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« on: June 14, 2008, 06:00:23 PM » |
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This message board is a little staid - how about everyone offering what they think are the greatest lines from rock n' roll songs? I suggest:
"You're the cutest thing I ever did see,
Really love your peaches, want to shake your tree..."
The Steve Miller Band
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Dominic Maricic
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« Reply #1 on: June 14, 2008, 06:36:15 PM » |
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I love Steve Miller. "You're a joker, you're a smoker, you're a midnight toker." Used to listed to him a lot. I'll have to think about what my favorite line of all time is though!
You're right though, too many guys lurking around and not posting. I'll have to start sending harassing emails to the members to get them to post, hehe.
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Jay Markanich
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« Reply #2 on: June 17, 2008, 06:33:59 AM » |
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Your quote should be "I'm a... I'm a... I'm a..." but no matter...
"You can't always get what you want,
but if you try, sometimes,
you get what you need..."
Da Stones
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Dominic Maricic
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« Reply #3 on: June 17, 2008, 01:45:49 PM » |
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"Don't you draw the Queen of Diamonds, boy, she'll beat you if she's able. You know, the Queen of Hearts is always your best bet" Da Eagles
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Jay Markanich
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« Reply #4 on: June 18, 2008, 03:51:12 AM » |
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It is probable that most people do not know the genesis of the song "Let It Be."
Paul McCartney's mother died from cancer when he was 14. That struck deep. Years later, during one particularly sad night, he had a dream (or was awakened by her) that his mother, shining somewhat, was standing at the foot of his bed, whispering to him. Among other things she said, "It is alright Paul. Let it be. Let it be."
If you read the words to the song in the context of that experience, they take on a whole different meaning. Here are a couple -
"And when the night is cloudy,
There is still a light that shines on me,
Shine on until tomorrow, let it be.
I wake up to the sound of music
Mother Mary comes to me
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be."
Oh, his mother's name was Mary...
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Dominic Maricic
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« Reply #5 on: June 18, 2008, 04:49:41 PM » |
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Yeah that definitely puts a different spin on things. Where did you hear that from? I haven't heard that before.
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Jay Markanich
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« Reply #6 on: June 18, 2008, 06:38:12 PM » |
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I'm old. I know stuff. I have more rock n' roll in my head, well, no late stuff, than I care to admit. There's more to that story, but that is basically it. Do you know what "Hey Jude" is about...?
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Dominic Maricic
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« Reply #7 on: June 19, 2008, 03:44:41 AM » |
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Didn't Paul write it for John's son when John and Yoko Ono were getting divorced?
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Jay Markanich
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« Reply #8 on: June 19, 2008, 03:59:23 AM » |
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Julian was having a girlfriend problem and went to Paul for advice, who was more a father to him than John. Paul's nickname for him was "Jude." They thought a song would impress the girl too...
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Dominic Maricic
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« Reply #9 on: June 19, 2008, 05:13:28 PM » |
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Ok, I just looked it up online and I found my version listed a few times. Where you getting yours from? No wonder your up so early, I bet you're watching VH1 Classics at 3am.
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Jay Markanich
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« Reply #10 on: June 19, 2008, 06:39:13 PM » |
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I heard it in a radio interview ... on VH1 at 3am...
Some of the words:
"Hey, Jude, don't be afraid
You were made to go out and get her
The minute you let her under your skin
Then you begin to make it better...
Hey, Jude! Don't let her down
You have found her, now go and get her
Remember, to let her into your heart
Then you can start to make it better."
These lyrics support that interview. Who knows the real reason the song was written, but it is all plausible to me...
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Dominic Maricic
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« Reply #11 on: June 19, 2008, 09:20:14 PM » |
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Good point, now I'm going to have to go out and research this some more.
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Jay Markanich
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« Reply #12 on: June 20, 2008, 05:20:00 AM » |
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Maybe listening to VH1 on the radio? VA1 is a TV show - Sung Pao Ying got you, Round Eyes... here's one:
"Cold hearted orb that rules the night,
Removes the colors from our sight.
Red is gray, and yellow white -
But we determine which is right,
And which is an illusion."
Moody Blues, "Knights in White Satin"
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Dominic Maricic
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« Reply #13 on: June 20, 2008, 02:17:49 PM » |
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I don't think I've heard it. Time to go listen to sounds clips on iTunes.
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Jay Markanich
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« Reply #14 on: June 20, 2008, 08:54:27 PM » |
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That's the last lines of the poem they have at the end of the song. Yes, I know it by heart. Frightful...
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Jay Markanich
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« Reply #15 on: June 20, 2008, 08:57:18 PM » |
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For all you Home Inspectors out there:
"Start me up! If you start me up I'll never stop!
Never stop,
Never stop,
Never stop,
Never stop.
Start me up!!"
Da Stones
Where the line, "you make a grown man cry..." fits in I don't know!!
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Dominic Maricic
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« Reply #16 on: June 21, 2008, 04:19:38 AM » |
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It fits in when you hit a bad meth house!
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Jay Markanich
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« Reply #17 on: June 25, 2008, 06:54:41 PM » |
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"There are two paths to go by,
but in the long run,
there's time to change the road you're on."
"Stairway to Heaven"
Da Led Zep
Time to change this thread to another one - Rumpelstiltskin nearby? Maybe he can turn it into some gold...
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Dominic Maricic
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« Reply #18 on: June 25, 2008, 07:32:09 PM » |
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Or convert the lurkers to posters. I was on earlier today and 10 guys were logged in. Seems mostly reading.
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Jay Markanich
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« Reply #19 on: June 26, 2008, 03:32:43 AM » |
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There's only one on right now and he is reading and posting... what's everyone asleep or something?
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Dominic Maricic
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« Reply #20 on: June 26, 2008, 04:25:21 PM » |
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I now, crazy thing to do at 3am  |
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Jay Markanich
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« Reply #21 on: July 01, 2008, 08:06:46 PM » |
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My brother talked gibberish until he was about 4. I was the only one who could translate the gibberish, I don't know why, and somehow understood what he was saying. Here are his first words, which everyone understood! I don't remember the title of the song:
"Oo - ee - oo - ah - ah - ting - tang - walla - walla - bing - bang."
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Dominic Maricic
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« Reply #22 on: July 01, 2008, 08:26:44 PM » |
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I think that was the whole song, lol.
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Jay Markanich
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« Reply #23 on: July 04, 2008, 04:36:31 AM » |
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Late at night your time, early in the morning mine:
"Clowns to the left of me,
jokers to the right,
here I am - stuck in the middle with you."
Da Stealers Wheel
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Dominic Maricic
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« Reply #24 on: July 04, 2008, 05:08:44 AM » |
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Very nice. I have such a horrible memory for lines. I hum or whistle along  |
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Jay Markanich
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« Reply #25 on: July 04, 2008, 05:36:42 AM » |
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Um, because you don't get enough sleep...??
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Dominic Maricic
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« Reply #26 on: July 04, 2008, 05:44:27 AM » |
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Hmm, that might be it!!! Good night!
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David Macy
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« Reply #27 on: July 05, 2008, 08:04:09 PM » |
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From the Moody Blues In The Beginning
[ First Man: ] I think, I
think I am, therefore I
am, I think.
[ Establishment: ] Of
course you are my bright
little star,
I've miles
And miles
Of files
Pretty files of your
forefather's fruit
and now to suit our
great computer,
You're magnetic ink.
[ First Man: ] I'm more
than that, I know I
am, at least, I think
I must be.
[ Inner Man: ] There you
go man, keep as cool as
you can.
Face piles
And piles
Of trials
With smiles.
It riles them to believe
that you perceive
the web they weave
And keep on thinking free.
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Jay Markanich
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« Reply #28 on: July 06, 2008, 05:59:12 AM » |
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Boy, to paraphrase those lines from the Stones that I quoted earlier from the song "Start Me Up", some of those words could --
"Make a grown [home inspector] cry..."!
Words like miles, and files, and piles, and trials - yikes!! I like the smiles and the great computer though! Keeps us thinking free...
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« Reply #29 on: July 19, 2008, 04:58:43 PM » |
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David - I love the Moody Blues! Here's my favorite poem in all of their songs. It comes at the end of "Nights in White Satin":
"Breathe deep the gathering gloom,
Watch lights fade from every room.
Bedsitter people look back and lament,
Another day's useless energy spent.
Impassioned lovers wrestle as one,
Lonely man cries for love and has none.
New mother picks up and suckles her son,
Senior citizens wish they were young.
Cold hearted orb that rules the night,
Removes the colours from our sight.
Red is gray and yellow white,
But we decide which is right.
And which is an illusion?"
Da Moody Blues
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« Reply #30 on: July 21, 2008, 11:59:14 PM » |
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You can't have any pudding if you don't eat your meat.  |
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Jay Markanich
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« Reply #31 on: July 30, 2008, 08:11:40 PM » |
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This is for Dominic, in light of what has happened this past week --
"Shake it up baby! Twist and shout!"
Da Beatles
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Dominic Maricic
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« Reply #32 on: July 31, 2008, 12:21:00 AM » |
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Hahaha. You easterners can keep your freezing weather and hurricanes. The little 5.4 centered 10 miles from my house wasn't much. I just want to make sure I move north before the big one comes!
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Jay Markanich
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« Reply #33 on: July 31, 2008, 04:13:46 AM » |
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We aren't worried about the "Big One..."
Hurricanes this north just replenish the dry reservoirs... then we, unlike you southern CA'ers, have something to drink and bath in... we water our gardens... wash our cars... you know, life in general. We call it water.
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Dominic Maricic
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« Reply #34 on: July 31, 2008, 01:16:52 PM » |
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We have water. We pipe it in from thousands of miles away |
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« Reply #35 on: July 31, 2008, 08:51:02 PM » |
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Yeah, but our ground don't shake, our mud don't slide and our neighborhoods don't burn every year... well, parts of DC did in 1968, but that was another matter...
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Dominic Maricic
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« Reply #36 on: July 31, 2008, 11:32:41 PM » |
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You don't have massive fires in Virginia? You'd figure with all those trees you would! Only the really rich people's mud slides, so I don't need to worry about that |
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« Reply #37 on: August 01, 2008, 05:39:04 AM » |
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No big fires in VA - Mosby's Raiders, still riding around, apparently stamp them out...
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« Reply #38 on: August 01, 2008, 01:54:58 PM » |
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You lost me there, Mosby's Raiders?
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Jay Markanich
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« Reply #39 on: August 01, 2008, 09:03:47 PM » |
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Basic Civil War history... John Mosby was a general in the Confederate Army of the South, or CSA. He lead a group of cavalry soldiers, all free-wheeling wild men, undisciplined and smart. He was allowed free reign, by Generals Lee and Stonewall Jackson, to act in ways that weren't typically army like. There was no saluting, they used guerrilla tactics (learned from studying George Washington), didn't march, camped where ever they wanted and generally had Northern Virginia to themselves (sounds like my Boy Scout troop - you should see one of our Capture the Flag games...). They liked a small mountain right near my house. A real group of rascals. They are regarded as the reason Lincoln didn't send too many thrusts into Northern Virginia. Lincoln lost both Manassas campaigns, an important railroad cross roads. They were sometimes referred to as Mosby's Ghosts. Once they went into Fairfax City and kidnapped three high-ranking Union soldiers, including a general, from the courthouse, escaping before word even got out that he was missing (that night they stayed in my backyard...) That raid gave them the moniker of "ghosts." I drive by that courthouse often - it is still there. The reason Virginia folklore has people paint their front porches light sky blue is to ward off ghosts. If you do not, it is said, you can still hear Mosby's Raiders as they ride through the area, usually at night, always as a group and heard stopping at your door. It is also said that they stamp out forest fires to help protect and preserve their former territory. Here's a quick link: http://www.sonofthesouth.net/leefoundation/John_S_Mosby_Raiders.htmBasic Civil War history... |
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« Reply #40 on: August 02, 2008, 04:21:15 AM » |
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You do know that Stonewall Jackson is buried in two different spots... right?
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Dominic Maricic
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« Reply #41 on: August 02, 2008, 04:28:14 AM » |
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No I didn't. I always aced history, love the subject, but I've replaced most of the knowledge with bits and bytes.
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« Reply #42 on: August 02, 2008, 04:38:40 AM » |
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His arm was buried, along with many other appendages, near the Chancellorsville battlefield where it was amputated after he was shot. The rest of him is buried on the campus of what is now Virginia Military Institute. His local high school is not very far from my house...
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« Reply #43 on: August 02, 2008, 09:38:24 PM » |
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As to bits and bytes, I do get bit a lot but I never byte back.
And you would have to really be up on Civil War history to know about Mosby. When I said it was "basic" stuff, I was being facetious...
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Dominic Maricic
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« Reply #44 on: August 02, 2008, 11:13:37 PM » |
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I realized you were. I actually looked it up on Wikipedia after you mentioned it though and read up on it.
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Jay Markanich
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« Reply #45 on: August 03, 2008, 06:34:48 AM » |
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Wikipedia, so so.
Britannica, good good.
AND, the fact that you actually looked it up is very, very impressive! You da man...!
I wasn't kidding when I said I never byte back...
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Dominic Maricic
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« Reply #46 on: August 03, 2008, 01:39:58 PM » |
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I hope not, it might corrupt me.
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Jay Markanich
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« Reply #47 on: August 03, 2008, 04:53:39 PM » |
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Yeah, but at least you know how to deal with a corrupted file...
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