Is it just me, or has anyone else noticed this....feature page posts with 3 or 4 responses?....usually more popular bloggers.....could our little community be dying a slow agonizing death?
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sweet_cookie01 said on Aug 31, 2007....
i noticed that too... i am wishing that it is just that time of the year where most soulcasters are busy. -
silverwhisper said on Aug 31, 2007....
i think most americans are probably on vacation in the lead-up to labor day weekend, man.
ed -
pickersplock said on Aug 31, 2007....
I think ed's right. Everyone is trying to cram as much as they can into the last days before school starts. I'm off to Lake George today myself! -
rupert7 said on Aug 31, 2007....
It has not seemed quite its old self for some time I think. -
Zayda said on Aug 31, 2007....
For some of us, school started two weeks ago. So, I'm back to work teaching full-time instead of the just part-time placement reading and workshops I did over the summer, plus the little man has been back in school for two weeks as well. So, life has been busy and less posting and commenting has been going on for me.
We are still trying to cram in as much as we can in the last days of summer. We have plans for the holiday weekend that include about 15 people at our house for a cookout over the weekend. :) -
Battycat said on Aug 31, 2007....
I think everybody is just bizzy. -
nytquill17 said on Aug 31, 2007....
I've been noticing this for a while now (early in the summer if not before). I was thinking maybe they changed the algorithm for the featured posts in order to catch a bigger variety instead of just the most popular.
Or maybe yeah, it's just summer vacation. :)
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CamDaMan20 said on Aug 31, 2007....
What ya think >>>> choke, cough, sputter <<<<<
Naw, its just back 2 school, end of summer rush.
Cam.
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CamDaMan20 said on Aug 31, 2007....
A bind man could have seen through the dogma with a little acknowledgment at the cost of sharing an individual masturbating in the open presents of minors vs. the life cycle of a site. What in photographic filth equates worthiness over creative writing ?
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CamDaMan20 said on Aug 31, 2007....
Where ya going ? >>>>>Soulcast City<<<<<
Cam.
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secretlife said on Aug 31, 2007....
as someone who has been on SoulCast for over a year, I'd like to say that we experienced a similar 'slow' period last summer as well, and there were quite a few days where having 1/2 dz comments (and sometimes less) got posts onto the front page. -
bloc said on Aug 31, 2007....
I also think it's possible that people are congregating around more focused topics. I get good conversations on my posts, between 2 or 3 people, but they rarely make the home page. Maybe the days of the giant posts are dying? -
Suddenrain said on Aug 31, 2007....
COPS,.......nevermind, I'm to tired to argue with you. I'll let you keep your warped vision.
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Suddenrain said on Aug 31, 2007....
Cam, I looked at the link to Soulcast City. You are so good with words at times. So creative. You wrote that beautifully. -
raulraffinknockknock said on Aug 31, 2007....
Someone thinks so, and announced it at the start of summer...
http://www.soulcast.com/post/show/68340/SOULCAST-or-SOULCURSED%3F-Site-Killed-By-IRON-POOR-BLOGS -
CamDaMan20 said on Aug 31, 2007....
Thanks, just one of those fun moments I allow myself, from time to time.
Cam.
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desertsienna2 said on Aug 31, 2007....
Too hot and muggy to enjoy the outside. I was going to accept an out-of-town offer and move but found out I am expected to move there for an interview and my acceptance is based on on a willingness to relocate, which included access to staff accommodations for awhile but a willingness to find my own apartment before even applying. Like I am going to get an apartment being new in a tourist town in the mountains without a job and no accommodations offered. Like I shouldn't be entitled to stay in staff accom when the job offered includes it and is promised but apparently, this doesn't apply to me and I might be able to move out in three to six months or just head back home. We're deciding against this. It is not a good decision for anyone.
ike I am actually going to do this...I have an interview for another job on Tuesday in addition to the two I already have. There is always a job at the mall if things don't work out. I refuse to go back to the serving industry---no way. This kitchen job wasn't worth considering under those circumstances and the job I have an interview pays more. Can go into my car.
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travelr712 said on Aug 31, 2007....
well, i was going to lament the fact that it seems some people who are so good with words use them only to incite others for their own perverse pleasure because it gives them the only sense of control they seem to be able to garner in their lives, but then at the end of this 'sithborg' (are overstated screen names the 2k version of a red lamborghini?) post, i noticed TNP signed as zayda... now, i've only been here a few weeks, and have seen many accusations flying around about who is really who... is zayda really TNP?
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Expendable said on Aug 31, 2007....
It's not dying. Nor has anything really sigificantly changed. It's labor day weekend.
I love the subtle misdirection of suggesting that porn is killing this place. Not a bad attempt at manipulation and misinformation. Pity nobody's falling for the propaganda.
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Expendable said on Aug 31, 2007....
No, Zayda and TNP are different sexes, different people. -
Eilan said on Aug 31, 2007....
Zayda is TNP with clothes on. -
hotaka said on Aug 31, 2007....
It happens. SC goes through its busy season and slow season. About two months ago people were asking the same question. -
Jenna said on Aug 31, 2007....
Hi D..... yes it is different.....I have been here for over a year.....but everything in life changes....so perhaps this is just another change we need to accept....I miss the old days here at soulcast.....one in particular......and I am calling way old friends to remember....once upon a time there was a river trip.....it was so fun.....Just a memory.....Hopefully we can create new memoriesl.....Love to you!Jenna -
Zayda said on Aug 31, 2007....
Travlr: Nope, TNP is his own person. I am me. Him signing my name is a running joke. Although, I did "win" his blog in an auction of sorts. :) But, I'm most definitely just Zayda and only Zayda. This is the only account I have.
Eilan: :P :P I'll have you know I look just as good with my clothes off as TNP does with his off. I just have different parts than TNP does. Hmmm...come to think of it, I look just as good with my clothes on as TNP does with his on. -
LadyGamer said on Aug 31, 2007....
Dying?
I have to admit, I don't care if it is. I don't look at the featured page usually. I blog my little brain out and if I get no responses, oh well. That's not what I am here for. If I need an answer to a question, really really need an answer, I pick up the phone.
Don't get me wrong, I LIKE the community feeling. I even like that I have made one or two new friends and refound some old ones. But my blog is always in essence about me, "talking" myself through whatever I need to see in physical words.
I DO believe in free speech. I use it too.
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Fire_01 said on Sep 01, 2007....
Welllllll...............I have only been here a short while. All I want to say is that I notice that there are some individuals that irks 99% of the people on SC. There might be more. I have a feeling that people stay away from posts where they comment, thus killing further possible comments on those particular posts.
I don't know these people and why they do it, but I guess it will never stop. I surf and find the posts with a nice ambiance and make my comments there. When I see someone making a controversial statement (in my own opinion) I simply move on.
I don't post a lot myself as becoming popular etc is not important to me. I love building a good circle of friends as I travel quite often and love to meet wonderful people.
I love being sappy, having fun with the ladies on SC and a good chat with the guys.
This is my opinion.
F1
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Suddenrain said on Sep 01, 2007....
Great oppinion and attitude Fire. Nice to see you. :-) -
Suddenrain said on Sep 01, 2007....
Cops, I never gave my oppinion. Thus, how can it be warped as of yet? -
travelr712 said on Sep 01, 2007....
fire - people do it because they think they're 'edgy' and 'smart' and 'cool'. some people like to live on the dark side, and hate anyone and anything that is considerate or kind or loving. i've come to find that those types of people are usually rather myopic and self centered, they only see things from their own viewpoint and ridicule anyone who does not share it, they never even attempt to see things from anyone else's. they think it's a weakness to display any sort of empathy. usually if you just ignore people like that, they go away after awhile. their appetite is fed when they get reactions from people, and it makes them feel superior. especially if they can upset someone so much that they leave. then those people think they've really accomplished something, gotten rid of the 'fluff' as they say. -
Fire_01 said on Sep 01, 2007....
Travelr712...............Yes....it is such a pity, because I find being nice to people makes them feel nice. It is a good feeling when people are happy and if I can make ANY person feel good or better about themselves, it enriches my life and make me a pleasure to be around and associated with....does it not?
I think being an ass is very easy, but being able to make people smile and feel good about themselves and life is an art.
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CamDaMan20 said on Sep 01, 2007....
Jesus Christ, why don't you two get a room already ?? Such a pious stance taken against a large number of members ! Neither of you self important individuals have any idea about anyone in actuality, 99.99 percent of the thousands who pass through here each month never even cross your pious-ed paths to their good fortune.
You damn others for how did you put it ....?
i've come to find that those types of people are usually rather myopic and self centered, they only see things from their own viewpoint and ridicule anyone who does not share it, they never even attempt to see things from anyone else's.
and then go on to dictate.....
usually if you just ignore people like that, they go away after awhile.
Leaving you to what ? Your own private little worlds where apparently its the norm to run around fluffing everyone's Garfield while ignoring the fact you are just fucking members yourself amongst what ? Hundreds, Thousands of usernames ?
Fuck you both and the world you wish only was yours.
Cam.
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raulraffinknockknock said on Sep 01, 2007....
I say nothing has reall changed much...it's just individual groups or "cliques" that changed... -
TheNakedProfessor said on Sep 01, 2007....
Zay, if you tell people you've seen me dressedthey'll think we've been intimate.... -
Zayda said on Sep 01, 2007....
TNP...ohhh....let them talk. ;) -
Suddenrain said on Sep 01, 2007....
not in a thousand lifetimes Cops. -
Fire_01 said on Sep 01, 2007....
Wow Trav!!! Did we strike a nerve with poor Candyman? Shame why is he so upset? I don't know him, but he sure sounds like a little whining pussy. I am sure that a girl can give him a hiding.
Calm down Candyman. I can't remember that Trav or I mentioned your name, but then again, as Queen said in one of her posts, you are a bit of an attention whore.
It is sad really.
Have a nice day Mr. Candyman.
F1
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CamDaMan20 said on Sep 01, 2007....
Damn thanks, err um, fire 1 ...oh how 911- ish.
Does it madden you to the point of lost sleep ? Could I be the real Candyman to your deepest nightmares ?
You have made me an urban legion. >>>>>> Candyman <<<<<<
Your good friend Queen, err, (fire 1 = ur actual sperm count ??) only made me infamous ! Attention whore ? please.... more like a sophisticated method to achieve a mental orgasm anonymously ! In my mind I have already skulled fucked you and pushed you away into your corner where you lay licking yourself and drooling for an opportunity at
a second bite at the apple, if you will.
This is exactly the fodder that adds spice to an other wise musty library full of
bi- spectacled and frustrated bookworms feeding like meal worms amongst the pages of humanity.
So scream bookworm...scream with all your breath and vigor, but do not sleep because if you do, it will..... not be only your waking moments that I have consumed, " you may awaken in a rush feeling totally brained fucked, only to find me sitting on your chest gnawing away at your ego."
Cam.
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Fire_01 said on Sep 02, 2007....
Candyman......Shame! Why so violent and upset little pussy? Scared of you? What a laugh. Scared of a clearly demented, sad individual who needs to resort to foul language and insults to TRY, with the emphasis on TRY, to make a point?
Second bite at the apple? You Candyman? I am not aware that I have bitten you before. Unless you used one of your SC names.
No need to use foul language and rant and rave Candyfluff. You are not a good example to the kids and the younger people on SC.
Behave yourself.....if that is possible....
Oh and Candyman.......you really don't want to start a fire...do you?
Bye Candyfluff
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Zayda said on Sep 02, 2007....
D6fer--Is Soulcast dying? Ask the right question, and you get how many comments and views? This is rather like one of those "why isn't anyone commenting on me or reading my blogs" posts that many newcomers post. When they post that, they get plenty of responses.
No, SC isn't dying. People are becoming more selective about who/what they comment on. Plus, there are more people on SC. The more people, the more likely it is that individuals will get fewer comments on blogs as those comments are being spread around, thus resulting in fewer comments on even more established SCers blogs.
Interestingly, the day you posted this, I watched the front page of SC for awhile. There were posts there with 10, 14, 21 comments on them as well as 3 and 4 comments. It seemed to have picked up the day you posted this but had been a bit slower. -
SoulCast said on Sep 02, 2007....
The number of comments is not the primary factor used to determine featured posts :) -
CamDaMan20 said on Sep 02, 2007....
lmao...don't look like fluffing everyones Garfield is a prerequisite either.
Dying ? lol.... The sky is falling....the sky is falling... as fire 1 responds
with lotz of fluff n stuff and travelr is left hugging the tree alone trembling as his eyes watch fitfully at the sky .... and he is left soooo alone. The sky is falling ! lmao
Cam.
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travelr712 said on Sep 02, 2007....
fire - you are correct, i did not reference anyone's screen names in my comment, but apparently there are those who see themselves as fitting that profile, are there not?
i've had several people come to me for advice, and tell me they do so because they value my opinion. i would rather people think of me like that than be 'infamous', but i guess not everyone sees things that way.
i will, however mention that i find it typical of fashion that cam calls anyone who does not agree with his overly stated opinion on pornography a pedophile because as he says 'they know children come here, and yet they put this filth up on their blogs for the children to see, thus inviting these children to participate in that filth which makes them a pedophile' (a paraphrase, but an accurate one for sake of comment space), and yet he graphically explains all the sexual positions he's supposedly enjoyed with you in this blog, thus opening these young, impressionable minds to that same 'filth' right out of his own pen.
hmm, i guess he does fit my profile after all, doesn't he?
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CamDaMan20 said on Sep 02, 2007....
lmao if you weren't a bi-product of SW, I'd say you were actually jealous and full of innuendo !
Relax little man, you still have all that self importance bottled up inside. " lmao . . . Honestly,
I like you better as a chicken little kinda guy....
Cam. : - ) he he....
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mom said on Sep 02, 2007....
Fire- do you think it is easy being an ass? Let me tell you I work hard at it, I build up a sweat. Some would say I am a natural but I think not! I just give off the impression I am. :) -
travelr712 said on Sep 02, 2007....
wow, camcops is drunk again, there's a surprise! -
CamDaMan20 said on Sep 02, 2007....
wow, silverwhisper is posing again, there's a surprise!
Cam.
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bloc said on Sep 02, 2007....
I think he was drunk when he tried to spell extraordinaire ;) -
Fire_01 said on Sep 03, 2007....
mmmm........Mom you can't be an ass even if you gave your life to be one. You are sweet and witty and I love it when you slap cam/cops all over the place!!! You really are good ast it!!!. I love it when you irritate him like that!!! You are the greatest.
Trav...........Yes, it is amazing how this sick and twisted individual "chose" himself as one of those that irks 99% of good soulcasters. I am not aware that I mentioned his name and neither did you, but like Queen said, he is such an attention whore (I love that Queen) that he could not resist. Shame, it is sad. Did you see his attempt at posting. He basically speaks to himself and then manage to get 3 - 4 comments on the post!!! Then his attempt at writing!!!! What a laugh and joke. Soulcast I, II and III. I was actually embarassed when I read it. What a pathetic attempt to get attention. I don't think he has a dayjob, but should stick to it!!!
bloc......yes we all know by now how "intelligent" our friend is. You would think that he will be more careful about the spelling of his latest fake name.
Sudden...........Don't be too concerned about his comments about you. You got to feel sorry for the poor man. He obviously had a very poor upbringing and was produced (not born) from very bad "stock". (For lack of a better word!).
D6fer.............we apologise for taking over your post!!!!
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mom said on Sep 03, 2007....
Fire- how long have you been here? I hadn't realized that you had been here long enough to know. LOL I am trying to be nicer to people. -
Fire_01 said on Sep 03, 2007....
Mom...........l surfed many blogs before I started posting and commenting You are great...and why should you be nice to people refusing to be nice in return? -
D6fer said on Sep 03, 2007....
Zayda....I disagree....if the membership is growing, then the featured page hits should be also, reguardless of the deversification of interests.
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D6fer said on Sep 03, 2007....
Soulcast.....what is the determining factor? -
Suddenrain said on Sep 03, 2007....
Aye yi yi, I must be going soft. I'm to tired and amused to at the moment to comment on anything Chops/Cops has to say. He's a bore and a child trapped in his own little hell he's created for himself. I have no doubt he got his whiney little butt kicked on the playground while attempting to grow up. And it's still an ongoing process. ( Looks at cops) *yawn*
Fire, hugggsss. Thank you.
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travelr712 said on Sep 03, 2007....
fire - no, i did not read his story. as i said, i avoid reading him as much as possible, because if you look at his titles, most of them are overly stated, totally baseless accusations about people on this site being pedophiles, and i have better things to do with my time. i did go look a couple days ago because someone said that he had written something about me and they wanted my opinion on it, but he'd taken the post down by then, and i have absolutely no desire to read his inflammatory drivel. people more or less take on a personality in an online forum, and the personality he has decided on for the cam persona is that of an arrogant, myopic asshole. more power too him. i prefer to ignore assholes rather than feed their insatiable need for attention.
sudden - wow, tell us how you really feel! LOL - it's ok to vent your frustration on a persona like cam/cops. they serve no other purpose in an environment like this.
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CamDaMan20 said on Sep 03, 2007....
Het Travelr, I am just a few hours from you, with plenty of gas money. Why not say we meet to go over some of your more flavorful comments ? I can afford to fly over and save time if ya wish, or be glad to take the putt out for a stretch ? You choice long distance looser...lol Spend 60 bucks, something odd about a man in the United States, allegedly in college but has to endure phone sex across an ocean to land a womans time. lmao, like I said, we live in the same country and, I have the money if you have the heart. I'd tell you to keep your mouth off of me but I somehow feel I would not be the first man your mouth has found to your liking, your a piece of white trash who can even land a chickenhead here in America, looser.
Any time any where. Will not be posting in this post any further.
Cam.
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Zayda said on Sep 03, 2007....
D6fer--Why should the number of hits on featured posts be growing is Soulcast is growing in numbers? Not everyone reads a post just because it's on the "featured" page. And if you have more members with more diverse interests, they are going to read the posts that interest them and comment on those posts.
As Bloc mentioned, he is getting good conversations on his political posts between people that are interested in those posts. Those people may only being posts that are political in nature, rather than other posts.
People concentrate their comments to the types of posts/and or readers they are interested in.
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travelr712 said on Sep 03, 2007....
good insight zayda, you'll usually find the same screen names on the same types of posts, and under the same screen name blogs. i posted on a couple of those political blogs, but after a short time decided i didn't really like the style of conversation they have, so i stopped.
people pick and choose according to their interests, and so soulcast has to put varied enough content on the front page to keep as wide a demographic as possible interested. a bot can't do that. it has to be done by a human.
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Fire_01 said on Sep 03, 2007....
Trav.... Good show man. I see Candyman has been slapped around enough, he is running off with his tail between his legs. I told you he can't take it.
F1
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travelr712 said on Sep 03, 2007....
i did it without even trying fire -
silverwhisper said on Sep 03, 2007....
there's been some unintentionally very, very funny comments here. :>
ed -
mom said on Sep 03, 2007....
Fire- I have to be nice to everyone as I am aiming for sainthood. LOL -
travelr712 said on Sep 03, 2007....
it looks like i owe cam and cops an apology. i was wrong when i said they were the same person. apparently they are two separate persons who share one brain. -
silverwhisper said on Sep 03, 2007....
i really don't know why suddenrain knows some things but not others. perhaps if you really wanted to know, you could ask her? but i wholeheartedly support your right to entertain whatever obviously incorrect opinion of me you like. :>
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destinydiva said on Sep 03, 2007....
wow, have i just had the most fantastic lesson in witt....
this is a classic post ...comments wise...fire i am intrigued by you..
trav..you were a star ! suden...go you!! :-) xx cops..hi
cam.... lmao
soulcast posted!!!!!!!!!!!!!yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
:-)
Destiny xx
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travelr712 said on Sep 03, 2007....
well said silver, and thank you sweetheart :-) (of course, your opinion might be slightly biased) -
destinydiva said on Sep 03, 2007....
silver sorry i meant to say in other comment well said ..but it got lost in translation (sorry) ...well said!!! :-) -
Suddenrain said on Sep 03, 2007....
Cops, your drivel is getting old. Same old horseshit out your mouth every time it opens. By the way...your playground or mine? Either way, you'd get your ass kicked. You always do. Go have another drink and build your courage and vocabulary then come back and I'll still bury you. A girl to boot. You are a child and a whiner. You whine about everything! Oh Poor you. Boo Wahhhh. Give me a break you turd. Excuse me everyone. That's my daughters favorite word for a whiner or maybe it was Tard. Either way, it fits. You are the poster boy for whiners. (spits) -
travelr712 said on Sep 03, 2007....
sudden - wow, when you go, you go! that was actually pretty cool :-) -
Suddenrain said on Sep 03, 2007....
LoL Trav, he likes to egg me on and then whines when I say something. He says I'm the reason he doesn't post much cause I always come at him. If he gave any hint of being a decent person, I'd give him credit. But that's completely out of the question. He's a bore on an intellectual level. Half of what he says makes no sense and he has no reason for arrogance until he reaches the intellect to do so. He's a big baby. -
Fire_01 said on Sep 04, 2007....
Well....reflecting on this post...........I don't think D6fer ever expected this kind of response!
Destiny.....I am happy that I intrigue someone!!! I just enjoyed giving cam/cops a few slaps. I think Trav and I make an awesome team. Don't you!!! Like The Avengers or something. Then Silverwhisper added some clout with Suddenrain being her normal explosive self. Some good support from Mom, yourself and Bloc .......
............................and............
Another one bites the dust!
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crybabylu said on Nov 10, 2007....
sorry if i repeat anyone, but i think some of the slow responses is this time of year there are so many competing activities. I been blogging a lot since I signed up here, because i feel like i have been out in the desert so long, i need this nurturing. -
silverwhisper said on Nov 10, 2007....
dee, this blog is from the end of frigging august.
i really don't think d6 thinks SC is dying now, 2.5 months after the fact. :>
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bloc said on Nov 26, 2007....
the day just brightens up when the local yokel cop shows up ;)
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