of course not. A hand made gift, no matter what it is, is always welcome my world.
carrot cake is a complete and balanced diet, so it shows you care
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- Thu Dec 10, 2015 11:40 pm
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- Topic: Carrot cake as a gift?
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- Views: 10869
- Thu Dec 10, 2015 11:39 pm
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- Topic: caramels
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Re: caramels
I have made tons of this recipe and it is almost fool proof
you must have a good thermometer
i cut it into small bars
you must have a good thermometer
i cut it into small bars
- Thu Dec 10, 2015 10:46 pm
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- Topic: caramels
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caramels
1 C unsalted butter ( 2 sticks) 2 1/4 C Packed brown sugar (this is 1 box minus 1/4 C packed) 1 1/4 C (one can) sweetened condensed milk 1 C Light Corn Syrup (not "lite") 1 tsp vanilla enough salted cashews or almonds to cover bottom of pan Line a 9x12 pan with heavy duty foil and butter w...
- Thu Dec 10, 2015 10:46 pm
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- Topic: caramels
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caramels
1 C unsalted butter ( 2 sticks) 2 1/4 C Packed brown sugar (this is 1 box minus 1/4 C packed) 1 1/4 C (one can) sweetened condensed milk 1 C Light Corn Syrup (not "lite") 1 tsp vanilla enough salted cashews or almonds to cover bottom of pan Line a 9x12 pan with heavy duty foil and butter w...
- Thu Dec 10, 2015 7:25 pm
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- Topic: PNW Storms
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Re: PNW Storms
horrible storm cell settled over my place and I lost power. No flooding or other inconveniences. the people living on river flood basins are suffering. it has been some time since we have had this severe and widespread flood. Thankfully the elevation temps are falling and the next few storm fronts w...
- Thu Dec 10, 2015 12:55 am
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- Topic: Parrot at My Bird Feeder
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Re: Parrot at My Bird Feeder
Canyon , Annas are perfectly at home in the northwest year round. Costas have also year round in Oregon. You may be picking up on some Annas. Hummingbirds range from sea level to very high in the Andes so not all of them are tropical or even warm environment species. There are several feral flocks o...
- Mon Dec 07, 2015 12:03 am
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- Topic: Anyone else with gift giving anxieties?
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Re: Anyone else with gift giving anxieties?
"That is my gift-back to the giver."
amen
"My sisters have a fairly good relationship, but I have always felt like an outsider at family events."
are you me???
amen
"My sisters have a fairly good relationship, but I have always felt like an outsider at family events."
are you me???
- Sun Dec 06, 2015 11:18 pm
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- Topic: More gift advice
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Re: More gift advice
when you mentioned gospel music what flashed through my mind is a winter scarf with the black and white pattern of a keyboard.
there it is, no explanation as to why that popped out
http://www.amazon.com/Gift-House-Music- ... B008O73K30
there it is, no explanation as to why that popped out
http://www.amazon.com/Gift-House-Music- ... B008O73K30
- Sun Dec 06, 2015 1:29 pm
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- Topic: I want to name our new homestead--but what?
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Re: I want to name our new homestead--but what?
wow PiedMt that is lovely
I cannot think of anything that tops it
I cannot think of anything that tops it
- Sun Dec 06, 2015 2:12 am
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- Topic: What on earth happened to me today?
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Re: What on earth happened to me today?
yes a flashback
agree with redsox, you might wish to get some information on how to deal with them. The date and the weather very likely triggered it.
Sending you a hug. It is OK to experience all of these sadnesses and vivid memories, it is part of learning to cope.
agree with redsox, you might wish to get some information on how to deal with them. The date and the weather very likely triggered it.
Sending you a hug. It is OK to experience all of these sadnesses and vivid memories, it is part of learning to cope.
- Sat Dec 05, 2015 10:37 pm
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- Topic: Anyone else with gift giving anxieties?
- Replies: 19
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Re: Anyone else with gift giving anxieties?
i think your gift sounds lovely. i would be thrilled. if your gift does not please them, or if they are classless enough to indicate that, then that is their issue. if word got back to me of their displeasure then i would remove myself from the gift giving tradition and screw them for what they thin...
- Sat Dec 05, 2015 2:45 pm
- Forum: Dressage Training
- Topic: Speaking of rule changes, I'm kind of horrified by this new rule: blindfolds?
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Re: Speaking of rule changes, I'm kind of horrified by this new rule: blindfolds?
I think the only people who should be allowed to vote / decide on something like this are the vision impaired riders themselves
no judges no administrators
no one else
no judges no administrators
no one else
- Thu Dec 03, 2015 7:07 pm
- Forum: The Menagerie
- Topic: Talk to me about agility
- Replies: 15
- Views: 15432
Re: Talk to me about agility
No I dont know anyone but there is / was a Coos Bay Dog Club
- Thu Dec 03, 2015 4:14 am
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- Topic: Ideas for 18 month old? Horsey themed preferable
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Re: Ideas for 18 month old? Horsey themed preferable
the brown and white pottery barn pony for sure
- Tue Dec 01, 2015 10:44 pm
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- Topic: Braised Short Ribs with carrots and onions
- Replies: 9
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Re: Braised Short Ribs with carrots and onions
how will this keep overnight and re-heat?
I was thinking cooking to the final step and doing the reduction on day of serving.
I was thinking cooking to the final step and doing the reduction on day of serving.
- Tue Dec 01, 2015 2:19 pm
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- Topic: Legal Procedural Question
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Re: Legal Procedural Question
:...get away with more, and duping some other kindly person..." In my heart that is why I would pursue this type thing. they will roll down the road and suck off some other landlord and make a hassle for the other tenants Took my landlord far to long to respond to the hash oil cooker downstairs...
- Mon Nov 30, 2015 9:10 pm
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- Topic: A Charlie Brown Christmas tonight
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Re: A Charlie Brown Christmas tonight
I am older than it and now feel a wee touch older.
but I try to watch it every year
For Lo
and the music, ah the music
but I try to watch it every year
For Lo
and the music, ah the music
- Mon Nov 30, 2015 1:10 am
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- Topic: Braised Short Ribs with carrots and onions
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Re: Braised Short Ribs with carrots and onions
this gets tried for sure. I like short ribs, but it is hard to find reliable recipes and this is great.
serve with just about anything , thinking even spaetzle would be fun
a real winter dish
serve with just about anything , thinking even spaetzle would be fun
a real winter dish
- Sun Nov 29, 2015 9:18 pm
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- Topic: Braised Short Ribs with carrots and onions
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Re: Braised Short Ribs with carrots and onions
when you use your dutch oven low long, how low?
- Sun Nov 29, 2015 3:51 am
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- Topic: Chicken under a brick modified from M&M's restaurant
- Replies: 12
- Views: 10011
Re: Chicken under a brick modified from M&M's restaurant
it really turned out well. Perhaps a little too long on the heat. I used my thermopen and it could have come out perhaps 2 minutes sooner
- Sat Nov 28, 2015 9:38 pm
- Forum: The Menagerie
- Topic: Talk to me about agility
- Replies: 15
- Views: 15432
Re: Talk to me about agility
have you considered contacting the local 4H and see if there are any older teens who do agility. Perhaps they would welcome the chance to teach and earn some extra money.
are you anywhere near Coos Bay?
are you anywhere near Coos Bay?
- Sat Nov 28, 2015 12:53 am
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- Topic: Instant Pot Pressure Cooker on sale today
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Re: Instant Pot Pressure Cooker on sale today
deal of the day is sold out so rolling at 129.00 now
there are times I would like a pressure cooker, but I just dont cook enough to justify the money and space taken
there are times I would like a pressure cooker, but I just dont cook enough to justify the money and space taken
- Sat Nov 28, 2015 12:51 am
- Forum: Veterinary, Nutrition, Grooming & Farrier Questions
- Topic: Isoxsuprine
- Replies: 16
- Views: 14626
Re: Isoxsuprine
Agree with fancy, not particularly nor directly effective. I never saw any difference with my horse nor others.
it is an old vasodilator and used still in human medicine
it is an old vasodilator and used still in human medicine
- Fri Nov 27, 2015 3:04 am
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- Topic: Chicken under a brick modified from M&M's restaurant
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Re: Chicken under a brick modified from M&M's restaurant
made my game hen this way today
done in about 20 minutes stove top to oven
I spatchcocked and removed the ribs and breast /keel. rubbed and refrigerated overnight. chili and lime
I used my Dutch Oven as brick and my cast iron skillet
done in about 20 minutes stove top to oven
I spatchcocked and removed the ribs and breast /keel. rubbed and refrigerated overnight. chili and lime
I used my Dutch Oven as brick and my cast iron skillet
- Thu Nov 26, 2015 7:04 pm
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- Topic: Reconvening the Court of Grammatical Peeves
- Replies: 101
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Re: Reconvening the Court of Grammatical Peeves
have been is accepted in the Oxford dictionary as to mean " to have visited" so " I have never been to Paris" is grammatically correct.
Be , along with meaning "am" also means to occupy a place or position
Be , along with meaning "am" also means to occupy a place or position
- Thu Nov 26, 2015 6:56 pm
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- Topic: Chicken under a brick modified from M&M's restaurant
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Re: Chicken under a brick modified from M&M's restaurant
doing this with a game hen for dinner today
- Tue Nov 24, 2015 2:55 pm
- Forum: Rider health and fitness
- Topic: Blood sugar testing goes wireless painless for diabetes patients
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Re: Blood sugar testing goes wireless painless for diabetes patients
very true
thankfully, medical device approvals can happen faster than drug approvals.
But it is probably going to be one of those things that many cannot afford on a lump sum, up front basis.
thankfully, medical device approvals can happen faster than drug approvals.
But it is probably going to be one of those things that many cannot afford on a lump sum, up front basis.
- Sun Nov 22, 2015 6:37 pm
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- Topic: Reconvening the Court of Grammatical Peeves
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Re: Reconvening the Court of Grammatical Peeves
Afraid to post for fear I might make a mistake
- Sun Nov 22, 2015 2:02 am
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- Topic: PSA -- Folk who might have a genetic link to pancreatic cancer ...
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Re: PSA -- Folk who might have a genetic link to pancreatic cancer ...
often test kits are developed and used in parallel to clinical trails. My company makes targeted ADC's ( Antibody drug conjugates) and a diagnostic technique is part of the approval process. Timeline is shorter than trying to invent and validate a drug. The Glypican family is being heavily investiga...
- Sat Nov 21, 2015 1:40 pm
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- Topic: PSA -- Folk who might have a genetic link to pancreatic cancer ...
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Re: PSA -- Folk who might have a genetic link to pancreatic cancer ...
Based on the Nature article, this was a study done using serum of Panc patients and mice ( with and without xenografts). This may mean the samples were both fresh and archival and attached to a clinical trial but not specifically for the purpose of validating the testing. It is early discover work. ...
- Wed Nov 18, 2015 9:16 pm
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- Topic: Recent tomato allergy desperation.
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Re: Recent tomato allergy desperation.
man it is hell getting older. too many things change that are of the little, unkind cuts.
I had to decaffeinate myself. I have to be very careful about wine.
I have become to calorie efficient
I had to decaffeinate myself. I have to be very careful about wine.
I have become to calorie efficient
- Wed Nov 18, 2015 1:18 am
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- Topic: Recent tomato allergy desperation.
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Re: Recent tomato allergy desperation.
i would not call it an allergy reaction. Digestive sensitivity ( heartburn gas and afterburn ) and some burning/ itching on the lips. I added the hint in case you wanted to try. I dont have issues with acidic food, in general, but if I overdo with toms, yes a problem I have zero issue with eggplant ...
- Tue Nov 17, 2015 1:37 pm
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- Topic: Recent tomato allergy desperation.
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Re: Recent tomato allergy desperation.
I developed a sensitivity to tomato. I lived on home made pasta sauces back in the day. I did not have full on allergy attacks, but digestive and some skin sensitivity. Buffering the acidity of tomato with 1/2 to 1 tsp baking soda can help. Cut back on sodium content of your recipe and add the bakin...
- Tue Nov 17, 2015 1:32 pm
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- Topic: Found: The Perfect Xmas Gift
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Re: Found: The Perfect Xmas Gift
I have seen pictures and You Tubes about Norwegian Wood stacking. Mr Sometime Wonderful is dedicated to his home and yard.
I wonder if he would appreciate this as much as I do. He is from the other side of the globe and sometimes struggles with my Northern Breeding
I wonder if he would appreciate this as much as I do. He is from the other side of the globe and sometimes struggles with my Northern Breeding
- Tue Nov 17, 2015 1:28 pm
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- Topic: A little whine with my cheese...
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Re: A little whine with my cheese...
salty chicken soup ( or whatever) helps in so many ways. Pulls that inflammation down, tastes wonderful. This is the season to make soup which is so satisfying Last winter I caught something. I was never flat on my back sick but I had pussy tonsils for 4 months. cultures , 2 cycles of antibiotics. b...
- Sun Nov 15, 2015 1:07 pm
- Forum: Veterinary, Nutrition, Grooming & Farrier Questions
- Topic: ever seen rain rot that...
- Replies: 14
- Views: 13507
Re: ever seen rain rot that...
consider,perhaps, this is a bad case of threadworm
many of the signs are like rain rot
many of the signs are like rain rot
- Sat Nov 14, 2015 4:33 pm
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- Topic: Do any of you get migraines post menopause?
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Re: Do any of you get migraines post menopause?
I do not get "full on" migraine, I only get ocular migraine. They had really started to become more frequent in the last year so i talked to my eye doctor. I was getting more migraines and really noticed light sensitivity. A sunny day could trigger them I had already reduced caffeine to lo...
- Sat Nov 14, 2015 4:33 pm
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- Topic: Do any of you get migraines post menopause?
- Replies: 15
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Re: Do any of you get migraines post menopause?
I do not get "full on" migraine, I only get ocular migraine. They had really started to become more frequent in the last year so i talked to my eye doctor. I was getting more migraines and really noticed light sensitivity. A sunny day could trigger them I had already reduced caffeine to lo...
- Wed Nov 11, 2015 11:22 pm
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- Topic: Amusements appropriate for dementia?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 16873
Re: Amusements appropriate for dementia?
My Mother could not express frustration at this point as she was not self aware. She thought she was 5 years old. My mother enjoyed dolls and dress-up. also helping with laundry folding. At the time she was in a facility and they allowed residents to help with folding the towels etc. I think helping...
- Mon Nov 09, 2015 3:28 pm
- Forum: Dressage Training
- Topic: New USEF proposed rule changes
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- Views: 12493
Re: New USEF proposed rule changes
the rule is easily circumvented via section 3 By allowing the owner ( or whomever) to self vaccinate, you allow them to circumvent. Buy the vaccine, peel off the sticker and put it on the receipt. there is no way to prove the vaccine was given or not. It covers the USEF / show management ass if your...
- Mon Nov 09, 2015 2:34 pm
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- Topic: Simple pleasures. The grilled cheese sandwich...
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Re: Simple pleasures. The grilled cheese sandwich...
we have food trucks that come to my work and today is the grilled cheese truck They do a manchigo apple pecan that is heaven alas they do not offer elbow macaroni with the tomato bisque. That is Mom style the secret of getting the toasting on the bread is low and slow. you cannot rush a toasted chee...
- Fri Nov 06, 2015 2:05 pm
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- Topic: Packing for a Month in Philadelphia?
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Re: Packing for a Month in Philadelphia?
ditto what everyone said Use the Laundrette once a week, first thing saturday morning. get some mesh bags for your underwear and socks. If you plan on using the laundrette you can actually fudge a little room for an extra sweater or warmer pants if worse comes to worse you can always find a thrift s...
- Sat Oct 31, 2015 11:31 pm
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- Topic: GROUPON TRIPS
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GROUPON TRIPS
Has anyone ever bought a Groupon international trip?
good bad ugly interested in your experience
good bad ugly interested in your experience
- Sat Oct 31, 2015 10:16 pm
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- Topic: Can my American friends comment on this?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 13697
Re: Can my American friends comment on this?
wow Chancellor, that is a pretty lopsided bell curve
- Sat Oct 31, 2015 9:38 pm
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- Topic: "What's for dinner?"
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Re: "What's for dinner?"
the Pad Thai sauce recipe is totally useful
tonight saute chantrelles, a cubed leftover potato and egg to make a pancake, toast and perhaps some decaf
tonight saute chantrelles, a cubed leftover potato and egg to make a pancake, toast and perhaps some decaf
- Fri Oct 30, 2015 9:28 pm
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- Topic: Keurig or Keurig-style coffee makers: Do you like them?
- Replies: 30
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Re: Keurig or Keurig-style coffee makers: Do you like them?
they are land-fill makers are far as i am concerned
i think you get a better quality coffee drink from using a small personal sized french press
i think you get a better quality coffee drink from using a small personal sized french press
- Wed Oct 28, 2015 2:31 pm
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- Topic: What do you do, when you have nothing to do?
- Replies: 34
- Views: 23179
Re: What do you do, when you have nothing to do?
coursera.com
on-line college lecture series
free
on-line college lecture series
free
- Sun Oct 25, 2015 11:13 pm
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- Topic: Bridge of Spies - movie
- Replies: 6
- Views: 7232
Re: Bridge of Spies - movie
wow I dont usually go in for movies like this, but it looks great.
- Sun Oct 25, 2015 1:03 am
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- Topic: Ebola daughter update and advice.
- Replies: 16
- Views: 14442
Re: Ebola daughter update and advice.
agree wrap well and send as checked baggage.
people take skis and golf clubs / bags all the time
people take skis and golf clubs / bags all the time
- Fri Oct 23, 2015 6:31 pm
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- Topic: A lesson pony
- Replies: 35
- Views: 22678
Re: A lesson pony
Do not read at work
frantic search for Kleenex
frantic search for Kleenex