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FVZA_Colonel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 03:00 PM Original message |
Gary Gygax, Co-Creator of Dungeons and Dragons, Dies at Age 69 |
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bkcc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
1. sad news. |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
2. Dude finally ran out of hit points. |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 05:37 PM Response to Reply #2 |
37. And sadly, the cleric got stuck in traffic |
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knight_of_the_star (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 08:51 PM Response to Reply #2 |
51. and botched his soak roll |
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Samurai_Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
3. He must have rolled a 1 on his saving throws. |
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Mabus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 03:05 PM Response to Original message |
4. Mr. Gygax, I salute you |
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Sub Atomic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
5. This will be good news for the Ron Paul campaign. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 04:10 PM Response to Reply #5 |
16. Deleted message |
ArbustoBuster (956 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 06:06 PM Response to Reply #16 |
43. All D&D players should recognize dweeb's comment for what it is... |
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Norrin Radd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 08:24 PM Response to Reply #43 |
48. LOL |
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TK421 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 10:09 PM Response to Reply #48 |
59. Well...if memory serves, trolls can be killed by fire but not by tomb stoning |
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Chovexani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 10:16 PM Response to Reply #59 |
63. Acid! |
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Norrin Radd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 10:31 PM Response to Reply #63 |
64. That's it! |
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TK421 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 10:56 PM Response to Reply #63 |
65. Was it acid? Gosh...I really need to get back into the game |
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Chovexani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 11:01 PM Response to Reply #65 |
66. My highest level PC ever was a ranger |
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TK421 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 11:15 PM Response to Reply #66 |
67. Drow are cool characters to play, but I've had the misfortune of having |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 10:23 AM Response to Reply #59 |
82. Hey! Not true! |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 05:01 PM Response to Reply #5 |
24. Ron Paul supporters don't pay D&D. Paultards play Viva Pinata. n/t |
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TheWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 05:29 PM Response to Reply #24 |
34. Look, my wife plays Viva Pinata, and she's an Obama Supporter. |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 05:30 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. Whether or not I listen to you depends on your charisma score. n/t |
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TheWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 06:15 PM Response to Reply #36 |
46. Whether or not I really give a rat's ass what you think depends on the relevancy of your posts. |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 09:22 PM Response to Reply #46 |
53. You deal with your grief your way, I'll deal with it mine. n/t |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 08:13 PM Response to Reply #46 |
86. Is this better? |
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OnyxCollie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 11:40 PM Response to Reply #24 |
69. Paultards play Magic: The Gathering. nt |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 07:30 AM Response to Reply #69 |
73. Crack the Addiction |
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Kelvin Mace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 05:24 PM Response to Reply #5 |
32. As a long time player and DM |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 09:33 AM Response to Reply #5 |
81. You obviously have no idea who plays the D |
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RoyGBiv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
6. Salute ... |
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Centered (295 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
7. RIP Sir |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
8. My 24th level paladin will come out of his years-long retirement long enough to weep. |
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4_Legs_Good (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
9. Now that's sad! |
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TlalocW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
10. I guess he'll be showing up as an evil spirit |
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berni_mccoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
11. RIP Great Dungeon Master. You will be missed greatly. |
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smb (761 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
12. Memories |
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Norrin Radd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
13. Peace to Mr. Gygax, and condolences to his family and friends. |
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nxylas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
14. And a part of my adolescence dies with him |
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Deny and Shred (453 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 04:08 PM Response to Original message |
15. I loved D&D in 5th, 6th grade. As a kid, learned more vocabulary, |
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Soodonim (16 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 04:14 PM Response to Original message |
17. That game... |
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FVZA_Colonel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 04:45 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Huh? |
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RoseMead (953 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 05:23 PM Response to Reply #19 |
31. LOL I remember engaging in a philosophical discussion about orc babies |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 05:44 PM Response to Reply #31 |
39. Those sorts of conversations... |
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RoseMead (953 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 05:54 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. Hey, at least we were thinking! |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 09:24 PM Response to Reply #31 |
54. We had similar conversations. |
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RoseMead (953 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 08:07 AM Response to Reply #54 |
74. That's another common aspect of the game: |
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smb (761 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 09:17 AM Response to Reply #54 |
79. Hmmm... |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 07:54 PM Response to Reply #79 |
84. We weren't so sophisticated back then. |
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Samurai_Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 05:02 PM Response to Reply #17 |
25. Oh yes, the poor goblins are so misunderstood |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 05:03 PM Response to Reply #17 |
27. ... |
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14thColony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 05:13 PM Response to Reply #17 |
29. So true... |
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smb (761 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 05:18 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Do You Read "Order Of The Stick"? |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 08:59 PM Response to Reply #30 |
52. Everyone needs to read Order of the Stick, dammit (nt) |
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4bh0r53n (20 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 09:21 AM Response to Reply #52 |
80. That is true. nt |
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galledgoblin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 06:49 PM Response to Reply #52 |
83. particularly today's strip |
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Bassic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 09:55 PM Response to Reply #30 |
89. Order of the Stick |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 05:43 PM Response to Reply #17 |
38. Considering your character can be from anywhere at all, |
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Book Lover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 10:06 PM Response to Reply #17 |
56. Are you going to come back here and explain this post? |
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Bassic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 09:53 PM Response to Reply #17 |
88. Uh, what? nt |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
18. Flashback to the late 70's. Player 1: "I won't attack the party again. I promise." |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 05:02 PM Response to Reply #18 |
26. I met my first real girlfriend through the school Dungeons & Dragons club. |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 05:25 PM Response to Reply #26 |
33. We had girls in our group too. |
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Chovexani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 10:15 PM Response to Reply #33 |
62. I *was* the girl in my high school group |
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lynnertic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 04:48 PM Response to Original message |
20. . |
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namsdubmo (48 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
21. old D & Ders never die, they |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 05:48 PM Response to Reply #21 |
40. I've often wondered what D&D would be like if it incorporated the fractal maze. |
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Nevernose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 09:48 PM Response to Reply #40 |
55. That's the Temple of Elemental Evil, not a fractal maze. |
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semillama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
22. The Empty Chair |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
23. Oh, no! I invited E. Gary Gygax to my Bar Mitzvah, and he sent me a check for $18.00 |
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intaglio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 05:04 PM Response to Original message |
28. May a druid rebirth him as a Half-Elven Warrior mage |
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Chovexani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 10:13 PM Response to Reply #28 |
60. As long as he doesn't come back as a puppy |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
35. sadness. |
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Norrin Radd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 08:33 PM Response to Reply #35 |
49. Erick Wukcik is also not well. |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 10:27 PM Response to Reply #49 |
90. That's very sad. I hope Andrew C. Greenberg and Robert Woodhead are okay. n/t |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
42. here's to the Great Gax |
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htuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 10:07 PM Response to Reply #42 |
57. I think he's already in there |
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FVZA_Colonel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 01:31 AM Response to Reply #42 |
70. The question is: which plane of alignment will he be going to? |
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KingOfLostSouls (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
44. that sucks |
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Shadowsmith (14 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 06:09 PM Response to Original message |
45. A moment of silence and a roll of the dice. |
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ikojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 07:37 PM Response to Original message |
47. Sadness |
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Norrin Radd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 08:47 PM Response to Original message |
50. Here is a thread at the message board Gary used to frequent |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 08:09 PM Response to Reply #50 |
85. THANK YOU! I just posted there |
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Norrin Radd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 09:52 PM Response to Reply #85 |
87. Great post! |
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Chovexani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 10:08 PM Response to Original message |
58. Death rolled a perfect 20 |
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TK421 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 10:14 PM Response to Original message |
61. He leaves behind quite a legacy, this guy does.... |
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FVZA_Colonel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 03:06 AM Response to Reply #61 |
71. He kept millions of people entertained with just a few books and some oddly shaped dice. |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 11:38 PM Response to Original message |
68. can we cast a resurrect spell? |
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sofa king (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 07:49 AM Response to Reply #68 |
92. Yes, but he'll lose a level. |
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NuttyFluffers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 03:17 AM Response to Original message |
72. aw, critical botch with no rerolls... |
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myrna minx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 08:34 AM Response to Original message |
75. RIP. :-( |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 08:40 AM Response to Original message |
76. It's a milestone... |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 08:41 AM Response to Original message |
77. Gary's Legacy to me is personal |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 09:04 AM Response to Reply #77 |
78. Had the same happen to me |
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Frank Cannon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 06:15 AM Response to Reply #77 |
91. That was my exact same experience |
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