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mousethief
Ship's Thieving Rodent
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Not to suck up, but after getting into a couple of really awful arguments on Facebook with people who clearly have no idea how to form successive coherent thoughts, let alone an argument, Purgatory looks like heaven. Pointing out errors or asking for backing evidence here doesn't invariably result in hatefests or weepy self-pity (or -- gasp -- banning).
In short, I love this place, and there's nothing like trying unsuccessfully to do somewhere else what works so well here to drive home just how unusual a place the SOF really is.
So thanks to everybody who makes it possible -- hosts and admins and Simon and RooK and organ fund donors, and plain old shippies.
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Anna B
Shipmate
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Hear, hear!
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orfeo
Ship's Musical Counterpoint
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Long may it continue. And meeting some old timers shows me just how long it has continued already!
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Ferijen
Shipmate
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Yes! It's been ten years since I registered (this month!) and I hardly post now, but this place is still somewhere I turn to weekly, if not daily.
Thank you to all, and ![[Votive]](graemlins/votive.gif) for those working on the ship in that other place.
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Adeodatus
Shipmate
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quote:
Originally posted by Ferijen:
Yes! It's been ten years since I registered (this month!) and I hardly post now, but this place is still somewhere I turn to weekly, if not daily.
Thank you to all, and for those working on the ship in that other place.
I'll have been here ten years in about 6 weeks, and it don't seem a day too much. Splendid place, splendid people. How did a bulletin board on the edge of Christendom (occasionally, affectionately, mooning those who won't go near the edge) become such a part of my life?
Thanks to all.
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Nicolemr
Shipmate
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Hear hear. I also lurk much more than I post now, but I love the ship and the way it's run.
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Kelly Alves
Bunny with an axe
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Mousethief, one thing I can say without any reservation at all is that I am positive you love the Ship as much as I do-- and that's quite a statement.
It's the Shipmates who really make it happen, though, so thanks. Let's raise a virtual glass to continued excellence in discussion quality.
Many Years. ![[Overused]](graemlins/notworthy.gif)
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Jesus loves me, this I know” of they don’t believe “Kelly loves me, this I know.”
Kelly Alves, somewhere around 2003.
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LeRoc
Famous Dutch pirate
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Kelly Alves: Let's raise a virtual glass to continued excellence in discussion quality.
Do you mind if I raise a real glass? ![[Biased]](wink.gif)
Long may she continue to sail!
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I know why God made the rhinoceros, it's because He couldn't see the rhinoceros, so He made the rhinoceros to be able to see it. (Clarice Lispector)
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Kyzyl
Ship's dog
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I think I may hold the ship record for longest here/fewest posts, but that doesn't mean I don't love the hell out of this crazy bucket.
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monkeylizard
Ship's scurvy
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quote:
Originally posted by Kyzyl:
I think I may hold the ship record for longest here/fewest posts, but that doesn't mean I don't love the hell out of this crazy bucket.
I was right there with you until I went on a bender in the Circus for a few months several years ago...that place will jack up your thread count in a hurry.
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The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools. ~ Herbert Spencer (1820 - 1903)
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Lyda*Rose
Ship's broken porthole
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Hey, I just realized that I've been here ten years, too. I love this place. There are so many interesting and intelligent people to talk with. Thanks to all who make it so. ![[Cool]](cool.gif)
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Dal Segno
al Fine
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I found the Ship an enormously helpful place to visit when I was off work ill back in '09. I've lurked on and off ever since, enjoying the debate and occasionally chipping in.
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Jigsaw
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quote:
Originally posted by Nicolemr:
Hear hear. I also lurk much more than I post now, but I love the ship and the way it's run.
Me too.
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Kelly Alves
Bunny with an axe
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quote:
Originally posted by Lyda*Rose:
Hey, I just realized that I've been here ten years, too. I love this place. There are so many interesting and intelligent people to talk with. Thanks to all who make it so.
Yeah, can't stress that enough. This board would be nothing if y'all didn't keep coming back and engaging in interesting, engaging, heartfelt, good--humored, and/or vigorous discussions. I think we have a great system of rules, and a fantastic H/A team-- certainly an honor to work with-- but it's the Shipmates who keep the Ship afloat.
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I cannot expect people to believe “
Jesus loves me, this I know” of they don’t believe “Kelly loves me, this I know.”
Kelly Alves, somewhere around 2003.
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Ship's Barnacle
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I haven't been around for long and very rarely visit , as you know, but I have got to say you folks aren't wrong. The community here is beyond compare. Thanks to all who make it so, and all those who have made it so.
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Amos
Shipmate
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I'm rather fond of the old bucket myself. A surprising number of my RL friends originated here, and I still have difficulty explaining how I come to know, amongst others, frin and Dyfrig, Arrietty, tomb, and the Fiddlebacks.
[ 23. July 2013, 08:28: Message edited by: Amos ]
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dj_ordinaire
Host
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Hehe. Yeah, maybe it's not such a bad idea to give ourselves a teeny pat on the collective back now and then... Sto lat!
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Mrs Shrew
Ship's Mother
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I have a potter about the ship most days, and love the sense of community and the discussion and debatethat goes on here. Thankyou everyone!
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"The goal of life is not to make other people in your own image, it is to understand that they, too, are in God's image" (Orfeo)
Was "mummyfrances".
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Tubbs
Miss Congeniality
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quote:
Originally posted by Kelly Alves:
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It's the Shipmates who really make it happen, though, so thanks. Let's raise a virtual glass to continued excellence in discussion quality.
Many Years.
Amen to that!
Tubbs
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Pyx_e
Quixotic Tilter
# 57
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s**theads
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comet
Snowball in Hell
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quote:
Originally posted by Pyx_e:
s**theads
loud and proud, baby.
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"It's hard to be religious when certain people are never incinerated by bolts of lightning.” -Calvin
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RooK
1 of 6
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I think it was just Pyx_e referring to the best thread he ever contributed.
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Matt Black
Shipmate
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Shitthread, then, shurely?
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Barnabas62
Shipmate
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Pyx_e's so nonconformist ... he doesn't even know it ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
(Translation for those outside the UK - there is a UK advert on behalf of moneysupermarket which uses that kind of catchphrase)
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Kelly Alves
Bunny with an axe
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And we didn't. Limbo it. Criminal. ![[Disappointed]](graemlins/disappointed.gif)
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I cannot expect people to believe “
Jesus loves me, this I know” of they don’t believe “Kelly loves me, this I know.”
Kelly Alves, somewhere around 2003.
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Porridge
Shipmate
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This is a great place. And I say that despite all the religious stuff.
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Moon: Including what?
Spiggott: That everything I've ever told you is a lie.
Moon: That's not true!
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LeRoc
Famous Dutch pirate
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Ferijen: Yes! It's been ten years since I registered (this month!)
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Adeodatus: It's been ten years since I registered (this month!)
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Lyda*Rose: Hey, I just realized that I've been here ten years, too.
N00bs ![[Razz]](tongue.gif)
(Congratulations!)
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orfeo
Ship's Musical Counterpoint
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I deeply admire people who have been here a decade or more and have a post count in 3 figures. You either have self-control or a life.
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M.
Ship's Spare Part
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Coming up 11 years, and still love it deeply. I've got loads from the Ship (including friends) but don't always add very much, I fear (where do people find the time to research everything and write such wonderful erudite posts?)
M.
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Matt Black
Shipmate
# 2210
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Well, it's amazing how much I can one-handedly (is that a word?) type when on hold waiting an eternity for a mortgage lender to pick up my call...
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Stejjie
Shipmate
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Yikes! Seeing all the people on this thread celebrating their decade on the ship reminds me it's my half-decade this month! Doesn't time fly...
But like a few others here, I lurk much more than I post (normally because by the time I've worked out how to say what I want to say, the thread's closed or moved on or someone's said what I want to say much better). But this is a great place to read as well as contribute to - so massive thanks to everyone, you're all so... so... so darned nice (wipes tear from eye, blows nose excessively loudly ![[Hot and Hormonal]](icon_redface.gif) ).
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Alan Cresswell
Mad Scientist 先生
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Originally posted by LeRoc:
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Ferijen: Yes! It's been ten years since I registered (this month!)
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Adeodatus: It's been ten years since I registered (this month!)
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Lyda*Rose: Hey, I just realized that I've been here ten years, too.
N00bs
(Congratulations!)
I remember when I was a wet behind the ears newbie. None of you (that have posted so far) will remember that time, as you've not been here long enough.
Who remembers Neoworks??
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mousethief
Ship's Thieving Rodent
# 953
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Posted
quote:
Originally posted by Matt Black:
Well, it's amazing how much I can one-handedly (is that a word?) type when on hold waiting an eternity for a mortgage lender to pick up my call...
Speakerphone. I'm sure you can get it as an app if it's not built in.
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Matt Black
Shipmate
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But why spoil my fun on the Ship?
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Pyx_e
Quixotic Tilter
# 57
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quote:
Who remembers Neoworks??
Me, Sir.
I love the ship, but I have an addictive personality and love many things I should not.
It is awesome though, I read a lot more than I post.
Fly safe, everyone, Pyx_e
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It is better to be Kind than right.
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mrs whibley
Shipmate
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quote:
Originally posted by orfeo:
I deeply admire people who have been here a decade or more and have a post count in 3 figures. You either have self-control or a life.
Well, unless I develop verbal diarrhoea in the next month, at least I will know I have the deep admiration of at least one shipmate!
I was genuinely surprised to find that I've been here nearly a decade. And that I've managed nearly 900 posts, which for me is embarrassingly loquacious. I do feel like I've spent quite a lot of my life here, however, and mainly amongst friends.
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Spike
Mostly Harmless
# 36
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quote:
Originally posted by Alan Cresswell:
Who remembers Neoworks??
Yep. We had to pay for membership in those days. The boards changed to UBB about 6 months after I joined.
[ 25. July 2013, 18:56: Message edited by: Spike ]
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"May you get to heaven before the devil knows you're dead" - Irish blessing
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Kyzyl
Ship's dog
# 374
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Posted
quote:
Originally posted by orfeo:
I deeply admire people who have been here a decade or more and have a post count in 3 figures. You either have self-control or a life.
Neither, I just can't type fast enough in most conversations.
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Moo
Ship's tough old bird
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quote:
Originally posted by Alan Cresswell:
Who remembers Neoworks??
I do. I signed on in January, 2000. I think you and Wood were a month or two before me.
Moo
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A.Pilgrim
Shipmate
# 15044
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Yes, I agree, this is indeed a remarkable institution, with the potential (not inevitably realised) for some of the most intelligent discussion I've encountered, and from which I've learned a lot. Not least that if there are any faults or flaws in my argument, someone will definitely point them out. More than once I've thought when arguing in a church environment whether my thesis would stand up to shipmates criticism and decided that it wouldn't, and that it needed a bit more rigour.
And while we're in reminiscence mode, has anyone else here come across copies of the original Ship of Fools printed magazine? (A5 size booklet). I've got two copies of it somewhere.
Angus
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Kelly Alves
Bunny with an axe
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... Angus, prepare to be assualted with PMs. ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
Also:
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More than once I've thought when arguing in a church environment whether my thesis would stand up to shipmates criticism and decided that it wouldn't, and that it needed a bit more rigour.
That ROCKS.
[ 25. July 2013, 22:00: Message edited by: Kelly Alves ]
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I cannot expect people to believe “
Jesus loves me, this I know” of they don’t believe “Kelly loves me, this I know.”
Kelly Alves, somewhere around 2003.
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RuthW
liberal "peace first" hankie squeezer
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quote:
Originally posted by Spike:
quote:
Originally posted by Alan Cresswell:
Who remembers Neoworks??
Yep. We had to pay for membership in those days. The boards changed to UBB about 6 months after I joined.
When I started posting the Ship's boards used Neoworks, but you didn't yet have to pay to post.
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duchess
Ship's Blue Blooded Lady
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Just wanted to say, the blind-faith arguments on facebook really get to me. I had a friend like that too. Wanted me to just change my views...just because he/she thinks that it is that way. God forbid facts, supporting articles. I just can't stand it anymore in real life when people don't do. You all have ruined me!
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Ship of Fools-World Party
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lilBuddha
Shipmate
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quote:
Originally posted by A.Pilgrim:
More than once I've thought when arguing in a church environment whether my thesis would stand up to shipmates criticism and decided that it wouldn't, and that it needed a bit more rigour.
Eh, I don't worry about that here or IRL. I just waffle on and bound to get it right occasionally.
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Hallellou, hallellou
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Curiosity killed ...
Ship's Mug
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Ruth, I'm glad you said that.
I remember Neoworks - found it on the university computers at the time, but wasn't near those computers when it went to paid.
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Mugs - Keep the Ship afloat
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Pyx_e
Quixotic Tilter
# 57
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Was'nt "Mystery Worshiper" or some board free on neoworks?, Thats what I recall.
I used to stay up 'til God knows when in the morning, a noob curate, smoking like a chimney reading and reading. I seem to remember TomB.
Sigh,
Fly Safe Pyx_e
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It is better to be Kind than right.
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Alan Cresswell
Mad Scientist 先生
# 31
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Yes, the MW board was free on neoworks. That was the board where people could respond to MW reports, and it was considered appropriate that if someone wanted to slag off a report on their church that they didn't need to first pay a subscription to do so. Quite right too.
Although, I remember Erin commenting on a couple of occasions that she made a mistake at the time by assuming that people talking about MW reports couldn't get into a lot of trouble and therefore she didn't look in very often. While her back was turned the MW board transmorphed into a place full of AngloCatholic tat-queens discussing the minutea of how precisely a thurible needs to be swung and exactly what shade of scarf was right for the coming Sunday (or, more often rant about how their priest got it not quite right the previous Sunday). A legacy that still infects Ecclesiantics.
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Don't cling to a mistake just because you spent a lot of time making it.
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RuthW
liberal "peace first" hankie squeezer
# 13
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If anyone's interested, you can see some of the early discussions archived here. I found my first post, and maybe I did pay after all, though I don't remember doing so, as it mentions my registration having just kicked in.
Anyway -- couldn't agree more with the OP.
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QLib
Bad Example
# 43
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Posted
quote:
Originally posted by A.Pilgrim:
...if there are any faults or flaws in my argument, someone will definitely point them out.
But always in Christian love.
![[Axe murder]](graemlins/lovedrops.gif)
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