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03-03-2007, 08:01 AM
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Blithe Spirit
Join Date: Jan 2003
Posts: 2,779
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When you are fretting and mulling over some sticky WW point while driving, so much so that you fail to stop for a nice lady and her dog on a pedestrian crossing, even though she has already started to cross. *covers face in shame*
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03-04-2007, 05:58 PM
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Maniacal Mage
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Setting sail for Umbar, with Firefoot at my side!
Posts: 3,297
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When you come back to post even after being gone for years
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'But Melkor also was there, and he came to the house of Fëanor, and there he slew Finwë King of the Noldor before his doors, and spilled the first blood in the Blessed Realm; for Finwë alone had not fled from the horror of the Dark.' |
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03-04-2007, 06:25 PM
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Odinic Wanderer
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Under the Raven banner, between tall Odin and white Christ!
Posts: 3,845
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Is it not more like 1 year thou Perky one ?
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03-15-2007, 06:04 AM
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Odinic Wanderer
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Under the Raven banner, between tall Odin and white Christ!
Posts: 3,845
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I just thought I would mention that I located the road "Ryttermarken" yesterday. . .It means "The Riddermark"
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03-15-2007, 06:35 AM
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Pilgrim Soul
Join Date: May 2004
Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle...
Posts: 9,458
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I discovered the surname "Gloin" on a headstone at the local cemetary.
What really surprised me was that I had never noticed it before since it it an older stone next to the footpath and although I only walk through that way nowadays if I am leaving the car at the garage for it's MOT or something, the graveyard is right next to my old school so I must have walked past it nearly every day for 5 years in the first height of my Tolkien addiction ...
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“But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.”
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03-15-2007, 06:43 AM
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Alive without breath
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: On A Cold Wind To Valhalla
Posts: 5,912
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Not enough Pipes...
I realised how utterly beyond hope my Downs addiction is yesterday.
In one of my modules, we had to write about five people trying to cross a river. In complete lack of creativity, I decided to use some Downers as my characters: I used; The Ka, The Barrow Wight, Lalwende, Davem and The Saucepan Man. If none of them mind, I may post this little story as soon as I get home.  The story was that the evil Mulkor, the Dragon from the pits of hell, was out to get them because The Saucepan Man had dropped one of his pans into his pit. They ran away from him and came to a river that, little did they know, marked the boarder into Faerie. They discuss for a time how to get across before finally walking across (it was shallow) and having many more adventures.
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I think that if you want facts, then The Downer Newspaper is probably the place to go. I know! I read it once. THE PHANTOM AND ALIEN: The Legend of the Golden Bus Ticket... |
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03-15-2007, 03:19 PM
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Pile O'Bones
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Hobbiton
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My street is called "greenways" (a bit like the greenway in the shire)
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From the ashes a fire shall be woken, A light from the shadows shall spring; Renewed shall be blade that was broken, The crownless again shall be king. |
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03-21-2007, 04:55 AM
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Shady She-Penguin
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: In a far land beyond the Sea
Posts: 8,093
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Your new hobbys is to click some user profile and when the address shows http://forum.barrowdowns.com/member.php?u=xxxx you just keep changing the four last numbers (the xxxx) and see what kind of people you come up with. It's interesting!
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Like the stars chase the sun, over the glowing hill I will conquer Blood is running deep, some things never sleep Double Fenris
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03-21-2007, 06:09 PM
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Drummer in the Deep
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Next Sunday A.D.
Posts: 2,145
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I just spent nearly eighty dollars on the Sims 2 and some expansion packs, almost exclusively to create a neighborhood filled with Barrow-Downers.
In case you don't know, The Sims is a program where you create little simulated people, buy or build them houses, give them jobs and manipulate relationships with other sims, and just generally run their lives. If you are interested, I'm accepting applications here. No BDer will be added without their concent, except for I did do the BW, I will remove him if there is a problem.
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But all the while I sit and think of times there were before
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03-22-2007, 07:44 AM
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Shady She-Penguin
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: In a far land beyond the Sea
Posts: 8,093
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You've almost learned to type without looking at the keyboard.
(I wouldn't use the keyboard half this much if I wasn't here.)
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Like the stars chase the sun, over the glowing hill I will conquer Blood is running deep, some things never sleep Double Fenris
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03-22-2007, 07:46 AM
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Shady She-Penguin
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: In a far land beyond the Sea
Posts: 8,093
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Ooh, I wonders, does having most posts on this thread mean that I'm the most addicted to BD?
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Like the stars chase the sun, over the glowing hill I will conquer Blood is running deep, some things never sleep Double Fenris
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03-22-2007, 08:05 AM
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A Voice That Gainsayeth
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: In that far land beyond the Sea
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Another symptome is checking this thread too often. In some cases, it might also develop in something called "Down-chondria". It is like hypochondria, except it does not apply to RL illnesses, but shows itself in that you are searching through this thread and checking what of the signs you can observe on yourself. So this is actually what you have, Lommy. 
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"Should the story say 'he ate bread,' the dramatic producer can only show 'a piece of bread' according to his taste or fancy, but the hearer of the story will think of bread in general and picture it in some form of his own." -On Fairy-Stories |
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03-22-2007, 08:19 AM
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Shady She-Penguin
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: In a far land beyond the Sea
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I'm debating whether I should accept that definition or whether I find in inacceptable...
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Like the stars chase the sun, over the glowing hill I will conquer Blood is running deep, some things never sleep Double Fenris
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03-26-2007, 10:34 PM
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Drummer in the Deep
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Next Sunday A.D.
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At work, I keep seeing this brand of clothes called "Gildan" - I keep reading it as "Glirdan". Or even thinking "Glirdan and Gil-Galad have a children's clothes business? Oh noooes!".
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But all the while I sit and think of times there were before
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04-16-2007, 11:16 AM
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Mellifluous Maia
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: A glade open to the stars, deep in Nan Elmoth
Posts: 3,489
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After trying to keep track of other WW players' time zones, you find yourself saying, at one AM: "Oh no! I have class in three hours! ...hmm, why is it still dark?"
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04-16-2007, 06:06 PM
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Everlasting Whiteness
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Perusing the laminated book of dreams
Posts: 4,533
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When you find yourself bored one day and start to wander the net looking for other forums you could join, and being so utterly terrified by the mass-posting, illegibillity of posts and sheer mess you find that you run right back to the 'Downs and post in a nice, well-ordered, happy Mead Hall.
I'm such a wuss.
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04-16-2007, 06:09 PM
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Odinic Wanderer
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Under the Raven banner, between tall Odin and white Christ!
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04-16-2007, 06:10 PM
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Everlasting Whiteness
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Perusing the laminated book of dreams
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04-16-2007, 06:51 PM
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Ghost Prince of Cardolan
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: The bottom of the ocean, discussing philosophy with a giant squid
Posts: 2,254
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++Kath
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04-16-2007, 06:56 PM
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Join Date: May 2002
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04-17-2007, 03:02 AM
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Shady She-Penguin
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: In a far land beyond the Sea
Posts: 8,093
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 Or else, BURN HER! BURN HER!
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Like the stars chase the sun, over the glowing hill I will conquer Blood is running deep, some things never sleep Double Fenris
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04-17-2007, 04:25 AM
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A Voice That Gainsayeth
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: In that far land beyond the Sea
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Back to the topic...
That is more about addiction to Werewolf, actually, but I think addiction to Werewolf => addiction to the Downs. And the sign is...
Staying in invisible mode even though you are not currently playing.
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"Should the story say 'he ate bread,' the dramatic producer can only show 'a piece of bread' according to his taste or fancy, but the hearer of the story will think of bread in general and picture it in some form of his own." -On Fairy-Stories |
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04-17-2007, 04:48 AM
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Odinic Wanderer
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Under the Raven banner, between tall Odin and white Christ!
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I do not belive that to be sign of addiction to ww. . .I have done it, but that was more lazyness and sometimes it is just nice that people cannot see what you are doing.
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04-17-2007, 04:58 AM
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A Voice That Gainsayeth
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: In that far land beyond the Sea
Posts: 7,431
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Sure, sure... but not always...
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"Should the story say 'he ate bread,' the dramatic producer can only show 'a piece of bread' according to his taste or fancy, but the hearer of the story will think of bread in general and picture it in some form of his own." -On Fairy-Stories |
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04-17-2007, 05:00 AM
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Shady She-Penguin
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: In a far land beyond the Sea
Posts: 8,093
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The green sposts make me feel alive...
Funny, everytime I die in ww I rejoice that I can turn myself to visible... I just love those green spots!
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Like the stars chase the sun, over the glowing hill I will conquer Blood is running deep, some things never sleep Double Fenris
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04-17-2007, 05:16 AM
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Reflection of Darkness
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Polishing the stars. Well, somebody has to do it; they're looking a little bit dull.
Posts: 2,983
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At first, I didn't like the idea of turning invisible. I remember ages ago, someone started up a stalker thread and I sort of enjoyed the idea of being stalked on the Downs. But once I switched to invisible mode, I can't get myself to change back. I don't know...I guess I like feeling sneaky. More signs/symptoms: -Whenever a ww game is over, you can't help but wiggle in your chair, anxiously waiting for the next one to start. At least when you're killed off, you still have a game to watch, but when it's all over, I just don't seem to know what to do with myself (even though really I have plenty to do...it's just all happens to be RL stuff I'd rather not do). -When you're doing research for a paper, and whenever you come across an article about a particular country, you can't help but to think of a Downer. For some reason, I kept coming across Danish articles even though I was researching about the American family, and each time I was somehow easily reminded of Rune. And now I'm using an article that does a study about intercultural relationships in Finland by an author from the University of Jyväskylä for a frame text (you may wonder how this article relates to the American family, but I promise you...I'm making it work..). But each time I look at this source, I can't help but think, "Hmm...I know people from Finland. Maybe only online, but..." -Lastly, I think I might've posted this one years before, but: You know you're addicted when you're an American who starts spelling the English way. It can be a nuisance whenever that nasty red underline appears on Word. Plus, I remember I was marked down in an essay a few years back because the teacher claimed I was spelling certain words wrong. Stupid U.S. spelling...it has never made sense to me. I mean, when do you ever pronounce the 'z' in realize?
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04-17-2007, 05:36 AM
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Mellifluous Maia
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: A glade open to the stars, deep in Nan Elmoth
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It would be embarrassing if people knew how much time I really spend here... although that would mean they were here, too... |
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04-18-2007, 03:12 AM
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Shady She-Penguin
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: In a far land beyond the Sea
Posts: 8,093
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You know you're suffering from a bad werewolf addiction when...
you keep playing it even though it is at times as frustrating as it's fun since you don't have a net access home.
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Like the stars chase the sun, over the glowing hill I will conquer Blood is running deep, some things never sleep Double Fenris
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04-18-2007, 09:53 AM
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Itinerant Songster
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: The Edge of Faerie
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Do you mean that you, an American, pronounce realize as "reel - - - ice" .. ... and not as "reel - - - - eyes"? Wow! |
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04-18-2007, 10:05 AM
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Everlasting Whiteness
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Perusing the laminated book of dreams
Posts: 4,533
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Though she still has someway to go ... putting the 'a' in the word for starters!
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04-18-2007, 10:49 AM
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Reflection of Darkness
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Polishing the stars. Well, somebody has to do it; they're looking a little bit dull.
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Anyways, my spelling isn't always consistent one way or another (just in case you guys start reading my posts extra carefully from now on ). Being around the Downs so much, I guess I start seeing certain words spelled one way and I after a while, I start spelling them that way myself out of habit...
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04-20-2007, 06:46 AM
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Shady She-Penguin
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: In a far land beyond the Sea
Posts: 8,093
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You know you're obsessed with BD when...
...almost every thread in the active topics has a white dot telling you've posted on the thread.
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Like the stars chase the sun, over the glowing hill I will conquer Blood is running deep, some things never sleep Double Fenris
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04-20-2007, 07:09 AM
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Shady She-Penguin
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: In a far land beyond the Sea
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You linger in the school library, hanging on the 'downs while you could be home, reading your newly achieved copy of CoH!
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Like the stars chase the sun, over the glowing hill I will conquer Blood is running deep, some things never sleep Double Fenris
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04-20-2007, 04:56 PM
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Flame of the Ainulindalë
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Wearing rat's coat, crowskin, crossed staves in a field behaving as the wind behaves
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04-21-2007, 04:28 PM
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Silver in My Silent Heart
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: the great beauty
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Probably lame and old:
You can use all of the text editing commands off by heart without earlier practise. EDIT: Though I've had them for several months, I just now noticed that 2/9 of my computer backgrounds are BD related. (I have a program that changes my background every time I login Windows.)
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04-21-2007, 08:31 PM
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Itinerant Songster
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: The Edge of Faerie
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Sorry if this has been said before:
You type out the text editing cues not only on BD, but on your blog, and in your own writing.
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04-21-2007, 08:48 PM
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Ghost Prince of Cardolan
Join Date: Aug 2005
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You make puns like "Were-tirement" when thinking about coming out of "Were-tirement".
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Shady She-Penguin
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: In a far land beyond the Sea
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04-23-2007, 08:32 AM
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Silver in My Silent Heart
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: the great beauty
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