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indigobusiness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-04 12:44 PM Original message |
We are 'Technodrunk'...and our 'Technodependency' will Doom us |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-04 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
1. It helps to know how to use a hoe |
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indigobusiness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-04 12:53 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. "A hard row to hoe"...how many ways have you heard this butchered? |
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frankly_fedup2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-04 05:20 PM Response to Reply #1 |
64. That's what I have been trying to tell my husband! |
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BlueEyedSon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-04 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
2. No, we are "Petrodrunk" and our "Petrodependency" will kill us. |
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indigobusiness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-04 12:49 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Petrodependency is just an aspect of Technodependency. |
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Mizmoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-04 12:50 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. They're going to call it Petrolistan eom |
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BlueEyedSon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-04 01:42 PM Response to Reply #4 |
17. How about "East Texas"? |
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indigobusiness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-04 04:13 PM Response to Reply #17 |
75. ...the new map... |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-04 05:51 PM Response to Reply #3 |
68. Other way around, surely? |
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Loonman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-04 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
5. That's awful funny |
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indigobusiness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-04 01:25 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. I'm just not in denial. |
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MUSTANG_2004 (688 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-04 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
6. Am I alone here? |
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indigobusiness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-04 12:59 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. It's about self-awareness. I fully admit to being caught in the web. |
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Loonman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-04 12:14 PM Response to Reply #6 |
34. No, but we're in denial |
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indigobusiness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-04 03:27 PM Response to Reply #34 |
56. ...possibly. |
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quaker bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-04 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
9. The time for this discussion was a long time ago |
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indigobusiness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-04 01:10 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Adjustments are always necessary...regardless. |
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Blue Wally (974 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-04 06:39 PM Response to Reply #10 |
22. Try shopping......... |
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indigobusiness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-04 12:04 PM Response to Reply #22 |
31. Good example... |
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indigobusiness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-04 01:13 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. I meant insight and understanding of nature on a deep |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-04 01:39 PM Response to Reply #11 |
40. When America moved from rural to City and Burbs was when the disconnect |
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TO Kid (565 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-04 01:26 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. You're right about the starving |
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indigobusiness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-04 01:43 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. I'm not advocating turning away from tech... |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-04 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
12. Amen.... |
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indigobusiness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-04 01:31 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Your kind of conscientious living |
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OKNancy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-04 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
16. No thank you |
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indigobusiness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-04 01:45 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Why do people view this as an all of nothing trade-off? |
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FattyMcCraigs (21 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-04 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
20. Wow... |
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indigobusiness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-04 06:35 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Fatalism is just accepting fate as inevitable. |
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Tsiyu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-04 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
23. Actually |
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indigobusiness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-04 10:48 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. That is the paradox, the enigma, the irony... |
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donhakman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-04 11:07 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Kazinski the unibomber felt the same way |
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indigobusiness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-04 11:32 AM Response to Reply #25 |
27. He knew that someday soon it will be able to find anyone... |
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0007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-04 04:48 PM Response to Reply #25 |
62. Ted Kaczynski the Unibomber and his Manifesto |
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indigobusiness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-04 05:46 PM Response to Reply #62 |
66. How could he think harming people |
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Tsiyu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-04 11:40 AM Response to Reply #24 |
29. Thanks |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-04 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
26. I, for one, welcome our new computer overlords |
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indigobusiness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-04 11:38 AM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Hail Caesar... |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-04 12:02 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. You assume there will be a peak. |
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indigobusiness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-04 12:16 PM Response to Reply #30 |
35. Resources are finite and have been squandered. |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-04 02:02 PM Response to Reply #35 |
45. *sigh* You really are a pessimist. |
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indigobusiness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-04 02:31 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. I won't fact check for you...believe what you wish... |
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Independent_Minded (38 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-04 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
32. UNA-BOMBER BUMP |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-04 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
33. Tool-Using Mammals |
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TO Kid (565 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-04 12:22 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. Exactly |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-04 12:54 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. you might be on to something |
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indigobusiness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-04 01:37 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. blindpig, a special reward for your contribution... |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-04 01:57 PM Response to Reply #39 |
43. um, my Latin's a bit rusty n/t |
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indigobusiness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-04 02:42 PM Response to Reply #43 |
51. Something to do with |
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indigobusiness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-04 01:21 PM Response to Reply #33 |
38. Calling technology a tool is silly...it has become a force... |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-04 01:44 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. *sigh* |
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indigobusiness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-04 02:12 PM Response to Reply #41 |
46. Your patronizing sighs aside, |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-04 02:27 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. Nice pissing match... |
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indigobusiness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-04 02:37 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. Heres what I think of your petty style of word war... |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-04 02:39 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. Hah! Great pic! - n/t |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-04 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
42. it's not all or nothing |
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indigobusiness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-04 02:46 PM Response to Reply #42 |
52. Precisely... |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-04 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
44. Three days away |
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indigobusiness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-04 02:56 PM Response to Reply #44 |
53. We have a smug, arrogant, false sense of security... |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-04 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
54. It's really something to think about. We have a good movie here. |
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indigobusiness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-04 03:23 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. You Produce... |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-04 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
57. Hmmmm..... |
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indigobusiness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-04 04:02 PM Response to Reply #57 |
59. The widening gulf between the haves and have-nots |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-04 04:06 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. I agree with you... |
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HalfManHalfBiscuit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-04 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
58. Oh how I pine for those good old Medieval days! |
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indigobusiness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-04 04:41 PM Response to Reply #58 |
61. You'll be right at home... |
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HalfManHalfBiscuit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-04 05:58 PM Response to Reply #61 |
70. Good. I look forward to the impending doom. And the big piles of shit. |
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indigobusiness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-04 06:12 PM Response to Reply #70 |
71. Lots of free fertilizer |
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misanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-04 04:58 PM Response to Original message |
63. Ever read... |
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indigobusiness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-04 05:37 PM Response to Reply #63 |
65. Why? I'm just reading the tea leaves |
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misanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-04 06:24 PM Response to Reply #65 |
72. Who said... |
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indigobusiness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-04 06:33 PM Response to Reply #72 |
73. No, I'm hardly expert in my Ludditeness |
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indigobusiness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-04 05:55 PM Response to Reply #63 |
69. IN THE ABSENCE OF THE SACRED By Jerry Mander |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-04 04:22 PM Response to Reply #69 |
76. Two words... |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-04 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
67. Our oil will doom us. Our technodependency only hastens the end, |
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indigobusiness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-04 08:53 PM Response to Reply #67 |
74. We are doomed...DOOMED... |
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Tsiyu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-04 04:33 PM Response to Reply #74 |
77. Alas, Babylon: Read it too. |
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indigobusiness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-04 06:05 PM Response to Reply #77 |
81. I'll put that on my list. |
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Jim Warren (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-04 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
78. Like it or not |
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indigobusiness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-04 05:01 PM Response to Reply #78 |
79. Yep...it's wayyyy beyond personal perpective. |
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camero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-04 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
80. Technodependency is the symptom, not the disease |
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indigobusiness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-04 06:09 PM Response to Reply #80 |
82. The psychology of the "individual" and the resulting competiveness |
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camero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-04 06:15 PM Response to Reply #82 |
84. I agree with that |
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indigobusiness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-04 06:37 PM Response to Reply #84 |
92. Absolutely, but I never suggested a rejection of technology |
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camero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-04 06:47 PM Response to Reply #92 |
93. Indeed it does |
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indigobusiness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-04 09:25 PM Response to Reply #93 |
94. You make a great case |
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laruemtt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-04 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
83. the less you need |
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laruemtt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-04 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
85. the less you need |
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laruemtt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-04 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
86. the less you need |
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laruemtt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-04 06:17 PM Response to Original message |
87. the less you need |
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laruemtt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-04 06:19 PM Response to Original message |
88. the less you need |
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laruemtt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-04 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
89. the less you need |
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indigobusiness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-04 06:29 PM Response to Reply #89 |
91. Emphatic aren't you? |
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laruemtt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-04 06:22 PM Response to Original message |
90. oops,ooops, oops, and more ooops! |
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indigobusiness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-01-04 02:14 PM Response to Reply #90 |
95. sometimes, less is more |
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