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Tommy_Carcetti Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-10-10 12:49 PM
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Name something slightly underrated/not fully appreciated
Edited on Wed Mar-10-10 01:06 PM by Tommy_Carcetti
By that, I don't mean that indie band that no one's ever heard of that you think is the best band ever (which it very well could be, but who knows?)

I mean things (people, places, movies, music, etc.) that are commonly known amongst the general public but not given the respect they fully deserve.

I'll start:

Jimmy Carter
Florida's natural beauty
Everglades National Park (on a similar note)
The Smashing Pumpkins as great band of the 1990s
Mike Judge as a director
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Dr. Strange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-10-10 12:50 PM
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1. Algebraic Number Theory
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TZ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-10-10 12:53 PM
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2. Not saying this to kiss up but seriously: Ska and Reggae
I really enjoy the music and often very clever entertaining lyrics. MUCH better than most of the writing in mainstream Rock N' Roll
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Captain Hilts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-10-10 12:56 PM
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5. I LOVED Ska! Where's our DU DC Ska performer that used to post here?
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Tommy_Carcetti Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-10-10 12:59 PM
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8. He got TS'ed.
Posted a nasty thread about Panda Express, or was it Wok N Roll?
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Symarip Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-10-10 01:00 PM
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10. Wok n Roll is no more.
Your insults are so 2009.
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Tommy_Carcetti Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-10-10 01:00 PM
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11. Well clearly your disparagment of them on the internets ran them out of business.
I hope you are happy with yourself now.
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TZ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-10-10 01:00 PM
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12. Wok N Roll is no more?
Heavens now where do you go for your meals? :hide:
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Captain Hilts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-10-10 01:03 PM
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13. There you are!
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Symarip Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-10-10 01:04 PM
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15. If you make three bullshit threads about celebrities
I appear.
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TZ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-10-10 12:59 PM
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9. I will give him props..he introduced me to Ska.
and I very much love it now. Also, his band is definitely worth listening to.
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AsahinaKimi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-10-10 12:53 PM
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3. Miso Soup in America
Edited on Wed Mar-10-10 12:54 PM by AsahinaKimi
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Symarip Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-10-10 12:55 PM
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4. The replies in this thread:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x9288990
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Captain Hilts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-10-10 12:57 PM
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6. There he is!
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Broken_Hero Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-10-10 12:58 PM
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7. Superman....
Edited on Wed Mar-10-10 01:15 PM by petersond
its true, he is probably one of the most well known superheroes, and one of the first of the Superhero era, but in all my travels amongst Comic Book havens, and fanatics, I've only come across 2 other Superman fans. In short, they just know his name, but could careless about the character.

I think he is unappreciated, I feel at times that I'm the lone torch carrier for Supes.

eta:clarify
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RandomThoughts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-10-10 01:04 PM
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14. Star Blazers TV Show !
http://www.dzai.com.br/jonatansouza/video/playvideo?tv_vid_id=42533
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amyrose2712 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-10-10 01:05 PM
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16. LOVE IT!OUR STAR BLAZERS!
Edited on Wed Mar-10-10 01:06 PM by amyrose2712
We're off to outer space
We're leaving Mother Earth
To save the human race
Our Star Blazers

Searching for a distant star
Heading off to Iscandar
Leaving all we love behind
Who knows what danger we'll find?

We must be strong and brave
Our home we've got to save
If we don't in just one year
Mother Earth will disappear

Fighting with the Gamilons
We won't stop until we've won
Then we'll return and when we arrive
The Earth will survive
With our Star Blazers
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RandomThoughts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-10-10 01:32 PM
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18. yea that season 1's opening title.
Edited on Wed Mar-10-10 01:33 PM by RandomThoughts
Season two theme is a bit different

We're off to outer space
We're leaving mother Earth
To save the human race
Our Star Blazers

A cry for help, a desperate plight
Makes our Star Force reunite
As we rush to meet our fate
The Comet Empire awaits

We must be strong and brave
To stop its evil ways
If Zordar's plot should work
He'll destroy the universe

We'll fight the Comet Empire
Battle through the raining fire
Filled with the hope that Earth will survive
We'll keep peace alive with
Our Star Blazers



They have a live action film coming out also
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiDlWzdqtjM
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mitchum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-10-10 01:18 PM
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17. David Bowie's musicianship
his performance and visionary qualities are lauded, but many people seem to overlook his actual chops as a musician
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MissMillie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-10-10 01:33 PM
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19. Aimee Mann and egg salad
oh, and um....



ME!
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Heidi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-10-10 01:33 PM
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20. Handwritten letters and notes of thanks. (nt)
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Swede Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-10-10 01:51 PM
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21. Cheese
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mochajava666 Donating Member (771 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-10-10 04:13 PM
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30. As a cheesehead from Wisconsin
I have to tell you that Cheese is fully appreciated here. In fact we worship cheeses.

Damn, that picture looks good...
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Dr. Strange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-10-10 05:51 PM
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33. I don't see any Bromage in that montage.
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Urban Prairie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-10-10 01:58 PM
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22. Indoor plumbing, showers, air-conditioning, microwave ovens
Edited on Wed Mar-10-10 02:00 PM by Urban Prairie
I worked @ the Michigan Central RR Depot in Detroit during the 70s, and there was no building A/C except for small window units enjoyed by the management in their offices only. I remember that some summer days were so miserably hot and humid in our office, that the paperwork that I was writing on would stick to my (short-sleeved dress shirt) arm when I lifted it to answer or make a phone call.
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LanternWaste Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-10-10 02:19 PM
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23. Screwball comedies of the 30's and 40's...
Screwball comedies of the 30's and 40's

Peace and quiet and silence-- the stillness of a moment

Humility

Grammar-- both written and spoken

Sitting on the balcony with a cup of coffee, watching the sun rise and the world waking up.

The Proclaimers ("I would walk five hundred miles and I would walk five hundred more...")
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mitchum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-10-10 02:25 PM
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24. Stanwyck's The Mad Miss Manton is a screwball comedy that is particularly underrated
And, of course, The Lady Eve is the funniest movie ever made
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LanternWaste Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-10-10 04:14 PM
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31. I go with Grant and Dunne in The Awful Truth
I go with Grant and Dunne in The Awful Truth as the funniest movie ever made.... :)
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mochajava666 Donating Member (771 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-10-10 02:33 PM
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25. The damage Thatcher and Reagan did to this world
Only Thom Hartmann seems to see this also.

Al Gore, Carl Sagan, Howard Dean - all have been ridiculed unfairly for being right.

Steven Colbert and Jon Stewart - Two great, courageous Americans delivering news to the people through satire.

James Caan, Steve Buscemi, Edward Norton Junior as actors

Social workers, teachers, counselors, and other people who spend their lives working at low paying jobs helping people that are less fortunate.
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foxfeet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-10-10 03:24 PM
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27. This retired social worker thanks you!
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Lurks Often Donating Member (505 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-10-10 02:34 PM
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26. How about
Me? :P
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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-10-10 03:33 PM
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28. flvegan
That guy rules!

:hide:
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Dr. Strange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-10-10 09:01 PM
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37. I'll be needing a link before I believe any of that.
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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-10-10 09:11 PM
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38. Here's a bunch of them
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Dr. Strange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-10-10 09:39 PM
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42. Dude! Have you no decency?
Nobody needs to see your sausage flapping around in the Lounge.
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bigwillq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-10-10 03:34 PM
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29. Lentils (nt)
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-10-10 05:27 PM
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32. Soccer
Edited on Wed Mar-10-10 05:32 PM by redqueen
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Tikki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-10-10 05:56 PM
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34. Del Shannon and Gene Pitney
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TLLcvWeiKw
"Runaway"....Del Shannon

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xk_FR3341bA
"Hats Off To Larry"...Del Shannon

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mt1V9sjaIoo
She's A Heartbreaker"...Gene Pitney

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37ZPJS_wl9o
"It Hurts To Be In Love'"....Gene Pitney

Tikki...and don't even get me started on Lou Christie..
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abq e streeter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-10-10 08:52 PM
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36. +1. (or maybe I should say +3 ) A couple of my faves of Del's, and of Pitney's:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znzfyEkFPjU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zl1fiiF_dyw


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7w0FGNPEC2g

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_IXw1UOQJ8



Not to mention Gene writing Hello Mary Lou and He's a Rebel...

Also, I had the great privilege of having met ( and had a brief conversation with) Del Shannon. Super nice guy, and this was at the stage of his career ( and less than a year before he tragically took his own life) where he could have coasted on his reputation, and just gone through the motions, but instead went all out onstage and gave a great high energy performance and seemed like he was thoroughly enjoying himself.
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RagAss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-10-10 06:10 PM
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35. Hockey
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KamaAina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-10-10 11:26 PM
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43. +1
:bounce:
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WildEyedLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-11-10 03:41 PM
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54. +2
Hockey is a far superior sport to basketball, and yet enjoys a fraction of the popularity in the US.
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Auggie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-10-10 09:14 PM
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39. Merlot
Too much mass-produced crap and bad P.R. has given this variety a bad name. Good Merlot is wonderful to drink and a great food wine.
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Initech Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-10-10 09:31 PM
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40. Frank Zappa
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taterguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-10-10 09:39 PM
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41. Lynyrd Skynyrd
The whole Confederate flag thing turns people off. And then there's that whole "Free Bird" thing.

But by any quasi-objective standard, in their prime they were the best fucking band on the planet.
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Mopar151 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-11-10 12:03 AM
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45. Those dudes had them some range
Real hard-life blues, rock with the power of a twin-turbo Cat diesel, Southerners with the guts to call guns, drunkenness and racisim stupid, and so many good players in their extended musical family that they staffed 3 other bands.
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pokerfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-11-10 08:34 AM
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50. I always enjoyed Skynyrd's sound
Animal House had a confederate flag for some reason:


(Lakeland Ledger Aug 22, 2003)
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KamaAina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-10-10 11:27 PM
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44. New Orleans!
of course, if it were fully appreciated, hotels there would be as expensive as in midtown Manhattan... :scared:
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Mopar151 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-11-10 12:13 AM
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46. Tires
The amount of engineering, science, and black art in good tires is absolutely amazing. Fair warning - experiencing really good ones, fully in their element, will forever ruin you for the cheap stuff.
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mvd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-11-10 12:14 AM
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47. Conan O'Brien
Definitely better than Leno.
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CreekDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-11-10 03:11 AM
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48. Oregon
Edited on Thu Mar-11-10 03:12 AM by CreekDog


The Bee Gees (mainly because of this song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePKS9HMrQ_s )

Bruce Springsteen's album "Tunnel of Love": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idnJnjV_8rg
(and kudos to a man who just refuses to lip sync) :patriot:

Jerry Brown


Nevada's Desert


Los Angeles
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BlueIris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-11-10 08:40 AM
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51. Totally. And the rest of your picks are good, too! nt
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BlueIris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-11-10 08:01 AM
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49. "The Messenger" (2009).
Totally agree on Jimmy Carter.
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Coventina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-11-10 10:22 AM
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52. Classical music. n/t
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JCMach1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-11-10 03:38 PM
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53. The Ozarks- it's not just for hillbillies!
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