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Mon Nov-28-11 09:19 PM
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| 22. Me too, I've had a flu shot for the past 20 years at least. Never once made me sick. |
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I'm sorry some people have had problems.
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| -For the life of all that is worth living I will NEVER EVER get another flu shot - NEVER |
LynneSin |
Nov-28-11 09:54 AM |
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sick a week could be better than death |
Kali |
Nov-28-11 09:58 AM |
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There are alot of things that could kill me but as long as I have some sort of health care plan |
LynneSin |
Nov-28-11 10:00 AM |
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It can kill the elderly and people with underlying medical conditions. |
Incitatus |
Nov-28-11 08:14 PM |
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I had a healthy 45 y/o friend spend a week or two on a ventilator. |
Hassin Bin Sober |
Nov-29-11 12:34 AM |
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The one time I got a flu shot, I got sicker than I've ever been in my life. |
Pithlet |
Nov-28-11 09:59 AM |
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The nurse who gave it to me insisted whatever made me sick was already brewing |
LynneSin |
Nov-28-11 10:02 AM |
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"Coincidence only goes so far." |
GirlinContempt |
Nov-29-11 02:39 AM |
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Injecting you with DEAD virus won't cause a disease anymore than injecting you with sterile saline |
uppityperson |
Nov-29-11 01:36 PM |
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Simply not true |
Humansletstalkok |
Nov-30-11 11:48 AM |
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Simply is true. Dead virus can not give you an active infection. |
uppityperson |
Nov-30-11 02:42 PM |
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Same here. |
Bunny |
Nov-28-11 11:29 AM |
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I have had the flu only once in my life... |
Phentex |
Nov-28-11 10:07 AM |
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I agree 100% |
rurallib |
Nov-28-11 11:27 AM |
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The flu shot kicked my ass too |
Betty88 |
Nov-28-11 11:36 AM |
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About 40 YEARS ago, I got a flu shot and that night ran an EXTREMELY high temp -- felt L-O-U-S-Y!!!! |
MiddleFingerMom |
Nov-28-11 11:40 AM |
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I have not gotten a flu shot since as far back as I can remember. |
Richardo |
Nov-28-11 11:53 AM |
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Me too, I've had a flu shot for the past 20 years at least. Never once made me sick. |
Lasher |
Nov-28-11 09:19 PM |
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I've never gotten a shot, nor the flu, but my mom got one recently and also felt sick. |
Arugula Latte |
Nov-28-11 11:59 AM |
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How many people do you think you will get sick |
TZ |
Nov-28-11 12:25 PM |
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I'm one of the lucky ones that had the sick time so I could stay home from work |
LynneSin |
Nov-28-11 12:44 PM |
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The few times I *didn't* get a flu shot |
FloridaJudy |
Nov-28-11 11:51 PM |
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Same here. |
Jamastiene |
Nov-29-11 04:04 AM |
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My wife used to get a flu shot every year. |
hobbit709 |
Nov-29-11 07:31 AM |
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Hint for future reference: |
MiddleFingerMom |
Nov-29-11 02:07 AM |
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Deleted sub-thread |
Name removed |
Nov-29-11 06:56 AM |
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And you don't convince many |
FloridaJudy |
Nov-29-11 10:27 PM |
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HAHAHAHAHA!!!! You seem to have extrapolated a LOT from what I clearly presented... |
MiddleFingerMom |
Nov-30-11 12:58 AM |
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You have a choice |
FloridaJudy |
Nov-30-11 04:38 AM |
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And for your information |
FloridaJudy |
Nov-30-11 10:51 AM |
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THIS is something I can use... and respect. This whole subthread started out... |
MiddleFingerMom |
Nov-30-11 11:24 AM |
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Nov-30-11 02:32 PM |
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I like you. |
MiddleFingerMom |
Nov-30-11 03:26 PM |
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+1000 |
Kajsa |
Nov-30-11 07:05 PM |
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+1000000 |
Jamastiene |
Nov-29-11 04:07 AM |
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poor logic |
handmade34 |
Nov-29-11 10:34 PM |
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It's better than getting full-on flu |
WolverineDG |
Nov-28-11 12:42 PM |
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Never had a flu shot and never will. |
RebelOne |
Nov-28-11 02:37 PM |
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I'm with you. No thanks. n/t |
LibDemAlways |
Nov-28-11 04:28 PM |
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I promised myself I would get a flu shot this year |
suninvited |
Nov-28-11 07:08 PM |
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Read what TZ said upthread |
Lasher |
Nov-28-11 09:27 PM |
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I wouldn't let what people post in this thread decide it for you. |
Pithlet |
Nov-28-11 09:42 PM |
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I wish some people that had the flu shot and didnt get sick would chime in |
suninvited |
Nov-28-11 10:55 PM |
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I've gotten the flu shot for the last three years |
Lisa D |
Nov-28-11 11:09 PM |
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thank you |
suninvited |
Nov-28-11 11:14 PM |
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I have gotten the flu shot for about the last five years and |
murielm99 |
Nov-29-11 01:58 AM |
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I've gotten a flu shot the last two years in a row |
Rob H. |
Nov-29-11 12:37 PM |
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I truly do believe I am the exception |
LynneSin |
Nov-29-11 02:10 PM |
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I didn't get sick this year |
WolverineDG |
Nov-30-11 06:40 AM |
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Flu vx has been out and given for the last 2 months. You want something not anecdotal? Ok, here |
uppityperson |
Nov-29-11 12:33 PM |
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^^^^^ Yes ^^^^^^ |
GirlinContempt |
Nov-29-11 12:41 PM |
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Yes. I get that. |
Pithlet |
Nov-29-11 01:47 PM |
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Ah, I did understand, reread it. Flu vx comes on often in Sept. People wait |
uppityperson |
Nov-29-11 01:59 PM |
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That's okay. |
Pithlet |
Nov-29-11 02:09 PM |
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Walgreens puts up their flu shot signs in August |
WolverineDG |
Nov-30-11 06:37 AM |
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dupe |
Pithlet |
Nov-28-11 09:42 PM |
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Flu shot has never |
emilyg |
Nov-28-11 10:52 PM |
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never had a flu shot. and never had the flu, that i know of. and if i had it and didnt know.... |
seabeyond |
Nov-28-11 07:44 PM |
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If you got the flu, trust me, you'd know it |
WolverineDG |
Nov-30-11 06:41 AM |
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never had one, never will. |
Tuesday Afternoon |
Nov-28-11 07:45 PM |
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I think I had the flu really, really bad when I was 14. I don't think I've had it since. |
valerief |
Nov-28-11 07:50 PM |
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I've gotten the flu shot every winter since 1993-4 |
Piltdown13 |
Nov-29-11 12:21 AM |
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I'll take my chances, too. |
AngryOldDem |
Nov-29-11 04:40 AM |
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Blaming flu on flu shots is like blaming plague on "witches", Gypsies and Jewish people |
CreekDog |
Nov-29-11 06:37 AM |
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. |
TZ |
Nov-29-11 07:06 AM |
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I have a compromised immune system. I WILL get my flu shot |
auntAgonist |
Nov-29-11 07:53 AM |
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Last time I actually caught the flu was 1968. |
hobbit709 |
Nov-29-11 07:28 AM |
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You cannot get the flu from a flu shot |
TZ |
Nov-29-11 08:16 AM |
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I never said I had the flu |
LynneSin |
Nov-29-11 08:25 AM |
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My doctor said it was the flu after running tests. |
hobbit709 |
Nov-29-11 08:29 AM |
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Do you get mail? Do you handle money? Do you go shopping? Do you leave your house, or get |
uppityperson |
Nov-29-11 12:39 PM |
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Not to mention the fact that even if you don't get really sick |
GirlinContempt |
Nov-29-11 12:50 PM |
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ive been getting them for 30 years |
blueknight |
Nov-29-11 01:02 PM |
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And, you can pass it around before you show symptoms. |
uppityperson |
Nov-29-11 01:04 PM |
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Funny how the only two times in over 40 years was after the shot. |
hobbit709 |
Nov-29-11 01:07 PM |
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Next time, get it as soon as they are available, before people have the flu |
uppityperson |
Nov-29-11 01:12 PM |
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Since 1968, flu TWO times after the shot. 0 times in 41 other years. |
hobbit709 |
Nov-29-11 01:21 PM |
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What were your symptoms? You can not get a live infection from dead virus |
uppityperson |
Nov-29-11 01:25 PM |
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All I know is that both times it was corroborated by the doctor. |
hobbit709 |
Nov-29-11 02:03 PM |
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No, the fact that you had the flu was corroborated, not that you got it from the vaccination |
stevenleser |
Nov-30-11 11:51 AM |
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whether or not the shot gave me the flu, I ended up having the flu. |
hobbit709 |
Nov-30-11 02:45 PM |
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It takes about two weeks after vaccination for antibodies to develop in the body |
stevenleser |
Nov-30-11 02:58 PM |
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So. How does that explain me not getting the flu when I did NOT get a shot |
hobbit709 |
Nov-30-11 03:11 PM |
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Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc |
stevenleser |
Nov-30-11 04:25 PM |
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Thereby proving nothing |
hobbit709 |
Nov-30-11 07:40 PM |
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The shot contains dead viruses which are incapable of giving you the flu. |
uppityperson |
Nov-30-11 06:18 PM |
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No bronchitis, no nothing. |
hobbit709 |
Nov-30-11 07:38 PM |
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OK, I was wrong on live virus incubation time. Regarding bronchitis |
uppityperson |
Nov-30-11 07:44 PM |
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its a pain but better than getting old people, people with suppressed immune systems sick |
La Lioness Priyanka |
Nov-29-11 01:09 PM |
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I always get flu shots and |
frogmarch |
Nov-29-11 01:28 PM |
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Me too! |
trof |
Nov-29-11 05:40 PM |
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I think some people are just susceptible to that |
WilliamPitt |
Nov-29-11 01:58 PM |
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You can get flu from a dead vaccine shot as easily as from a shot of sterile saline. |
uppityperson |
Nov-29-11 02:03 PM |
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I didn't get the flu, I think I just had a bad reaction |
LynneSin |
Nov-29-11 02:07 PM |
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FYI - I did NOT get the Flu from my flu shot. I had a reaction to the shot |
LynneSin |
Nov-29-11 02:15 PM |
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In which case you need to be careful with all vaccines. |
uppityperson |
Nov-29-11 02:46 PM |
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My brain is still in a fog from whatever happened to me so I blame that on the flu shot too |
LynneSin |
Nov-29-11 03:55 PM |
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to be fair |
Kali |
Nov-30-11 01:20 PM |
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That's my bad english at work |
LynneSin |
Nov-30-11 02:44 PM |
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I'm so sorry, LynneSin... |
Demoiselle |
Nov-29-11 02:16 PM |
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Hubby was sicker than $hi! after a flu shot one year. He has gotten |
mnhtnbb |
Nov-29-11 04:33 PM |
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The purpose of the flu shot is to activate the immune system. I suspect |
hedgehog |
Nov-29-11 04:51 PM |
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It works for me |
mokawanis |
Nov-29-11 06:41 PM |
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I'm totally with you, LynneSin. I've never been prone to get the flu, either, but two years ago |
pacalo |
Nov-29-11 11:37 PM |
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You did notice that she didn't get the flu, just had a big reaction otherwise? |
uppityperson |
Nov-30-11 09:56 AM |
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Perhaps you misunderstood what I wrote. I said that *I* got the flu after getting the vaccine. |
pacalo |
Nov-30-11 04:36 PM |
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Either you were exposed before getting the DEAD vx shot, or you got the live vx nasal spray |
uppityperson |
Nov-30-11 05:53 PM |
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I didn't mean to offend anyone; I'm certainly not against vaccines. |
pacalo |
Nov-30-11 06:08 PM |
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I'm not offended, simply pointing out that a vx with dead virus cannot give you the disease. |
uppityperson |
Nov-30-11 06:13 PM |
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I was wrong about a couple wks incubation time, it is only a few days. |
uppityperson |
Nov-30-11 07:47 PM |
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I was wrong about incubation time. For influenza it's only a couple days after exposure to live viru |
uppityperson |
Nov-30-11 07:45 PM |
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I never got one. |
Lugnut |
Nov-30-11 01:24 AM |
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In college, I watch hundreds of students get sick when they get the vaccination. |
saras |
Nov-30-11 02:16 AM |
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Have had the flu shot for the last 16 or so years |
Mudoria |
Nov-30-11 12:42 PM |
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The idea is the devil you know rather than the devil you don't |
Taverner |
Nov-30-11 03:16 PM |
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you canNOT get the flu from the flu shot |
mzteris |
Nov-30-11 06:09 PM |
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I've never had one and never will because I've known too many Spaniards. |
EFerrari |
Nov-30-11 06:10 PM |
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Yet you have more of a chance of needing health care from influenza. |
uppityperson |
Nov-30-11 06:15 PM |
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You are thinking in terms of health risk |
EFerrari |
Nov-30-11 06:34 PM |
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And, if you get pneumonia? Need antibiotics? Or hospitalization when your lungs fill |
uppityperson |
Nov-30-11 06:39 PM |
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Wait -- are you tellng me that not having access to health care has consequences? |
EFerrari |
Nov-30-11 06:48 PM |
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My 21 yr old cousin had access and chose to not use it. He tried to "tough it out" at home |
uppityperson |
Nov-30-11 06:57 PM |
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Locking |
Rhiannon12866 |
Nov-30-11 08:02 PM |
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