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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 03:09 PM Original message |
OK, fans of the DU Friday afternoon challenge, here is this week's test! |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
1. 1. Guernica, picasso |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 03:19 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. the first one is not guernica. The second one is tougher, though. nt |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 03:32 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. The first is Klimt? nt |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 03:34 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. No, but the first and second "re-imagined" ones are by the same artist. nt |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 03:49 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. Heck no! |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-10-10 10:51 AM Response to Reply #9 |
57. Well, excuse me... nt |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-10-10 03:59 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. OK! |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 03:51 PM Response to Reply #2 |
11. Thanks for the challenge! |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
3. Here are two hints: look to Spain and France. nt |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 03:53 PM Response to Reply #3 |
14. Guernica in Spain, of course! |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 03:56 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Yes, here is the original by Velasquez |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
6. I cheated... |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 03:45 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. What is the title? |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 03:51 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. KittyWampus has it.... |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 03:53 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. I figured folks would know Las Meninas because it is SO famous, at least so I thought! |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 04:04 PM Response to Reply #15 |
23. You are correct, of course, but there's something Guernica-like. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 04:08 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. As I recall when I saw it (the Picasso) it was black and white, like Guernica. |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 04:18 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. You went to Bilbao? |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 04:32 PM Response to Reply #29 |
35. GO TO BILBAO!!! |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 04:42 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Art and life do that, of course, 'kinda funny!' |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 04:48 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. I visited Pamplona on the way up to Bilbao. |
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pscot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 05:16 PM Response to Reply #29 |
40. The pre-wedding trip is an excellent idea |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 05:56 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. Interesting you should mention that! |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 08:09 PM Response to Reply #41 |
49. Oh god, I loved Spain. I want to go again. Next time, to southern Spain |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 09:31 PM Response to Reply #49 |
53. Done some of that, along costa del sol. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-11-10 02:45 PM Response to Reply #53 |
59. Saw both! |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-11-10 06:30 PM Response to Reply #59 |
62. Was in Barcelona April, I think; in fact, whatever the year was, |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-11-10 06:45 PM Response to Reply #62 |
64. Some popular places in Europe are just overrun even in early spring. |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-11-10 07:07 PM Response to Reply #64 |
66. Went over last in '00 ? friends wedding in Poland, |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-11-10 07:30 PM Response to Reply #66 |
67. It floods at noon. Don't know about other times...I didn't wait around to find out. |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-11-10 07:46 PM Response to Reply #67 |
70. OMG, Yankee! |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 07:45 AM Response to Reply #70 |
71. I'll be staying close to the Santa Maria Novella church! |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 10:06 AM Response to Reply #70 |
72. Sorry...it is Ghirlandaio but it is "The Birth of the Virgin." nt |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-10-10 02:20 AM Response to Reply #49 |
55. Just saw this! |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-11-10 02:51 PM Response to Reply #55 |
60. I emailed it to my dtr in CA. Her son goes to an Italian immersion kindergarten |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-11-10 06:23 PM Response to Reply #60 |
61. Italian! in Kindergarten! |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-11-10 06:39 PM Response to Reply #61 |
63. What a great idea for kindergarten when their little brains are like sponges! |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-11-10 06:58 PM Response to Reply #63 |
65. ABSOLUTELY CORRECT, as to sponge brains! |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-11-10 07:37 PM Response to Reply #65 |
68. Last month I was at a reception for Frances Mayes at Random House in NYC |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-11-10 07:43 PM Response to Reply #68 |
69. I really 'enjoy' observing the differences between individuals + langs. |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 04:12 PM Response to Reply #68 |
73. Sounds like you have a fabulously interesting life, CTy! |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 04:27 PM Response to Reply #73 |
74. My new daughter in law works at Random House! She invited me, |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 04:50 PM Response to Reply #74 |
75. Hey, CTy, sounds somewhat similar to my experience! |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 04:53 PM Response to Reply #75 |
76. Huge office building in NYC! We had a nice lunch at the Mayes reception. |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 05:15 PM Response to Reply #76 |
77. Gotcha! |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 05:19 PM Response to Reply #77 |
79. I am trying to remember that precurser to Mayes...dad gummit! |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 06:07 PM Response to Reply #79 |
80. Isn't it? |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 06:10 PM Response to Reply #79 |
81. VOILA! |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 06:42 PM Response to Reply #81 |
82. Of course, Peter Mayle! |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 07:12 PM Response to Reply #82 |
83. But barge food could be good! |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-13-10 07:47 AM Response to Reply #83 |
86. One trip that is on my bucket list is Vienna, Budapest and Prague. |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-13-10 08:36 AM Response to Reply #86 |
88. Been there, DONE THAT (sort of!) |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-13-10 08:47 AM Response to Reply #88 |
90. I love that piece, studied it in a Romanticism in the Arts course in grad school! |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-13-10 09:08 AM Response to Reply #90 |
91. Stuff does happen! Torino, later! |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-13-10 01:17 PM Response to Reply #91 |
93. I will pm you... |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-13-10 02:42 PM Response to Reply #93 |
94. YHM |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-12-10 05:15 PM Response to Reply #76 |
78. dupe |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
8. Picasso’s version of Velasquez’s “Les Meninas.” |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 03:51 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. One down and one to go! Did you know the Velasquez painting? nt |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 03:52 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. I had to check on the title of the second one. It was popular in University days considering |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 04:02 PM Response to Reply #13 |
22. Did you find the original of #2? nt |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 04:11 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. Good timing. I just found one! |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 04:22 PM Response to Reply #13 |
31. I read somewhere that Picasso was fascinated by "Women of Algiers" and |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 04:47 PM Response to Reply #31 |
38. As to 'the congruence,' THATS how education should be, congruent. |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 04:23 PM Response to Reply #13 |
32. Great work, Kitty. |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 04:26 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. east end > went to school in Freeport. Did I ever ask you if you remember Jan's Ice Cream Parlor? |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 04:36 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. Oh Golly, THE KITCHEN SINK! |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 03:58 PM Response to Reply #8 |
18. Just saw something about Les Meninas. |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
17. Who did this painting? |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 03:59 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Franz Hals, or |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 03:59 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. My guess is Rembrandt. nt |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 04:01 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Hard question for bonus round. Do you know the subject matter and who is being examined? |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 04:04 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. If I remember correctly, this painting was discussed by Simon Schama in |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 04:11 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. Thats OK, CT, there's a lot of SOUTH from New Haven! |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 04:15 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. OK, yeah, I had to look it up. "The anatomy Lesson and Dr. Tulp" |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 04:21 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. THANKS AGAIN! |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 04:25 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. Well, if you participate NEXT week, I am giving a REAL toughie test. |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 06:06 PM Response to Reply #33 |
42. Is that a threat or a promise? |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 07:37 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. I hope it is both. But I don't know. You guys are REALLY smart! nt |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 07:52 PM Response to Reply #43 |
47. Having fun, and being stimulated by 'ot' matters! |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 08:19 PM Response to Reply #47 |
50. Sorry, what is "ot",? nt |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 09:18 PM Response to Reply #50 |
52. 'Off Topic,' that is, not political stuff! |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 07:40 PM Response to Original message |
44. Picasso, And Hunter S. Thompson... |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 07:46 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. I love that response! Tell me how you knew that. I would be interested in finding out. |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 07:46 PM Response to Original message |
46. Will this be on the final? |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 07:57 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. I know. This is going to be really bad! |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 08:22 PM Response to Reply #48 |
51. My wife has a degree in art history |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-10-10 07:38 AM Response to Reply #51 |
56. I guess that's a compliment! Thanks... |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-13-10 03:06 AM Response to Reply #56 |
84. Thinking we should travel together, yank! |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-13-10 07:44 AM Response to Reply #84 |
85. It can be a problem. I take a vacation with hubby out to Door County WI |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-13-10 08:22 AM Response to Reply #85 |
87. Yup, as I think I said earlier, Yank, |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-13-10 08:42 AM Response to Reply #87 |
89. I'll keep you apprised of Broads Abroad if you are interested! nt |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-13-10 09:09 AM Response to Reply #89 |
92. yank, |
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Rage Inc. (429 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 09:37 PM Response to Original message |
54. Easy! |
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