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Old 3 August 2013, 12:09 PM   #301
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Old 5 August 2013, 12:11 PM   #304
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Old 5 August 2013, 12:12 PM   #305
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Old 5 August 2013, 12:14 PM   #306
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Old 6 August 2013, 10:22 AM   #307
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Old 6 August 2013, 03:06 PM   #308
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Old 7 August 2013, 08:43 PM   #309
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Old 7 August 2013, 08:46 PM   #310
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Spend you life picking people up not putting people down.
Good one. But a lot of heavy lifting.
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When it comes to worrying, know when to stop.

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Old 8 August 2013, 04:47 AM   #312
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Good one, never heard it before and so true.
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Old 8 August 2013, 11:36 AM   #313
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Old 8 August 2013, 12:04 PM   #314
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Everything we shut our eyes to, everything we run away from, everything we deny, denigrate, or despise, serves to defeat us in the end. Henry miller.
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Old 8 August 2013, 12:17 PM   #315
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Wow. True.
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Old 8 August 2013, 11:25 PM   #316
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Old 9 August 2013, 12:29 PM   #317
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Old 9 August 2013, 09:09 PM   #318
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Old 10 August 2013, 12:20 PM   #319
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I like that one...!!
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Old 10 August 2013, 08:46 PM   #320
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Old 11 August 2013, 02:36 PM   #321
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Old 11 August 2013, 08:55 PM   #322
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Old 12 August 2013, 01:09 AM   #323
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Old 12 August 2013, 01:31 AM   #324
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Old 12 August 2013, 01:34 AM   #325
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...another one of my favorites.

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Old 12 August 2013, 07:48 AM   #326
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Old 12 August 2013, 07:54 AM   #327
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Whizzing is Ok.. just dont touch the fense while in progress...!!
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Old 12 August 2013, 12:07 PM   #328
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Pretty sure the Mythbusters tested this.
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Old 12 August 2013, 12:34 PM   #329
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Ouch...
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Old 12 August 2013, 01:06 PM   #330
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