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n2doc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 08:05 AM Original message |
Fat and furry We're killing our pets with junk food |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 08:09 AM Response to Original message |
1. Until recently, my father fed his dog anything but commercial dog food. |
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GoCubsGo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 08:42 AM Response to Reply #1 |
15. Commercial foods are part of the problem, however. |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 08:10 AM Response to Original message |
2. Kind of tough to feed turtles junk food. |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 08:13 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. My tortoises would tear through a brick wall for a bright yellow dandelion. |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 08:26 AM Response to Reply #4 |
10. It's definitely the color. They FLY across the room for that stuff. |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 02:56 PM Response to Reply #10 |
43. can you post pix of your turtles? please? |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-30-10 08:04 AM Response to Reply #43 |
72. Here they are in their cage...during a very special moment...please sing "Loving You" for this one. |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-30-10 11:34 AM Response to Reply #72 |
79. I had no idea how turtles do it. |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-30-10 02:49 PM Response to Reply #79 |
81. That's just how boxies do it. |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-30-10 07:05 PM Response to Reply #81 |
82. Did your turtles yield eggs? |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-30-10 09:42 PM Response to Reply #82 |
83. Yes, so far infertile. Bummer, I know. |
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Roon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 09:35 AM Response to Reply #4 |
28. I love tortises. |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 05:33 PM Response to Reply #28 |
68. One of nature's most wonderful animals. nt |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 09:05 AM Response to Reply #2 |
21. Have you seen this site? |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 09:08 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. My wife will thank you in advance for me ruining her weekend by staring at that website! |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 05:08 PM Response to Reply #22 |
62. Enjoy! |
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InvisibleTouch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 09:57 AM Response to Reply #2 |
31. There are, however, commercial turtle pellets... |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 12:59 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Yeah tried them. They don't like them. |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 05:29 PM Response to Reply #31 |
66. When I had snakes people used to freak out |
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InvisibleTouch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 06:31 PM Response to Reply #66 |
70. Right! |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-30-10 10:57 PM Response to Reply #31 |
85. My mom had two rescued desert tortoises in her back yard who were mad for strawberries and roses |
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InvisibleTouch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 01:36 AM Response to Reply #85 |
86. Tortoises are much more vegetarian than water turtles... |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 02:06 PM Response to Reply #2 |
39. My red earred sliders are pigs and eat almost anything! |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 08:12 AM Response to Original message |
3. Well when I see advertisements for gourmet pet food with |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 08:15 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Now see, there is a good grant idea for a study: Did dogs harvest rice? |
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GoCubsGo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 08:33 AM Response to Reply #3 |
13. I see dogs eat veggies all the time. Cats, too. |
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Arkansas Granny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 09:17 AM Response to Reply #13 |
25. My dog has several plants that she likes to eat. When we go for a walk, |
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TicketyBoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-30-10 09:15 AM Response to Reply #13 |
77. Our dogs |
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tpsbmam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-30-10 08:55 AM Response to Reply #3 |
74. I knew a woman who was a vegetarian to the extent that her dog was also a vegetarian -- |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-30-10 10:49 PM Response to Reply #3 |
84. Our vet recommends carrot and apple slices for doggy snacks, and our little old girl gobbles them up |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 08:16 AM Response to Original message |
6. My cats rarely get human food and when they do it's a tiny tiny piece |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 08:19 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. My aunt's Great Pyrenees is addicted to White Castle hamburgers..... |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 08:28 AM Response to Reply #6 |
11. My first cat occasionally begged for food, then quickly remembered |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 02:58 PM Response to Reply #6 |
44. My calico used to practically mug me for potato chips |
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MH1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-30-10 08:36 AM Response to Reply #6 |
73. My cats show no interest in my food except fish |
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moriah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 08:20 AM Response to Original message |
8. My grandmother made gravy to put on our poodle's kibble. |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 08:23 AM Response to Original message |
9. My vet loves to see my cat because he says it reminds him |
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Arkansas Granny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 09:28 AM Response to Reply #9 |
27. I feed my dog and my cat dry food almost exclusively. It's a good quality |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 04:33 PM Response to Reply #9 |
55. That's probably why our kitties do so well... |
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Cirque du So-What (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 08:30 AM Response to Original message |
12. I knew an elderly bachelor |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 08:39 AM Response to Original message |
14. My dogs get bits and pieces now and then. |
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pintobean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 08:44 AM Response to Original message |
16. I clicked on this thinking it was about something else. |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 08:51 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. I clicked, looking for a comment such as this. |
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pintobean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 09:01 AM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Actually, so did I. |
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tuvor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 08:57 AM Response to Original message |
18. After feeding our dogs raw for the past several years, I'd never go back. |
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InvisibleTouch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 09:52 AM Response to Reply #18 |
30. Yup, same here. |
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AngryOldDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 09:00 AM Response to Original message |
19. My dog will never get people food/table scraps. |
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Pathwalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 09:11 AM Response to Original message |
23. Who is this we stuff? My cats eat cat food. I have one cat who loves yogurt, |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 09:15 AM Response to Original message |
24. My kitty could gain weight if she wanted to, she is tiny. |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
26. My beautiful Buddha lived over 13 years and a few times a week |
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Lucy Goosey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 09:45 AM Response to Original message |
29. The only human food I give my kitty is plain fish... |
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AnArmyVeteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 01:07 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. Not sure how valid it is, but I heard too much tuna is bad for cats. |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-30-10 11:39 AM Response to Reply #33 |
80. If I recall correctly, canned tuna for humans lacks some nutrients (taurine?) |
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AnArmyVeteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 01:08 PM Response to Reply #29 |
34. Not sure how valid it is, but I heard too much tuna is bad for cats. |
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rae_ann-catlady (12 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 01:50 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. I have 11 cats |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 01:54 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. We MUST have pictures |
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rae_ann-catlady (12 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 03:26 PM Response to Reply #36 |
45. Pictures...... |
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AngryOldDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 02:45 PM Response to Reply #34 |
42. I think it's too rich for them. |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 03:55 PM Response to Reply #29 |
46. Fish is universally inappropriate in cats. They are desert animals, direct |
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Lucy Goosey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 04:09 PM Response to Reply #46 |
49. Thanks for this... |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 04:25 PM Response to Reply #49 |
54. yep; poultry is the best, most biologically appropriate animal protein |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 05:32 PM Response to Reply #46 |
67. Thank you so much for posting that. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
37. Ironically the vet recommended human food |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 04:48 PM Response to Reply #37 |
59. a seed diet is not a natural diet for conures, so your vet is correct |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 04:53 PM Response to Reply #59 |
61. Our cockatiel, who lived to 23 |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
38. not this 'we' |
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TrogL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
40. My cats and dog are perfectly happy and healthy with their kibble |
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laundry_queen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
41. And yet, when I fed my pup the brand recommended by my vet |
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ChiciB1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 04:12 PM Response to Reply #41 |
51. I Think I Agree With You... After Reading The Contents On The Labels I |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
47. My kittehs did get heavy for a while, but on kibble not people noms. We've sorted out their |
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ChiciB1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
48. O Have Two Chocolate Labs & My Vet Told Us It's Fine To Add Human Food |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 04:10 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. Our poodle ate cooked meat and rice |
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ChiciB1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 04:17 PM Response to Reply #50 |
53. Yeah, I'm Not Sure I Can Agree With NOT Feeding My Dogs Table Food. |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 04:14 PM Response to Original message |
52. My dogs get good vegetarian kibble, now and then a carrot to chomp. |
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Lucian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
56. Just like we're doing to ourselves. |
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TicketyBoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-30-10 08:59 AM Response to Reply #56 |
75. Motorized scooters, no… |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
57. really i thought pets were living longer than ever? |
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cbc5g (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 04:48 PM Response to Original message |
58. http://www.rawmeatybones.com/ |
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Dr.Phool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
60. I only feed mine mailmen. |
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KG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
63. as a single guy that doesn't really 'cook', there just aren't any table scraps left for my goggie. |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
64. My cats eat cat food. Dry kibble. If I want to give them a treat, |
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Doremus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
65. Junk food isn't good for pets any more than people, but commercial dog/cat food can be toxic too. |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 05:39 PM Response to Original message |
69. My last dog lived to be 17... my current dog is 15+ |
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Diclotican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
71. n2doc |
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TicketyBoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-30-10 09:06 AM Response to Reply #71 |
76. You evidently didn't read |
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Diclotican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 01:56 AM Response to Reply #76 |
87. TicketyBoo |
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auburngrad82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-30-10 09:37 AM Response to Original message |
78. Our dogs get plenty of treats but they all look great |
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KT2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 02:20 AM Response to Original message |
88. No people food here |
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