From: the guppy<BR>
Date: 30 October 2000<P>

b.k.---ya know, orchids were considered aphrodesiacs by the ancient greeks...ha...(i can almost hear the blender folk flipping through the yellow pages looking up florists..hehe..)...i'm kinda new to orchids myself, but i do recommend them for anyone who likes plants...<BR>
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and speaking of plants...dee and terry, the bromeliad you sent me is awesome...it has a nice view out a west window overlooking the river outside of my house...seems to be pretty happy so far<BR>
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gup
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From: deevaa<BR>
Date: 30 October 2000<P>

guppy if you chained me to your window-sill over looking the river to the west of your house I am damn sure I'd be happy too, pleased you liked it.<BR>
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(wink)<BR>
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dee
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From: john<BR>
Date: 30 October 2000<P>

I watched them chop the tree, piece by piece, till it was incomplete and though life goes on, that horizon will never be the same.<BR>
I kissed my lover beneath that tree and sat below its branches on warm summer days looking out over the whole of Auckland.<BR>
Strangely, I miss it, after all, it was just another Pine Tree.<BR>
  
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From: [email-masked]<BR>
Date: 30 October 2000<P>

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To:sarah iristakeroot<BR>
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Darling Sarah,<BR>
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I read "She who walks" with shallow breaths.  I was dumbfounded  (If you can believe such a thing of me!)<BR>
<BR>
So, recovering with sweat and chill and dampened eyes<BR>
I have to ask..<BR>
It seems you met the Princess?<BR>
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Just kidding..but god that did describe her.<BR>
<BR>
Stan
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From: B.K.<BR>
Date: 30 October 2000<P>

gup: I had no idea, I only know they excite me to no end..lol lol and it's worth waiting just to see them bloom. I have pink, white, lavender and the red (which is a rare one) I also have a jade tree thats about three feet tall. I used to think you had to be a saint to even keep one alive but have now decided that you can be somewhere in between. Have you ever seen a pencil cactus. Love them as well and my little english aunt took a stag horn fern to the state fair and won first prize.. Take a look at one, they are awesome. Succulents are fun plants.<BR>
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bk 
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From: Galadrial<BR>
Date: 30 October 2000<P>

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To BK and Gup----<BR>
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           The orchid mystique is simple----more than anything else on the planet, an orchid looks like a woman's anatomy...a fact that the ancients noted. To give a woman an orchid was an unmistakeable message---carnal love---ant the fact that my dear Gup raises them...well, there's a message there too!<BR>
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           And on the morrow, we "celebrate" Halloween. It was a Druid high feast---a time of year they gave nod to the souls who came before. The fact that it has lived 2000 years after the culture that conceived it died out, a culture I might add, that had no written tradition, is an intriguing testament to humankind.<BR>
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          What little is known of them was recorded by the romans---great little record keepers---the romans. But for our purposes, it is neat to note that the "high order" of druidry included the priests, the warriors...and the poets.<BR>
To be gifted in verse was a mark of special favor---and no poet needed to ever fear hunger. They were honored, and valued and treasured.<BR>
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          Neat, huh?  So I honor the people who gave us the bardic tradition---and the day they gave spirits their do. It was forbidden for men and women to lie together during Samhain---the fear being that the fruit of such a union might be a trapped soul...while I suppose some might have ignored that rule, the druids also did not take kindly to oath or law breaking. Their penalties were severe. Not sure many considered the thrill of getting laid worth being burned alive in a wicker work during the next harvest...<BR>
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          Unpleasent dreams all....<BR>
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                                      Gala<BR>
                                      (evil cackle)<BR>
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Oh---and for anyone interested, some of the better scholarly work on druidry can be found in Frazer's The Golden Bough.
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From: Riggs<BR>
Date: 30 October 2000<P>

Gala.....<BR>
 <BR>
my god that was absolutely surreal. My lungs are empty.<BR>

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From: Galadrial<BR>
Date: 30 October 2000<P>

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Riggs Dear...<BR>
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      Why thank you luv...there's more to the old elf than gossamer from time to time...(very evil grin)<BR>
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      And Kev and Sara---wow...<BR>
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      I think Sara is right on the mark---but my sweet apprentice---I fear you have surpassed the teacher on this one. Feral. Hungry. Dangerous!<BR>
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      And Kev dear...just yowza.<BR>
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      Terry---you beast...your latest was so tender...my thanks for all the blender wenches...<BR>
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                                       Love,<BR>
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                                       Gala<BR>
 
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From: Gala----again!<BR>
Date: 30 October 2000<P>

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Heading for the stacks....just a word---Stands---you have them going, dear heart. We are but bobbing corks in a raging sea of hormones!<BR>
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I like your work. Nicely done.<BR>
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                                     Gala
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From: stands with a smile<BR>
Date: 30 October 2000<P>

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To: Gala<BR>
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LOL..thank you for that, it brought quite a grin.  Now were I just so lucky as to be the ship that sails one of those seething seas!<BR>
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Ah, to drown, go down (wicked grin) expire in such a flood..<BR>
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Now that, my gasping goddess..would be bliss!<BR>
<BR>
It's hell to be single and southern.
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From: Stands with a smile<BR>
Date: 30 October 2000<P>

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Just as a bit of humor..I incorrectly posted <BR>
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"Diagnosis-lonely"<BR>
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Every thing except the last line was posted.<BR>
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it read...<BR>
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No! Duh!  You think?<BR>
<BR>

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From: B.K.<BR>
Date: 30 October 2000<P>

Gala: Dad always sent Mom orchids floating on water and clear glass. They facinated me as a kid and still do now growing them and watching them come to bloom. My sister, the lucky devil, just moved to Hawaii where orchids surround everything. <BR>
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Kevin: Wow, that one was free falling all the way down the page.<BR>
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bk 
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From: Gala<BR>
Date: 30 October 2000<P>

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<BR>
(gasping) with laughter...and not the least divine, sir---I assure you....<BR>
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But thank you for flattering this elder flower...even the perfume of memory is sweet.....
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From: Galadrial<BR>
Date: 30 October 2000<P>

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And Stands? I am known in Charlotte and Rock Hill---admired for my cooking...and single and southern usually means you just have not chosen which blossom to favor....<BR>
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                                      Gala (smiling fondly)
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From: slug<BR>
Date: 30 October 2000<P>

Tom Robbins - I read passions (after a string of...happy poems) and suddenly am inspired again. it's perfect. good job.<BR>
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and the rest of you bumping to the succubuses - my my my...wonder what's going to appear around valentine's day!
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From: kevin urenda<BR>
Date: 30 October 2000<P>

oh Gala?<BR>
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last time I checked the Queen of the Sylvan lands was QUITE the goddess...  <BR>
and what man would want a life preserver on those raging seas you and Monsieur Stands speak of?  Oh yes, blissful to drown upon such waters...
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From: kevin (forgot one thing...)<BR>
Date: 30 October 2000<P>

oh, and slug?  Methinks Valentine's will present us with *much* more of this wonderful fare...  <BR>
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k
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From: sarah [email-masked]<BR>
Date: 30 October 2000<P>

i wrote that in the middle of the night, when i woke up and couldn't sleep.  So i thought, hey, me and gala were talking about the succubus and incubus, and then she wrote her poem of it, i thought i would give it a go, and my mind was open, and being visited by dreams that i didn't really want to imagine.....<BR>
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so thank you all :)<BR>
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and gala, stop making me blush!!! i might wet my pants one of these times....and then whose gonna clean up the mess!<BR>
<BR>
sarah
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From: Stands with a smile..<BR>
Date: 30 October 2000<P>

  <BR>
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LOL..My dear Gala..<BR>
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DO point out the Blossom.  I've seen little more than thistles, thorns, and brambles.<BR>

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From: Gala<BR>
Date: 30 October 2000<P>

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<BR>
Ahem.<BR>
      Sir, an elder bloom such as myself has beheld many fair things south of the Mason-Dixon...lovelies that put to shame even my charms when they were new. And don't listen to Kev...write a few front pages picks and right away, you're a goddess...sheesh.<BR>
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                                         Gala
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From: the guppy<BR>
Date: 30 October 2000<P>

ok...i'm just picturing some guy in a toga wandering through the olympian forest, seeing an orchid, and thinking "hmmmmmmm...where have i seen that before?...hmmmmm...let me think...oh yeah, that really looks like betty's vagina!...wow!...think i'll pick it and give it to her...tell her it reminded me of her"...ha...too funny...i suppose if you're going to chop off the sex organs of one species and give it to another in the hope of becoming further aquainted with the latter, you might as well pick a species that resembles your target...<BR>
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you'd think that women would have been giving men bouquets of mushrooms a long time ago...ha...hey girls, now there's a valentines day gift idea...<BR>
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gup<BR>
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p.s.---none of my orchids resemble vaginas...one looks like a spider, though...do i need therapy?...am i a closet arachnophile?...any insight would be appreciated...i'm a bit worried
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From: slug<BR>
Date: 30 October 2000<P>

ok...gup, you have a point. being that orchids look like vagina's (i get it, but...)what would star lilies be motivation for (although they were a nice surprising change from the daisies that all the other boys(that sounds bad) have given me- and oddly i feel like a woman...) just curious what your input on that would be. and i'm at a TOTAL loss for words as to how they made me feel. still do, retrospectively.<BR>
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as for your orchid looking like a spider - maybe you're just remembering charlotte's web, and how wonderful she was...arachnophile is a little extreme - maybe just looking for some comfort? that's my (really unfounded)view. make what you will of it.<BR>
and in the meantime - write more!
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From: [email-masked]<BR>
Date: 30 October 2000<P>

gup -<BR>
<BR>
i wanted to suggest that you get a Miltonia (pansy orchid)if ever you see one. it's actually a small orchid with a big bloom that looks like the flower of a pansy. i'm sure now though, someone will take this and run with it :-) 
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From: B.K.<BR>
Date: 30 October 2000<P>

Terry: You got me holding my breath again. Good practice for underwater exploration I guess..lol Night Walker was wonderful<BR>
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Gup: The spider is the beautiful seductress to her web. lol<BR>
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bk
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From: bk again with red face<BR>
Date: 30 October 2000<P>

Gup: I can't believe I am gonna say this. Must be the way the blender is running hot lately. Mushrooms only if they are the magic kind, otherwise zucchini lol lol<BR>
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bk
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From: terry<BR>
Date: 30 October 2000<P>

BK~ LOL...You have obviously never seen zuchhini grow in the south. Persish the thought! Magic mushrooms though...hmmmm. Very Interesting...<BR>
t.
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From: Eric, [email-masked]<BR>
Date: 30 October 2000<P>

Hey everyone, if you have a minute could you do me a HUGE favor?  I am doing a research paper for..my research class, obviously enough...and I have to conduct a study and i know you all have hated to hear this before, but could you seriously go to www.thenuttman.com and take my questionnaire?  it literally takes 1 minute, it's so easy...i would appreciate it hugely and i know this isn't about love, i'm sorry...so i'll say ...I love you all for doing this, I need to get a good grade on this paper.  Thank you so very very much.<BR>
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From: bk again with red face <BR>
Date: 30 October 2000<P>

Terry: Well Darlin, I usually pick them before they become rocket size...lol lol<BR>
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bk
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From: terry<BR>
Date: 30 October 2000<P>

Sarah~ 'night of houris'...WoW. Perhaps you should consider writing Gothic for it sure does suit your words and style.<BR>
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Everyone else, I'm way behind in reading and going backwards. The quality is amazing...more later, I wanna read now...<BR>
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terry 
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From: terry<BR>
Date: 30 October 2000<P>

BK~ Oh  you do? Well what if....uh  oh better not go there.  Nope, mama warned me about these kind of situations. Shut up and smile real nice....rotflmao<BR>
t.
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From: terry<BR>
Date: 30 October 2000<P>

slug~ Thanks mucho. You were right Dreamcatcher is hauntingly beautiful. And the Secret Garden version is on naptster...<BR>
t.
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From: Lisa Gunther<BR>
Date: 30 October 2000<P>

i think that you should include more soppy poems of people who are in love not just friends but in love
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From: Galadrial<BR>
Date: 30 October 2000<P>

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Oh you people---the moon isn't even full, for pity's sake!<BR>
And Stands--- we must have posted within the same thirty seconds! Again....nicely done...<BR>
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I never guessed how much the blenderites were into the dark and dangerous---wow...<BR>
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Terry---Night Walker...on behalf of myself and the young nubile quivering Blender type ladies...WHOA! Hold the garlic! I might not mind some company tonight!<BR>
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                                  Gala<BR>
<BR>
                                 (yes, a cold shower...coming right up!)<BR>

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From: Stands with a smile..(and completely breathless)<BR>
Date: 30 October 2000<P>

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To: Gala<BR>
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Ishtar In The Western Sky..<BR>
<BR>
Oh my god.  I read and laughed and cried.<BR>
These are the kinds of words that invoke in me<BR>
the very things I dream of.<BR>
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Breathless.  oh yes.  lol..and pass me the fire hose, I gotta put out my pants!<BR>
<BR>
Don't do this to me!  Whew.  Ok. Control..wow.<BR>
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I'll just fess up and tell you just how good this is.<BR>
<BR>
I'LL HAVE TO FRAME IT!<BR>
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Thank you, sweet lady.  The aching heart woke up.<BR>
<BR>

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From: deevaa<BR>
Date: 30 October 2000<P>

John -- I've never kissed a lover beneth the arms of that lone pine -- I'm not from near there -- a girl from the South (Island) I am at heart ----  I am the most Southern lass upon the board infact.<BR>
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I do have found memories of standing atop the mount -- I can recall the day as if it was yesterday,  it was there that I told the first person other than my parents I was getting married --- and it was there I flashed around the five most wonderful diamonds I've ever owned. I think part of everyone that has been to One tree hill will stop a moment and recall the times they've had there, but imagine how much more stunning that view could be with a lone pohutukawa blazing from its crest. Imagine how stunning it would be driving that motorway in summer..... (sigh) just an attempt to comfort you.<BR>
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It was just 'a tree'.<BR>

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From: Stands with a smile<BR>
Date: 30 October 2000<P>

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To: Gala<BR>
<BR>
Of course we posted in the same thirty seconds..<BR>
I was reading yours, you were reading mine..lol<BR>
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oh god..here we go..show me yours, I'll show you mine..lol.<BR>
(I know that's what you're thinking!)<BR>
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I have never read so much good stuff from so many talented people!  <BR>
<BR>
Keep it coming, friends..I may forget her yet.<BR>
<BR>

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From: Galadrial, the ancient<BR>
Date: 30 October 2000<P>

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Stands dear,<BR>
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           Oh, your momma will be proud! You flatter a woman of what the french would call "la certain age". I am possessed of a vivid memory...but I thank you for your kindness...<BR>
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                                       Galadrial,<BR>
                                     sucking her gums, and rocking slowly.......
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From: standswithasmile<BR>
Date: 30 October 2000<P>

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Gala..<BR>
<BR>
LOL..you are a one!  Find me on AOL instant messanger..<BR>
as what else?  stndswithasmile.<BR>
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You can leave me laughing in person.<BR>
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As for the rest of you peeples..please do the same..I do enjoy this group.  <BR>
<BR>

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