And none too soon SB!!! The mobs were beginning to spread rumors that you wore Freudian slips with your pink slippers!! <br><br>Congrats on the wonderful news! And apparently they have you on good drugs!<br><br>Wheeew<br><br><b><i>Hiker97@aol.com</i></b> wrote:<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <meta content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.3199" name="GENERATOR"><font id="role_document" color="#000000" face="Arial" size="2"> <div> <div><a href="mailto:paul_c@tuxcnc.org">paul_c@tuxcnc.org</a> writes: While<font style="background-color: transparent;" color="#000000" face="Arial" size="2"> our dear fiend is in hospital and out of earshot, perhaps now is the time to plan a surprise on the ol' rascal...</font></div> <div><font style="background-color: transparent;" color="#000000" face="Arial"
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