09-09-2003, 08:43 PM
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14,760~According to the counter, this is the correct number of posts.
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"Life is too short to wake up in the morning with regrets. So love the people who treat you right, forget about the ones who don't, and believe that everything happens for a reason. If you get a chance, take it. If it changes your life, then let it, and if you have to wait for what you really want, take the time because nobody said that life would be easy. They just promised it would be worth it." ~ Unknown author
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09-09-2003, 08:44 PM
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14,761~It took Napoleon four hours to send a message from Rome to Paris--almost 700 miles--using a semaphore system to signal from mountaintop to mountaintop.
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"Life is too short to wake up in the morning with regrets. So love the people who treat you right, forget about the ones who don't, and believe that everything happens for a reason. If you get a chance, take it. If it changes your life, then let it, and if you have to wait for what you really want, take the time because nobody said that life would be easy. They just promised it would be worth it." ~ Unknown author
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09-09-2003, 08:44 PM
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14,762~The walls of the igloo, made entirely of natural material, stand up better to modern artillery than a concrete barricade, according to tests conducted by the Swedish army
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"Life is too short to wake up in the morning with regrets. So love the people who treat you right, forget about the ones who don't, and believe that everything happens for a reason. If you get a chance, take it. If it changes your life, then let it, and if you have to wait for what you really want, take the time because nobody said that life would be easy. They just promised it would be worth it." ~ Unknown author
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09-09-2003, 08:45 PM
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14,763~Five members of Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer's family were killed at the Battle of Little Big Horn, including Custer. Those who died with him were his half-brothers, Tom and Boston; a nephew, Harry Armstrong Reed; and a brother-in-law, James Calhoun.
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"Life is too short to wake up in the morning with regrets. So love the people who treat you right, forget about the ones who don't, and believe that everything happens for a reason. If you get a chance, take it. If it changes your life, then let it, and if you have to wait for what you really want, take the time because nobody said that life would be easy. They just promised it would be worth it." ~ Unknown author
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09-09-2003, 08:46 PM
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14,764~The only southern town to remain in Union hands throughout the Civil War was Key West, Florida, the southernmost city in the continental United States.
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"Life is too short to wake up in the morning with regrets. So love the people who treat you right, forget about the ones who don't, and believe that everything happens for a reason. If you get a chance, take it. If it changes your life, then let it, and if you have to wait for what you really want, take the time because nobody said that life would be easy. They just promised it would be worth it." ~ Unknown author
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09-09-2003, 09:36 PM
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14765
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If someone offers a penny for your thoughts and you put your two cents in, what happens to the other penny??
Don’t let the hardship of the past, take away from the joy of the present
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09-09-2003, 09:50 PM
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14,766~More trivia to come.
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"Life is too short to wake up in the morning with regrets. So love the people who treat you right, forget about the ones who don't, and believe that everything happens for a reason. If you get a chance, take it. If it changes your life, then let it, and if you have to wait for what you really want, take the time because nobody said that life would be easy. They just promised it would be worth it." ~ Unknown author
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09-09-2003, 09:52 PM
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Just me.
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Join Date: May 2002
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14,767 (Were you referring to me, IAKG? )
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09-09-2003, 09:57 PM
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14,768~LOL. No, dear, I wasn't.
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"Life is too short to wake up in the morning with regrets. So love the people who treat you right, forget about the ones who don't, and believe that everything happens for a reason. If you get a chance, take it. If it changes your life, then let it, and if you have to wait for what you really want, take the time because nobody said that life would be easy. They just promised it would be worth it." ~ Unknown author
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09-09-2003, 10:00 PM
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Just me.
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Join Date: May 2002
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14,769 (Whew! That was close. )
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09-09-2003, 10:05 PM
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14,770~You weren't really worried, were you?
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"Life is too short to wake up in the morning with regrets. So love the people who treat you right, forget about the ones who don't, and believe that everything happens for a reason. If you get a chance, take it. If it changes your life, then let it, and if you have to wait for what you really want, take the time because nobody said that life would be easy. They just promised it would be worth it." ~ Unknown author
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09-09-2003, 10:06 PM
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Just me.
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Join Date: May 2002
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14,771 (nah, just having fun )
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09-09-2003, 10:12 PM
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14,772~I know.
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"Life is too short to wake up in the morning with regrets. So love the people who treat you right, forget about the ones who don't, and believe that everything happens for a reason. If you get a chance, take it. If it changes your life, then let it, and if you have to wait for what you really want, take the time because nobody said that life would be easy. They just promised it would be worth it." ~ Unknown author
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09-09-2003, 10:13 PM
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Just me.
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Join Date: May 2002
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14,773 ... better say, "Night, night." Got an early morning tomorrow.
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09-09-2003, 10:14 PM
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14,774~Sleep well, DB.
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"Life is too short to wake up in the morning with regrets. So love the people who treat you right, forget about the ones who don't, and believe that everything happens for a reason. If you get a chance, take it. If it changes your life, then let it, and if you have to wait for what you really want, take the time because nobody said that life would be easy. They just promised it would be worth it." ~ Unknown author
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