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  • MarkintheDark
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    Hahahahahahaha!
    "When did people start eating postage stamps?" Hahahahahahaha! ********************************************* I have a sigfile! --> www.kindveggieburritos.com *********************************************
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    good read
    http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/dc9/2008/12/echoes_and_reverberations_t…
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    Thanks Mr. Pid
    Ah, so that's it. And you're right, that is kinda dumb, the content management system not recognizing links entered into that particular field as external links. I mean, why would somebody link to a point within the site? Seems like an easy fix, too, just add the statement "Be sure to put http:// in front of your link or our mindless website will screw it up" (OK, maybe not those exact words, but you see what I mean) where it says "Your personal website, blog, etc." on the account Edit page...or just change the way that field is interpreted and add the http part automagically (maybe that's too challenging, who knows. I could do fix #1, though, and I'm a moron). I wonder why more users haven't noticed the issue, there's a bunch of instances like that. As for Kovu, everything came out fine :^D Note that the spell check system (which doesn't like "spellcheck", it's "spell check") gives the choices "Koufax", "Ovum", "Kory" and "Kort" to correct my dog's name. Wonder what I'd have to name a cat for the system to want to name it "Sperm"? Hold on, lemme check...nah, there's no easy ones... One of those Boys from Brazil is an honest to god real life billionaire, so he's Mr. Boy. "Yes sir, Mr. Boy, and exactly how would you like your ass kissed, sir? Please allow me to apply some chap-stick first, sir, so I won't chafe your incredibly rich ass" And the girl (there were two, but the other was cute but a little bitty thing) was all Woman. Truly a goddess, and I have a pretty high standard there. I never achieve it, but I have it. (hope they don't do that internet searching like some companies do now, google searching on my name to pry into my private life - at least I don't have any naked party photos on Myspace or whatever) ((but if they do bust me on a name search, firing me is OK as long as they let Her know that if Her ass needs kissing, I'm all over it. I'll pay good money for the privilege too, while I have any left.)) Cheers, and thanks again, MarkintheDark (buy the cookbook, the money goes to Rex and SEVA) ********************************************* I have a sigfile! --> www.kindveggieburritos.com *********************************************
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    To make a valid link to an external website on your Account page, remember to include the protocol string (http://) at the beginning. Otherwise the site's content management system assumes you mean some other portion of this site. Yes, I know it's stupid, but that's the way it is. As for the Boys (and apparently Girl) From Brazil, 'fraid I can't help you with that. Or the store either. Hope Kovu's feeling better! Conversation is always more interesting than recitation, so speak your mind and not someone else's.
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    Howdy folks, pop some popcorn and pull up a chair, here we go: First item of bitching: The store. Shipping rates are ridiculous. I ordered the new Road Trips release. One package, three CDs, and it's five bucks by the USPS. I've shipped a big package (like 20 cds) all the way across the country for five bucks, including buying the bubble mailer. So when I see that 25% of my expense will be shipping, and an order of $50 gets free USPS shipping I decide "hmm, there are several things I've been wanting, maybe now's a good time". Well, there I go thinking again: first item I'm wanting was the dancing skeletons fleece cap ("currently out of inventory") uh huh...OK, how about "Grateful Dead 365" (heaven knows if I bought that big ol' heavy book on it's own the shipping would be upwards of a million dollars!) oops, wrong again "currently out of inventory"...at that point I gave up. FWIW, the book through the dead store (when they had it) is $22 plus whatever the ungodly S/H charges would be; Amazon is $17.50 + 3.99 S/H and they are filthy with copies now. Free shipping on orders over $25. Second item of bitching: More at the store. How hard could it possibly be to show an item is out of inventory on the thumbnail page instead of going all the way to the item's page only to be disappointed (aside from the whole "it's the holidays, make sure things are well stocked" thing). Get those lazy html coders to work! Third item of bitching: this website. On the "My accounts" pages there is a spot where people can put a link to external, personal websites. How is that really supposed to work? Most of the time when I click on a member's link I get this error message "Page not found" and "The page you requested does not exist. For your convenience, a search was performed using the query member" etc, because the link isn't coded correctly. Instead of just the link as the member has entered it, the website adds "www.dead.net/member/" to the front of the link as entered by the member, resulting in a bad link. Now, it's not on *all* pages, because I see that marye's appears correct, but PAPPYPGH's gets the addition that makes the link bad (Pappy's was just the first example I checked, there are a bunch more). Fourth item of bitching: this website again. That heirarchical menu for navigating the forums kinda sucks. This particular forum, for instance. Where the heck is it in the heirarchy? I noodled around through the menu trying to find it for awhile without success (I could find the old, closed free-form forums), finally went through "All Recent Posts" to get here. OK, I'm tired of bitching. Well, tired of typing actually, plus my dog has just informed me he needs to go out, ("goddammit Kovu get that nasty rawhide off my foot, I'm trying to bitch here"), otherwise I could bitch all night long. Been that kind of week - don't even get me started on the Brazilians. Although they did terminate one of my bosses (aka "Idiot") Good job with that, Brazilians. Plus their head of marketing is smokin' hot. Very smart no doubt, and obviously very good at what she does, but really really attractive. I couldn't help but notice what with my having eyes and all. (actually, the Brazilians were all very nice, it's just nerve-wracking having a big-ass real company buy out this little pissant horribly managed company I only hired onto a few months back. I kept wondering what all the conversations in Portuguese were about, and if I was getting any of the blame for "Idiot"s bad decisions from before I started, that I've gotten dumped into the middle of) ((and they still haven't told us if they're going to change the company's name, so I don't know what to put in when I update my resume)) OK, I'm done. Thanks for stopping by! ("alright Kovu I'm coming!"). Now you guys go to Beth's website below and buy her cookbook for Xmas gifts, it's pretty cool. I would've put the site on my personal page as my website link, but well...;^D Cheers! PS The integrated spellchecking here is nice. See, I'm not totally negative! (damn that woman was fine) ********************************************* I have a sigfile! --> www.kindveggieburritos.com *********************************************
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    Odetta passed away on Dec. 3, 2008. She was 77. May the 4 winds blow you safely home. RIP peace.
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    HEY NOW,
    THE SITE OF OUR FAVOURITE BAND HAS A NEW TOPIC.IT IS CALLED "LITTLE LIGHT-DEAD HEADS BEHIND BARS"YOU WILL FIND ALL OTHER INFORMATION ON THE "FAMILIES" SITE.IF YOU CAN SPARE SOME TIME TO HAVE A LOOK IT MIGHT MAKE THE DIFFERENCE FOR A BROTHER OR SISTER OF OUR BIIIIIIIG DEADHEAD FAMILY.THINK ABOUT HOW MANY OF YOUNG,PEACEFUL PEOPLE SPEND THEIR TIME IN A PRISON CELL........EVERYONE OF US CAN DO SOMETHING TO MAKE THEIR DAYS IN HELL A LITTLE BRIGHTER!!!!!!!P.S.IF YOU KNOW ANYBODY WHO IS CLOSE TO YOU AND SERVING TIME IN A CORRECTIONAL FACILITY,THAN THAT TOPIC MIGHT BE OF INTEREST TO YOU.........
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    in peewee herman voice...
    thats nice, i love that story! :} quack
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    QUACK!
    Saw DSO again last night in Wilington DE. What a sweet venue the Grand Opera House is!! A dancin show if I say so myself....Promised Land>Might as Well>MaMa tried>Suaree> us blues> the music never stopped etc.... not in that order either my mind is still a little fuzzy HeeHee! Quacking up here in NJ Peace,Gigi
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continuing the free-form from where we left it...
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Does anybody besides me find that fricking bizarre? In relation to what the news article is about, does it really matter whether Popper is chubby or thin or peg-legged or an albino or anything else like that? Just struck me weird, but perhaps is me. ********************************** Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone, you will still exist, but you have ceased to live. Samuel Clemens
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I dated a woman in Spokane whose father is a retired police officer. It's a stat passed on by word of mouth. No scientific study here. Hey did you see my post that I saw Mickey Hart on television, yesterday. He said the band may get together for a tour next year.
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the band is adding wood to the fire, so to speak......still bet they don't hit washington state!!
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believe ya think i'd drop a cookie..........damn!
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That Phooey porn is some hot stuff. Wicked hot. I've dropped a cookie myself, but the dog got to it before I could pick it up and dust it off. Pretty fast for a fat old yellow dog. Cheers, dude! MarkintheDark ********************************************* I have a sigfile! --> www.kindveggieburritos.com *********************************************
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i LOVE that story. me want more. MORE. will give cookies for more.Peace, The Kid
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...and finally got around to typing it up. This seemed like an appropriate place, it seems to bring out the (barely repressed) weirdness in me. Words of wisdom, no doubt. Glad you enjoyed it, kid! MitD ********************************************* I have a sigfile! --> www.kindveggieburritos.com *********************************************
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Pirate walks into a bar, with a large oddly shaped bulge in his pantaloons. Bartender says "excuse me sir, I couldn't help but notice - is that a ship's wheel in your pants?" and the pirate says "Yarr, it's drivin' me nuts" Chinese guy walks into a bar with a large brightly colored parrot on his shoulder. Bartender says "well, there's something you don't see every day. Where did you get that, then?" and the parrot says "China, there's like a billion of them over there" A priest, a rabbi, an elephant and an S&M fetishist walk into a bar and the bartender says "What is this, some kinda joke?" A dog walks into a bar, strolls up to the bartender, rears up on his hind legs and says "Hey, looky here, I'm a talking dog. That's pretty impressive isn't it, don't you think I deserve a free drink?" and the bartender says "Sure, the toilet's down the hall and to your left" Now to separate the philosophy majors from the boys: Rene Descartes walks into a bar, and the bartender asks "So Rene, would you like a drink?" Descartes replies "I think not"...and disappears. Je pense donc je suis, dudes! ********************************************* I have a sigfile! --> www.kindveggieburritos.com *********************************************
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It involves a blue whale and a sound effect. Doesn't translate to print. ********************************************* I have a sigfile! --> www.kindveggieburritos.com *********************************************
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A Deadhead and his dog walked into a bar. The Deadhead said to the bartender, "Can I have a beer? I don’t have any money, but I have this talking dog." The bartender said, "If your dog can really talk, I’ll give you a beer on the house." The Deadhead said to the dog, "Hey, what’s your favorite Dead song?" The dog barked, "Wharf, Wharf, Wharf." The bartender, furious, threw the Deadhead and the dog out of the bar. Once outside, the dog turned to the Deadhead and said, "Maybe I should have said Dark Star." HeeHee! QUACK! Peace,Gigi
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So good to start it off with that Gigi!
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Glad you liked it!!TGIF!!!!!!!!!!!!! Have a grateful day!! Peace,Gigi
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you people are just plain wrong............i've tried 3 times to get past "wharf, wharf" without chokin'....and i just can't do it!!................how many hippies does it take to screw in a light bulb?.............don't be ridiculous,everyone knows they screw in vw buses!!..........thanx mark and gigi for shining a little light on my otherwise shitty life....i can start this day with a smile and a little hope!!!!
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walk into a bar. You'd think at least one of them would have seen it... Conversation is always more interesting than recitation, so speak your mind and not someone else's.
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Always a blonde joke in there right?Ha!
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Grate way to start off a Friday :) I'd like to tell a joke too, but I always F up the punchline.. PEACE
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Haven't even had my coffee yet, it was all I could come up with! Conversation is always more interesting than recitation, so speak your mind and not someone else's.
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Like we never heard or read the F word!!
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nice thought, mom!grate jokes.... screw in a light bulb. HA hippie friday all peace nice mouth ride!
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Yeah iknowyourider, we've been around you long enough to know your vocabulary is more colorful than a double rainbow!....and we all know magic happens around double rainbows.;)) I LOVE FRIDAYS!!!!!!!!!
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...I should start another thread by showing my boobs. Do you know what's brown and sticky? A stick (my daughter thought that was a scream when she was five. My ex-wife didn't get it) ********************************************* I have a sigfile! --> www.kindveggieburritos.com *********************************************
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Like when " the compass always points to Terrapin?"Have a good weekend, peace-out!
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Yes, but many times it points to Winterland! ;))
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And the angel on the left says "tell jokes, be positive, enjoy life!" while the devil on the right says "well, that's all fine but don't forget the DEADNETSTORE SUCKS!" Sometimes, the devil is right. Hypothetical situation: say you have a friend who has just had a baby, and you thought it would be cool to send the new baby a gift, and say you thought it would be cool if that gift was, oh, I don't know, maybe a Grateful Dead themed onesie. Let's also say you would like to buy this through the deadnetstore because maybe some tiny percentage of the profits supports this fine website. I am here to tell you the odds are four out of five you will be disappointed. Five onesies shown on the Babies and Kids apparel page, and four of them are of course "currently out of inventory" (and, of course, you have to open each individual page to find this out). Both the youth tees shown are also out of inventory. The one allegedly available Moon Jerry onesie is cute enough; I refuse to buy it just because its the only one there; it's my least favorite of the choices they used to have so I will look elsewhere. I don't know the deal is with the store, if operation of the store is something that is contracted out or not. If so, the contractor is costing Dead, Inc. business and should be replaced. I'm all about not tying up cash in a lot of inventory, but if you're going to show it on the webpage you need to have it in stock, wouldn't be that hard to hide those webpages and take down the thumbnails. Yeah, it would be painfully obvious that the shelves are empty but c'mon, the shelves ARE empty. If on the other hand, it is a Dead, Inc operated business, maybe they should consider contracting it out. That thing ain't right. Sure, the people in customer service are all nice and friendly but all the customer service in the world doesn't do any good if you don't have jack shit to sell! Sorry about the negativity, but, you know, SUCKS. Ok, shoo devil. I'd rather tell jokes. (after I get back from any one of those dozens of hippie shops that always seem to have stuff in stock, usually cheaper) ********************************************* I have a sigfile! --> www.kindveggieburritos.com *********************************************
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First off, note the time of the posts, I'm back in like two minutes - well, plus typing time, and deleting foul language. Googled "Grateful Dead Onesie" and the first stinkin' hit is SunshineJoy, and they have *lots* of onesies. They have all five that the deadnetstore have, err had, plus six others. No irritating "out of inventory" signs, and fifty cents cheaper each (that's just 3% cheaper, but still...). Doggonit. That's the only drawback, they have so many it's going to take me forever to decide which I like best. So many choices! doggonit. I feel like I'm cheating on a girlfriend. But it's cheating on a girlfriend that won't put out ;^D ********************************************* I have a sigfile! --> www.kindveggieburritos.com *********************************************
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Ok, now I see what the uproar is about! The store ran out of the Egypt Blanket! The blanket! You can't run out of the blanket!!! It's winter!! Linus would not be happy with this. I will chalk it up to overwhelming demand for products representing the Gratest Band in the Land! Still think Linus is not happy. ;((
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heres a joke for ya to calm down with.so a man and a woman statue are in this park for about 50 years, modeled as a pair of young lovers. and so one day, and angel comes down and brings them to life. He says to em "since you have been such good statues, i have decided to grant you an hour of life. The statues approach each other slowly, smile, and make a mad dash for the bushes. After half an hour of much shaking and giggling coming form the bushes, they both emerge, looking rather dissheveled, but all smiles. The angel gives them a kind look and says, you know, you still have half and hour left. They turn to each other, and the female statue says, "alright, now you hold down the pigeon and ill shit on its head." Peace, The Kid
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Kid your Quacking me up :)
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Good job, kid. So this woman took her toddler son to the zoo for the first time. They walk by the elephant pen, and there's a big bull elephant there munching away on some hay. "Mama, what kind of critter is that?" the boy asks. "That's a big boy elephant" replies the mother. The boy points at the elephant's trunk and asks "Mama, what's that thing the elephant is picking up the hay with?" and Mama says "why, that's the elephant's trunk. It's his big long nose that he picks up things with, and sometimes he uses it to give himself a shower." "Wow", says the boy, "and what are those big flappy things on the side of it's head?". "Why, those are his ears that he hears with, and sometimes he flaps them around to cool off." "Wow" says the boy again. The boy then points down between the bull elephant's legs at the large, you know, bull elephant thing hanging down there. "Mama, what's that thing hanging down there?" "Oh, son" replies Mama, "that's not anything. Now lets go get some ice cream." A few weeks later the boy's father takes him to the zoo, and like children do the boy asked his father the same questions (to see if they can't get different answers, sneaky little imps). They walk by the elephant pen and the bull elephant is there, munching away on hay. The boy begins with the questions. He asks his father about the elephant's trunk, and his father give the same answer as the mother had. The boy asks his father about the elephant's ears, and again the father gives the same answer as the mother had. The boy then points down between the elephant's legs and asks "Papa, what's that thing hanging down there?" and the father answers "Why son, that's the elephant's penis, which he uses to pee pee with, and to help the girl elephants make baby elephants". "But Papa, Mama said that's not anything." The father chuckles and says "Well, son, I kinda spoil your mother." ********************************************* I have a sigfile! --> www.kindveggieburritos.com *********************************************
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is the funniest joke i have heard (heard?) in quite sometime. thank you, i really needed that
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TigerLily has moved back to Germany i wish her the best of luck, and hope everything goes well. I am now alone in South of spain Bob - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Spanish Jam
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Sending you moving vibes, I hope all goes GRATE for you!!QUACK QUACK!! and all good things in all good time!
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best of luck and good vibes rene.mark, thats a great joke Peace, The Kid
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In spite of what you may have read, I try to maintain a positive attitude. Here are three reasons why today didn't suck so much. In no particular order: 1. I discovered that the Indian-operated Chevron gas station a few blocks from my apartment has an interesting selection of incense, quite of few of which appear to be authentically Indian and including nag champa - now I don't have to drive all the way to Electric Ladyland (a local headshop) to score smells. (this does have a big drawback, in that the employees at the headshop tend to be cute li'l alt.coeds; Raji at the gas station, although friendly, I do not find attractive) 2. I don't particularly care for either team playing Monday Night Football, so I won't be disappointed by whoever wins/loses (unlike most of Sunday's games) 3. My copy of Road Trips Vol. 2, No. 1 arrived today! Cheers! MarkintheDark ********************************************* I have a sigfile! --> www.kindveggieburritos.com *********************************************
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the availability of cake and/or cookies. sorry...but..............ah, well
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daddy is going to go drink some scotch and have a cigar. cookies are on top of the fridge. if you can reach em, you can have em.Oh, and dont come crying to me when you get a bellyache form eating too many of em. Peace, The Kid
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where is the cake?
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watch out for phooey bird, don't wanna have to run from it!
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It's the Phoo Bird, capital P, capital B and its named should only be uttered with a hushed tone of fearful respect. You think not sending on a chain letter will jinx ya, you don't want to phuck with the Phoo Bird. Hey johnman, cookies and cake are basic food groups to me, so they didn't factor into the "why things didn't suck so much" equation - they're *always* available. When the Little Debbie stash gets down to half a cabinet it's time to go shopping. ********************************************* I have a sigfile! --> www.kindveggieburritos.com *********************************************
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Sounds like Mark is not so in the dark bout cookies, and just may be a man after your own heart. Just know he's slaying me in this thread.********************************** Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone, you will still exist, but you have ceased to live. Samuel Clemens
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can't figure out what "not sending on a chain letter means" I was just trying to be nice but from your tone I'll say phuck you and phooey.
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quick pop in from the road... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wenonah,_New_Jersey#External_links please scroll down to the bottom of the page. gee whiz??!! I wonder how that got in there. good luck wiht the new place, Mom!! love and peace. yuk yuk yuk. love and peace.
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i don't see anything of interest at the bottom of the page.....'course, i trip over my doorstep every mornin', too!
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...because I am having a frozen pot pie, and the thought of a brand new Grateful Mom-run Italian market/deli/restaurant (note correct spelling) just made me focus on how pathetic a frozen pot pie for dinner really is. I will have to have many cookies for dessert. Good job CC. The Wiki-wonks will take it out though, they tend to be humorless that way. ********************************************* I have a sigfile! --> www.kindveggieburritos.com *********************************************
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but i'd swear it wasn't there when i looked earlier, then again, i'd swear that a turkey pot pie ain't that bad with tobasco, shredded cheese, garlic salt, and 7 beers
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I can't see it and thats not fair...what does it say!!!! OMG we were soo freaking busy these past daze!! We are so unprepared for the crowd!! But people were so nice and we are so grateful!! Im drinking some vino now trying to chill...we need help , send some helping vibes! Peace, Gigi