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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 05:52 PM Original message |
Record bear killed by hunter had been fed by resort worker/restaurant for 17 years |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
1. Some 'kill'. Nt |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 05:56 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. The bear probably walked up to the killer, like an animal would in a petting zoo,,,nt |
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Kaleva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 07:57 PM Response to Reply #3 |
59. There's a reason they don't have bears at petting zoos |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 10:29 PM Response to Reply #59 |
69. Same Reason They Don't Have People, Huh ??? |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
2. Quick bet: Who was bigger? The bear or the archer? |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 05:57 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. The archer |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 05:57 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Nice. |
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OneTenthofOnePercent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
5. Time for the bear to feed the people, I suppose. |
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maxsolomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 06:50 PM Response to Reply #5 |
37. "The People" generally don't eat Bear |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 08:41 PM Response to Reply #37 |
63. Deleted message |
jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 10:43 PM Response to Reply #37 |
73. Bear sausage is wonderful... |
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Upton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
6. Real tough guy.. |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
8. Congrats to the hunter -- bow-hunting a bear is hard work. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 06:01 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Bow hunting a bear that strolls up looking for a picnic basket |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 06:06 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. From the story, it says it was a clean kill. |
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superduperfarleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 06:20 PM Response to Reply #8 |
25. Bow-hunting your neighbor's cat is probably "hard work," too. |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 06:43 PM Response to Reply #25 |
31. NAZI!! |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 06:53 PM Response to Reply #25 |
41. ROFLMAO. |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
9. I choked up a bit reading this story. |
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Lance_Boyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 06:05 PM Response to Original message |
11. This could have been avoided |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 06:09 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. Absolutely. I love animals too, but other than birds no feeding allowed. No good can come |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 07:04 PM Response to Reply #16 |
44. I had to stop feeding birds in my backyard because the local |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 07:07 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. That's too bad. :^( As far as I know we haven't had that happen with ours. (I hope!) |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 07:14 PM Response to Reply #45 |
49. Our yard was located in a thick forest ten years ago. When all of |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 08:18 PM Response to Reply #49 |
61. Yeah, our property is pretty heavily wooded so for the moment it's a great spot for all the |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 07:31 PM Response to Reply #44 |
54. Once I pulled my car into the back parking lot, in front of the bird feeder, and one of the doves |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 11:42 PM Response to Reply #44 |
74. we have the same issue with Cooper's |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 07:24 PM Response to Reply #16 |
52. My parents used to feed a bunch of wild racoons... |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 08:24 PM Response to Reply #52 |
62. Oh yeah! We had a juvenile raccoon hanging around here this summer. Made me very nervous. |
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frylock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 06:31 PM Response to Reply #11 |
27. yep.. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 06:45 PM Response to Reply #11 |
33. Indeed. DON'T feed wildlife. It won't end happily. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 07:16 PM Response to Reply #11 |
50. Yep..humans do the animals no favor by making them lose their fear of humans |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 08:44 PM Response to Reply #11 |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
13. Could one even eat the meat of a bear that old? |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 06:08 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. I will bet that this 'hunter' knew of this bear, but we may never find out the truth |
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PavePusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-23-10 06:31 PM Response to Reply #13 |
89. Yes you can... |
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Hell Hath No Fury (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 06:09 PM Response to Original message |
15. I. Hate. Hunting. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 06:10 PM Response to Original message |
17. A fed bear is a dead bear. |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 06:12 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. +1 |
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bluedigger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 06:21 PM Response to Reply #17 |
26. +1000 |
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alphafemale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 06:46 PM Response to Reply #17 |
35. And there's no such thing as a tame bear. |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 10:33 PM Response to Reply #17 |
71. Yes |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 10:33 PM Response to Reply #17 |
72. True. |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 06:10 PM Response to Original message |
18. That is one sad story. |
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happi1 (69 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
20. just |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
21. In a related story |
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EternalOptimist01 (32 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 06:38 PM Response to Reply #21 |
28. That's nothing |
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sofa king (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
22. Sad story all around. |
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EternalOptimist01 (32 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 06:18 PM Response to Original message |
23. Grrrr! |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 06:19 PM Response to Original message |
24. Stupid asshole. n/t |
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11 Bravo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 06:46 PM Response to Reply #24 |
34. If you're speaking of the fool who fed a wild animal, thus leading it to lose it's natural fear ... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 06:49 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. Well, I was talking about the shooter, but you're right. n/t |
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blue neen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
29. A friend sent me a picture of the bear on the cell phone. He was enormous. |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
30. Hopefully the groundskeeper and others will no longer feed bears. nt |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 06:43 PM Response to Original message |
32. The person that trained this bear to associate food with humans was an idiot |
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RetroLounge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 06:51 PM Response to Original message |
38. Another douchebag Ted Nugent wannabe... |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 06:52 PM Response to Original message |
39. A lifetime of abuse by humans |
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AmandaMae (330 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 06:52 PM Response to Original message |
40. Hunting makes me sick. What a sad story. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
42. OK - that's it. I'm Anti Hunting. |
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Kaleva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
43. It might have been a good thing that the bear was killed |
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ProudToBeBlueInRhody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-23-10 12:51 AM Response to Reply #43 |
81. There have been dozens of stories of "tame" bears turning on people |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-23-10 12:57 AM Response to Reply #43 |
84. ... |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 07:08 PM Response to Original message |
46. My wild cats have learned to knock. Can't imagine a bear doing it, though. |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 07:11 PM Response to Original message |
47. How long does it take an 879 lb. bear to bleed to death? |
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AlecBGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 07:27 PM Response to Reply #47 |
53. my perspective |
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Coventina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 07:39 PM Response to Reply #53 |
56. None of your points apply to this bear. Unless the bear was hunted for meat? |
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AlecBGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 07:53 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. yeah I didnt want to open it either :( |
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AlecBGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 07:55 PM Response to Reply #56 |
58. p.s. you are absolutely right on this one |
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Coventina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 08:02 PM Response to Reply #58 |
60. So true, my friend! I hope you prosper in your efforts to improve |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 07:13 PM Response to Original message |
48. Oh, great; right up the road from me. |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 07:20 PM Response to Original message |
51. Well it was tame and gentle...so it had to be killed! |
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ProudToBeBlueInRhody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-23-10 12:48 AM Response to Reply #51 |
80. I'm sorry, but there is no wild animal that is truly "tame". |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-23-10 06:13 PM Response to Reply #80 |
88. You are 100% correct. Amazing that no one died in all those years |
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EarthFirster (61 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 07:35 PM Response to Original message |
55. Uhm, Indians hunted all sorts of animals also |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 09:48 PM Response to Original message |
65. DDDDDick Cheney approves. nt |
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Freetradesucks (313 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 09:56 PM Response to Original message |
66. So because somebody let |
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1620rock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 10:27 PM Response to Reply #66 |
67. If these kind of guys didn't hunt... |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-23-10 12:36 AM Response to Reply #67 |
78. My husband hunts with a bow |
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PavePusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-23-10 06:35 PM Response to Reply #67 |
90. Open bigotry... |
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1620rock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 10:27 PM Response to Reply #66 |
68. Dupe |
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KansasVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 10:30 PM Response to Original message |
70. Those hunters are pretty tough guys! |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 11:44 PM Response to Original message |
75. I hope he never plays in the NFL again. |
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tuckessee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 11:51 PM Response to Original message |
76. Another animal serial killer strikes again. n/t |
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PavePusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-23-10 06:36 PM Response to Reply #76 |
91. Are you a vegan, or a snarkist? n/t |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 11:55 PM Response to Original message |
77. The dumbfucks who fed the bear are the problem here. nt |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-23-10 12:45 AM Response to Original message |
79. "sometimes letting people pet him" |
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ProudToBeBlueInRhody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-23-10 12:52 AM Response to Reply #79 |
82. Based on some posts here.... |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-23-10 12:52 AM Response to Original message |
83. Real hunters stalk their game....for bears...they use an 8 inch bowie knife...only.... |
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jancantor (403 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-23-10 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
85. If Sarah Palin is an idiot (and she is) for coming CLOSE to a bear |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-23-10 06:10 PM Response to Original message |
86. This fishing resort I use to go to in Northern Minnesota had a |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-23-10 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
87. This is so sad |
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