leave them.
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bigwillq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 07:55 PM
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12. What is 10+10?
:shrug:
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tammywammy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 07:56 PM
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16. Since, I'm an English major
let me get my calculator, yes it's 20 just as I suspected.
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bigwillq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 07:58 PM
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22. What's your fave book?
:)
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tammywammy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 08:02 PM
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25. That's a hard one
I like too many different kinds of books.
My favorite scary book is Red Dragon. Funny, anything by David Sedaris. Non-fiction true story, Triangle (about the fire at the Triangle Waist Shirt Company). Favorite non-ficton memoire Stolen Lives. Favorite trash everything by V.C. Andrews. Hum that's all I can think of right now.
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bigwillq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 08:08 PM
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28. Fave "classic"?
Book that is.
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tammywammy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 08:13 PM
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30. hum,
There's multiple
Hamlet, Their Eyes Were Watching God, The Thin Red Line and Catch-22.

I'm really more into "classic" 20th century literature, as opposed to the Greek/Roman stuff. And as an English major, I love Shakespeare, but I still don't like it as much as the 20th century stuff.
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bigwillq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 08:22 PM
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36. Fave cartoon? past or present.
:)
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tammywammy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 08:25 PM
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38. Spongebob Square Pants and old school Strawberry Shortcake
I've even bought all the old Strawberry Shortcake videos. The only reason I have cats is because of her. Strawberry Shortcake had one, so I had to have one. My parents got a cat for me when I was 3, and I named her Custard (just like SS's).
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bigwillq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 08:26 PM
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40. My sis has some of the vids and Shortcake dolls
BTW, I love SpongeBOB!:bounce:
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tammywammy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 08:34 PM
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44. I don't have any dolls anymore
But I love her so much, I must have a daughter that I will torture by making her watch the videos.

And Spongebob, oh, it's just the greatest.
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bigwillq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 08:38 PM
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46. LOL! Don't torture not-yet-born daughter!
Did you like the game show "Press Your Luck"?
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tammywammy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 08:41 PM
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48. Oh yeah
That was my favorite show to watch when I was home sick.

No Wammy, no wammy, no wammy, stop! They had a special on Game Show Network awhile ago talking about the guy that memorized the boards and won a ton of money.
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bigwillq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 08:41 PM
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49. Your Screename made me think of that show!
Wammy!

GSN aslo had an updated version of the show but it wasn't as good as the original.
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tammywammy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 08:44 PM
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51. Yeah I didn't like the new one either
I picked the screenname b/c it's easy to remember.
My real name's Tamara, and in high school is guy would say "Tamara like camera," so people would say it right. That got shortened to Tamara Camera, so I did the same thing with Tammy.
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freethought Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 07:54 PM
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10. What about asparagus? n/t
Edited on Fri May-06-05 07:54 PM by freethought
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tammywammy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 07:55 PM
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15. I love asparagus
But it does make pee really stink.
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freethought Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 07:57 PM
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18. What type of asparagus? Green or white? n/t
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tammywammy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 07:58 PM
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20. It's hard to get white here
I'd have to really drive out of my way into Fort Worth to get white. So, mostly green.
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freethought Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 07:59 PM
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24. Good choice! White asparagus is really vile stuff!n/t
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tammywammy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 08:08 PM
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29. I had a recipie that called for white
but the speciality produce store was out of it, so I went with green instead.
I like it when you make a foil packet and grill it. delicious.
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Sanity Claws Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 07:54 PM
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11. April Showers bring May flowers
What do May flowers bring?
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tammywammy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 07:56 PM
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17. But I'm in Texas
April brings nothing. May brings showers. And June brings the heat.
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Sanity Claws Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 07:58 PM
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21. Mayflowers bring Pilgrims!
This one gets big laughs from 4th graders.
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tammywammy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 07:59 PM
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23. Oh, I'll have to remember that one
My nephew's only 4, but if I can get him to repeat that, it will be funny.
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two gun sid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 07:55 PM
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14. Who will win the Kentucky Derby?...
I'm willing to place a substantial bet on your answer.
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tammywammy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 07:57 PM
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19. What?
Yeah, I don't know who's racing or anything about the Kentucky Derby. I'd put money on a PWS on 1, 4, 8
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freethought Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 08:03 PM
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26. "Would you like to touch my Monkey?" n/t
Edited on Fri May-06-05 08:03 PM by freethought
I just had to put that out there!

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tammywammy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 08:07 PM
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27. Monkeys are scary
:scared:

just kidding, but I'll pass this time.
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freethought Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 08:16 PM
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31. What do you think of my 'Smilies'?
:bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

:toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :shrug: :shrug: :shrug:
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tammywammy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 08:17 PM
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32. They're grrrrrreat!
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indy_azcat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 08:19 PM
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33. Do you sell SUVs
and if so do you feel guilty?
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tammywammy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 08:22 PM
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35. I don't sell cars, I'm the receptionist
Edited on Fri May-06-05 08:24 PM by tammywammy
And, no I don't feel guilty. If someone wants to spend $40K on an SUV with crappy gas mileage, well then they can. It's not like we're tricking someone into buying one, the sticker says what the gas mileage and price is.

Personally, I will never own one. I'm saving for a Beetle TDI right now, so I can use biodiesel.
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indy_azcat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 08:26 PM
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39. Serious biodiesel ?
Is it worth it? I mean start up costs, emissions, finding fuel etc? I'm personally looking at hybrids or NG for my next vehicle.
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tammywammy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 08:32 PM
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42. Biodiesel
There's a station a reasonable distance from my house that sells it. The emissions are not at all what they are using gas or diesel. And a TDI engine can go straight to biodiesel, there's no cost in changing the engine up.

With biodiesel, there's no extra mainentance. Also on a TDI, your engine (running both diesel and bio) goes 10K miles between oil changes. So I'm going to be cutting back on my oil usage.

I'm in the group that thinks that biodiesel will out manuver hybrids. McDonald's can get intot he biodiesel business, by taking their used fry oil and cleaning it, and straight into a car.

For more info on biodiesel (because, you can't just take my stance on something) check out www.biodiesel.org and www.tdiclub.com

Also, if the biodiesel station was an hour away, I can drive there fill up, and fill up containers to store in a garage for up to 6 months at a time. To me, it's worth paying a little more for B100, than regular gas. And if I needed to cut back costs, I could use B50 (50/50 mix of bio & regular).
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freethought Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 08:21 PM
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34. When do you get off work?
Kind of too bad that you have to hang around on Friday night. I can kind of relate. Some time ago I used to work a weekend shift at an industrial facility. Had its good points but it made coordinating with friends and family hard.

:crazy: :crazy: :bounce: :bounce: :crazy: :crazy:
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tammywammy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 08:23 PM
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37. 9pm
I work 6 days a week. Monday to Friday 4pm to 9pm and Saturdays 8am to 6pm. I'm used to it. I'd rather work nights, than when I worked at a coffee shop and had to be there at 4:30am.

My friends know I don't go out on Fridays, but Saturday nights and Sundays are good.

And my brother and SIL will plan my nephews birthday parties on Sunday afternoons so I can be there.
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freethought Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 08:28 PM
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41. At least you don't have that much more to go.
At least tonight anyway. Try to buck up kiddo! ( Something my older brother used to tell me as he 'black and blued' my arm). By the way what was the book that you left in your car?
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tammywammy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 08:33 PM
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43. Yeah 30 min to go.
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers

I do my leisure reading at work, as opposed to school reading.
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freethought Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 08:38 PM
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45. Really! Where are you going to school?
I'm coming into finals week and all of about 2 hours of this day has seen me shoving my nose into boring textbooks. For my non-school reading I've got "Under the Banner of Heaven" by Jon Krakaur. A good but disturbing read.:woohoo: :woohoo:
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tammywammy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 08:39 PM
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47. I go to UT Arlington
I only have a couple of exams, so I'm really not worried. I can always bring my school stuff to work, but I can't really study here. I've tried to study here, and it just doesn't work, b/c I'm stopping to answer the phone or something.
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freethought Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 08:44 PM
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50. I'm at Univ. of Sountern Maine, Portland.
I kind of have the same problem when I go home. I just don't study there. Good luck on exams though!
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tammywammy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 08:45 PM
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52. Thanks
and good luck to you too. I've had semesters where my finals were a bitch, but not this time.
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freethought Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 08:48 PM
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53. Your most welcome! And don't let
Texas conservatives get your spirit down! :applause: :applause: :applause: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang:
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tammywammy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 08:51 PM
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54. LOL
Yeah, well, I do what I can. But you know, I don't really run into anyone that's radical. Sure, there's a lot of Bush stickers and such, but nothing really outrageous. And I've never gotten picked on when I'm wearing my DU t-shirt.
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freethought Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 08:56 PM
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57. Good Deal!
Well you've got about 5 minutes and I have to get back to studying.

Good luck and, and all that!:hi: :hi: :hi:
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Canadian Socialist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 08:53 PM
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55. In a so-called perfect world
Why is there baseball but no hockey???
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tammywammy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 08:56 PM
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56. I much prefer hockey to baseball
baseball is quite boring, but I love me some hockey.
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Canadian Socialist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 09:01 PM
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59. I love me some hockey as well!
But with the NHL lockout, there isn't much of it on. Except for the worlds happening now. BTW, yesterday? Canada 3 USA 1. Go Canada Go! And hey, how about them Flames?
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tammywammy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 08:57 PM
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58. Okay, it's 8:57 CST
so I'm outta here suckas!!

Just kidding, thanks!

:P
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