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meegbear
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Thu Jan-20-11 11:15 AM Original message |
How Did Steve Jobs Get His Liver? |
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Monsoon
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Thu Jan-20-11 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
1. An I-Phone app maybe? |
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malaise
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Thu Jan-20-11 11:18 AM Response to Original message |
2. So the rich now own |
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Kalyke
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Thu Jan-20-11 11:27 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Overhead a worker in another building say that very thing |
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janet118
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Thu Jan-20-11 11:59 AM Response to Reply #6 |
21. Don't be so sure . . . |
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Hannah Bell
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Fri Jan-21-11 02:52 AM Response to Reply #6 |
52. not unless you have money. poor people don't get organ transplants. |
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JVS
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Thu Jan-20-11 11:57 AM Response to Reply #2 |
19. This is why I refuse to donate. |
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Shandris
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Thu Jan-20-11 12:51 PM Response to Reply #19 |
30. Thanks. |
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JVS
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Thu Jan-20-11 02:49 PM Response to Reply #30 |
43. But if you work to fix it and put the rich guy back to the place in line where he belongs, then ... |
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Shandris
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Fri Jan-21-11 03:28 AM Response to Reply #43 |
67. You're overlooking a simple matter of mathematics, though. |
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JVS
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Fri Jan-21-11 05:05 AM Response to Reply #67 |
71. You're assuming a 100% probability of me dying in such a way that the organs can be used. |
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Rebubula
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Thu Jan-20-11 01:51 PM Response to Reply #19 |
38. So... |
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JVS
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Thu Jan-20-11 02:48 PM Response to Reply #38 |
42. What paranoia? I don't like the way they operate, so I refuse to play ball. |
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Hannah Bell
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Fri Jan-21-11 02:56 AM Response to Reply #38 |
55. it's not paranoia. |
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Hannah Bell
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Fri Jan-21-11 02:54 AM Response to Reply #19 |
54. that's why i changed my donor status two years ago. the more i found out |
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Hannah Bell
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Fri Jan-21-11 02:50 AM Response to Reply #2 |
51. It's actually true. The rich do own the organs of the poor, & there are growing scandals |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag
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Thu Jan-20-11 11:20 AM Response to Original message |
3. Why am I having flashbacks of all that gossip about Soviet leaders' health in the 70s/80s? |
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REP
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Thu Jan-20-11 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
4. I'm B- and in kidney failure. When I need a tx, I will be on multiple registers due to the wait time |
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Seedersandleechers
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Thu Jan-20-11 11:31 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. I would think |
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REP
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Thu Jan-20-11 11:34 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. B- is a rare blood type; O- is more common but Universal Donor |
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Seedersandleechers
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Thu Jan-20-11 12:35 PM Response to Reply #11 |
26. Actually |
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virgogal
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Thu Jan-20-11 11:34 AM Response to Reply #4 |
10. Thanks for that info and I wish you well. |
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City Lights
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Thu Jan-20-11 11:45 AM Response to Reply #4 |
15. Thanks for sharing...best wishes to you. |
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Tippy
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Thu Jan-20-11 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
5. K&R.....Money talks..... |
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BrklynLiberal
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Thu Jan-20-11 11:29 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. +10000 |
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RandomKoolzip
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Thu Jan-20-11 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
9. My father died of liver cancer because we were too poor to get on |
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REP
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Thu Jan-20-11 11:37 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Don't blame Apple - blame fucking UNOS |
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Thu Jan-20-11 11:54 AM Response to Reply #12 |
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Ichingcarpenter
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Thu Jan-20-11 12:08 PM Response to Reply #17 |
24. People start Anti- Apple/Jobs threads |
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RandomKoolzip
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Thu Jan-20-11 12:14 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Is THAT what this is about?! |
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OhioChick
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Thu Jan-20-11 11:25 PM Response to Reply #25 |
46. Agreed |
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Angry Dragon
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Thu Jan-20-11 12:42 PM Response to Reply #17 |
28. .......... |
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JVS
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Thu Jan-20-11 11:59 AM Response to Reply #12 |
20. Plenty of blame to go around. |
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Celebration
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Thu Jan-20-11 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
13. Tennessee has a shorter waiting list |
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Donald Ian Rankin
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Thu Jan-20-11 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
14. Rather than whinging, make sure people know you want your organs donated. |
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The Backlash Cometh
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Thu Jan-20-11 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
16. And what about the chianti and the fava beans? |
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JVS
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Thu Jan-20-11 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
18. They sent it over from China with the latest shipment of iPads. |
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Hannah Bell
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Fri Jan-21-11 03:01 AM Response to Reply #18 |
57. no joke. the poor & powerless are the "universal donors" |
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CanonRay
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Thu Jan-20-11 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
22. We have the best healthcare system in the world |
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HopeHoops
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Thu Jan-20-11 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
23. The grocery store? |
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leeroysphitz
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Thu Jan-20-11 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
27. The old fashioned way. n/t |
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kenny blankenship
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Thu Jan-20-11 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
29. Let's just say it's good to have a few factories over in China |
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AngryAmish
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Thu Jan-20-11 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
31. I often refer to my employees as my organ banks |
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OhioChick
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Thu Jan-20-11 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
32. Money talks n/t |
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cleanhippie
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Thu Jan-20-11 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
33. Why? Because he is RICH! |
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Thu Jan-20-11 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
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NoPasaran
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Thu Jan-20-11 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
35. If great wealth can't buy the occasional liver |
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Buddyblazon
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Thu Jan-20-11 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
36. Phil Lesh from the Grateful Dead... |
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Warren DeMontague
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Thu Jan-20-11 02:11 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. Yeah, actually, it is. |
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Hannah Bell
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Fri Jan-21-11 03:02 AM Response to Reply #36 |
58. not the only one. mickey mantle, david crosby...i'm sure there are more. |
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Sirveri
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Fri Jan-21-11 08:31 AM Response to Reply #36 |
75. It's worse since Steve Jobs is HIV+ |
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Imagevision
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Thu Jan-20-11 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
37. you got the bucks - you got the power... |
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Stevenmarc
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Thu Jan-20-11 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
40. Someones gone missing at the Genius Bar |
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ChromeFoundry
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Thu Jan-20-11 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
41. Wonder if Jobs had a donor card prior to becoming ill. n/t |
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Liberal_in_LA
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Thu Jan-20-11 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
44. The rich and celebrities get transplants. That's just how it is. |
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bluestate10
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Thu Jan-20-11 11:57 PM Response to Reply #44 |
48. Maybe. |
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Odin2005
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Thu Jan-20-11 04:23 PM Response to Original message |
45. The rich do anything they want? Who'd've thunk it? |
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Swamp Rat
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Thu Jan-20-11 11:34 PM Response to Original message |
47. 'We're here for y... Steve Jobs's liver.' |
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Mnemosyne
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Fri Jan-21-11 02:46 AM Response to Original message |
49. Same place Darth will buy his new "heart", I would imagine. |
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Hannah Bell
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Fri Jan-21-11 02:49 AM Response to Original message |
50. He's rich. Any questions? Maybe it came from a peasant in Kosovo. |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak
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Fri Jan-21-11 02:53 AM Response to Reply #50 |
53. it came from a local teenager killed in a car accident |
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JVS
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Fri Jan-21-11 02:59 AM Response to Reply #53 |
56. Local to where? Local with regard to the TN home that Jobs doesn't really live at? |
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Hannah Bell
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Fri Jan-21-11 03:05 AM Response to Reply #53 |
59. i see no attack on jobs personally. is he rich? yes he is. do north americans get donor organs |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak
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Fri Jan-21-11 03:10 AM Response to Reply #59 |
60. Not in any large number, |
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Hannah Bell
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Fri Jan-21-11 03:11 AM Response to Reply #60 |
61. baloney. |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak
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Fri Jan-21-11 03:14 AM Response to Reply #61 |
62. having received third world healthcare... |
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Hannah Bell
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Fri Jan-21-11 03:17 AM Response to Reply #62 |
64. what *you* would want is irrelevant. |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak
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Sat Jan-22-11 01:08 AM Response to Reply #64 |
79. I didn't deny it exists - I said it is unusual. |
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Liquorice
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Fri Jan-21-11 03:15 AM Response to Original message |
63. I think the problem is not with a rich man doing anything he can to save his life, |
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Hannah Bell
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Fri Jan-21-11 03:25 AM Response to Reply #63 |
65. steve jumping the line means someone else dies. yes, the system; but also steve. |
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cherokeeprogressive
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Fri Jan-21-11 03:26 AM Response to Original message |
66. He cut it out of an unsuspecting Windows user with a butter knife. |
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MrSlayer
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Fri Jan-21-11 03:53 AM Response to Original message |
68. No one really believes in "The List" do they? |
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Hannah Bell
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Fri Jan-21-11 04:50 AM Response to Reply #68 |
69. cheney is 70; over the usual age limit to be put on a waiting list. but yeah, he'll |
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social_critic
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Fri Jan-21-11 05:02 AM Response to Original message |
70. His being a billionaire is secondary |
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Hannah Bell
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Fri Jan-21-11 05:06 AM Response to Reply #70 |
72. oh, gag me. why don't you just lick his boots & be done with it. |
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JVS
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Fri Jan-21-11 05:06 AM Response to Reply #70 |
73. Jobs has lived a full life. I'd totally deep six his application if I were on the death panel. |
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Hannah Bell
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Fri Jan-21-11 05:11 AM Response to Reply #73 |
74. he's only 56 & he's a geeeeeenius! unlike this 33-year-old pot-smoking loser: |
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Wednesdays
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Fri Jan-21-11 10:33 AM Response to Original message |
76. With onions? |
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Motown_Johnny
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Fri Jan-21-11 10:43 AM Response to Reply #76 |
77. I was going to say "A waitress brought it to him" |
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eShirl
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Fri Jan-21-11 11:03 AM Response to Original message |
78. What NEEDS to happen is make Organ Donor Status opt-out, rather than opt-in |
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