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Tim Wright

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Feb 11, 2006, 7:34:20 PM2/11/06
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It's finally happened. I've actually managed to get a decent pic of the
new cat. One in which it doesn't look like someone cut a cat shaped
hole in the picture.

http://valkyrierider.us/photos/midnight.jpg
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Tim W

As happy as an idiot in Idiotland on Idiots Get In Free Day.

Dana Carpender

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Feb 11, 2006, 7:43:43 PM2/11/06
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Tim Wright wrote:

> It's finally happened. I've actually managed to get a decent pic of the
> new cat. One in which it doesn't look like someone cut a cat shaped
> hole in the picture.
>
> http://valkyrierider.us/photos/midnight.jpg

Oh, very elegant looking kitty! The shape of a Siamese, with that shiny
black coat.

Dana

Veronique

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Feb 11, 2006, 7:49:00 PM2/11/06
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Tim Wright wrote:
> It's finally happened. I've actually managed to get a decent pic of the
> new cat. One in which it doesn't look like someone cut a cat shaped
> hole in the picture.
>
> http://valkyrierider.us/photos/midnight.jpg


Good kitty!


V.
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Veronique Chez Sheep

Mary

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Feb 11, 2006, 8:21:52 PM2/11/06
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Tim wrote:
>It's finally happened. I've actually managed to get a decent pic of the
>new cat. One in which it doesn't look like someone cut a cat shaped
>hole in the picture.

Oh, nice looking cat. In fact, we have a black cat with a white spot
on his chest, very similar in appearance to your guy, only quite a bit
er, chunkier.

Not that Spike's fat, exactly, but he's sort of muscle-bound. And he
eats every damn thing in his path. Anyway, nice looking cat.

Mary

Charles Bishop

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Feb 11, 2006, 8:35:27 PM2/11/06
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In article <1139707312.2...@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>, "Mary"
<mrfea...@aol.com> wrote:

"When you see me comin' you better step aside,
Lotta men didn't and lotta men got et."

charles, with apologies to Tennessee Ernie

Pushmi-Pullyu

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Feb 11, 2006, 8:39:46 PM2/11/06
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Tim Wright wrote:
> It's finally happened. I've actually managed to get a decent pic of the
> new cat. One in which it doesn't look like someone cut a cat shaped
> hole in the picture.
>
> http://valkyrierider.us/photos/midnight.jpg
> --
>
> Tim W


Cute kitty!
But obviously needs to be fed more.
Practically wasting away.
Poor starving kitty!
Meow!!

P

Dana Carpender

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Feb 11, 2006, 9:02:34 PM2/11/06
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Mary wrote:

You've got a kitty named Spike? I've got a kitty named Spike! We
didn't name him; he was named Spike when we adopted him. But I've
always thought it was a very cool name.

Dana

Mary

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Feb 11, 2006, 9:20:18 PM2/11/06
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Dana wrote:
>You've got a kitty named Spike? I've got a kitty named Spike! We
>didn't name him; he was named Spike when we adopted him. But I've
>always thought it was a very cool name.

Yup, my husband named him. When we adopted him, his name was Daunte
(after Mr Culpepper) which didn't fit him at all (and he was just a
kitten, so we were able to change it without a problem). My husband is
into trains: model trains, real trains, train museums, etc. So we've
had cats called Chessie, Lionel, and now Spike, which my husband likes
to pretend is a railroad name. Spike and I know better.

Mary

Rick B.

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Feb 11, 2006, 9:30:35 PM2/11/06
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Tim Wright <tlwri...@verizon.net> wrote in
news:govHf.1623$lo3.422@trnddc07:

> It's finally happened. I've actually managed to get a decent pic
> of the new cat. One in which it doesn't look like someone cut a
> cat shaped hole in the picture.
>
> http://valkyrierider.us/photos/midnight.jpg

"And whatta YOU lookin' at? Never seen a CAT before?"

Yeah, been on the wrong end of *that* addytood a few times...

Jim Ellwanger

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Feb 12, 2006, 5:44:46 PM2/12/06
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In article <1139710818.7...@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com>,
Mary <mrfea...@aol.com> wrote:

> So we've had cats called Chessie, Lionel...

Ooh, Lionel -- good idea if I ever get another cat! (My current cat is
named Chessie.)

--
Jim Ellwanger <use...@ellwanger.tv>
<http://www.ellwanger.tv> welcomes you daily.

Charles Bishop

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Feb 12, 2006, 7:01:31 PM2/12/06
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In article <120220061444464512%use...@ellwanger.tv>, Jim Ellwanger
<use...@ellwanger.tv> wrote:

>In article <1139710818.7...@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com>,
>Mary <mrfea...@aol.com> wrote:
>
>> So we've had cats called Chessie, Lionel...
>
>Ooh, Lionel -- good idea if I ever get another cat! (My current cat is
>named Chessie.)

Would another choice be "Ray-O-Vac"? I seem to remember a cat used in an
advertisement for a battery.

--
charles

Alistair Gale

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Feb 12, 2006, 8:20:52 PM2/12/06
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Nope, it is/was the Eveready black cat with 9 lives:
<http://oak.cats.ohiou.edu/~postr/MRT/Ev9lives.htm>

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alistair

Mary

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Feb 12, 2006, 9:05:19 PM2/12/06
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Jim Ellwanger wrote:

>Mary <mrfeath...@aol.com> wrote:
>> So we've had cats called Chessie, Lionel...

>Ooh, Lionel -- good idea if I ever get another cat! (My current cat is
>named Chessie.)

Oh, go on -- get another now! Chessie's probably lonely.

Mary
(We have five)

Jim Ellwanger

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Feb 13, 2006, 5:53:14 PM2/13/06
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In article <1139796319.0...@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
Mary <mrfea...@aol.com> wrote:

> Oh, go on -- get another now! Chessie's probably lonely.

I intend to -- if I can ever afford to move to a bigger place. (Come
on, "Jeopardy!" Call me!)

Snide...@gmail.com

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Feb 13, 2006, 8:24:35 PM2/13/06
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Jim Ellwanger wrote:
> In article <1139796319.0...@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
> Mary <mrfea...@aol.com> wrote:
>
> > Oh, go on -- get another now! Chessie's probably lonely.
>
> I intend to -- if I can ever afford to move to a bigger place. (Come
> on, "Jeopardy!" Call me!)
>

Who will be a guy named Peake, of course. And will write letters home
from the Front...er, front room.

/dps

Snide...@gmail.com

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Feb 13, 2006, 8:26:25 PM2/13/06
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Snidely....@gmail.com wrote:

> Jim Ellwanger wrote:
> > Mary <mrfea...@aol.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Oh, go on -- get another now! Chessie's probably lonely.
> >
> > I intend to -- if I can ever afford to move to a bigger place. (Come
> > on, "Jeopardy!" Call me!)
> >
>
> Who will be a guy named Peake, of course. And will write letters home
> from the Front...er, front room.
>

Let's try that again...how about "from the Front Parlour"; much nicer
than a roomette or even a room.

/dps

Captain Infinity

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Feb 13, 2006, 10:07:06 PM2/13/06
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Once Upon A Time Tim Wright wrote:

>It's finally happened. I've actually managed to get a decent pic of the
>new cat. One in which it doesn't look like someone cut a cat shaped
>hole in the picture.
>
>http://valkyrierider.us/photos/midnight.jpg

Nice looking picture. Scary looking cat.


**
Captain Infinity

Tim Wright

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Feb 13, 2006, 10:25:05 PM2/13/06
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That's not a scary cat. THIS is a scary cat
http://valkyrierider.us/photos/evilcalico.jpg

--

Tim W

There are 10 kinds of people in the world, those that understand binary,
and those that don't.

Pushmi-Pullyu

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Feb 13, 2006, 10:34:04 PM2/13/06
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Tim Wright wrote:

> That's not a scary cat. THIS is a scary cat
> http://valkyrierider.us/photos/evilcalico.jpg
>

> Tim W

What about this one...?

http://www.discountgraphics.net/animals/cats/ic-cats/ic-cats-img/icm141.jpg

P

Jim Ellwanger

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Feb 14, 2006, 3:08:20 AM2/14/06
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In article <1139880275.6...@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
<Snide...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Who will be a guy named Peake, of course. And will write letters home
> from the Front...er, front room.

I take it you have seen the advertisement with Peake back from the war
-- leg bandaged, medals on his chest. Note that the kittens are
looking up at him adoringly, but Chessie can't even be bothered to get
out of bed for the homecoming. ("My" Chessie is somewhat more active
than that.)

ra...@westnet.poe.com

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Feb 14, 2006, 10:54:02 AM2/14/06
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Pushmi-Pullyu <sandsto...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Tim Wright wrote:

> > That's not a scary cat. THIS is a scary cat
> > http://valkyrierider.us/photos/evilcalico.jpg

> What about this one...?

> http://www.discountgraphics.net/animals/cats/ic-cats/ic-cats-img/icm141.jpg

That's not a scarey cat. THIS is a scarey cat:

http://ljplus.ru/img2/e/x/extel/050812_tiger.jpg

John
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Remove the dead poet to e-mail, tho CC'd posts are unwelcome.
Mean People Suck - It takes two deviations to get cool.
Ask me about joining the NRA.

Karen AKA Kajikit

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Feb 14, 2006, 12:42:29 PM2/14/06
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On Sun, 12 Feb 2006 00:34:20 GMT, Tim Wright <tlwri...@verizon.net>
wrote:

>It's finally happened. I've actually managed to get a decent pic of the
>new cat. One in which it doesn't look like someone cut a cat shaped
>hole in the picture.
>
>http://valkyrierider.us/photos/midnight.jpg

Midnight looks almost exactly like the kitty we rescued last week...
she's at the animal shelter just now getting spayed and shotted and
then she'll be coming home to live with us. (We wanted to let the
shelter find her a good home but they said that she was going to be
put down in three days because 'nobody wants a black cat'! So we had
no choice other than to adopt her ourselves... well, we could have
just turned around and taken her home again unofficially but for the
$70 adoption fee they'll spay her and give her her shots etc, and it
would have cost a lot more to take her to the vet ourselves!)

Here's a photo of Tessie...
http://community.webshots.com/photo/2088662440015899315FqJYcT
You can't see it in the photo but she's got a tiny little patch of
white on her tummy in front her her hind legs, and a little streak on
her throat that looks like she brushed against a wet paintbrush...


--
~Karen aka Kajikit
Crafts, cats, and chocolate - the three essentials of life
http://www.kajikitscorner.com
Online photo album - http://community.webshots.com/user/kajikit

Mary

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Feb 14, 2006, 12:48:28 PM2/14/06
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Karen said:
>We wanted to let the
>shelter find her a good home but they said that she was going to be
>put down in three days because 'nobody wants a black cat'!

What a load of hooey.

Mary
Has five black cats.

Dana Carpender

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Feb 14, 2006, 1:12:27 PM2/14/06
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Karen AKA Kajikit wrote:

> On Sun, 12 Feb 2006 00:34:20 GMT, Tim Wright <tlwri...@verizon.net>
> wrote:
>
>
>>It's finally happened. I've actually managed to get a decent pic of the
>>new cat. One in which it doesn't look like someone cut a cat shaped
>>hole in the picture.
>>
>>http://valkyrierider.us/photos/midnight.jpg
>
>
> Midnight looks almost exactly like the kitty we rescued last week...
> she's at the animal shelter just now getting spayed and shotted and
> then she'll be coming home to live with us. (We wanted to let the
> shelter find her a good home but they said that she was going to be
> put down in three days because 'nobody wants a black cat'!

Why does nobody want a black cat? I've known lots of people who have
had black cats, me among them. Always struck me as rather popular,
actually, despite the old superstition.

Dana

Tim Wright

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Feb 14, 2006, 2:53:00 PM2/14/06
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One for each point of your pentagram? ;)

Snide...@gmail.com

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Feb 14, 2006, 2:55:28 PM2/14/06
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Jim Ellwanger wrote:

> I take it you have seen the advertisement with Peake back from the war
> -- leg bandaged, medals on his chest. Note that the kittens are
> looking up at him adoringly, but Chessie can't even be bothered to get
> out of bed for the homecoming. ("My" Chessie is somewhat more active
> than that.)

That one I've missed, I think. And I can't remember which pictures
were on the C&O calendars I used to get, but various Peake pics have
appeared in the magazines from time to time; the one that comes to mind
is his "formal" in-uniform portrait.

/dps

Mary

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Feb 14, 2006, 4:07:15 PM2/14/06
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>> What a load of hooey.

>> Mary
>> Has five black cats.

>One for each point of your pentagram? ;)

Hey, I don't need no steenkin' pentagram. No, it's just coincidence.
Cats tend to accumulate at our house.

Mary

Karen AKA Kajikit

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Feb 14, 2006, 4:48:01 PM2/14/06
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It sounds like a load of hooey to me too! But somebody said that all
black cats tend to look alike so they don't stand out in people's
attention like a Siamese or a ginger tabby... and somebody else said
that black cats tend to be very popular in October but not at other
times of the year. Personally I think ALL cats are equally attractive
(except I don't much like calicos) and black cats are very handsome...

Karen AKA Kajikit

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Feb 14, 2006, 4:49:24 PM2/14/06
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On Tue, 14 Feb 2006 19:53:00 GMT, Tim Wright <tlwri...@verizon.net>
wrote:

>Mary wrote:


>> Karen said:
>>
>>>We wanted to let the
>>>shelter find her a good home but they said that she was going to be
>>>put down in three days because 'nobody wants a black cat'!
>>
>>
>> What a load of hooey.
>>
>> Mary
>> Has five black cats.
>>
>
>One for each point of your pentagram? ;)

I didn't see Mary's post so I went and examined my kill filters - at
some point I accidentally made a perpetual global kill filter for any
post by 'Mary'... oops. It's gone now, and while I was there I deleted
a bunch of others that served a shortterm purpose...

Tim Wright

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Feb 14, 2006, 5:27:54 PM2/14/06
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Karen AKA Kajikit wrote:
> On Tue, 14 Feb 2006 18:12:27 GMT, Dana Carpender
> <dcar...@kivanospam.net> wrote:
>
>
>>
>>Karen AKA Kajikit wrote:
>>
>>
>>>On Sun, 12 Feb 2006 00:34:20 GMT, Tim Wright <tlwri...@verizon.net>
>>>wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>It's finally happened. I've actually managed to get a decent pic of the
>>>>new cat. One in which it doesn't look like someone cut a cat shaped
>>>>hole in the picture.
>>>>
>>>>http://valkyrierider.us/photos/midnight.jpg
>>>
>>>
>>>Midnight looks almost exactly like the kitty we rescued last week...
>>>she's at the animal shelter just now getting spayed and shotted and
>>>then she'll be coming home to live with us. (We wanted to let the
>>>shelter find her a good home but they said that she was going to be
>>>put down in three days because 'nobody wants a black cat'!
>>
>>Why does nobody want a black cat? I've known lots of people who have
>>had black cats, me among them. Always struck me as rather popular,
>>actually, despite the old superstition.
>
>
> It sounds like a load of hooey to me too! But somebody said that all
> black cats tend to look alike so they don't stand out in people's
> attention like a Siamese or a ginger tabby... and somebody else said
> that black cats tend to be very popular in October but not at other
> times of the year. Personally I think ALL cats are equally attractive
> (except I don't much like calicos) and black cats are very handsome...
>

Our calico has actually started to mellow somewhat. She still thinks
I'm a chew toy, but a couple of times a week she'll sit with me and
submit to being petted like a normal house cat.

http://valkyrierider.us/photos/catnap.jpg

Lisa Ann

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Feb 14, 2006, 6:24:55 PM2/14/06
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"Karen AKA Kajikit" <kaj...@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:jsj4v11b1a5hu1b2q...@4ax.com...

>> It sounds like a load of hooey to me too! But somebody said that all
> black cats tend to look alike so they don't stand out in people's
> attention like a Siamese or a ginger tabby... and somebody else said
> that black cats tend to be very popular in October but not at other
> times of the year. Personally I think ALL cats are equally attractive
> (except I don't much like calicos) and black cats are very handsome...

The only drawback to black cats is their tendency to crawl into dark places
and close their eyes, so you don't realize they're there.

Wow, I think I just used and spelled all iterations of "there/their/they're"
correctly.

Lisa Ann


Bill Turlock

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Feb 14, 2006, 6:42:43 PM2/14/06
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You did! I'm impressed!

Bill "Now do 'to' " Turlock

Pushmi-Pullyu

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Feb 14, 2006, 6:50:02 PM2/14/06
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Dana Carpender wrote:
>
> Why does nobody want a black cat? I've known lots of people who have
> had black cats, me among them. Always struck me as rather popular,
> actually, despite the old superstition.
>
> Dana

Black cats are my favorite!
My last cat was black, and the one before that was mostly black, with
white paws, and a few other bits.

P

Dana Carpender

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Feb 14, 2006, 7:20:25 PM2/14/06
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Bill Turlock wrote:

What, you want her to use the not two, not three, but four versions of
the sound the sound pronounce "tu," too? And on Tue?

Dana

Lisa Ann

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Feb 14, 2006, 7:59:12 PM2/14/06
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"Bill Turlock" <"Bill Turlock"@sonnic.net> wrote in message
news:43F26AF3...@sonnic.net...

LOL - You mean like "The two of us were going to the store, too"?

Harder are the contractions...its/it's, whose/who's, your/you're.

People who misuse those make me nuts.

That statement, of course, guarantees that sometime in the next 24 hours, I
will misuse them all.

Lisa Ann


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