Tuesday, 24 June 2008
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| Re: Embarrassing work-related moment Bill Hileman 03:30:06 |
| | Mercellus Bohren wrote:
My boss's boss was a real "gung-ho" doOd who loved sports and wanted everyone to play on the company softball team. We were all forced to try out. My Fielding: I can catch a fly ball if I don't have to run far to get it or depend too much on my faulty depth perception to identify my correct position on the field. In other words, I suck. My Hitting: I've always been able to hit the ball wherever I want it to go. We had batting practice and my boss's boss was doing the pitching. He pitched most times because being the pitcher was cool, right? He pitched a good one and I smacked it right back to him, pretty low, like a bullet, right into his shin. It hit him so hard that his leg cracked a little and started bleeding, and he had to be rushed to the emergency room. Long story short; over the course of the next several weeks, he developed gangrene in that part of his leg and they almost had to amputate. He was never the same again. Yep, pretty embarrassing.
So... you -wanted- to smack him right in the shin, or were you aiming a
little higher?
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| Re: Has RSFC created more terrorists? Jefferson N. Glapski 02:45:07 |
| | "Trevor Zion Bauknight" <trev@moodchanginggood.net> wrote in message
news:v4idnbkY97oh48HVnZ2dnUVZ_rvinZ2d@earthlink.com...
Dan S. wrote: E .F. Hokie explained on 6/20/2008 : On Fri, 20 Jun 2008 20:21:54 -0400, Dan S. wrote... E .F. Hokie submitted this idea : There are more than a proportional amount of anit-Christ, liberal Communist pinko sympathizers in here to be sure. Y'know, for as much as you try to beat people over the head with Christ, what I read of His teachings tells me that he'd tell you to cut it out. I don't try to beat people over the head any more than I do their liberal leanings. Why is is such an interest to you? But, those who deny Him are indeed the Anti-Christ. There're three defintions of it, so if af first you don't succeed, try again. Look it up. You know what's funny about your post? Jesus personified what most of us on the far left subscribe to philosophically -- "For as you have done for the least among you, so have you done for me." So put that in your smipe and poke it.
"Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace,
but a sword. For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and
the daughter against her mother"
-Jesus Fucking Christ
Matt 10:34-35 hut hut hut
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| Obama would never be influenced by special interests John Rogers 02:44:27 |
| | Right, Chris?
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/23/us/politics/23ethanol.html?_r=2&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&oref=slogin&oref=slogin
or
http://tinyurl.com/6p39gh
" Nowadays, when Mr. Obama travels in farm country, he is sometimes
accompanied by his friend Tom Daschle, the former Senate majority
leader from South Dakota. Mr. Daschle now serves on the boards of
three ethanol companies and works at a Washington law firm where,
according to his online job description, he spends a substantial
amount of time providing strategic and policy advice to clients in
renewable energy.
Mr. Obama s lead advisor on energy and environmental issues, Jason
Grumet, came to the campaign from the National Commission on Energy
Policy, a bipartisan initiative associated with Mr. Daschle and Bob
Dole, the Kansas Republican who is also a former Senate majority
leader and a big ethanol backer who had close ties to the agribusiness
giant Archer Daniels Midland.
Not long after arriving in the Senate, Mr. Obama himself briefly
provoked a controversy by flying at subsidized rates on corporate
airplanes, including twice on jets owned by Archer Daniels Midland,
which is the nation s largest ethanol producer and is based in his
home state."
John Rogers
AU Class of 1985
The Al Del Greco of Atlanta
"You say that it is your custom to burn widows. Very
well. We also have a custom: when men burn a woman alive,
we tie a rope around their necks and we hang them. Build
your funeral pyre; beside it, my carpenters will build a
gallows. You may follow your custom. And then we will
follow ours." (General Sir Charles Napier)
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| Posted on one of the Sparty websites James Schrumpf 02:37:18 |
| | Michigan's new logo:
http://www.spartantailgate.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=19&pictureid=70
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James Schrumpf http://www.hilltopper.net
Let there be no doubt tonight -- no doubt!
That they shouldn't have played the Old Gold and Blue.
Not tonight!
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| Insightful quotes from AFL footballers **Rowland Croucher** 02:31:49 |
| | Remarkably Insightful Quotes from AFL Footballers:
"I owe a lot to my parents, especially my mother and father." -
(Shane Wakelin)
"Nobody in football should be called a genius. A genius is a guy
like Norman Einstein."
(Mick Malthouse - Collingwood)
"I'm going to graduate on time, no matter how long it takes."
(Peter Bell - Fremantle - on his University Law studies)
"You guys line up alphabetically by height," and "you guys pair up
in groups of three, then line up in a circle."
(Barry Hall Sydney Captain at training)
"I can't really remember the names of the clubs that we went to."
(Brock Maclean - Melbourne) on whether he had visited the Pyramids
during his visit to Egypt:
"He's a guy who gets up at six o'clock in the morning regardless of
what time it is."
(Kevin Sheedy on James Hird)
"It's basically the same, just darker." (Jonathan Brown) on night
Grand Finals vs Day Games
"I told him, 'Son, what is it with you. Is it ignorance or apathy?'
He said, 'Barass, I don't know and I don't care' ".
(Ron Barassi talking about Gary Cowton)
"I want to kick 70 or 80 goals this season, whichever comes first."
(Barry Hall - Sydney) when asked about the upcoming season:
"Luke Hodge - the 21 year old, who turned 22 a few weeks ago."
(Dermott Brereton)
"Chad had done a bit of mental arithmetic with a calculator." (Mark
Williams)
"He scored that goal after only 22 seconds - totally against the run
of play." (Dermott Brereton)
"We actually got the winning goal three minutes from the end but
then they scored."
(Ben Cousins - West Coast Eagles)
"I've never had major knee surgery on any other part of my body".
(Luke Darcy)
"That kick was absolutely unique, except for the one before it which
was identical."
(Dermott Brereton)
"Sure there have been injuries and deaths in football - but none of
them serious."
(Adrian Anderson)
"If history repeats itself, I should think we can expect the same
thing again."
(Andrew Demetriou)
"I would not say he (Chris Judd) is the best centreman in the AFL,
but there are none better."
(Dermott Brereton)
"I never comment on umpires and I'm not going to break the habit of
a lifetime for that prat." (Terry Wallace)
(Garry Lyon) "Have you ever thought of writing your autobiography?"
(David Swartz) "On what?"
"Well, either side could win it, or it could be a draw." (Dermott
Brereton)
"Strangely, in slow motion replay, the ball seemed to hang in the
air for even longer."
(Dermott Brereton)
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Shalom/Salaam/Pax! Rowland Croucher
http://jmm.aaa.net.au/ (20,000 articles 4000 humor)
Blogs - http://rowlandsblogs.blogspot.com/
Justice for Dawn Rowan - http://dawnrowansaga.blogspot.com/
Funny Jokes and Pics - http://funnyjokesnpics.blogspot.com/
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| Re: Very bad karma Bill Hileman 02:29:13 |
| | Ben Stewart wrote:
...to whoever stole our stroller at approximately 9:45 pm last Tuesday while we were in the Magic Kingdom of Walt Disney World. Luckily, we didn't have anything valuable in it, but we are out a stroller, a backpack, some cheap walkie talkies, 3 rain ponchos, 2 rain coats, a bunch of sunscreen, and a souvenir toy that was special to my 3 y.o. son. HFIH bastards.
Crap... the Czar posted "HFIH" to me earlier in response to my Obama Self
poast and I googled HFIH and went to acronym finder, even searched
specifically and couldn't figure out what it meant. For some reason, your
use of it made it perfectly clear.
Oh, and sorry about the stroller theft.
If you were still there, I'd bet Disney had cameras all over the place, and
you might could have asked them to review the tape around that area around
that time.
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| Airline security in action John Rogers 01:07:18 |
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http://www.ajc.com/travel/content/travel/otherdestinations/us_stories/2008/06/20/david_ho_suspect_jet_blue.html
or
http://tinyurl.com/6nmy5j
Reporter: I was a 'security threat' on flight
Airborne, suspicion spell trouble for innocent passenger
By DAVID HO
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 06/22/08
NEW YORK "So. Turns out, I'm the security threat," I told my editor,
calling him from my airline seat. The police with their assault rifles
had left, along with the cop who moments before had shoved me against
a jetway wall.
Like many regular fliers, I have a finely honed security routine.
Lotions and hand sanitizer in the little plastic bag. Laptop in a
form-fitting case for X-ray adventures. My shoes almost untie
themselves.
But I found there are still things you can't predict. More than half a
dozen years after Sept. 11, 2001, little may prevent an innocent
traveler from becoming an imagined threat.
On June 16, I flew JetBlue from New York to Las Vegas to report on a
telecommunications conference.
It was the day after Father's Day. I had my 3-year-old son in my
thoughts and the gift of a blue tie in my luggage.
At the airport, my gadget-filled carry-on got a common close look
extra X-rays, bomb residue swabs, a hand search. I thanked the agent
for thoroughness.
Expecting the plane to be delayed, I bought two sandwiches and two
bottles of water. Sitting right beside the gate, I sorted BlackBerry
e-mail, ate a banana and drank orange juice.
With no cup handy, I tipped water in the empty OJ bottle and tossed in
a tablet of Airborne, the dissolving vitamin supplement intended to
ward off colds. With the plane boarding and the tablet still melting,
I dropped the bottle in the plastic "I Love NY" bag from the sandwich
counter. I soon drank the water at my seat.
I wasn't surprised when we waited nearly an hour on the runway.
But I didn't expect a return to the gate. Certainly not the Port
Authority Police car waiting for us and four more cars and trucks
speeding our way. I was really surprised by the two guys in black body
armor who strode toward the front of the plane with automatic weapons.
I write about many things. Tech, telecom, toys, terrorism. I even
write about airlines and the aftermath of 9/11.
As police arrived, I was dialing my editor and had my camera at the
ready. Passengers were looking for our plane in the news, tuning
seat-back TVs to CNN.
Two rows behind me, the police picked out a young woman with short
blond hair and a stud below her lower lip. They left with her and her
bags.
A flight attendant chastised me for trying to get a picture.
I was talking to my editor when a JetBlue worker told my row to get
up. He directed me to go immediately to the front while he gathered my
bags.
Uh-oh, I thought, they're upset about the camera. Occupational hazard.
Outside, many very serious police awaited. The blond woman was nowhere
in sight.
"Do you have ID?" one asked.
"Yeah, back at my seat," I said.
"Back at your seat? Outstanding," he sighed.
My bags arrived, but I had no chance to show my driver's license or
New York Police Department press pass. Or mention how many times I've
been cleared by Secret Service background checks.
I barely had time to ask "What's up?" before a cop grabbed my shirt
and pulled me to the side.
"Excuse me?" I protested.
He put his hands on my shoulders and chest and pushed me against the
wall.
"Stand there and be quiet," he said, an edge in his voice. I obeyed
and leaned back against the curving corridor.
"Let me see your hands," he ordered.
"Yes, sir."
An older officer approached.
"Here's the deal," he said. "A passenger saw you doing something
suspicious."
"Like what?" I asked.
"Mixing something," he said.
Mixing something? I was stunned. This was about me?
I thought for half a second and then laughed before blurting out
unwise words.
"It's Airborne," I said.
"What's airborne right now?" the officer asked sharply.
"No, the cold medication you take when you go on an airplane," I said.
He asked me if it was still in my bag. Sure, I said.
"Dissolves in liquid, right?" the officer said, holding the brightly
labeled plastic tube. He spoke with a resigned disgust that seemed to
say he was tired of never-ending false alarms.
"Wonderful," another said. Someone muttered about wasted money.
The officer who shoved me took my name, address and other information.
I hope a no-fly list isn't in my future.
A JetBlue worker offered brief apologies and took still more
information.
I told him I understood the need for caution, and I felt bad about
everyone getting delayed over such a ridiculous thing. "I wish
everybody had that attitude," he said.
I went back to my seat, greeted by curious stares. I told nearby
passengers my tale. Many said the blond woman had called the police on
me. She soon returned, moved to the front row.
As our trip resumed, I felt shaky as it all sunk in.
Off the plane, the sympathies of fellow passengers raised my spirits.
Some questioned what terrorists would have done with police so
obviously closing in.
I spotted the blond woman at baggage claim and demanded an
explanation. She apologized. She said she had seen something that
concerned her and she called her sister, who called the police. "I
have a very cautious family," she said.
And I am left with questions. Should I have protested more? It's hard
to argue with an outcome that doesn't involve a small, windowless
room.
Would someone paler or older plopping an antacid turn any heads?
How often does "see something, say something" save lives? How often
does it burn up jet fuel and cause nationwide air traffic delays?
And how many people have this kind of disturbing experience but don't
get to tell their stories?
John Rogers
AU Class of 1985
The Al Del Greco of Atlanta
"You say that it is your custom to burn widows. Very
well. We also have a custom: when men burn a woman alive,
we tie a rope around their necks and we hang them. Build
your funeral pyre; beside it, my carpenters will build a
gallows. You may follow your custom. And then we will
follow ours." (General Sir Charles Napier)
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| Re: One of this summer's olympic sweethearts Orange J. Dood 00:47:44 |
| | Who lives in a pineapple under the sea, jimbrowndoc@yahoo.com?
This gal has been on the local news for a couple years now. She is always pleasant, smiling and darn it, just lovable. She has really put on some muscle since the first time I saw her, which just looks weird on a young girl.
Local girl Heather Mitts (soccer) will make a fellow's socks go up
'n' down...
http://www.beloblog.com/KGW_Blogs/sports/mitts.jpg
http://vietnamnet.vn/dataimages/original/images702922_3Heather-
Mitts1.jpg
or http://tinyurl.com/4eur8p
http://www.insidesocal.com/tomhoffarth/archives/HeatherMittsUSSocc
er.jpg
or http://tinyurl.com/3k4ho8
http://members.aol.com/poooterpan/incoming/heather_mitts.jpg
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Cheers,
--Jeff
Read the damb FAQ.
http://www.rsfckers.com/faq.htm
"Me TWO! ME TWO! UH HUH! YEAH YOU TELL 'EM! (Am I cool now,
guys, huh am I? Am I? I'm cool now, right?)" --PFC Slick
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| Imus Is At It Again Hoover 00:45:53 |
| | In his show today, the topic of the conversation was Pacman Jones. Imus
asks, "What color is he?" His sidekick says, "black". Imus replies, "That
explains it."
He's an idiot, a total idiot.
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| Amy Winehouse has Emphysema Hoover 00:44:33 |
| | The least of her problems.
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| Re: Deer Huck and Use-to-be-Czar John Rogers 00:29:38 |
| | Chris Bellomy <ten.wohsdoog@sirhc>, don't waste your summer praying in
vain for your Obama to rise from these streets...
John Rogers wrote, On 6/20/08 10:45 PM: Chris Bellomy <ten.wohsdoog@sirhc>, don't waste your summer praying in vain for your Obama to rise from these streets... John Rogers wrote, On 6/20/08 8:46 PM: Question: If you are nominated for President in 2008 and your major opponents agree to forgo private funding in the general election campaign, will you participate in the presidential public financing OBAMA: **Yes**. I have been a long-time advocate for public financing ----->^^^^^^^^^<---------------------------------------------------- of campaigns combined with free television and radio time as a way to reduce the influence of moneyed special interests. I introduced public financing legislation in the Illinois State Senate, and am the only 2008 candidate to have sponsored Senator Russ Feingold s (D-WI) bill to reform the presidential public financing system. In February 2007, I proposed a novel way to preserve the strength of the public financing system in the 2008 election. My plan requires both major party candidates to agree on a fundraising truce, return excess money from donors, and stay within the public financing system for the general election. My proposal followed announcements by some presidential candidates that they would forgo public financing so they could raise unlimited funds in the general election. The Federal Election Commission ruled the proposal legal, and Senator John McCain (R-AZ) has already pledged to accept this fundraising pledge. If I am the Democratic nominee, I will aggressively pursue an agreement with the Republican nominee to preserve a publicly financed general --------------------------------------------------------------------- Yes. Does "and your major opponents agree to forgo private funding" mean "and your major opponents agree to forgo private funding?" Why is this so goddam hard for you guys to wrap your heads around? When did John McCain say that he wasn't going to forgo private About the moment he blew off the rules of public financing several weeks ago?
Public financing of the presidential campaign doesn't start until
after the conventions. And neither McCain nor Obama accepted public
financing for the primaries and neither promised to do so. You knew
this, didn't you?
John Rogers
AU Class of 1985
The Al Del Greco of Atlanta
"You say that it is your custom to burn widows. Very
well. We also have a custom: when men burn a woman alive,
we tie a rope around their necks and we hang them. Build
your funeral pyre; beside it, my carpenters will build a
gallows. You may follow your custom. And then we will
follow ours." (General Sir Charles Napier)
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Monday, 23 June 2008
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| Re: (Politics) You cats read the Wall Street Journal? Lord Gow333 23:45:18 |
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"Torrey M. Spears" <nwophoenix@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:845acf09-e993-4421-8432-bb263382f3eb@j22g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
Interesting... Sen. Obama cited new economic forces to explain what appears like a return to an older-style big-government Democratic platform skeptical of market forces. "Globalization and technology and automation all weaken the position of workers," he said, and a strong government hand is needed to assure that wealth is distributed more equitably.
From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs, or
something like that, right?
LG
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Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you
nothing. It was here first. - Mark Twain
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| The DTA/MCA process was "fatally flawed" ... ? Stephenj 22:48:22 |
| | Today, a 3-judge panel of Washington DC's federal appeals court
overturned a CRST judgment against a gitmo detainee, ordering the
government to either release him or give him a new hearing.
Gee, wasn't the main reason the SCOTUS overturned Section 7 of the MCA
and ordered that gitmo detainees get federal court habeas hearings was
because the process set up by Congress and the President was "fatally
flawed", such that neither the CRST hearings nor the federal appeals
court review process could lead to a fair outcome?
ROFL!
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/24/washington/23cnd-gitmo.html?hp
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It is easier to win over people to pacifism than socialism.
We should work first for pacifism, and only later for socialism.
- Albert Einstein
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| Re: Stalingrad and Patton Edward M. Kennedy 22:24:12 |
| | "xyzzy" <xyzzy.dude@gmail.com> wrote
So this past weekend I was reading about Stalingrad - horrendous. Got me thinking about Patton and how he advocated going after the Russians right after the end of the war, since he was convinced they were actually a weak army in the Spring/Summer of 45. Assuming that the a-bomb wouldn't be used (safe assumption?), was the Soviet Army that vulnerable, and how would have this post-war war progressed for the US? <
<Years ago I spoke to a WWII veteran about this and he just snorted and
<said that we had tried to attack the Russians in 1945, there would
<have been a mutiny in the ranks. No one had the stomach for starting
<another war like the one they had just won.
Agreed from my parent's generation. The support for defeating the
Axis was unwavering, but people were seriously sick of the depression
and then WWII. People had had enough.
--Tedward
One theory about war says lounge lizard paradise awaits the survivors
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| Preamble to the Bill of Rights Edward M. Kennedy 21:21:01 |
| | I've posted this before. It bears repeating:
THE Conventions of a number of the States having at the time of their adopting the Constitution, expressed a desire, in order to
prevent misconstruction or abuse of its powers, that further declaratory and restrictive clauses should be added: And as extending
the ground of public confidence in the Government, will best insure the beneficent ends of its institution
RESOLVED by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, two thirds of both
Houses concurring, that the following Articles be proposed to the Legislatures of the several States, as Amendments to the
Constitution of the United States, all or any of which Articles, when ratified by three fourths of the said Legislatures, to be
valid to all intents and purposes, as part of the said Constitution; viz.:
ARTICLES in addition to, and Amendment of the Constitution of the United States of America, proposed by Congress, and ratified by
the Legislatures of the several States, pursuant to the fifth Article of the original Constitution.
http://patriotpost.us/histdocs/billrightspreamble.htm
--Tedward
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| The 10-3-39 words- Ike 20:52:11 |
| | you can't say on television.
RIP, George.
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Yrs.,
Ike
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"L'audace, L'audace, Toujour L'audace."
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http://www.frappr.com/rsfckers
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| Football, baseball and George Carlin Unclaimed Mysteries 20:47:18 |
| | Finally found this one, thanks intertubes!
http://www.baseball-almanac.com/humor7.shtml
"In football, the object is for the quarterback, otherwise known as the
field general, to be on target with his aerial assault, riddling the
defense by hitting his recievers with deadly accuracy in spite of the
blitz — even if he has to use the shotgun — with short bullet passes and
long bombs, he marches his troops into enemy territory, balancing this
aerial assault with a sustained ground attack which punches holes in the
forward wall of the enemy's defensive line. In baseball the object is to
go home! And to be safe! I hope I'll be safe at home!"
I'm pretty sure he stole that from SABAN.
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It Came From Corry Lee Smith's Unclaimed Mysteries.
http://www.unclaimedmysteries.net
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| Happy 60th Justice Thomas! Stephenj 19:58:34 |
| | I only regret that it isn't your 50th, so that you'd have 10 additional
years on the court to serve.
--
Was the Order to Slay given because of the Sign of the Goat found on the
ancient Roman crypt beneath the cathedral, or because the Dark Man of
the Haute Vienne Coven spoke the Three Words?
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| Re: YA Thing To Make You Feel Olde Dan S . 19:45:18 |
| | Tom Enright submitted this idea :
Heard on the radio: "Congrats to Simple Minds, celebrating their 30th year together." ODL. -Tom Enright
Is RSFC that old?
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| The Daughter Turns 18 in Three Weeks Winnard 19:43:31 |
| | Me and the wife are seriously considering kicking her out because she's
become so hateful towards us......unless she wants something.
winnard
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