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16 Apr 08 - 10:40 PM (#2317895) Subject: On a deserted island with? From: Clipper So you're lost at sea...you wash up on shore after bobbing in the Atlantic clinging to a 2 x 4 piece of driftwood for 4 days. You crawl onto an uncharted desert isle (sorry Gilligan). You know you're here for a long,long,time. The sun burns the seawater in your eyes. You look up as you collapse onto the burning sand and you see a blurred figure of a musician(s) standing before you. "My god" you cry out with your last bit of strength, "I can't believe my good fortune. If i'm to be stuck here for years, at least I can listen to you play 7 days a week"...So who would it be? Dylan? Charles? Stevie Ray? Chopin? Cohen? The key here is who would you not get completely bored with after a week or so and then have this artist or group turn your experience into a "groundhog day hell" for many years after. Can you think of someone who's songwriting repetoire and skills would have the depth and talent to stand the test of time...your time? |
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16 Apr 08 - 11:03 PM (#2317902) Subject: RE: On a deserted island with? From: Janie Joni Mitchell or Stevie Wonder. |
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16 Apr 08 - 11:07 PM (#2317904) Subject: RE: On a deserted island with? From: Beer John Prine. Dylan would be first for his writing but his singing after a month day in day out would drive me nuts. However, you forgot to mention the opposite sex!! I would gladly spend a few months listening to Emmylou Harris, Lacy J. Dalton and even Shaina. There are certainly others but maybe later. Beer (adrien) |
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16 Apr 08 - 11:11 PM (#2317907) Subject: RE: On a deserted island with? From: Barry Finn The Dixi Chicks Barry |
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16 Apr 08 - 11:20 PM (#2317913) Subject: RE: On a deserted island with? From: Beer Dolly Parton "Yes" |
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16 Apr 08 - 11:31 PM (#2317921) Subject: RE: On a deserted island with? From: Gulliver Marilyn Monroe Don |
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17 Apr 08 - 03:20 AM (#2318006) Subject: RE: On a deserted island with? From: theleveller The Royal Airforce Air-Sea Rescue Squad band. |
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17 Apr 08 - 03:31 AM (#2318010) Subject: RE: On a deserted island with? From: Rasener Girls Aloud One for each working day and the other 2 days to recover and listen to their music. |
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17 Apr 08 - 03:40 AM (#2318015) Subject: RE: On a deserted island with? From: skarpi Björk ofcourse , who else ? becouse she is her self to be ..................... ATB Skarpi |
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17 Apr 08 - 03:48 AM (#2318017) Subject: RE: On a deserted island with? From: fat B****rd Tom Waits, he could build things. |
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17 Apr 08 - 03:57 AM (#2318021) Subject: RE: On a deserted island with? From: Bernard Quenby Any quality guitar maker (so long as he had the materials!) |
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17 Apr 08 - 04:29 AM (#2318031) Subject: RE: On a deserted island with? From: Little Robyn Pete Seeger. But about 40 years ago maybe. Robyn |
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17 Apr 08 - 04:41 AM (#2318034) Subject: RE: On a deserted island with? From: Folkiedave Cherish the Ladies |
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17 Apr 08 - 05:03 AM (#2318050) Subject: RE: On a deserted island with? From: Marje Thank you, leveller, you've given me my first laugh-out-loud of the day! Me, I'd have John Kirkpatrick. Marje |
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17 Apr 08 - 05:08 AM (#2318052) Subject: RE: On a deserted island with? From: LindsayInWales George Butterworth please... |
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17 Apr 08 - 05:38 AM (#2318069) Subject: RE: On a deserted island with? From: Clipper I'm surprised no-one thought of The Shmenge Brothers.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DkqyMKfDbE Polka gets such a bad rap..... |
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17 Apr 08 - 06:01 AM (#2318078) Subject: RE: On a deserted island with? From: Jeanie Without a doubt: Stephen Sondheim (plus piano, of course). I would never tire of singing along and dancing, and I'm sure he'd be very interesting and entertaining company to talk to, too. - jeanie |
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17 Apr 08 - 06:04 AM (#2318079) Subject: RE: On a deserted island with? From: Steve Shaw Kirsty Young. No competition. |
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17 Apr 08 - 06:16 AM (#2318082) Subject: RE: On a deserted island with? From: George Papavgeris Dolly Parton. Just love that voice. Failing that, Jordan. |
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17 Apr 08 - 06:34 AM (#2318089) Subject: RE: On a deserted island with? From: Georgiansilver Kate Rusby...she could sing 'You Belong to Me' and we could...'See the sunrise from a tropic isle' (In Yorkshire accent of course). Don't think it would be music all the time though! |
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17 Apr 08 - 06:46 AM (#2318097) Subject: RE: On a deserted island with? From: greg stephens The Bangles |
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17 Apr 08 - 06:48 AM (#2318099) Subject: RE: On a deserted island with? From: GUEST, Sminky Liberace. After eating him I would make a nifty sailing boat out of his piano. |
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17 Apr 08 - 07:36 AM (#2318119) Subject: RE: On a deserted island with? From: theleveller "Dolly Parton. Failing that, Jordan." Is that some kind of life jacket - like an updated Mae West? |
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17 Apr 08 - 07:47 AM (#2318125) Subject: RE: On a deserted island with? From: George Papavgeris Pre-xactly! If one fails, you blow up the other. |
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17 Apr 08 - 08:02 AM (#2318136) Subject: RE: On a deserted island with? From: Silver Slug Girls RLewd - a half day with each one and then 4.5 days to recover from having to list to their music! |
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17 Apr 08 - 08:08 AM (#2318140) Subject: RE: On a deserted island with? From: Silver Slug Not to mention listening to them whilst I'm listing, presumably to port! |
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17 Apr 08 - 08:11 AM (#2318143) Subject: RE: On a deserted island with? From: Rasener >>"Dolly Parton. Failing that, Jordan." Is that some kind of life jacket - like an updated Mae West? << It was in actual fact George making a big boob of things |
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17 Apr 08 - 08:31 AM (#2318153) Subject: RE: On a deserted island with? From: George Papavgeris Les, you misunderstand me. OK then, Madonna. You know, the one with whatchamacallit. |
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17 Apr 08 - 08:33 AM (#2318157) Subject: RE: On a deserted island with? From: bankley Gilligan |
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17 Apr 08 - 08:42 AM (#2318161) Subject: RE: On a deserted island with? From: GUEST,HiLo June Tabor or Mozart...or both |
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17 Apr 08 - 08:59 AM (#2318178) Subject: RE: On a deserted island with? From: Rasener Yes George, always getting to the point :-) |
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17 Apr 08 - 10:04 AM (#2318235) Subject: RE: On a deserted island with? From: The Sandman the Wilson Family. |
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17 Apr 08 - 10:08 AM (#2318239) Subject: RE: On a deserted island with? From: pdq Mike Auldridge... eventually he would have to give me Dobro lessons. Lessons for fish? |
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17 Apr 08 - 10:08 AM (#2318242) Subject: RE: On a deserted island with? From: Banjiman The Mrs Should I pass out the vomit bags for you now....I know it is a bit of a nauseating response! ......but I do hear her sing most days now and I can certainly stand a few more years of it. Paul |
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17 Apr 08 - 10:12 AM (#2318245) Subject: RE: On a deserted island with? From: topical tom Eric Bogle and Dolly Parton. |
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17 Apr 08 - 10:55 AM (#2318286) Subject: RE: On a deserted island with? From: Steve Shaw "Eric Bogle and Dolly Parton" I don't think I could handle the ensuing ménage á trois... (Oh, sod it, one of the accents the wrong bloody way round again...why can't these foreigners speak English...) |
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17 Apr 08 - 11:02 AM (#2318289) Subject: RE: On a deserted island with? From: Anne Lister Alan Rickman. I don't care if he doesn't write songs, he can sing and I can always write songs for both of us.... That's if I'm not allowed my husband, of course. (added in haste) Anne |
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17 Apr 08 - 11:19 AM (#2318301) Subject: RE: On a deserted island with? From: Bill D hmmm...the most recent encounter with someone whose music I could appreciate for years was with Danny Spooner....as long as we're out of earshot of you lot with Dolly Parton. |
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17 Apr 08 - 01:37 PM (#2318434) Subject: RE: On a deserted island with? From: GUEST,TJ in San Diego Probably Sam Hinton, a local folk hero of some magnitude who has recently removed to a retirement home. Sam, who I had the pleasure of meeting and swapping songs with in the home of mutual friends years ago, was a treasure of song and story and a wonderfully broad based conversationalist on subjects from literature to oceanography. I first saw him perform at the old Ash Grove, in Los Angeles, in the very early 1960's, along with Mike Seeger and the New Lost City Ramblers, Ramblin' Jack Elliott and a new singer making her debut, Jackie DeShannon. |
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17 Apr 08 - 02:46 PM (#2318504) Subject: RE: On a deserted island with? From: Jean(eanjay) K. D. Lang If I ever move from the UK I'm off to Canada. They have some talent there and they are so sensible too! |
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17 Apr 08 - 02:51 PM (#2318514) Subject: RE: On a deserted island with? From: Leadfingers Mary Smith ! Then we really COULD rehearse ! |
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17 Apr 08 - 03:47 PM (#2318578) Subject: RE: On a deserted island with? From: Bill D ...and play some music, too! ☺ |
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17 Apr 08 - 09:44 PM (#2318866) Subject: RE: On a deserted island with? From: Clipper Elvis....just think, he could sing Hound Dog to you daily, forcing you to spend countless sleepless nights trying to figure out what he means when he sings "you ain't never caught a rabbit, and you ain't no friend of mine". Can someone enlighten me here? |
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17 Apr 08 - 10:54 PM (#2318908) Subject: RE: On a deserted island with? From: GUEST,Gerry Marta Sebestyen. |
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17 Apr 08 - 11:18 PM (#2318928) Subject: RE: On a deserted island with? From: Beer Loved Elvis. Learned to Jive because of his music. But now that I'm older I would prefer to have someone that wrote their music. To my knowledge Elvis didn't write but interpreted songs that others did. Big Mamma Thorton wrote Hound Dog as an example. Give me someone that can write,sing and arrange music. Like the following. David Massengill John Prine Ray Materick Guy Clarke Tom Russell Iris Dement Ron Hynes Bruce Murdock Gordon Lightfoot Dolores Keane Tom Waits Jerry Jeff Walker Tom Paxton Arlo and his Father Just to name a few.Great thread by the way. Keep it up. |
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18 Apr 08 - 01:43 AM (#2318978) Subject: RE: On a deserted island with? From: Barry Finn Silly Sisters I'd need to keep more than my ears alive, if I were to be stuck on an island with another for any amount of time I'd have to keep my eyes delighted too. Any other needs I'd keep to myself about Barry |
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18 Apr 08 - 02:24 AM (#2318981) Subject: RE: On a deserted island with? From: Zhenya Bruce Molsky - He's a one-man music festival! |
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18 Apr 08 - 06:07 AM (#2319097) Subject: RE: On a deserted island with? From: GUEST,Volgadon Toss up between Vladimir Vysotsky and Eliza Carthy. |
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18 Apr 08 - 07:50 AM (#2319156) Subject: RE: On a deserted island with? From: kendall My oldest best friend, Gordon Bok. We have known each other for 49 years and I never tire of his writing and singing. Plus, the two of us could probably build a boat. |
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18 Apr 08 - 08:03 AM (#2319165) Subject: RE: On a deserted island with? From: jacqui.c Kendall Morse - particularly if he brought Gordon with him! |
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18 Apr 08 - 08:04 AM (#2319166) Subject: RE: On a deserted island with? From: kendall I don't get no respect... |
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18 Apr 08 - 08:11 AM (#2319169) Subject: RE: On a deserted island with? From: SINSULL Can I play too? I could plot the course. |
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18 Apr 08 - 08:13 AM (#2319171) Subject: RE: On a deserted island with? From: SINSULL Actually my choice would be Kendall and AllanC. Between the two of them I would have a roof over my head, a clean and functioning kitchen, plumbing, food on the table and eventually a boat. All the while lots of entertainment. Jacqui and Gordon can come too. It is starting to look like Gilligan's Island. |
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18 Apr 08 - 08:19 AM (#2319180) Subject: RE: On a deserted island with? From: Marc Bernier Don Sineti. we could yell for help as boats pass within a couple miles of the Island. Plus he's a great guy, I'd never tire of singing and talking with him. Unfortunately my wife doesn't sing. |
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18 Apr 08 - 11:27 AM (#2319329) Subject: RE: On a deserted island with? From: Bat Goddess Lou Killen Roy Harris But I'd have nowhere near enough songs to trade... My husband Tom Hall (Curmudgeon)...he STILL (after 25 years of married life) sings songs I've never heard him sing before. Linn |
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18 Apr 08 - 01:20 PM (#2319428) Subject: RE: On a deserted island with? From: Bill D Would YOU stop at an island if you heard Don Sineti's voice coming from it? *grin* |
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18 Apr 08 - 01:35 PM (#2319443) Subject: RE: On a deserted island with? From: Greengal Harrison Ford. He actually used to play guitar in college, and was friends with one of the Everly Brothers. So I wouldn't lack for music. And he was a carpenter. He can build us a house. And even a boat. But who needs to get off a deserted island when you have Harrison Ford? |
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18 Apr 08 - 01:52 PM (#2319464) Subject: RE: On a deserted island with? From: GUEST Christy Moore... enough songs till the end of time and best voice in store... |
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18 Apr 08 - 01:59 PM (#2319472) Subject: RE: On a deserted island with? From: Janice in NJ Holly Near, as long as she lets her hair grow long again. |
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18 Apr 08 - 02:27 PM (#2319503) Subject: RE: On a deserted island with? From: Marc Bernier I debated between Christy Moore or Don Sineti, and since Don is a friend of mine, I know we'd get along. And I would definately stop if I heard Don's voice coming from anywhere. |
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19 Apr 08 - 12:46 PM (#2320087) Subject: RE: On a deserted island with? From: Jim Carroll George Bush - that'd keep the bastard out of harm's way for a few years Jim Carroll |
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19 Apr 08 - 12:54 PM (#2320093) Subject: RE: On a deserted island with? From: Georgiansilver Any good looking woman who also likes Folk music would do for me....could sing to each other etc etc etc etc |
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27 Jun 12 - 12:31 PM (#3368686) Subject: RE: On a deserted island with? From: GUEST,Claire M Hiya, Maddy Prior or Rob Halford – both could be heard 100 yards away. I love Halford but he seems as if he might be quite boring to chat to. Only thing is their coats would be ruined. If I heard both of them doing a duet I wouldn't need to worry about getting off the island because I'd be dead from sheer happiness. That's something to imagine when I'm anxious (them doing a duet, not me dying) |
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27 Jun 12 - 09:02 PM (#3368896) Subject: RE: On a deserted island with? From: Joe_F I won't embarrass him by mentioning his name here, but I think it would be a person I went to highschool with. Sometimes I would put my fingers on his guitar and feel the vibrations while he played & sang. |
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27 Jun 12 - 09:08 PM (#3368897) Subject: RE: On a deserted island with? From: GUEST,Dani Well, I like Mary's vision.... But if I HAD to pick ONE... probably Stevie Ray. I would never, ever get tired of hearing him play. If I wanted someone to sing though, probably James Taylor. We'd do some great duets : ) Dani |
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28 Jun 12 - 04:31 AM (#3368983) Subject: RE: On a deserted island with? From: GUEST,Marianne S. Anyone who plays a double bass. We could use it as a boat to get off the island. |
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28 Jun 12 - 05:42 AM (#3368989) Subject: RE: On a deserted island with? From: stallion Well I would echo banjiman, not his misses but mine, not that his misses hasn't a good voice cos it is sublime but having put up with me for forty years I could sleep easy in my bed, and with no one else on the island she would chirrup away which absolutely she refuses to do in front of anyone else but me in spite of having a half decent singing voice. |
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28 Jun 12 - 05:56 AM (#3368991) Subject: RE: On a deserted island with? From: treewind I was with Marje on the choice of John Kirkpatrick, but then I thought the suggestions of Mozart and Marta Sebestyen were good calls too. |
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28 Jun 12 - 06:32 AM (#3368997) Subject: RE: On a deserted island with? From: GUEST,kendall Can I sneak in Priscilla Herdman? |
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28 Jun 12 - 12:00 PM (#3369104) Subject: RE: On a deserted island with? From: The Sandman lucy ward |
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28 Jun 12 - 12:16 PM (#3369114) Subject: RE: On a deserted island with? From: GUEST,Hi Lo Joni Mitchell, hands down...great painter, great sense of humour, honest, and the best song writer of her generation. |
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28 Jun 12 - 01:07 PM (#3369128) Subject: RE: On a deserted island with? From: RTim My wife Jan - as long as she only brought her Concertina and NO Computer or Phone!! Tim Radford |
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28 Jun 12 - 01:30 PM (#3369138) Subject: RE: On a deserted island with? From: Elmore Norah Jones |
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28 Jun 12 - 01:39 PM (#3369142) Subject: RE: On a deserted island with? From: GUEST Julie Fowlis....She can teach me Gaelic and play the whistle! |
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28 Jun 12 - 01:56 PM (#3369148) Subject: RE: On a deserted island with? From: GUEST,Spidercake Ry Cooder. He can play any song in any style. And I'll bet he's just full of stories. |
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28 Jun 12 - 04:34 PM (#3369214) Subject: RE: On a deserted island with? From: treewind Just noticed this thread is mostly 4 years old. Never mind, it's a topic that doesn't age fast.... |
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28 Jun 12 - 10:03 PM (#3369341) Subject: RE: On a deserted island with? From: Elmore Elizabeth Laprelle |
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29 Jun 12 - 02:46 AM (#3369426) Subject: RE: On a deserted island with? From: GUEST,Allen in OZ A historian. AD |