To: Arrowhead1952
HE/SHE/IT COULD HAVE DONE IT IN ALL CAPS.
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Must I do all the work?
76 posted on
10/22/2009 10:24:25 AM PDT by
109ACS
(Humpty Dumpty Was Pushed!)
To: 109ACS
Good one - used Shift and F3.
79 posted on
10/22/2009 10:27:27 AM PDT by
Arrowhead1952
(Jimmy Carter - now the second worst POTUS ever. BHO [the LIAR] has #1 spot in his sights.)
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