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yebrent (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 03:33 PM Original message |
I'm thinking of scoping out an Assembly of God Church. |
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BOHICA06 (886 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
1. Let's just say ... |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 07:19 PM Response to Reply #1 |
29. been there too |
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kick-ass-bob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
2. There is a very wide range of what an Assembly of God church |
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Maraya1969 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
3. DON'T DO IT |
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Fridays Child (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
4. So, why Assembly of God? |
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eallen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
5. Science can support faith in the same way arithmetic supports numerology. |
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yebrent (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 06:49 PM Response to Reply #5 |
20. There is more than one faith. |
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eallen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 07:34 PM Response to Reply #20 |
34. Your analysis is right, but I think it misses something important. |
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yebrent (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 08:15 PM Response to Reply #34 |
42. I agree with your analysis. |
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melv (506 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
6. why have you posted this twice now? |
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yebrent (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 05:43 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. I didn't. It all disappeared. |
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Rebel_blogger (70 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 06:40 PM Response to Reply #7 |
17. Don't listen to the cynics ... |
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yebrent (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 06:51 PM Response to Reply #17 |
23. Thank you, but I'm not looking for a new faith. |
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Rebel_blogger (70 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 06:59 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. And you feel they need to be changed? Evolved? |
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yebrent (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 07:26 PM Response to Reply #25 |
30. because the illusion of separateness is at the core of... |
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foo_bar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 10:11 AM Response to Reply #30 |
74. 10,000 unique cultures believed that? |
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yebrent (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 03:07 PM Response to Reply #74 |
91. Now were getting into meme theory. |
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yebrent (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 07:29 PM Response to Reply #25 |
31. oh and I don't get outraged by anti-choice people talking. |
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yebrent (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 05:54 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. I sent DU an email. |
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eallen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 06:17 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Don't be too quick to blame the mods -- I suspect a database hiccup. |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 07:14 PM Response to Reply #8 |
28. Everything I posted in this thread is gone... |
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yebrent (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 07:32 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. Or my reply in agreement. |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 07:36 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. Thank you very much |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
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yebrent (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 06:10 PM Response to Original message |
10. I guess there was a problem of lost data |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 06:17 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. What are you talking about? |
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yebrent (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 06:28 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. I'm talking about the 40 posts missing |
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yebrent (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 06:32 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. We lost about two hours of data in the General Discussion forum. |
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seventythree (904 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 09:25 PM Original message |
thanks |
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Rebel_blogger (70 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 06:42 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. Have you actually BEEN to an Assemblies of God church... |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 12:20 AM Response to Reply #18 |
64. I've seen their services on TV |
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More Than A Feeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 06:35 PM Response to Original message |
15. My cousin is an Assembly of God pastor |
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yebrent (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 06:38 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Not looking to convert. Looking to understand and subvert. |
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Rebel_blogger (70 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 06:47 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Subvert? |
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yebrent (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 06:56 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. Learn about their faith inside and out. Understand them more... |
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Rebel_blogger (70 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 07:07 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Hmmm, I guess my question is ... |
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yebrent (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 07:40 PM Response to Reply #26 |
37. You might be right, but I'm tired of the outright dismissal of them. |
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Rebel_blogger (70 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 08:30 PM Response to Reply #37 |
44. Well, I have to respect your convictions ... |
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yebrent (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 08:38 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. The Jesuits are very accepting as well. |
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Mz Pip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 06:50 PM Response to Original message |
21. Question |
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yebrent (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 07:09 PM Response to Reply #21 |
27. I know plenty of fellow animists. I'm not looking for community. |
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CBGLuthier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 06:51 PM Response to Original message |
22. My Grandmother was a Holy Roller |
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Vadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 07:34 PM Response to Original message |
33. The Assembly of God Churches, I believe, are the HolyRollers.... |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 07:37 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. Also Pentecostal... |
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yebrent (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 07:46 PM Response to Reply #33 |
38. They are the ones I understand the least, so yes... |
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cornermouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 07:29 PM Response to Reply #33 |
94. No. They don't handle snakes in the Assembly of God |
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nothingshocksmeanymore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 07:50 PM Response to Original message |
39. Why would you want to join Ashcroft's church? Why not Episcopalian? |
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yebrent (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 07:58 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Why don't you read my responses to the other posts on this thread? |
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nothingshocksmeanymore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 08:05 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. I did |
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yebrent (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 08:31 PM Response to Reply #41 |
45. Well, if you did actually read my post and other responses... |
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WyLoochka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 07:58 AM Response to Reply #45 |
70. You will learn |
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youthere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 08:26 PM Response to Original message |
43. Here's what I know about AOG... |
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yebrent (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 09:40 PM Response to Reply #43 |
53. Thanks for the info and the link |
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youthere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 09:54 PM Response to Reply #53 |
56. The biggest thing is |
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yebrent (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 02:53 AM Response to Reply #56 |
65. "That is a question of faith" |
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youthere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 08:41 PM Response to Original message |
47. Just one more thing... |
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yebrent (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 08:51 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. Yes I'm quite aware. |
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youthere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 09:15 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. Then this won't |
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seventythree (904 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 09:51 PM Response to Reply #47 |
54. good analysis |
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yebrent (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 10:04 PM Response to Reply #54 |
59. I'll keep this short. |
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youthere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 10:11 PM Response to Reply #54 |
61. I think you hit on an important point... |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 03:04 AM Response to Reply #54 |
66. very insightful post |
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seventythree (904 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 12:43 PM Response to Reply #66 |
79. agreed |
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Trajan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 09:22 PM Response to Original message |
50. I grew up Catholic .... |
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youthere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 09:25 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. Whatever is real... |
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Trajan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 09:27 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. Show me your 'real' god .... |
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yebrent (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 09:52 PM Response to Reply #52 |
55. What is "real" in your opinion? |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 10:03 PM Response to Reply #55 |
58. I would suggest approaching this from a sociological perspective |
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Donailin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 10:02 PM Response to Original message |
57. The Body of Christ |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 10:06 PM Response to Reply #57 |
60. That's what Jesus said! |
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Geek_Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 10:38 PM Response to Original message |
62. I'm a non practicing Catholic |
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borlis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-05 11:48 PM Response to Original message |
63. My freeper cousin and his witchy wife belong |
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mordarlar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 03:06 AM Response to Original message |
67. I grew up attending Assem. of God churches Can i make a suggestion |
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yebrent (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 03:30 AM Response to Reply #67 |
68. Thanks for the info, but I'm not looking for a church to join. |
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mordarlar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 04:12 AM Response to Reply #68 |
69. It you are just looking to "scope out" then yes that is a church |
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JoMama49 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 01:11 PM Response to Reply #68 |
81. You might also try the Unity Center churches -- |
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noonwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 09:13 AM Response to Original message |
71. It's been a long time since I went to an evangelical church, but |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 09:29 AM Response to Reply #71 |
73. The OP is not interested in a church for himself. |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 10:28 AM Response to Reply #73 |
75. Exactly. Speaking in tongues isn't inherently evil or |
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yebrent (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 11:54 AM Response to Reply #73 |
76. I am not "searching out weird tribal behavior among his inferiors" |
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amazona (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 12:11 PM Response to Reply #73 |
78. actually he'll get eaten alive |
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yebrent (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 02:01 PM Response to Reply #78 |
86. Hmmm. After 13 years of (K-12) of Catholic education... |
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amazona (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-05 12:42 PM Response to Reply #86 |
98. unfortunately you are just wrong about this |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 09:25 AM Response to Original message |
72. My thoughts: |
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yebrent (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 12:01 PM Response to Reply #72 |
77. Thanks for the advice. |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 07:49 PM Response to Reply #77 |
95. I'm thinking that a major shift in religion |
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seventythree (904 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 12:45 PM Response to Reply #72 |
80. excellent thoughts |
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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
82. The wildest girl in my high school was |
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yebrent (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 02:08 PM Response to Reply #82 |
87. I don't expect to change their politics |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
83. Dump organized religion, God works for free. |
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yebrent (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 02:16 PM Response to Reply #83 |
89. If you are responding to my original post. |
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ernstbass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 01:13 PM Response to Original message |
84. Is this Ashcroft's church |
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Tafiti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
85. Yebrent, trust me. |
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yebrent (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 02:13 PM Response to Reply #85 |
88. Thank you for sharing!! |
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Tafiti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 02:38 PM Response to Reply #88 |
90. Good question. |
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yebrent (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 04:10 PM Response to Reply #90 |
92. Thanks again! |
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Tafiti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 05:24 PM Response to Reply #92 |
93. No problem. |
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yebrent (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-05 12:14 PM Response to Reply #93 |
96. thanks! |
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