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Phenixrising
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Username: Phenixrising

Post Number: 1440
Registered: 9-2004


Posted on Tuesday, February 28, 2006 - 1:17 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

the computer
lasik surgery
make-up
toothpaste
deodorant
any "pain" pill

and MONEY
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Cynicalgirl
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Username: Cynicalgirl

Post Number: 2409
Registered: 9-2003


Posted on Tuesday, February 28, 2006 - 1:18 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Diaper Genie!
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gj1
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Username: Gj1

Post Number: 312
Registered: 11-2003
Posted on Tuesday, February 28, 2006 - 1:21 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Surprised no one has mentioned the vibrator.

It usually comes pretty high on these lists.
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crossroads
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Username: Crossroads

Post Number: 128
Registered: 12-2001


Posted on Tuesday, February 28, 2006 - 2:05 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

The ball peen hammer.
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aquaman
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Username: Aquaman

Post Number: 750
Registered: 8-2001
Posted on Tuesday, February 28, 2006 - 2:09 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

The cell phone camera, so you can easily take and distribute photos like these
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mem
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Username: Mem

Post Number: 5830
Registered: 5-2001


Posted on Tuesday, February 28, 2006 - 2:14 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

The grape.
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Phenixrising
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Username: Phenixrising

Post Number: 1441
Registered: 9-2004


Posted on Tuesday, February 28, 2006 - 2:18 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

aquaman,

Could you at least put a warning in before posting those pics?

I WAS enjoying my lunch, ya know.
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Tom Reingold
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Username: Noglider

Post Number: 12678
Registered: 1-2003


Posted on Tuesday, February 28, 2006 - 2:31 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

My favorite is the bicycle!
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The Libertarian
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Username: Local_1_crew

Post Number: 1615
Registered: 3-2004


Posted on Tuesday, February 28, 2006 - 2:41 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

the goped
the fender stratocaster
the paintball gun
baseball gloves
nose hair trimmer
tivo
sunglasses that make you look like a bad-
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Rastro
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Username: Rastro

Post Number: 2443
Registered: 5-2004


Posted on Tuesday, February 28, 2006 - 2:48 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Democracy
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Proud Daddy
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Username: Proud_daddy

Post Number: 12
Registered: 10-2005


Posted on Tuesday, February 28, 2006 - 3:00 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Bicycle
Football (soccer)
my daughter
Triple - Lindy
That rubbery tube that removes the skin off of garlic
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Guy
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Username: Vandalay

Post Number: 1597
Registered: 8-2004


Posted on Tuesday, February 28, 2006 - 4:05 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Diebold Voting Machines
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MARSHALL
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Username: Smoked_ribs

Post Number: 50
Registered: 7-2003
Posted on Tuesday, February 28, 2006 - 4:11 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

SARAN WRAP it's a vonderful ting
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Rastro
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Username: Rastro

Post Number: 2454
Registered: 5-2004


Posted on Tuesday, February 28, 2006 - 4:12 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Guy... nice.
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sbenois
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Username: Sbenois

Post Number: 14654
Registered: 10-2001


Posted on Tuesday, February 28, 2006 - 6:24 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

The spread sheet
High powered rolling leaf blowers
The Snow Blower
Baseball
Hockey
The Constitution
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ess
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Username: Ess

Post Number: 1231
Registered: 11-2001
Posted on Tuesday, February 28, 2006 - 7:59 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Cupholders in the car.

The Zamboni (as much for its name as for what it does).

Ice cream.
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Jersey Boy
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Username: Jersey_boy

Post Number: 254
Registered: 1-2006


Posted on Tuesday, February 28, 2006 - 8:07 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

The wipe movement:

Armor-all wipes, pledge wipes, clorox wipes, windex wipes...
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Duncan
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Username: Duncanrogers

Post Number: 5808
Registered: 12-2001


Posted on Tuesday, February 28, 2006 - 8:21 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

The fly rod
the six string guitar
the nape of a woman's neck.
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snowmom
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Username: Snowmom

Post Number: 352
Registered: 5-2001
Posted on Tuesday, February 28, 2006 - 10:03 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Vaccinations
Refrigeration
eye glasses/contact lenses
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Jersey Boy
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Username: Jersey_boy

Post Number: 262
Registered: 1-2006


Posted on Tuesday, February 28, 2006 - 10:17 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Peniciilin. Mostly to treat my syphilis, but I've heard it has other applications.
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sbenois
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Username: Sbenois

Post Number: 14655
Registered: 10-2001


Posted on Tuesday, February 28, 2006 - 10:46 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

The Who
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ajc
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Username: Ajc

Post Number: 4806
Registered: 9-2001


Posted on Tuesday, February 28, 2006 - 11:04 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

...pancakes!
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Hank Zona
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Username: Hankzona

Post Number: 5303
Registered: 3-2002
Posted on Tuesday, February 28, 2006 - 11:04 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

the wheel
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sbenois
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Username: Sbenois

Post Number: 14656
Registered: 10-2001


Posted on Tuesday, February 28, 2006 - 11:05 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

The Sbenois Lasso of Omniscience
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Hank Zona
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Username: Hankzona

Post Number: 5304
Registered: 3-2002
Posted on Tuesday, February 28, 2006 - 11:07 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

sounds like the name of some 60s band
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Dave
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Username: Dave

Post Number: 8792
Registered: 4-1997


Posted on Tuesday, February 28, 2006 - 11:12 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

cell division
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ajc
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Username: Ajc

Post Number: 4808
Registered: 9-2001


Posted on Wednesday, March 1, 2006 - 2:01 am:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Chads in 2000, and Ohio in 2004...
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fiche
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Username: Fiche

Post Number: 79
Registered: 3-2002
Posted on Wednesday, March 1, 2006 - 8:25 am:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

The blowdryer
The clothes dryer
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Josh Holtz
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Username: Jholtz

Post Number: 298
Registered: 4-2004
Posted on Wednesday, March 1, 2006 - 11:08 am:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Corn Nuts
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Scrotis Lo Knows
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Username: Scrotisloknows

Post Number: 906
Registered: 10-2005
Posted on Wednesday, March 1, 2006 - 12:26 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

wrinkle free/stain free dress shirts....there is a god.... :-)
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Rastro
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Username: Rastro

Post Number: 2465
Registered: 5-2004


Posted on Wednesday, March 1, 2006 - 12:40 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Mmm.. Corn Nuts. though I might also put them in the "Worst" category - they've resulted in more than one trip to the dentist.

Ob G-I-E: Stereo Headphones
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johnny
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Username: Johnny

Post Number: 1584
Registered: 5-2001
Posted on Wednesday, March 1, 2006 - 1:34 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

compounding interest
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Scrotis Lo Knows
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Username: Scrotisloknows

Post Number: 913
Registered: 10-2005
Posted on Thursday, March 2, 2006 - 8:36 am:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

online banking/bill paying....

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steel
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Username: Steel

Post Number: 977
Registered: 2-2002
Posted on Thursday, March 2, 2006 - 10:04 am:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

language
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wolfy
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Username: Locowolfy

Post Number: 48
Registered: 10-2005
Posted on Thursday, March 2, 2006 - 11:40 am:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

has everyone forgotten the infamous THERMOSBOTTLE??
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wolfy
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Username: Locowolfy

Post Number: 49
Registered: 10-2005
Posted on Thursday, March 2, 2006 - 11:42 am:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

items go in cold, they stay cold,,, items go in hot they stay hot,,, HOW does it know??
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irl
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Username: Irl

Post Number: 209
Registered: 6-2001
Posted on Thursday, March 2, 2006 - 2:08 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I didn't see disposable diapers
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Gatica™
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Username: Katracho

Post Number: 286
Registered: 11-2002


Posted on Thursday, March 2, 2006 - 2:19 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

The almighty paperclip!



A million and one uses... and counting...
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Scrotis Lo Knows
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Username: Scrotisloknows

Post Number: 934
Registered: 10-2005
Posted on Thursday, March 2, 2006 - 2:40 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

duct tape-

2 million uses and counting....
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argon_smythe
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Username: Argon_smythe

Post Number: 775
Registered: 5-2001
Posted on Thursday, March 2, 2006 - 2:57 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)


The wedge.
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Slim Jim
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Username: Arrakis

Post Number: 14
Registered: 6-2005
Posted on Thursday, March 2, 2006 - 3:37 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Water
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yabbadabbadoo
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Username: Yabbadabbadoo

Post Number: 327
Registered: 11-2003


Posted on Thursday, March 2, 2006 - 9:24 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

velcro

FF
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The Oracle of MOL
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Username: Oracle_of_mol

Post Number: 220
Registered: 2-2005


Posted on Friday, March 3, 2006 - 10:11 am:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

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Kiba
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Username: Radical_kiba

Post Number: 50
Registered: 12-2005


Posted on Friday, March 3, 2006 - 12:03 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

SAFTEY PINS!

Then fishnets and caution tape.:D
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MHD
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Username: Mayhewdrive

Post Number: 3453
Registered: 5-2001


Posted on Saturday, March 4, 2006 - 12:13 am:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

www.wikipedia.org (it knows EVERYTHING!)
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Scully
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Username: Scully

Post Number: 188
Registered: 8-2005
Posted on Saturday, March 4, 2006 - 12:23 am:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

indoor plumbing
antibiotics
The computer
chocolate
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monster
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Username: Monster

Post Number: 2334
Registered: 7-2002


Posted on Saturday, March 4, 2006 - 1:22 am:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

me
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Newsteadmom
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Username: Newsteadmom

Post Number: 13
Registered: 8-2005
Posted on Saturday, March 4, 2006 - 7:47 am:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Air conditioning - in homes and cars

Especially appreciated in August stuck in bumper-to-bumper on the GS Parkway!
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Jhcmom
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Username: Jhcmom

Post Number: 46
Registered: 1-2004
Posted on Saturday, March 4, 2006 - 7:49 am:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

mattresses
hot water heaters
color tv
the tv clicker
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The SLK Effect
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Username: Scrotisloknows

Post Number: 973
Registered: 10-2005
Posted on Sunday, March 5, 2006 - 5:37 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

debit cards....
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ML
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Username: Ml1

Post Number: 2948
Registered: 5-2002


Posted on Sunday, March 5, 2006 - 6:00 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

those things -- you know the ones I'm talking about. kind of like those other ones, but a little smaller and easier to carry. I can't live without them.
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Morrisa da Silva
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Username: Mod

Post Number: 381
Registered: 12-2003
Posted on Sunday, March 5, 2006 - 6:22 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

flushable wipes.
lettuce spinner


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Strings
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Username: Blue_eyes

Post Number: 824
Registered: 4-2004


Posted on Sunday, March 5, 2006 - 8:20 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

splenda
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Purplebug
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Username: Purplebug

Post Number: 90
Registered: 10-2005
Posted on Wednesday, March 8, 2006 - 11:10 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

bobby pins
safety pins
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Lou
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Username: Flf

Post Number: 84
Registered: 8-2005
Posted on Thursday, March 9, 2006 - 6:42 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

i never understood the point of lettuce spinners!

greatest invention: recycling. and even better, recycling that you don't need to sort.

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