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Alcarcalime
Tol Eressea
Jan 13 2013, 7:33pm
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It is winter here, so I can't garden outside. Though, in the last two days we went from 12 inches of snow on the ground to none. It is in the mid 60s F today. Tomorrow it is supposed to be a bit above freezing in the mid 30s F. That said, this is the time of the year that I plan my next summers garden. Yesterday I sat down with my seed catalogs and wrote up my orders. I love doing this and deciding what new veggies I am going to grow this year. This year I am adding yellow zucchini and a winter squash called Delicata. It is light green with dark green stripes and orange flesh. It is supposed to be a good one for storage. I am growing my old standards of tomatoes and more tomatoes (both slicing and cherry) and peppers for OhioHobbit, plus wax snap beans and purple snap beans and carrots, lettuce, and spinich. Of course, I have to have my nasturstiums and viola johnny-jump-up. I have my inside garden. I am too cheap to buy new geraniums and pineapple sage every year, so I just pinch off growing tips in the fall and root them and pot them up. I also have a pot each of rosemary and garlic chives. In the basement in front of the large window, I have a lemon tree and a mulberry bush, in addition to the plants I keep over the winter -- spider plants and ivy and oxalis. I have 5 lemons and I think I will make two lemon meringue pies this year! My mulberry is covered with new fruits. I don't know yet how long it will take them to get ripe since it is a fairly new tree. Hope your summer gets more temperate. We usually don't get really HOT weather here and don't like it a bit when we do.
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Well bless my bark, it's time to talk about this good earth
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Starling
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Jan 12 2013, 10:27pm
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I'd like to sign up, but
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Ethel Duath
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Jan 13 2013, 12:32am
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Oh no!
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Starling
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Jan 13 2013, 12:57am
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I recently made
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sherlock
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Jan 13 2013, 12:43pm
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Oh wow, I'm in Valinor! *blinks* //
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Starling
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Jan 13 2013, 1:02am
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Chatterer. ;)
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Ataahua
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Jan 13 2013, 1:22am
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Watermelon
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Starling
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Jan 13 2013, 6:36am
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Well, they're tricksy in *my* garden!
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Ataahua
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Jan 13 2013, 8:17pm
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Keep trying
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Starling
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Jan 13 2013, 8:28pm
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Love your idea of a gardening thread
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Nienna
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Jan 13 2013, 1:45am
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My roses are variable
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Starling
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Jan 13 2013, 2:01am
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I had never given thought
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Ataahua
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Jan 13 2013, 8:16pm
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Lancewood, being tall and skinny,
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Starling
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Jan 13 2013, 8:26pm
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The Katsura tree in my front yard
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silneldor
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Jan 13 2013, 9:58pm
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Dreadful things!
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Nienna
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Jan 13 2013, 9:19pm
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Oh dear
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Starling
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Jan 13 2013, 9:25pm
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I looked up lancewood on a DOC website
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Ataahua
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Jan 13 2013, 11:15pm
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We have some
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Kimi
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Jan 13 2013, 11:41pm
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We picnicked under the olive trees today.
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Kimi
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Jan 13 2013, 6:18am
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Names for roses
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Starling
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Jan 13 2013, 6:40am
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That's a lovely name!
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Kimi
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Jan 13 2013, 8:19am
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Side note: there's an excellent 1994 Iranian flim called "Through the Olive Trees". //
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N.E. Brigand
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Jan 13 2013, 7:29am
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Thank you! //
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Kimi
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Jan 13 2013, 10:33pm
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These birds do sound amazing.
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silneldor
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Jan 13 2013, 10:19pm
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Oh, they are!
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Kimi
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Jan 13 2013, 10:27pm
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Ha!
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silneldor
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Jan 13 2013, 10:38pm
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Woof Woof
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Starling
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Jan 14 2013, 6:39am
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That's got to be have, surely?
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Ataahua
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Jan 14 2013, 8:12pm
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He really did talk
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Starling
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Jan 14 2013, 9:06pm
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Huh.
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Ataahua
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Jan 14 2013, 11:38pm
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Ha! Amazing
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Altaira
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Jan 14 2013, 1:38am
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Love those cards
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Starling
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Jan 14 2013, 6:47am
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It's cold and snowy here, but
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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Jan 13 2013, 6:27am
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Oh, it's beautiful!
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Starling
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Jan 13 2013, 6:44am
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Gee Auntie
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silneldor
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Jan 13 2013, 10:28pm
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I had to go google that.
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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Jan 13 2013, 10:33pm
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I found these images
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silneldor
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Jan 16 2013, 7:59pm
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here's my nature observation for the week
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Annael
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Jan 13 2013, 5:18pm
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Good gracious
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Starling
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Jan 13 2013, 7:37pm
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Coyote! <3
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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Jan 13 2013, 10:36pm
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Wow!
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silneldor
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Jan 13 2013, 11:34pm
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Nice flowers!
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Alcarcalime
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Jan 13 2013, 7:33pm
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Those beans sound interesting
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Starling
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Jan 13 2013, 7:46pm
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Glad to hear about the lower temps!
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Alcarcalime
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Jan 14 2013, 11:31am
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You'll have to wait a while for any decent contribution from me
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Jazmine
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Jan 13 2013, 9:43pm
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An allotment?
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Ataahua
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Jan 13 2013, 11:16pm
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It's a community facility
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Jazmine
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Jan 14 2013, 4:22pm
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Your dogs are such model citizens
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Starling
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Jan 14 2013, 6:50am
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I got it with my Dad in mind
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Jazmine
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Jan 14 2013, 4:25pm
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What a good idea for a retirement project
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Starling
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Jan 14 2013, 9:15pm
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The gardening shows are always talking about winter interest.
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Alcarcalime
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Jan 16 2013, 9:28pm
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Uncle Baggins photographed this golden eagle a couple of weeks ago:
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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Jan 13 2013, 10:28pm
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Oh wow
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Starling
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Jan 14 2013, 6:53am
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How far away was the eagle?
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silneldor
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Jan 16 2013, 7:48pm
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I'm thinking about 40 feet.
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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Jan 16 2013, 8:06pm
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Although i like roses
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silneldor
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Jan 13 2013, 10:46pm
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Absolutely
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Starling
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Jan 14 2013, 6:57am
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A whole thread just for gardening? Cool!
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Arandiel
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Jan 14 2013, 7:33pm
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And not just gardening
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Starling
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Jan 14 2013, 9:12pm
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My garden this year
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alienorchid
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Jan 15 2013, 1:40pm
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Success!
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Ataahua
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Jan 15 2013, 7:23pm
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Sweetpeas
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Starling
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Jan 15 2013, 7:23pm
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Pics didn't turn out, and I *didn't* have a camera handy when I needed it!
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Eowyn of Penns Woods
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Jan 16 2013, 4:23am
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Well i went almost as far as Daniel....
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silneldor
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Jan 16 2013, 8:32pm
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