The forum for ranting, raving, complaining and praising
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Last post by StatmanCrothers
August 5 08, 3:20 pm
Luis Pujols is a great hitter
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dangerous »
August 5 08, 9:26 am
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His name is Albert. No relation. No, Luis was never a Cardinal.
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We could make matters more confusing by referring to Albert by his given first name, Jose!
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Last post by Simbagal23
August 5 08, 9:51 am
Bananas
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clevername »
August 4 08, 3:48 pm
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when they are just the right ripeness they are simply heavenly. Better than any other snack, including those lovely fattening chocolate/cookie/Little...
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This is an awesome rant. For a while there I was buying like twelve bananas at a time. I'd eat about three of them before the others went bad.
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Last post by Bo Hart
August 5 08, 9:09 am
Rave: Upper Midwest Summer weekends
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jim »
August 4 08, 8:40 am
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Saturday was a dry 80 degrees in the daytime, probably got down to upper 50's or so at night. Wife and I huddled around a little fire Saturday night...
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All I know is when I stepped in a little too deep and got some water in my waders it was COOOOOOOLLLLLLDDDDDD .
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Last post by jim
August 5 08, 8:27 am
Gross Medical Procedure I learned about today. Don't open
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lukethedrifter »
July 25 08, 11:22 am
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So Clostridium difficile aka C Diff is a bug that's out and about everywhere but when people get large colonies of them in their guts it can make...
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I'm going to run into my nearest hospital today with a cooler full of my [expletive] and hand it to the girl at the registration desk and claim it is for...
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Last post by Sutter'sBeard
August 5 08, 6:30 am
Rave: Proper fitting jeans.
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UK »
August 4 08, 1:52 pm
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I have no idea this one pair of jeans of mine does this to me, but it makes me look I'm packing heat. It's not like they're any tighter (I hate tight...
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your jeans don't, perchance, resemble these pants in any way do they?
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Last post by clevername
August 4 08, 2:55 pm
Rant: Mangling city names
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jim »
July 30 08, 8:54 pm
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I don't understand why the names of foreign cities that don't have literal translations change. For example, when I was in Europe I was reading about...
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just to add some:
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Last post by arnie.k
August 4 08, 10:02 am
I think I fried the Dyson Vacuum
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Hungary Jack »
July 29 08, 12:02 pm
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Aaacck! Was zooming across the carpeting going after cat fur, and got too close to a sheer tapestry by the closet. I tried to yank it out, but I...
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Are Dysons worth the money?
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Last post by cardinalkarp
August 4 08, 8:14 am
Many Bennigans to Close!!!
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by AJ » July 29 08, 11:38 am
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Monte Cristo= Perfect Food
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Not sure I've ever been to Bennigans? However, I LOVE Shenanigan's in Edwardsville...outdoor volleyball, beer, more volleyball, more beer. Those were...
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Last post by maddash
August 3 08, 11:25 am
Integrity
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Hungary Jack »
August 3 08, 9:07 am
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Memo to the universe: Don't make promises you can't keep.
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company that i used to work for haddnt give out annual raises for the past few years. So about a week before christmas they told us all that we would...
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Last post by Diddy
August 3 08, 9:25 am
cell phone telemarketing.
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Numbers »
July 31 08, 4:17 pm
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Seriously, I drive a 2000 mustang. I am pretty sure that my factory warrenty on my car ran out some time ago. Quit calling me with an automated...
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Still don't own a cellphone. They sound terrible.
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Last post by Diddy
August 3 08, 8:36 am
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Last post by Radio_Bugtussle
August 3 08, 7:07 am
The Suntrup.com Cam
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AdmiralKird »
July 22 08, 8:23 pm
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This promotion during games irks me to no end. Let me say, I love the camera. Being well versed in digital video knowledge, the sheer ability of this...
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They should merge my banana marketing rant with this one since no one responded to that one and yours is much better.
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Last post by longhornbaseball
August 3 08, 2:25 am
Flying
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Radbird »
August 1 08, 10:21 pm
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Another trip this week. 2 more completely packed flights. Jammed overhead bins. Clueless flight attendants. Way too many families with young...
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Flying has become a horrible experience. I have come to expect and dread 1) huge security lines 2) unexplained delays and cancellations and 3) lost...
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Last post by Hungary Jack
August 2 08, 12:58 pm
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Last post by Magneto2.0
August 1 08, 6:51 pm
"Mines" vs "Mine"
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Cronos »
July 31 08, 11:15 pm
Something that belongs to you is yours.
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Last post by Transmogrified Tiger
August 1 08, 4:22 pm
My body works part-time now.
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Swatcat27 »
July 18 08, 2:36 pm
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For the last 5 days, I have had severe body aches and 102-103 temperature from about 7 every night...
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When the pandemic comes I hope you doctoraphobes don't wait to report your symptoms and take the antidote. Glad you're feeling better.
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Last post by lukethedrifter
August 1 08, 2:54 pm
Rant: No Record Stores
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GatewaySnayke »
July 28 08, 2:37 pm
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I am about 70 miles from a place where I can buy music that isn't mass-produced crap. I went to Wal-Mart today hoping and praying that they might...
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I buy CDs because nowadays I usually only get something if I'm seeing a band live and I'm buying it from them directly (or their sibling). I haven't...
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Last post by JCShutout
July 31 08, 11:31 pm
Let's See What the Cardinals Got...
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Cole Burns »
July 31 08, 2:15 pm
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YTMND
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I'm not going to let the fact that the Cards didn't make any moves ruin my life or anything.
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Last post by TabascoElvis
July 31 08, 4:02 pm
Ed Ds Who Refer to Themselves as "Doctor"
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Hungary Jack »
July 30 08, 5:30 pm
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The university where I work awards many EdD degrees. Sure it's a doctoral degree, but does it really make you a doctor? Come on now. My dad is an MD....
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Frankly, I don't get calling anyone Doctor. In the context of the office or hospital, fine. Outside of that, it's dumb. There are a lot of hard,...
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Last post by ghostrunner
July 31 08, 3:30 pm
Scrabulous
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heyzeus »
July 28 08, 2:31 pm
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This is both a rant and a rave. I'm hopelessly addicted to this stupid game, have learned all of the dumb scrabulous vocabulary, and now waste a...
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Hello Wordscraper.
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Last post by Swatcat27
July 31 08, 2:30 pm
Insisting that I've eaten somewhere I have not
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GatewaySnayke »
July 29 08, 12:20 am
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My mom went with some family friends to Branson Sunday morning and came back Monday afternoon. I called her when they were leaving Springfield and...
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I love it when people tell you something about yourself as if they know you better than you.
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Last post by StatmanCrothers
July 31 08, 10:00 am
Stream of obscenities
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wart57 »
July 30 08, 10:43 am
Is there anything in life more freeing than firing off a good stream of obscenities at another driver that has just done the unthinkable and gotten...
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Last post by wart57
July 30 08, 10:43 am
Rave: My New Place
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Bo Hart »
July 29 08, 12:15 pm
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My room has copious amounts of space. I even have enough space for a loveseat, so I'm not at the mercy of what our living room looks like if I bring...
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Love seats are for love making.
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Last post by phins
July 30 08, 10:24 am
apparently the angels just won the world series
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Numbers »
July 29 08, 8:46 pm
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Man, I didn't see that coming. I'm glad Baseball Tonight was there to inform me
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See ya in rants numbers.
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Last post by Numbers
July 29 08, 11:21 pm
For the First Time Since the Norman Conquest of 1066
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lukethedrifter »
July 29 08, 7:12 am
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... More than half of British villages are dry according to an AP article I read this morning. More than 1400 pubs made their final last call last...
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They seem very all or nothing over there. Why would smoking have such an effect? We've had bans going across the US or the last ten years, and bars...
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Last post by ghostrunner
July 29 08, 6:09 pm
rant: 40 second play clock in college football
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OmahaCard79 »
July 29 08, 11:18 am
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I'm going to say that I think the new play clock is a really bad and needlessly complicated rule.
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That scenario is extremely unlikely. 99+% of plays do not take that long. Refs do not take 8 seconds to spot the ball, even from the sideline. And...
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Last post by Transmogrified Tiger
July 29 08, 3:25 pm
Stupid injuries
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Sutter'sBeard »
July 29 08, 7:28 am
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I think I just hurt my back moving my chair forward to type. Bobbed my head forward and felt a sharp pain in my upper back and my right tricept went...
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That phantom neck snap that you described happens to me once in a while. About 1-2x per year, maybe more now, my head will just go into some random...
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Last post by Hudler
July 29 08, 8:11 am
The bank drive-thru
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clevername »
July 28 08, 6:40 pm
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only use this if you have a quick transaction.
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The same goes for food drive thoughs. If you are placing a huge GD order get your lazy ass inside and do it so everyone that has a nice easy order...
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Last post by Hudler
July 29 08, 8:08 am
Commercial Volume Levels
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AdmiralKird »
July 27 08, 1:55 pm
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Commercials/Ads/Infomercials should all have the same audio level as regular network programming. I was watching/listening to the game fine at a...
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I ESPECIALLY LIKE IT WHEN BILLY MAYES COMES ON YELLING AT ME ABOUT SOME JUNK HE'S SELLING THAT I CAN'T GET IN STORES.
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Last post by Spider John
July 28 08, 9:32 pm
Title Town
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stlouie_lipp »
July 10 08, 10:00 am
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Just when I think ESPN can get any worse, they start something like this to remind me that they can.
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Valdosta?
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Last post by Hungary Jack
July 28 08, 5:44 pm
Accident gawkers
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tscards »
July 2 08, 6:58 am
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Frustrates me tremendously! This morning, there was a car pretty smashed up in the front after hitting a paratransit bus (looked like an 18 yr old...
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New spin on this rant. Last week I was driving to my miserable job over the Oregon City/West Linn bridge we all know so well, and down on the river...
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Last post by tothebeach08
July 28 08, 3:48 pm
[expletive] you, you [expletive]! I hope you die.
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G. Keenan »
July 25 08, 3:52 pm
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Dear giant douche bag in your white Jeep,
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It seems that people in cars are getting more inconsiderate lately. A few days ago when I was parked on the street and trying to get in my car,...
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Last post by G. Keenan
July 28 08, 1:57 pm
[Expletive] Government
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Radbird »
July 26 08, 10:06 am
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We submitted a proposal for work with a government agency in May. No word until last night - Friday night - about 7:00PM, they issue a Request for...
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Why can't it wait until Monday? Why do you have to answer it all this weekend?
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Last post by Hungary Jack
July 28 08, 12:07 pm
Two things I am feeling guilty about
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docellis »
July 27 08, 11:12 pm
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1. I like the guns shooting in the M.I.A. Paper Planes song. A lot. And I don't think I should like them.
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couscous
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Last post by AdmiralKird
July 28 08, 9:44 am
A Bag of Dog Poop
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Hungary Jack »
July 27 08, 10:10 am
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One of our peers among the purportedly more evolved species concluded that it was a sensible idea to pick up their dog's excrement in a plastic...
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You have my full agreement on all matters concerning dog poop in the People's Republic of Lakeview. It is my number one peeve. I think I'll join my...
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Last post by G. Keenan
July 28 08, 9:03 am
Jeff Samardzija
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Hungary Jack »
July 26 08, 11:40 am
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The guys throws 97 with a nasty tailing movement. His curve looks wicked.
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It was killing me to be rooting for him. He's my all-time favorite college football player.
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Last post by Sutter'sBeard
July 28 08, 7:06 am
when things dont work out....
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Jocephus »
July 16 08, 6:55 pm
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:(
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Is that a communist shark? It's the same color as Cuba,which should be red. :cool:
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Last post by sighyoung
July 27 08, 8:16 pm
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Last post by Michael
July 26 08, 8:38 pm
Car stolen (againx2)
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Tarver »
July 22 08, 12:53 am
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I've about had it with this ****.
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I would seriously think I had the worst luck ever if my car had been stolen 3 times.
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Last post by Tarver
July 26 08, 10:33 am
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