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Tue Jun-29-10 04:53 PM
Response to Reply #4 |
| -Average western woman spends $25,000 on shoes number people who cannot afford one pair 3 billion |
SunnySong |
Jun-29-10 04:41 PM |
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Average? That means one woman spends a million, the rest two hundred. |
aquart |
Jun-29-10 04:43 PM |
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$200 on shoes over the course of a lifetime |
alcibiades_mystery |
Jun-29-10 05:14 PM |
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A lifetime? I thought this was the annual rate. |
aquart |
Jun-30-10 07:12 AM |
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Read the article |
alcibiades_mystery |
Jun-30-10 08:05 AM |
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So you are saying the average woman spends $357.14 every year |
snooper2 |
Jun-30-10 11:29 AM |
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Average? |
alcibiades_mystery |
Jun-30-10 12:17 PM |
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The study originator must have looked closely at two average... |
hayu_lol |
Jun-30-10 11:55 AM |
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Exactly. Thanks for the sanity. nt |
blondeatlast |
Jun-29-10 05:34 PM |
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$200? that's not too many pairs of decent shoes |
we can do it |
Jun-29-10 05:49 PM |
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Correction... |
canetoad |
Jun-29-10 04:46 PM |
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One trip to Brazil or Guatemala would make anyone doubt this figure is true |
Swamp Rat |
Jun-29-10 04:47 PM |
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The average women has 19 shoes that each cost over $1,000? |
Taitertots |
Jun-29-10 04:47 PM |
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fixed... thanks. nt |
SunnySong |
Jun-29-10 04:53 PM |
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I doubt that that survey used a representative sample of American women. |
pnwmom |
Jun-29-10 04:51 PM |
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Good thing the average Western woman buys all those shoes |
NoPasaran |
Jun-29-10 04:53 PM |
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The sad thing is the numbers of those shoes made by woman in poverty |
SunnySong |
Jun-29-10 04:54 PM |
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I don't buy into that |
Mimosa |
Jun-29-10 04:56 PM |
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To say average, is stretching it. Do women with very good incomes |
OHdem10 |
Jun-29-10 04:57 PM |
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Is this per year? Because I doubt if I have spent that |
Cleita |
Jun-29-10 05:00 PM |
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Over the course of a lifetime |
alcibiades_mystery |
Jun-29-10 05:21 PM |
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That's what I'm saying |
XemaSab |
Jun-29-10 05:23 PM |
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I don't pay the asking price on shoes. I wait until |
Cleita |
Jun-29-10 05:29 PM |
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Damn. I'm always below "average" on everything... |
pipi_k |
Jun-29-10 05:00 PM |
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Not me!! |
Generic Other |
Jun-29-10 05:03 PM |
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Not any average woman I ever knew |
stray cat |
Jun-29-10 05:07 PM |
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5 to 10 shoes a year at $50 each? |
Regret My New Name |
Jun-29-10 06:43 PM |
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5 shoes? what do you do with the extra shoe? |
SoCalDem |
Jun-30-10 04:50 AM |
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Hey not me.... |
Regret My New Name |
Jun-30-10 06:55 AM |
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Ugh. |
shockra |
Jun-29-10 05:08 PM |
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At first I found that number a little hard to believe (plus how to get your shoes to the needy) |
frazzled |
Jun-29-10 05:09 PM |
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I saw this post after I wrote my response above |
alcibiades_mystery |
Jun-29-10 05:18 PM |
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Is Imelda Marcos still around? |
Fla_Democrat |
Jun-29-10 05:09 PM |
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Capitalism is a great success! |
alcibiades_mystery |
Jun-29-10 05:12 PM |
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Absofuckinglutely! |
MajorChode |
Jun-29-10 05:26 PM |
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What's funny is that you think thoseplaces |
alcibiades_mystery |
Jun-29-10 06:01 PM |
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Here's the really funny part |
MajorChode |
Jun-30-10 12:21 AM |
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Do you really not know the difference between Socialism and Communism? |
EOTE |
Jun-30-10 11:49 AM |
#111 |
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Yes, but you seem to have absolutely no idea from your post |
MajorChode |
Jun-30-10 02:16 PM |
#117 |
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I live in the flip flop state |
HockeyMom |
Jun-29-10 05:13 PM |
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Mother of pearl! |
Maru Kitteh |
Jun-29-10 05:18 PM |
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Am I the only one who doesn't think this sounds totally crazy? |
XemaSab |
Jun-29-10 05:20 PM |
#23 |
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I said the same in at least three posts here |
alcibiades_mystery |
Jun-29-10 05:22 PM |
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I responded before I read your response |
XemaSab |
Jun-29-10 05:24 PM |
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I'm also wondering how much men typically spend |
XemaSab |
Jun-29-10 05:27 PM |
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I've got six right now... two were $200 or so (One dress shoes on pair of boots |
SunnySong |
Jun-29-10 05:31 PM |
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But some of us really don't spend that much on shoes... |
pipi_k |
Jun-29-10 05:36 PM |
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Me too. |
wickerwoman |
Jun-29-10 06:21 PM |
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Your shoes cost $90 to $200? |
Kalyke |
Jun-30-10 12:02 AM |
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Same here, if not more. And it's not because I wear dressy |
smirkymonkey |
Jun-30-10 04:29 PM |
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I agree |
SemperEadem |
Jun-30-10 08:42 AM |
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The point of this article is the number of people who cannot afford |
CBR |
Jun-29-10 05:28 PM |
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True dat |
XemaSab |
Jun-29-10 05:34 PM |
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thank you! |
SemperEadem |
Jun-30-10 08:44 AM |
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I just think it is awareness that the fact that if you have 1 pair of shoes |
CBR |
Jun-30-10 08:46 AM |
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Thank you. It is amazing the privileges/hardships given to a person based on something as simple |
Number23 |
Jun-30-10 02:08 AM |
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I've been a shoe whore most of my life |
MerryBlooms |
Jun-29-10 05:34 PM |
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Few Women Spend over $300 a year on shoes, even in their 20's. |
Demeter |
Jun-29-10 05:35 PM |
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I can think of quite a few woman who have spent that on a pair of boots... nt |
SunnySong |
Jun-29-10 05:53 PM |
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I know women who spend many thousands a year. Christian Louboutin pumps are about $800 each |
Catherina |
Jun-29-10 06:00 PM |
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nah. |
Hannah Bell |
Jun-29-10 06:40 PM |
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Sad isn't it? |
Catherina |
Jun-29-10 08:50 PM |
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where do you live? i've never known anyone who would spend $700 on a pair of shoes. |
Hannah Bell |
Jun-30-10 12:57 AM |
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Northern CA |
Catherina |
Jun-30-10 10:38 AM |
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Yes, but which is more comfortable? |
CreekDog |
Jun-30-10 03:44 AM |
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It can be a toss-up. |
Catherina |
Jun-30-10 10:44 AM |
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Who? |
Kalyke |
Jun-30-10 12:05 AM |
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More like $600 on average |
SemperEadem |
Jun-30-10 09:06 AM |
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who are these stupid rich bitches that pay that kind of money for shoes? |
Scout |
Jun-30-10 10:53 PM |
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Cite your source. |
Toucano |
Jun-29-10 06:39 PM |
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$60? A month? JUST on shoes? |
iris27 |
Jun-29-10 07:06 PM |
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Submitted for your consideration: |
Toucano |
Jun-29-10 07:25 PM |
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Nope. Bank tellers, retail sales, HR, teachers, |
iris27 |
Jun-29-10 10:12 PM |
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Second response: samples. |
Toucano |
Jun-29-10 07:38 PM |
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the kind of women who are interested in discussing their shoe purchases are a biased sample. |
Hannah Bell |
Jun-30-10 01:04 AM |
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That's absolutely true. |
Toucano |
Jun-30-10 02:01 AM |
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sure as hell not my circle. |
unapatriciated |
Jun-30-10 08:25 AM |
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i've bought one pair of shoes this year, a pair of white keds knock-offs, for under $15 |
Hannah Bell |
Jun-30-10 01:01 AM |
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"The survey of 3,000 women, by 'Gocompare.com'" |
eShirl |
Jun-29-10 05:45 PM |
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I must be far far from average. I pay between five and fifteen dollars per |
1monster |
Jun-29-10 06:01 PM |
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Where do you shop? The Salvation Army? |
Toucano |
Jun-29-10 06:43 PM |
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Too late to edit, but addendum required. |
Toucano |
Jun-29-10 07:55 PM |
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Close out sales mostly. There are fifteen dollar shoes to be had... Although, I'm finding it |
1monster |
Jun-29-10 11:53 PM |
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I know what you mean. |
Toucano |
Jun-30-10 01:52 AM |
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Oh bullshit! |
lunatica |
Jun-29-10 06:06 PM |
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Well |
ismnotwasm |
Jun-29-10 06:25 PM |
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The most expensive shoes I ever bought in my life were $90, and |
Lydia Leftcoast |
Jun-29-10 06:27 PM |
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Shoes? Try handbags... |
HipChick |
Jun-29-10 06:33 PM |
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K&R n/t |
Toucano |
Jun-29-10 06:35 PM |
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that's $357/year over 70 years. i doubt it. |
Hannah Bell |
Jun-29-10 06:39 PM |
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$2,500 I could see. But there must be one hell of a lot of Sex-and-the-City Manolo-wearers |
iris27 |
Jun-29-10 06:56 PM |
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Guess I'm not the average woman. |
distantearlywarning |
Jun-29-10 06:57 PM |
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No they don't. |
Throd |
Jun-29-10 07:17 PM |
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What makes this believable |
customerserviceguy |
Jun-29-10 07:46 PM |
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+1 n/t |
Catherina |
Jun-30-10 10:45 AM |
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Soon enough none of us will be able to afford any shoes at all. |
MrSlayer |
Jun-29-10 07:51 PM |
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I think it's easy to judge people who don't choose to spend their money "correctly" |
renate |
Jun-29-10 07:58 PM |
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uh guys, it was based on a survey of women using a price comparison website (as posted above) |
eShirl |
Jun-29-10 08:37 PM |
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Actually a very good point. The people involved would tend to be richer, more savvy |
SunnySong |
Jun-30-10 11:41 AM |
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betcha i dont spend as much as you. but then i never said i was average either, lol. nt |
seabeyond |
Jun-29-10 09:23 PM |
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Why the hell would any woman (and I am one) spend that |
Kalyke |
Jun-29-10 11:56 PM |
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I think it's because we have more variety in what we can, or are supposed to, wear |
renate |
Jun-30-10 12:32 AM |
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But VERY cheap shoes aren't comfortable or don't last long. |
Kalyke |
Jun-30-10 12:46 AM |
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70 posts and +1 rec? |
lumberjack_jeff |
Jun-30-10 12:09 AM |
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You are seriously complaining because this OP isn't getting rec'd? |
Hello_Kitty |
Jun-30-10 11:06 AM |
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I just think its funny |
lumberjack_jeff |
Jun-30-10 03:13 PM |
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Gosh, you must have missed all the coverage of Imelda Marcos. |
Hello_Kitty |
Jul-01-10 11:40 PM |
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I blame "Sex And The City" -- |
smalll |
Jun-30-10 12:59 AM |
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I've never seen it, and I don't care to see it. |
Toucano |
Jun-30-10 01:55 AM |
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Completely flawed sample. |
Codeine |
Jun-30-10 02:05 AM |
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Oh now, don't go and interrupt a good moral panic with your "facts". eom |
Hello_Kitty |
Jun-30-10 11:22 AM |
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My personal hell will be a show store. I buy about two or three pairs of $15 shoes every two years o |
FedUpWithIt All |
Jun-30-10 02:15 AM |
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How much do men spend on sports paraphernalia & garage-fuls of tools they never use? |
SoCalDem |
Jun-30-10 04:49 AM |
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Please - If I spend $50 a year I am doing good! This is really weird! n/t |
1776Forever |
Jun-30-10 09:08 AM |
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Exactly... I keep shoes until they wear out and maybe supplement |
hlthe2b |
Jun-30-10 10:45 PM |
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Wonder where all those shoes get made? |
CBGLuthier |
Jun-30-10 09:18 AM |
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What does the average western man spend on gadgets? |
Hello_Kitty |
Jun-30-10 10:49 AM |
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Glad I'm not average. |
joe black |
Jun-30-10 11:35 AM |
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$2,500 a year if you include home entertaiment.... |
SunnySong |
Jun-30-10 10:34 PM |
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I have 8 pair of shoes in my closet. Been the same ones for the last 5 years, save for the |
madmom |
Jun-30-10 11:20 AM |
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sure she does -- eyesroll |
pitohui |
Jun-30-10 11:39 AM |
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I spend maybe 50 a year on shoes |
Tailormyst |
Jun-30-10 11:55 AM |
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This is so depressing. |
Beacool |
Jun-30-10 12:16 PM |
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I love shoes! |
tallahasseedem |
Jun-30-10 12:32 PM |
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the most expensive shoes i own... |
a la izquierda |
Jun-30-10 04:40 PM |
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A serious athlete spends a LOT more than that |
jmowreader |
Jun-30-10 05:01 PM |
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not this woman, I can damned well guarantee it.. |
hlthe2b |
Jun-30-10 10:41 PM |
#123 |
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