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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 08:45 AM Original message |
What are YOU willing to give up? |
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Mortos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 08:47 AM Response to Original message |
1. I am willing to give up |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 08:49 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. me too, but are you willing to give up your 21 yr old son |
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Tardisian (151 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 08:53 AM Response to Original message |
3. Remember stuff my mom said... |
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vetwife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 08:58 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Thanks Marie, We are giving up a lot you know and a lot is being taken |
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truhavoc (820 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 09:00 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Careful with the "one car household" idea |
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Tardisian (151 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 09:11 AM Response to Reply #7 |
18. Actually... |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 06:44 PM Response to Reply #7 |
82. But you need double the insurance and maintenance, so |
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truhavoc (820 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 07:35 PM Response to Reply #82 |
85. Good point, I forgot about insurance!! |
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truhavoc (820 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 08:57 AM Response to Original message |
4. People die because leaders are willing to fight for these resources.... |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 09:01 AM Response to Reply #4 |
10. Poignant sight, when I see an SUV or Hummer parked at |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 09:11 AM Response to Reply #10 |
17. Someone posted a link to some other site yesterday . . . |
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pinto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 09:23 AM Response to Reply #17 |
22. check out - freewayblogger.com |
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demnan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 08:59 AM Response to Original message |
6. I think this is a very compelling subject |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 09:13 AM Response to Reply #6 |
19. I use very little, its not hard really |
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roach23 (42 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 02:44 PM Response to Reply #19 |
59. sounds like me |
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0007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 09:01 AM Response to Original message |
8. I'm willing to giving up greed in order for the whole to become one |
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radwriter0555 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 09:01 AM Response to Original message |
9. I gave up my ford explorer and got a scion, so I would make a smaller |
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Ripley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 09:01 AM Response to Original message |
11. I heard TV say it is 919 now :( |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 09:03 AM Response to Original message |
12. Old bumper sticker: "Live simply so that others can live". |
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sangh0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 09:04 AM Response to Original message |
13. Thank you for asking that question |
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Auntie Bush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 09:06 AM Response to Original message |
14. Mari...I was hoping your son was coming home with that group |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 09:07 AM Response to Original message |
15. Things I have willingly given up: |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 09:08 AM Response to Original message |
16. Mari, I think about this every day! . . . |
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natrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 09:18 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. ideally |
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Ripley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 09:21 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Never happen under these guys... |
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MISSDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 04:00 PM Response to Reply #16 |
68. I've discovered that some stores won't allow one |
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Karmadillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 09:24 AM Response to Original message |
23. Find out how many earths are needed to support your level of consumption |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 09:28 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. OMG!!!! GASP!!!! 2.1 for me! |
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serryjw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 12:18 PM Response to Reply #24 |
41. 2.3 for me! |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 12:56 PM Response to Reply #24 |
45. That's awesome. Can hardly do better. |
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Selwynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 04:38 PM Response to Reply #24 |
73. Let's decrease the population :) |
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serryjw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 11:02 PM Response to Reply #73 |
86. Bushit & Co is working on that! |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 09:33 AM Response to Reply #23 |
25. amazing site. I still use too much. Thank you. n/t |
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Causidicus (47 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 10:10 AM Response to Reply #23 |
33. 6.3 for me... |
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Ripley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 12:40 PM Response to Reply #33 |
43. You guys are really coming out of the woodwork today... |
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fishface (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 09:36 AM Response to Original message |
26. I'm willing to give up the village idiot as president. |
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CaTeacher (983 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 03:28 PM Response to Reply #26 |
65. hey--I love that little dog! |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 09:41 AM Response to Original message |
27. My band of brothers and I gave up our youth and innocence in Vietnam. |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 09:43 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. ((((((((hugs)))))))))) some of us did learn the lesson |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-04-04 02:00 AM Response to Reply #27 |
90. Got yer six, Mac! |
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Crachet2004 (725 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 09:45 AM Response to Original message |
29. We can all get together and change Presidents, but we cannot change... |
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wovenpaint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 10:05 AM Response to Original message |
30. very good question |
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newyawker99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 10:07 AM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Hi wovenpaint!! |
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Ripley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 10:07 AM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Welcome to DU! |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 10:18 AM Response to Reply #30 |
35. I think if everyone did what you do |
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gpandas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
34. i have tried to broach this... |
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Sabriel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 10:22 AM Response to Reply #34 |
36. We've given up going out for dinner, shopping for new clothes |
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gpandas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 10:37 AM Response to Reply #36 |
37. i don't think this situation... |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 12:12 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Take this to the bank. |
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gpandas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 01:40 PM Response to Reply #38 |
49. thanks for the response... |
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democratreformed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 01:33 PM Response to Reply #34 |
48. Can we talk about transportation? |
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gpandas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 02:23 PM Response to Reply #48 |
56. there was always a price to be paid... |
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ellie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 03:00 PM Response to Reply #48 |
62. When I first learned about |
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democratreformed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 03:33 PM Response to Reply #62 |
66. Yeah, here are a few of my thoughts: |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 05:49 PM Response to Reply #48 |
78. There is a public vehicle that goes nearly everywhere in the US every day |
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democratreformed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-04-04 07:56 AM Response to Reply #78 |
92. That's an interesting idea. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 06:51 PM Response to Reply #48 |
83. We used to have passenger trains running to nearly every town |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
39. I am giving up 5 boxes of paperback novels, plus |
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Causidicus (47 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
40. Are you willing to pay $5-$10/ gallon for gas? |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 12:42 PM Response to Reply #40 |
44. We are already paying a price that is higher than money can buy. |
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nothingshocksmeanymore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 01:44 PM Response to Reply #40 |
50. Americans are paying FAR more than 5 bucks a gallon when one considers |
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Causidicus (47 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 02:08 PM Response to Reply #50 |
52. I'm just asking that if |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 02:13 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. Nope. I'm looking forward to it with great enthusiasm. |
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nothingshocksmeanymore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 02:14 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. I don't think it would need to |
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Causidicus (47 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 02:25 PM Response to Reply #54 |
57. We most definately do need mideastern oil if |
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nothingshocksmeanymore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 02:29 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. Not true at all...we get plenty of oil from Latin America and could get |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
42. DAMN! You beat me to it. I was going to post this. |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 12:58 PM Response to Reply #42 |
46. Communal living. I hate that we have to drive 40 minutes just to get |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 01:06 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. The answers are all ugly, by today's standards. |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 01:53 PM Response to Reply #42 |
51. Six billion miracles is enough!! |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 02:19 PM Response to Reply #51 |
55. That is something I think about. |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
60. lots of good ideas here |
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noonwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
61. I'm not giving up anything I don't have to |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
63. Something else we should all "sacrifice" |
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jdj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
64. I used to go all over the countryside all the time. |
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MISSDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
67. A lot of people don't get it. It is |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 04:05 PM Response to Reply #67 |
69. They might get it if their kid was over there in Iraq |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 05:47 PM Response to Reply #69 |
77. Since Bush came in I lost my home, my job, my savings |
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IrateCitizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
70. I'm willing to give up my freedom, if it comes to that |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 06:09 PM Response to Reply #70 |
81. how's the CO app going, Chris? |
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Selwynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 04:33 PM Response to Original message |
71. Frankly, its none of your business what I do or don't do. |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 05:17 PM Response to Reply #71 |
74. My first reaction to your post |
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Selwynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 05:32 PM Response to Reply #74 |
76. Because, how to "do enough" is totally contextual and relative |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 05:58 PM Response to Reply #76 |
80. I'm chalking your comments up to |
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Selwynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-04-04 01:51 AM Response to Reply #80 |
89. See post below. |
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jdj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 11:28 PM Response to Reply #76 |
87. so bogus. |
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Selwynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-04-04 01:51 AM Response to Reply #87 |
88. What does that have to do with anything? |
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Selwynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
72. . |
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StayOutTheBushes (218 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 05:23 PM Response to Original message |
75. I gave up Norman Mailer |
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Valerie5555 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 05:51 PM Response to Original message |
79. Maybe Americans ought to give up their foreign policy of "mucking around" |
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Tight_rope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 07:08 PM Response to Original message |
84. I agree with you 100%...I live in Houston, TX and I cry for Hybrid cars |
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REP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-04-04 02:49 AM Response to Original message |
91. I Will Never Reproduce |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-04-04 02:45 PM Response to Reply #91 |
94. Yay.....I salute you. |
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AgadorSparticus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-04-04 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
93. Ooooh, the money I wasted on buying a landfill of crap over the years! |
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