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gulfcoastliberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 06:26 PM
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44. It was probably the "rhino bus" - I've heard of this thing somewhere
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I bet that thing corners on rails!
:sarcasm:
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