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Giant Robot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-23-08 01:54 AM
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51. This is too much information for me at this time of night
So I will have to read it later.

But I just wanted to say kudos for the Meyer Lansky reference. Not one of your more commonly known gangsters, like say Al Capone, but certainly rivaled him in greed, ingenuity and ruthlessness.
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