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Subject: RE: BS: Bobert Seriously Messed Up.... From: Little Hawk Date: 17 Mar 08 - 09:43 PM Yeah? Well, you should go to Blind River and meet some of the girls Shane has "done time with". |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bobert Seriously Messed Up.... From: Amos Date: 17 Mar 08 - 10:33 PM Bobert: If you DON'T have a herniated disc, you may be in real luck. It is possible all this suffering is from a pinched nerve. Get a real chiropractor who can use transdermal electro-stimulation, massage, and adjustment to (a) unpinch it (b)calm it down from spasming and (c) relax the muscles if this is the case. In other words, ya needs to do all three in a serious subluxation. I yam not a doctor of anything, but I know I've been through some big pain that resolved this way. If it IS herniated and the (*&*(_) doc just isn't finding it, that's another story. A |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bobert Seriously Messed Up.... From: Rapparee Date: 18 Mar 08 - 02:53 PM Don't you mean "women who have done time with Shane" (God rest his soul)? I mean, just being in the presence of the late "Shane" would be punishment enough for any sins you had committed or might commit in the future. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bobert Seriously Messed Up.... From: Little Hawk Date: 18 Mar 08 - 03:11 PM Just being in his presence is an unforgettable experience, Rap. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bobert Seriously Messed Up.... From: Rapparee Date: 18 Mar 08 - 03:39 PM Was, not is. Poor old "Shane." He's not with us anymore. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bobert Seriously Messed Up.... From: Bobert Date: 18 Mar 08 - 07:25 PM Well, yeah, Amos... It is definately a pinched nerve... When a disc blows out that causes a pinched nerve... Otyher things can cause them, too, like imflamation and injuries and stuff that IO don't even know about... I have not ruled out a chiroprator but I would like to zero in on where the nerve in pinched before doing something that might make matters even worse... I hope to be talking with a neuro-ologist or sergeon this week to try to pin point where it is pinched... Once I know that then I'll explore the various trearment options... But thanks... I'm trying to play smart here... B~ |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bobert Seriously Messed Up.... From: Rapparee Date: 18 Mar 08 - 07:48 PM I done got my knife all sharpened up, Bobert. Jist lemme know when you wanna be cut. I kin cut real good. The folks at the roundups out here say my bag-slitting is some of the best they've seen. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bobert Seriously Messed Up.... From: Bill D Date: 18 Mar 08 - 07:52 PM That IS the point, Bobert. Some 'pinches' can be treated easier than others. Mine was relatively easy, as the MRI showed the little bone spur that was rubbing the nerve and making my right arm hurt so bad I had to sleep with it on a pillow. I STILL can't look at a helicopter over my left shoulder without numbness starting. *IF* they can identify the precise point, Cortisone might help..or relatively minor surgery. But chiropractors could do more harm than good if they irritate it more. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bobert Seriously Messed Up.... From: Rapparee Date: 19 Mar 08 - 08:41 AM Bobert, in two hours I'll know my fate. Will the doc say there is nothing wrong? Will he order physical therapy? Is an operation in my future? Will he amputate my knee at the neck? Stay tuned. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bobert Seriously Messed Up.... From: catspaw49 Date: 19 Mar 08 - 10:37 AM I'm bettin' it ain't nothin' but trapped gas........... Spaw |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bobert Seriously Messed Up.... From: Rapparee Date: 19 Mar 08 - 12:14 PM Well, there's a little tear in the meniscus and a lot of fluid around the joint. This tells him that something is wrong. He wants to give the cortisone which he injected last time more time to work. So I go back to see him on May 12, "but come earlier if you have to." He also gave me a prescription for T3 and said to do "gentle exercise." I asked him if this meant I had to cancel out of the bronc riding at the Rodeo (it starts today) and he said yes. Also bull riding, steer wrestling, roping, and even mutton busting is out. My knee still hurts, dammit. And I'm using a walking stick to get around with. (I wanted a sword cane but my wife got all irrelevant on me.) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bobert Seriously Messed Up.... From: Richard Bridge Date: 19 Mar 08 - 02:15 PM A clutch links the flywheel of the engine to the input shaft of the gearbox. In the gearbox are gears. In principle (this is not right in detail, just in principle) one set go round with the input shaft. The appropriate one of those has to mesh with the appropriate one of the ones on teh output shaft - which is connected to teh propshaft which turns the diff that turns the rear wheels. It's the same idea on front wheel drive or rear engine, but everything is sort of folded in on itself. So WHATEVER speed the rear wheels are going round at, if the car is in first gear, the input shaft is going round faster than it would be if it was in second gear and so on. So when you want to change down you ahve to speed the input shaft up and when you change up you wait for the input shaft to slow down. If those gears are not matched in speed when you try to slide them together you will get a nasty graunching noise. If you disengage the clutch, then there is nothing but a bit of friction to control the speed of the input shaft. Synchromesh provides that friction, and the sychromesh rings won't let you push the gears together until the speeds are matched (until they wear out). If you have no syncromesh it's up to you to speed the input shaft up when changing down. So, here you go. You are in top. Put your foot on the clutch. Move the gearlever into neutral (no gears touching each other). Now take your foot off the clutch. Now the engine controls the input shaft. Rev it up just right, till the speeds of the gears match, dp teh clutch again, and pop the lever into third and take your foot off the clutch again. That's double declutching. You can do the same thing (whether the car has synchromesh or not) without using the clutch if you are careful and delicate. Rolling along in top, lift off the accelerator until the engine is not trying to make the car go faster, nor is it trying to slow it down. The gearlever will slip out of gear easily. Now the engine controls the input shaft. Rev it up just right, and because the gears will be going round at the same speed as each other, you can slip it (silently, you hope) into third. Now practice until you can hear that difference right every time! Changing up is a little different. You don't have to rev the engine up, just let it die away to the right moment. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bobert Seriously Messed Up.... From: Rapparee Date: 19 Mar 08 - 02:56 PM I heard the difference once, just before the tranny tore itself to pieces and quit working. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bobert Seriously Messed Up.... From: Bobert Date: 20 Mar 08 - 12:00 PM Thanks fir the clutch stuff, Richard... Sounds like you gotta grip on yer situatuion, Rap... Wish I could say the same here... The good news is that I'm not one of the 47 Million people without health insurance... The bad news is that UVA can't see me until May?!?!?!?... Bet they would have squeezed Dick Cheney in but that's another matter... But the P-Vine worked the appointment lady over purdy good this nmorning and maybe they'll try to get me in earlier than May... Maybe my butt... So I got another recommended neurosergeon down in Northern Virginia who I hjave an appointment with a week from this Monday, Mar 31st... Hey, what other choices do I have??? Welcome to George Bush's America where if yer rich you don't have to wait on stuff... Grrrrrrrr!!!! B~ |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bobert Seriously Messed Up.... From: Rapparee Date: 20 Mar 08 - 12:17 PM Tell them he's not coming and you'll take Cheney's appointment. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bobert Seriously Messed Up.... From: Bobert Date: 31 Mar 08 - 09:49 AM Well, folks... It's off to the city... NoVa that is... Gonna finally get to see a real specialist who hyopefully will have a clue as to where the nerve is pinched and better yet, how to fix it... Wish the ol' hillbilly luck... (The P-Vine is driving...*grin*...) B;~) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bobert Seriously Messed Up.... From: Ebbie Date: 31 Mar 08 - 11:55 AM The best of the best of luck to you. This is the first step to the new pain-free, healthy you. OK? Love, Ebbie |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bobert Seriously Messed Up.... From: John MacKenzie Date: 31 Mar 08 - 12:13 PM Yes good luck mate, my back is rapidly following the same track as your shoulder, it's been sore for 2 weeks now, and doesn't seem to be getting any better G |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bobert Seriously Messed Up.... From: Rapparee Date: 31 Mar 08 - 01:16 PM Giok: Go to Edinburgh Castle (that big thing on top of the hill). Go to the basement area called "the dungeon." Ask one of the nice guides there if you can try out "the rack." (You might even make some money in tips from the visitors!) This will do wonders for you. No, no, don't thank me. Your good health is thanks enough. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bobert Seriously Messed Up.... From: SINSULL Date: 31 Mar 08 - 01:34 PM Can I turn the crank, Giok? PLEEAAASSSEEEEE? So sorry you two are having so much pain. It isn't any fun. Good luck with your new doctor, Bobert. Giok - get thee to a medical man. SINS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bobert Seriously Messed Up.... From: jacqui.c Date: 31 Mar 08 - 03:05 PM Good luck Bobert. I hope things go well today. Giok - get that back sorted - fast! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bobert Seriously Messed Up.... From: Bobert Date: 31 Mar 08 - 09:11 PM Well, it's like Groundhog Day... Yeah, I met with this lady and she is like top notch and she says that she thinks that when I originally had a massauge therapist work on me that this person "smushed" the nerve??? "Smushed"??? Okay, doc, so what does that mean??? Well, it might take awhile... Like, what's exactly "awile"??? Oh, maybe another 2 to 4 months... Oh, just shoot me!!! So, IO was hopin' for more but the good news is that I don't need this lady to cut on me... The bad news is that I'm just gonna hjave to wait it out and the P-Vine will get frustrated drivin' the mower, the tractor and doing stuff that I can't do and one night she'll just slip a punkin' ball into the .410 and then there won't be any more Bobert posts here on Mudcat... B:( |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bobert Seriously Messed Up.... From: Sorcha Date: 31 Mar 08 - 09:22 PM Aw, now, the PVine ain't gonna do that. You just mind yer manners and yer self, and you'll be fine in no time. Whaddya mean ya don't know what Smushed means? It's a fine medical term for uh, well, smooshed. Squished, squashed...whatever. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bobert Seriously Messed Up.... From: SINSULL Date: 31 Mar 08 - 09:40 PM 1/2 a step above smashed. 2-4 months? Did she at least give you some interesting drugs? P-Vine will stand by her man. She has put up with you too long now to give up. One day at a time. August is just around the corner. SINS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bobert Seriously Messed Up.... From: Rapparee Date: 31 Mar 08 - 10:17 PM Have you considered driving them things in a prone position? And you know the P-Vine ain't gonna shoot ya cuz she's very non-violent. That means she'll slip some rat poison into yer oatmeal instead. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bobert Seriously Messed Up.... From: Ebbie Date: 01 Apr 08 - 12:55 AM Geez. What kind of massage did you have? Rolf? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bobert Seriously Messed Up.... From: JennieG Date: 01 Apr 08 - 03:09 AM Smushed....must remember that next time I am looking for a technical medical term...... Hope you can get un-smushed before too long Bobert, as we would hate to have to bail out the lovely P-Vine. Cheers JennieG |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bobert Seriously Messed Up.... From: Rapparee Date: 01 Apr 08 - 11:51 AM And here's a technical term used for computers that don't work: busted. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bobert Seriously Messed Up.... From: Amos Date: 01 Apr 08 - 11:56 AM Busted, smushed and broken, Gee this life is swell, Entropy is everywhere Fighting it is hell. Things tend toward the chaos That awaits us all, Bringing order ain't no fun, Fixing stuff's no ball. Why's it all so difficult, Are we all just jerks? Busted, smushed and broken, Oh, why don't things just work? Thom Alveola Meddison Cantation for a Higher Temple Brunswick, ME, 1932 |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bobert Seriously Messed Up.... From: Bobert Date: 01 Apr 08 - 02:33 PM Well, that purdy much exhausts the subject of "smushed"... As for drugs??? Yeah, it's called, ahhhh, "Gabapentin, 300 mg" and I found out why it tells you not to drive or operate machinery... This sh*t is good... Got me all messed up purdy good... As fir the pain??? Ahhhhh, who cares??? Not me... As fir the P-Vine bein' non-violent??? Well, yeah, but that don't mean that she ain't got other means of devilerin' the 55 gallon drum of whup-ass... Hey, My first wife was a 2nd degree black belt but she didn't have nuthin' on the P-Vine... I mean nuthin' at all... But nevermind that stuff... She has just informed me that I have better get my one armed, messed-up, boney butt outside to help her with some gardening... B~ |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bobert Seriously Messed Up.... From: Rapparee Date: 01 Apr 08 - 03:20 PM Hey, Bobert. I looked that shit up for ya. You're takin' it as a suppository, right? Here's some of the side effects. Apparently you get them all at once, but only nine out of ten people experience them. * Abdominal or stomach pain * Blistering, peeling, loosening and shedding of skin * Clay-colored stools * Coma * Confusion * Convulsions * Dark urine * Death * Decreased urine output * Diarrhea * Dizziness * Fast or irregular heartbeat * Flatulence, especially before or after sundown * Headache * Increased thirst * Itching * Joint pain * Large, hive-like swelling on face, eyelids, lips, tongue, throat, hands, legs, feet, sex organs * Leprosy * Loss of appetite * Mummification * Muscle ache or pain * Nausea * Petrification * Red irritated eyes * Red skin lesions, often with a purple center and oozing pus * Skin rash and necrosis * Sores, oozing ulcers, or white spots in mouth or on lips * Unpleasant breath odor * Unusual tiredness or weakness * Vomiting of blood * Yellow eyes or skin Oh, yeah. Don't breast feed when you're taking this medicine. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bobert Seriously Messed Up.... From: John MacKenzie Date: 02 Apr 08 - 04:52 AM Oh well, nothing to worry about there ;) ROFLMFAO G |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bobert Seriously Messed Up.... From: gnu Date: 02 Apr 08 - 04:55 AM Bad breath? I wouldn't take that! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bobert Seriously Messed Up.... From: Bobert Date: 02 Apr 08 - 08:13 AM No, Rap... You have it confused... It asin't no suppositiry... It's a danged pill... (But, Boberdz... Maybe you are 'sposed to be depoistin' in a different place...You better go reread the directions...) I'll get back to ya', Rap... I think I know why it messed me up so much... B;~) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bobert Seriously Messed Up.... From: John MacKenzie Date: 02 Apr 08 - 08:38 AM Don't leave it too late before you change your mind Bobert. G |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bobert Seriously Messed Up.... From: Amos Date: 02 Apr 08 - 10:05 AM Now, some folks would say that even if he got it wrong, it won't change the process, because of certain idiosyncratic physiognomic aspects of Bobert's disposition. But I don't hold with that. I've seen him play. A |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bobert Seriously Messed Up.... From: John MacKenzie Date: 02 Apr 08 - 10:13 AM I've seen him play guitar. G |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bobert Seriously Messed Up.... From: Bobert Date: 02 Apr 08 - 10:53 AM Well, guess what... I got in about 10 minutes geetar work last night... Of course that was the meds, several beer and the burbning of a little evidence... Okay, it was just 10 minutes but it's the first playin' I've done in a long time... Sounded good... I think... Heck, to be honest, I don't have a clue what it sounded like... BTW, folks, seein' as I have 'nuff time to get un-messed-up before the Getaway I'm gonna warn ya' all that I'm gonna bring and play my cigar box geetar, with small 10W amp... Yopu7 ain't heard the blues 'til you hear it with a cigar box geetar... Okay, that's 'bout my typin' limit fir now... B~ |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bobert Seriously Messed Up.... From: jacqui.c Date: 02 Apr 08 - 12:26 PM Good news Bobert - both the playing for 10 minutes AND the promise to get to the Getaway. Life is good. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bobert Seriously Messed Up.... From: Rapparee Date: 02 Apr 08 - 12:31 PM Jacqui, with the stuff he's takin' he could set himself on fire and life would be good. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bobert Seriously Messed Up.... From: John MacKenzie Date: 02 Apr 08 - 12:48 PM Better add 'combustion' to that list Rap. G |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bobert Seriously Messed Up.... From: Bobert Date: 02 Apr 08 - 01:15 PM Hey, ya' all... I read all the possible side effects and "combustion" ain't nowhere in there... One thing I did leave out is that the doc said the3 nerve would heal at its oen rate but that using my arm, even though it hurts, won't change the length of time... I thought that kinda wierd but what the hell??? So I'm doing housework today... You know, pickin' up after the P-Vine... Grrrrrrr.... I feel a womenz thread comin' on... Back to work... B;~) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bobert Seriously Messed Up.... From: peregrina Date: 02 Apr 08 - 01:20 PM Very glad to hear it's 'only' smushing--good luck with recovering. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bobert Seriously Messed Up.... From: Rapparee Date: 02 Apr 08 - 01:31 PM It's under "spontaneous combustion" Bobert. It means that you'll suddenly burst into flame. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bobert Seriously Messed Up.... From: Bobert Date: 02 Apr 08 - 06:44 PM Well yeah, Rap, but it don't say that in the piece of paper... Says lotta other scarey stuff but nuthin' about blowing up 'er burstin' into flames... I mean, nuthin'... I read it 3 or 5 time and I ain't gonna burn up from these pills... Plus it says to "take by mouth" right on the label... So that tell me that you ain't 'sposed to stick 'um, ahhhhhhhhhh, you know where... I'm kinda likin' 'um... They are gel caps with powder inside and I was wondering what it would be like to, ahhhhhh, dniff a little bit of the powder thru a rolled up one dollar bill... Nevermind that last thought... B;~) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bobert Seriously Messed Up.... From: Little Hawk Date: 03 Apr 08 - 01:20 PM I've had a sore right shoulder for months now, Bobert. Not wretchedly painful like yours, though...just uncomfortable and not as flexible as it ought to be. It's slowly, slowly getting better. A little bit more stretch as time goes by. So I figure that time is probably what will cure your problem. I do some mild stretching and it seems to help. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bobert Seriously Messed Up.... From: Bobert Date: 11 Apr 08 - 08:13 PM Well, well, well... Looks as if we have a priliminary diagnosis and it it... ...."Brachial plexopathy".... Great.... A few things can bring this on and opne of them is the existence of a "tumor"... So today I enderwent yer another MRI, this time with dye injected into the ol' hillbilly.... It was s long MRI... Maybe an hour and a half long... Recon I'll know somehtin' next week... If their ain't no tumor than it's gonna be a waitin' game... Could eb a week or a month or 6 months before it subsides... And it may not subside or it may subside partially... But in most cases it subsudes fully meaning that if I am in that category, I'll be leaduing the blues jam at the Getaway and foing... ...a mini concert.... Will keep everyone posted... B:-) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bobert Seriously Messed Up.... From: Amos Date: 11 Apr 08 - 08:23 PM Brachiial plexopathy? I think it is Latin for {"Sore all over" or something. WHat does that fancy handle say about the anture of the beast and its remedies, aside from "could be sompn serious or not"? A |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bobert Seriously Messed Up.... From: Bobert Date: 11 Apr 08 - 08:39 PM Awll, amos, ol' bud.... There ain't much in the way to treatment fir it other than piling yer butt up with ab bunch of nati-seizers meds which kinda, somtimes help the nuerons get reacquinted....I bee on them fir a couple weeks... The don't operate machibery has made for some intersting moments... Other than ose interestin' momemts this stuff sucks... I am way tired of having this so if there is anyone out there who would like to have itm feel free to come and get as much as you like... I ain't been away fro playing geeter like this in over 40 years.... Free to good home... lol B;~) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bobert Seriously Messed Up.... From: frogprince Date: 11 Apr 08 - 10:38 PM Wotin'ell does "I'll be...foing" mean? |
