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Prophet 451 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 08:04 AM Original message |
Let Me Tell You About Small Town Values |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 08:11 AM Response to Original message |
1. I too grew up in a small town |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 08:19 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Why are people afraid to take on the meme? |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 08:25 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Many in the city came from the small towns |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 08:42 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. It harkens back to the 1950s "American Dream" bullshit |
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tbyg52 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 09:27 AM Response to Reply #6 |
14. I didn't particularly like the ones I was in in the 50's, either. |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 09:50 AM Response to Reply #2 |
22. There was a saying "Small town, small minds".. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 10:26 AM Response to Reply #2 |
28. As well it should. |
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Prophet 451 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 11:06 AM Response to Reply #28 |
38. Ah, the exception that (dis)proves the rule apparently |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 05:34 PM Response to Reply #38 |
66. It harms the cause to alienate voters. This seems a simple concept to me. |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 01:13 PM Response to Reply #2 |
53. I was raised and lived in small towns all my life. If there are roads |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 02:55 PM Response to Reply #53 |
58. I had a flat on the West Side Highway. |
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rebel with a cause (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 05:20 AM Response to Reply #1 |
80. Nothing is secret! |
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Eric Condon (761 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 08:37 AM Response to Original message |
4. Thank you. I cannot for the LIFE of me understand this fetishization of "Small Town America" |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 08:39 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Not pointless at all. . |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 08:57 AM Response to Original message |
7. America is a bit different |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 11:23 AM Response to Reply #7 |
43. Vocational and technical training, yes, but intellectual knowledge, no |
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noel711 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 08:59 AM Response to Original message |
8. "Small town values.." Another right wing code word... |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 09:03 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. In small towns people are friendly, warm and compassionate.... |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 09:10 AM Response to Original message |
10. small town values are good and bad |
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AirmensMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 09:42 AM Response to Reply #10 |
19. Not just vilified, |
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nichomachus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 09:15 AM Response to Original message |
11. I lived in a small town |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 10:34 AM Response to Reply #11 |
32. One thing that should become clear from the responses to this thread... |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 01:18 PM Response to Reply #32 |
54. i love my little town. its close enough to anchorage to go be urban |
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rebel with a cause (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 08:36 PM Response to Reply #32 |
72. The worse small towns that I have lived in are |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 10:17 PM Response to Reply #72 |
77. You touch on an important point |
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rebel with a cause (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 05:07 AM Response to Reply #77 |
79. You don't have to associate with these people in a small town either. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 09:24 PM Response to Reply #79 |
88. I should have said "interact". |
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A HERETIC I AM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 09:21 AM Response to Original message |
12. "The only things there are for a teenager to do are drink, drug and fuck." |
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Prophet 451 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 09:26 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. I forgot about sex ed |
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quantass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 09:31 AM Response to Original message |
15. Now that is a fascinating write-up... |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 12:00 PM Response to Reply #15 |
47. I've always planned on writing a book about my mis-guided move back home... |
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ogneopasno (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 09:36 AM Response to Original message |
16. If they're talking about my small town's values, I'm in. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 10:29 AM Response to Reply #16 |
30. I love my small town too. |
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comrade snarky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 03:14 PM Response to Reply #16 |
59. Sounds a lot like my big city |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 09:36 AM Response to Original message |
17. Great post |
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DailyGrind51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 09:36 AM Response to Original message |
18. Rent "Dogville" with Nicole Kidman to see a charicature of "American small town values"! |
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lady raven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 09:45 AM Response to Original message |
20. My take on the beauty of a small town |
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Kansas Wyatt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 10:04 AM Response to Reply #20 |
24. That is what the DEMOCRATS do not get. |
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prayin4rain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 10:39 AM Response to Reply #24 |
35. That's so true... they have hijacked our values... |
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Ex Lurker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 05:24 AM Response to Reply #24 |
81. I wish DU'ers would understand that |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 08:57 PM Response to Reply #20 |
75. I think both the positive and negative can be over-stated |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 09:47 AM Response to Original message |
21. Small town values, defined. |
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DailyGrind51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 12:50 PM Response to Reply #21 |
51. A "virgin" is defined as a girl who manages to outrun her brother! |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 01:21 PM Response to Reply #21 |
55. that doesn't speak of any town I have lived in. But then, maybe |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 04:34 PM Response to Reply #55 |
64. I can attest to small town life in 2 towns in France |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 07:04 PM Response to Reply #64 |
68. I hear some of the little towns in Europe have about zero turnover. |
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Sentath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 09:58 PM Response to Reply #68 |
76. Damn! Thats amazing! |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 08:29 PM Response to Reply #76 |
86. they found the skeleton and typed the DNA to a person living in the |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 01:19 PM Response to Reply #68 |
85. turnover is ok in these two towns |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 05:42 PM Response to Reply #21 |
67. This is really harmful. |
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Ex Lurker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 05:25 AM Response to Reply #21 |
82. That's complete Bullshit |
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MountainLaurel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 09:58 AM Response to Original message |
23. A great post, and terrific responses |
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happy2day (13 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 10:35 AM Response to Reply #23 |
33. Pot Meet Kettle |
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MountainLaurel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 11:17 AM Response to Reply #33 |
40. It may not be the case for you |
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Prophet 451 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 11:18 AM Response to Reply #33 |
41. Who's looking down their nose at whom? |
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tanyev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 11:23 AM Response to Reply #33 |
44. "you people"? |
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DailyGrind51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 07:43 PM Response to Reply #33 |
71. I'm a life-long Chicagoan, but have family in small towns out West. |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 06:08 AM Response to Reply #33 |
83. Their opinion will turn when it is found out that Bristol really is the mother.. |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 06:51 AM Response to Reply #33 |
92. Having lived in 2 small towns . . . |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 10:08 AM Response to Original message |
25. Yer bidness is my bidness when people have no bidness. |
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Annces (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 10:11 AM Response to Original message |
26. Good post |
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Douglas Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 10:19 AM Response to Original message |
27. I cannot altogether disagree, but it doesn't help with the political situation both countries have |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 10:32 AM Response to Reply #27 |
31. That won't happen by ridiculing/alienating "the ignorant hayseeds in flyover country". n/t |
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Prophet 451 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 11:19 AM Response to Reply #31 |
42. or by them ridiculing the "pointy-headed elitists in Hollyweird" n/t |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 03:58 PM Response to Reply #27 |
61. I'd like to see this map adjusted for population density. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 07:16 PM Response to Reply #27 |
70. The map makes it look overly red because it has no way of |
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BloodOfPatriots (21 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
29. Good post |
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carlyhippy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
34. spot on, I can relate |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
36. Don't forget gossip |
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MountainLaurel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 11:15 AM Response to Reply #36 |
39. Oh, you got that right |
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mudesi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 11:03 AM Response to Original message |
37. You speak truth (nm) |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
45. I lived in a small town for seven long years |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
46. My little home town made national news recently |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
48. I grew up in a Midwestern small town, and it will be a cold day in Hell before I return to one |
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lithiumbomb (217 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
49. my mom currently lives in a small town |
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Patiod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
50. "Patiod, why don't Jews celebrate Easter?" |
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Berry Cool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
52. It's wrong to assume you know everything about someone, period, just based on geography |
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Prophet 451 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 06:38 AM Response to Reply #52 |
84. Yes, it is |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
56. All those social evils are not more common in small towns, they are just EXPRESSED more. |
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BreweryYardRat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
57. A small town produced my mother, a city produced my father. |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
60. I prefer the countryside |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
62. It's small town mythology. Like "Traditional American Values". |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
63. "The only things there are for a teenager to do are drink, drug and fuck." |
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TrogL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 05:02 PM Response to Original message |
65. Sounds like my small town |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 07:07 PM Response to Original message |
69. Also most Americans today live in suburbs |
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samuraiguppy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
73. excellent post! |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 08:55 PM Response to Original message |
74. I live near a different small town, very blue, open minded, artistic, accepting town & love it here. |
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SteelPenguin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 11:37 PM Response to Original message |
78. I grew up in a village of 1,500 people |
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COLGATE4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 08:57 PM Response to Original message |
87. Another "Small town value" |
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Prophet 451 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 06:01 AM Response to Reply #87 |
89. Well said |
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OBrien (243 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 06:18 AM Response to Original message |
90. hey 451 I've been to Brixham! |
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Prophet 451 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 06:44 AM Response to Reply #90 |
91. Only to visitors |
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OBrien (243 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 07:02 AM Response to Reply #91 |
93. I understand |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 07:16 AM Response to Original message |
94. What defines a "small town"? |
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Prophet 451 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 07:31 AM Response to Reply #94 |
95. Good question |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 07:35 AM Response to Reply #95 |
96. Chinese takeaway run by white people? |
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Prophet 451 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 07:47 AM Response to Reply #96 |
97. The usual and not really |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 07:52 AM Response to Reply #97 |
98. Aww, that's too bad. |
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