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North East Quine
Curious beastie
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Posted yesterday, but unlikely to turn up quickly, as our wee Post Office sends stuff to the sorting office strapped to the back of a passing postal tortoise.
(Postmistress is super-helpful, though).
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Dormouse
Glis glis – Ship's rodent
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Mine is ready to post, but as requested, won't be going to the PO before 20th July. I'm off to the UK before then so it will be entrusted to MrD - I hope he can withstand the temptation!!!
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Jengie jon
Semper Reformanda
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Apologies I have not got around to the second allocation yet. Hopefully next weekend.
Jengie
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"To violate a persons ability to distinguish fact from fantasy is the epistemological equivalent of rape." Noretta Koertge
Back to my blog
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Marvin the Martian
Interplanetary
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QLib, you are awesome ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
If there's anyone you want banned, just let me know ![[Biased]](wink.gif)
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Hail Gallaxhar
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comet
Snowball in Hell
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Shit. Now I want to send Marvin goodies...
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Evil Dragon Lady, Breaker of Men's Constitutions
"It's hard to be religious when certain people are never incinerated by bolts of lightning.” -Calvin
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Mrs Shrew
Ship's Mother
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A bout of flu has delayed my sending (I was in bed all of last week) I am on course to post this weekend, sorry!
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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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Welease Woderwick
Sister Incubus Nightmare
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Pigwidgeon - You Are A Star!
Thanks so much for the book that arrived this morning - we ALL love it!
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I give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way.
Fancy a break in South India?
Accessible Homestay Guesthouse in Central Kerala, contact me for details
What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand?
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TonyK
Host Emeritus
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North East Quine
A very generous parcel of assorted goodies (nearly all chocolate) has arrived safely - many thanks, I'm sure it's much more than I deserve...
The non-chocolate 'Granny Sookers' sound intriguing - you say they will last as long as Presbyterian sermon! I'd better not try one in our Anglican Church then - I'll still be sucking it after the dismissal!!
My thanks again
(Edited to add - Postal Service clearly pretty good over the weekend - a jet assisted tortoise?)
[ 02. July 2013, 10:05: Message edited by: TonyK ]
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Yours aye ... TonyK
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Welease Woderwick
Sister Incubus Nightmare
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Following on from TonyK's post to get from Hogwarts to Neverland in a week is pretty impressive going, too.
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I give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way.
Fancy a break in South India?
Accessible Homestay Guesthouse in Central Kerala, contact me for details
What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand?
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Pigwidgeon
Ship's Owl
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Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
Pigwidgeon - You Are A Star!
Thanks so much for the book that arrived this morning - we ALL love it!
I'm amazed that it arrived so quickly, but glad that you enjoyed it.
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"...that is generally a matter for Pigwidgeon, several other consenting adults, a bottle of cheap Gin and the odd giraffe."
~Tortuf
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Marvin the Martian
Interplanetary
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quote:
Originally posted by comet:
Shit. Now I want to send Marvin goodies...
What's stopping you?
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Hail Gallaxhar
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Cottontail
Shipmate
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A non-chocolate parcel of Scottish goodness is on its way to Spike as of today. Should be there by the weekend.
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Leaf
Shipmate
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Posted yesterday.
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Moo
Ship's tough old bird
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I received a lovely package from Telepath today. I am looking forward to tasting the three kinds of dark chocolate.
Moo
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See you later, alligator.
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Uncle Pete
Loyaute me lie
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With many thanks to Qoheleth. for his carefully chosen and delightful package.
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Even more so than I was before
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Uncle Pete
Loyaute me lie
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You got Leaf? Where's that jealous smilie got to?
Waves at Leaf
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Even more so than I was before
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Leaf
Shipmate
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<waves back, embarrassed> Glad you liked it, Gwai. Thank you for hosting.
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Tubbs
Miss Congeniality
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quote:
Originally posted by Mrs Shrew:
A bout of flu has delayed my sending (I was in bed all of last week) I am on course to post this weekend, sorry!
It's arrived!!! ![[Yipee]](graemlins/spin.gif) Thank you for the chocolate, beautiful soap, pretty paper things (now on the dressing table) and the lovely card. Really generous, am most touched.
Tubbs
[ 10. July 2013, 20:56: Message edited by: Tubbs ]
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Spike
Mostly Harmless
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Thanks Cottontail for the bottle of stuff which appears to be in good working order!
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"May you get to heaven before the devil knows you're dead" - Irish blessing
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Cottontail
Shipmate
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Excellent!
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seasick
...over the edge
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Thanks, Heavenly Anarchist for a lovely parcel of things
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We believe there is, and always was, in every Christian Church, ... an outward priesthood, ordained by Jesus Christ, and an outward sacrifice offered therein. - John Wesley
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Deputy Verger
Shipmate
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Tacky bit of Londinia and some fairly fabulous chocolate is winging its way to Washington by now...
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Deputy Verger
Shipmate
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or thereabouts, but I went for alliteration, obviously.
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Jengie jon
Semper Reformanda
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Apologies parental situation is precluding me doing the second allocation at present, if, when I get time I will do it honestly. So more chocolate sending to come.
Jengie
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"To violate a persons ability to distinguish fact from fantasy is the epistemological equivalent of rape." Noretta Koertge
Back to my blog
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kingsfold
Shipmate
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Should check in and say that Campbellite's tribute should be on the way. I had a bit of a fight getting it ordered, but I've just had an email to say it's been dispatched... (fingers crossed)
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M.
Ship's Spare Part
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Very much delayed thank-you pressie for Comet will be on its way on Monday.
Sorry it's taken so long!
M. (votive offering also from Macarius)
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comet
Snowball in Hell
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No worries, M! I can have patience, if I must.
Kingsfold- did you find a retailer of Cat Steaks for Cambpy?
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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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Mamacita
Lakefront liberal
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A great big parcel arrived this afternoon, full of chocolate truffles (which I tore into immediately -- divine!!), two rich-looking varieties of dark chocolate, and some white chocolate too! Many, many thanks to Boogie for such a delectable gift!
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kingsfold
Shipmate
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quote:
posted by comet:
Kingsfold- did you find a retailer of Cat Steaks for Cambpy?
I did try, but given the distance, it needed to be shipped on the claw (so to speak) and Customs were none-too-happy about that....
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kingsfold
Shipmate
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Oi, Campbellite! Any sign of arrival at your end?
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I came to Jesus and I found in him my star, my sun.
And in that light of life I'll walk 'til travelling days are done
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Japes
Shipmate
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John Holding, your parcel will be on the way tomorrow!
Apologies for the delay... but it stands a better change of arriving un-melted now the weather is a little cooler.
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John Holding
Coffee and Cognac
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Thanks, Japes. I was beginning to wonder, but all is well.
John
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Ariston
Insane Unicorn
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WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
It's not every day you get a package with a return address that doesn't even bother with a street, since it came from Somewhere Really Cool. That label alone is pretty darn nifty...but the wind-up taxi (I think my rubber sheep from a previous Ship gift exchange may get to ride in/on it) and CHOCORRIT? Oh Sweet Chocorrit. Mine. All Mine. Not sharing. If you'll excuse me, I think I've found it in my heart to read both the cricket thread and Mornington Crescent and not be bothered by either.
Yay! Thanks again, DV!
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“Therefore, let it be explained that nowhere are the proprieties quite so strictly enforced as in men’s colleges that invite young women guests, especially over-night visitors in the fraternity houses.” Emily Post, 1937.
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comet
Snowball in Hell
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M. - I love you and wanna have your babies.
coolest gift EVER.
Seriously.
picture this - midsummer hot - not like we normally get, but like OTHER PEOPLE GET. this land of storms is not giving an inch of wind, rain, nuttin'. We've gone past pleasantly hot to STANKY. and I work (temporarily) in a freaking landfill. hot+old poop and pizzas and spilled beer, etc. writ large.
I go to work this morning and one of the neighborhood bears (grizzly) had torn a giant hole in the wall, come on in, and tore through the trash. (our trash is kept indoors in a large warehouse specifically for this problem) So duty number one was cleaning up after Buddy Bear. then repairing the wall. Then dealing with the compost. which stinks. A LOT. and I had hot, cranky customers all day. people with 'tude. in the stinkiest place in town. in a hot goddamn warehouse full of hot, smelly trash. and I won't give you details, but I'm now currently wearing a portion of that stink. (don't I sound sexy now?)
and when I'm not dealing with asshole customers, I'm doing the bookkeeping. I AM NOT A MATH PERSON. People, this is what hell looks like.
So I come home with grouch in neon on my forehead, to a package from the UK. inside, there is a gift, wrapped in an old map of the british isles. inside the wrapping (hell yes I saved it) is a set of more maps with personal notations, and a BOOK.
People, M MADE ME A BOOK. I said I wanted something representing where the sender was from, and I got a freaking personalized book full of pictures of where she lives and what it's like there. It's like Midsomer. (sorry, but that's my only reference point.) It's all green and glorious and so not what my life was like today. and I might have got a little misty. maybe. just a little.
And, foolish woman, you've now given me everything I need to someday show up on your doorstep begging a spot on the couch. Don't worry, budget won't allow it any time soon. and I'll bring salmon.
thank you so much. coolest gift ever. Free reign in Hell, missy. go at it. rip someone to shreds. the hosts won't see a thing....
![[Axe murder]](graemlins/lovedrops.gif)
comet
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Evil Dragon Lady, Breaker of Men's Constitutions
"It's hard to be religious when certain people are never incinerated by bolts of lightning.” -Calvin
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Huia
Shipmate
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Sorry Orfeo - I'm back and your gift is coming.
Huia
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Jengie jon
Semper Reformanda
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Huia
He asked for it to be only sent in August, you are NOT late.
Jengie
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"To violate a persons ability to distinguish fact from fantasy is the epistemological equivalent of rape." Noretta Koertge
Back to my blog
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M.
Ship's Spare Part
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Glad you liked it Comet.
It may look like Midsomer but we didn't see any murders when we were out that day!
M. (& Macarius, who was principal photographer, so should be mentioned)
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comet
Snowball in Hell
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it was awesome! I've been showing it off to the fam.
is Macarius the other person in the photo on the back?
PS - we all want to go live in Dorking. what are people from there called? there's gotta be a t-shirt or something.
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Evil Dragon Lady, Breaker of Men's Constitutions
"It's hard to be religious when certain people are never incinerated by bolts of lightning.” -Calvin
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Barnabas62
Shipmate
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Many thanks to Dormouse for my lovely gifts! Just arrived this morning, as arranged because of our holidays. Very much appreciated.
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Who is it that you seek? How then shall we live? How shall we sing the Lord's song in a strange land?
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Japes
Shipmate
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![[Hot and Hormonal]](icon_redface.gif) Dear me... the road to You-Know-Where seems to be littered with my good intentions this month so far.
I'm really sorry, John, life intervened, and I ended up going nowhere near a post office before today! The package also made it into the post van before I left the post office, so I know it's started on its way.
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orfeo
Ship's Musical Counterpoint
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quote:
Originally posted by Jengie Jon:
Huia
He asked for it to be only sent in August, you are NOT late.
Jengie
That's what I said!
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Technology has brought us all closer together. Turns out a lot of the people you meet as a result are complete idiots.
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Campbellite
Ut unum sint
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quote:
Originally posted by kingsfold:
Oi, Campbellite! Any sign of arrival at your end?
Effusive apologies for overlooking this. Yes, It arrived safe and sound, just as I was heading out of town.
Mrs. Campbellite (aka LadyRev, though she almost never posts) loves the print of old town Edinburgh, and it will be suitably framed and hung in her office.
And the cat steaks were exceptional.
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I upped mine. Up yours.
Suffering for Jesus since 1966.
WTFWED?
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kingsfold
Shipmate
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Phew - glad to hear the cats didn't entirely escape the packaging. I thoroughly recommend duck tape. Even acts as a fur remover... ![[Devil]](graemlins/devil.gif)
Also glad the LadyRev enjoyed the poster.
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I came to Jesus and I found in him my star, my sun.
And in that light of life I'll walk 'til travelling days are done
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orfeo
Ship's Musical Counterpoint
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Huia! My waistline may curse you if I'm not careful, but my taste buds are completely in love with you.
And thank you for solving next year's calendar-buying as well. Very interesting!
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Technology has brought us all closer together. Turns out a lot of the people you meet as a result are complete idiots.
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Kelly Alves
Bunny with an axe
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Is happy girl. Is having chocolate. Is in fact having best chocolate on planet (I LOVE See's, Lyda!)
And for the nice shiny star card, with the kind note. Very tickled.
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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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Lyda*Rose
Ship's broken porthole
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I'm glad that you are enjoying it!
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"Dear God, whose name I do not know - thank you for my life. I forgot how BIG... thank you. Thank you for my life." ~from Joe Vs the Volcano
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Kelly Alves
Bunny with an axe
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My mom's birthday is tomorrow, so we split it fifty-fifty. I gave her the dark (her favorite) and I kept the milk. Exponentially increased the happiness in the house.
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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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John Holding
Coffee and Cognac
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Japes --
Package arrived safely and was much enjoyed. Very many thanks.
John
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