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From: lfink@dsd.es.com (Lonnie Fink)
Subject: To Unlurk, or not To Unlurk ...
Keywords: Hi everybody!!
Reply-To: lfink@dsd.es.com (Lonnie Fink)
Organization: Evans & Sutherland Computer Corp., Salt Lake City, UT
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 92 19:25:43 GMT

		HI EVERYBODY!!!!

	What better way to Unlurk than to say "HI!" to everyone!!
I was just recently dumped by my girlfriend :-(((, but just
reading through ARC brought a smile to my face :-))  You people
are so caring and fun that it's hard to stay depressed while
reading through all the posts.  " I'd like to say thanks on
behalf of the group and myself, and I hope we passed the audition".

	Oh, damn wrong quote!!  Now where did that quote go.  ummmm
*ahem*, eh well.   "Can I have your attention please!!  The poster
of this post has just been posted.  Please be patient.  Our unposters
are standing by. *WAIT* WAIT* WAIT*  We now return to your regularly
scheduled post....

	Let's see where was I???  Oh - yeah.  I'd just like to say 
thank you --  "Thanx everyone" -- to everyone just for being 
themselves and making a lonely, depressed heart feel hope once
again.  

	Hope to see you all in a Vat of Chocolate real soon :-)))

The Rat 

___________________________________________________________________________
|Lonnie K. Fink                          |                                 |
|lfink@dsd.es.com                        |"I only wish my words            | 
|Evans & Sutherland Design Systems Div.  | Could just convince myself      |
|Salt Lake City, Utah                    | That it just wasn't real.       |
|MIDWEST DIVISION CHAMPS!!               | But that's not the way it feels"|
|JAZZ - Thanx for the GREAT Year         |    Jim Croce  _OPERATOR_        |
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From: regan1016@bestsd.sdsu.edu (T. ELIZABETH HARVEY)
Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
Subject: Re: Oops ... Re: Sounds like....
Date: 3 Sep 92 00:32:00 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: San Diego State University - Dept. of Redundancy Dept.
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.4-b1

In article <BtyH1v.5G8@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu>, jmalone@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Julie Malone)   writes...
>dch@rodan.UU.NET (Dan C. Horner) shares: 
> 
>>Well, Elizabeth, since I also can't stand the sight of violence,
>>I will be right behind you every step of the way...
> 
>Seeing as I'm still Blade's PR Agent, its my duty to tell you.....
> 
>	NEVER TURN YOUR BACK ON THIS MAN!!!!
> 
>Heck, it was weeks before I could do the dishes without looking over my
>shoulder...*shiver*
Gee ... thanks, Julie.  Rip warned me of the same thing ... I'm considering 
doing the wallflower *thang* at the CaliChat ... just keep my glasses on, 
my head bowed, and my body in a corner and attract *no* attention ...

>&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
> Julie Malone...AKA...		}   "I don't know much.......
> Grasshopper 			}   but I know I love you.
> PR Agent for Blade		}   That may be, all there is....
> Member: Romantic Fire Assoc.	}   to know."
> FUTURE MRS. JULIE SALTER	}   
> "I will pledge my heart to you }		Email Welcome
> ....forever."			}	jmalone@silver.ucs.indiana.edu
>&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&

---<--<-{@ | "I believe that before all else, I am a reasonable human being,
Elizabeth  | just as you are -- or, at all events, that I must try and 
	   | become one." _A Doll's House_, Henrik Ibsen
Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
Subject: Re: Miss Mouth
From: cwes1@cs.aukuni.ac.nz (Clare West)
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 07:28:32 GMT
Organization: Dept of CompSci, U of Auckland

ssalter@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (-=[SLS]=-) writes:
>> Julie Malone <jmalone@silver.ucs.indiana.edu> eloquates...
>>>> Miss Mouth left us.  Her and Harry got sick, and she didn't pull out of it.
>>>> We are very sad as she was such a lovely little thing.
>>>> 
>>>> Goodbye, Miss Mouth.  You were loved....
>
>Thanks puterdude, it was tragic and Julie expressed things well. Miss
>Mouth was named 'cause she was the  noisiest of the litter from the
>very start. She was very much a people cat. She loved (could not stand
>not to) sit in your lap or lie on your arm. There were many evenings
>that I had to compute with a slumbering kitten on my lap. 

I'm very sad for you. I love cats very much (well *most* cats, my
sister's cat can be a real pain at times) and it is so sad when one
dies.

*warm HUGS and thoughts*

clare

-- 
Oh, why didn't I listen when they said "Never do a   |  cwes1@cs.aukuni.ac.nz 
 masters and try to have a life at the same time"?   |  clare west
                 BigSis to Chris, Eric and Kristiina
                    Official Welcomer of the RFA
Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
From: jlane@Ingres.COM (Judi Lane)
Subject: Re: VOTING for RFA pres
Keywords: VOTE!!
Reply-To: jlane@Ingres.COM (Judi Lane)
Organization: Ask Computer Systems Inc., Ingres Division, Alameda CA 94501
Date: 3 Sep 92 18:28:51 GMT


	Julie!  Julie!  Julie!  Julie!  Julie!  8^)


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From: jpw@octel.com (Jason in the Hood)
Subject: Re: stuff
Organization: Octel Communications Inc., Milpitas Ca.
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 17:13:41 GMT

32BWQQP@CMUVM.CSV.CMICH.EDU (Heckler Extrordanare) makes an encuraging
statement:
>Ms Asst Librarian posts:
>%>'Nellie the Elephant'?  Never heard it.  It was either before or after
>%>my time (just how OLD are you, anyway, T.Elizabeth? :-)).  Actually,
>%>Dr.Demento was only on here for six months or so between when I started
>
>%My dear young man, I'm positively ancient ... a decrepit, withering old
>%thing.  It's better not to discuss it ...
>
>HMMMMMMM...  This should affect the bidding significantly...

That's Right Folks!  Obviously she is possesed of a quick and sharp wit!
Look how sharply she put this mendicant down!  How many of you could do
the same, standing here and looking as gracious and lovely as she does?

  Notice!  She didn't even bat an eye while delivering that scathing
retort!

Who'll be the Next Bidder?

Jasonzied  -  keepitgoingfolks<masteratarms,REMOVETHISHECKLER!>

-- 
|Official Wandering Archer of the RFA
|         
|UUCP  jpw@octel.com                         Who wills, Can.
|VOICE (408) 321-6509                         Who tries, Does.
|LOCAL Hey, Jason!                              Who loves, Lives.          o_.
|Disclaimer:  Not me! I didn't do *THAT!*                                 <|
|Local Disclaimer:  I'm not here!                   A. McCaffrey           4
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From: searthro@nyx.cs.du.edu (Simon Earthrowl)
Subject: Re: Prez of the RFA Resigns
Organization: University of Denver, Dept. of Math & Comp. Sci.
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 92 20:26:48 GMT

lisad@dynamo.ecn.purdue.edu (Lisa Dominique) Stuns
>Hello everyone of ARC-Land, especially those in the 
>Romantic Fire Association....  I would like to announce
>that I am resigning from the Presidency of the RFA.

Shock horry - how will we all cope ? :'(

>I still plan to be a member, in fact I plan to have the
>title "Official Good Romantic Witch of the RFA"....but

Can I vote for a title of "Honoury Good Romantic Witch of the RFA",
Official sounds so...  so inappropriate. All in favour say Aye !!!!

>I will see all of you in ARC-Land!   The GRW mounts her
>Golden Broom and slowly takes flight into the air, hovering
>low to the ground, waving and blowing kisses to all in 
>ARC-Land as she holds her Golden Wand, showering all with her
>famous Golden Majique Romance Dust....

	Go with *STYLE* what a way to go.............

SimonE
Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
From: rip@sequent.com (Paul T Taylor)
Subject: Re: Seasons of Love
Organization: Sequent Computer Systems Inc.
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 92 01:47:36 GMT

In article <92239.081027LMD5@psuvm.psu.edu> <LMD5@psuvm.psu.edu> writes:
>Seasons of Love
>
>My feelings for you remind me of Winter
>Like Christmas snow, so fresh and so pure
>Like skating on ice; will I fall; I'm not sure.
>
>My feelings for you remind me of Spring
>Like new blooms and blossoms starting over
>Like young springlings running throught the clover.
>
>My feelings for you remind me of Summer
>Like children playing the the heat of the sun
>Like the many ways we, together, have fun.
>
>My feeling for you remind me of the Fall
>Like the way the morning frost seems to twinkle
>Like the way you give my eyes that certain sparkle.
>
>But unlike the way that seasons come and go
>My feelings for you are here to stay
>To be in our hearts from day to day.
>


Very nice....

rip
Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
From: coates@newton.physics.uq.oz.au (Tony Coates)
Subject: Re: RFA application.
Organization: Physics Dept. The University of Queensland
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 07:56:37 GMT

In article <92244.230724BJH@psuvm.psu.edu>, <BJH@psuvm.psu.edu> writes:
|> Please accept this as my official RFA application, dedicated, if I may, to the
|> RFA's official balloonist.
|> 
|> [story deleted ...]
|> 
|> The rest, as they say, we'll leave to your imagination.  :-)

Interesting, thought I'm not sure how 'romantic' it was.  Perhaps this
is just my personal prejudice, though.  Perhaps I shouldn't have
commented at all.

	Anyway, I said it, for better or for worse.
							Tony.
[Official Prude of the RFA]
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From: diana@wetware.com (CatWoman )
Subject: At long last - a Party!
Organization: Castle WetWare MouseCatcher
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 01:26:33 GMT

I'm sending this separately to a.r.c because
I'm putting a world distribution on it - I
wanted to be sure folks didn't feel left out!
(also - truth be told - the other groups I'm
posting to are NOT ones to cross-post a.r.c
posts to...)

so Here It Is!


      It's a Party!
     
 Come help celebrate -
 or offer condolences for -
 my 40th birthday.
     
 The party will be held on
 September 27th, 1992, from
 noon until whenever, in
 Fremont, California.
     
 We are expecting live musical
 entertainment by Satia, and live
 culinary entertainment by AndyR.
     
 RSVP and directions by calling
 (415) 593-4906 or (415) 926-2202.



CatWoman
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From: coates@newton.physics.uq.oz.au (Tony Coates)
Subject: Re: An Aye for an Aye
Organization: Physics Dept. The University of Queensland
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 06:07:43 GMT

In article <1992Sep2.020103.673@sequent.com>, rip@sequent.com (Paul T Taylor) writes:
|> In article <BtxCxB.JKo@bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au> coates@newton.physics.uq.oz.au (Tony Coates) writes:
|> >In article <1992Sep1.202648.8585@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>, searthro@nyx.cs.du.edu (Simon Earthrowl) writes:
|> >|> Can I vote for a title of "Honoury Good Romantic Witch of the RFA",
|> >|> Official sounds so...  so inappropriate. All in favour say Aye !!!!
|> >|>
|> >|> SimonE
|> >
|> >A Y E !!!!!
|> >                                                       Tony.
|> >[Official Prude/Feminist to the RFA]
|> 
|> Sorry to rain on your guys parade here, but she picked that title
|> *along* time ago.  The term 'Honorary' implies that she doesn't really
|> deserve the title, but we will give it to her anyway.  I mean she
|> works *hard* for us spreading love and happiness where ever she goes.
|> Nothing has ever been given to her, and she wouldn't take anything
|> she didn't think she could do right...
|> 
|> I guess what I am trying to say, is that no, I don't vote for the
|> title 'Honorary', 'Official' is what she is, and there is only one.
|> I mean, after all, I *am* her BigBro, and I think she has earned the
|> right to be 'Official'...
|> 
|> ______________________________________________________________________
|>                                                       _____
|> Rip                                 rip@sequent.com  /     \
|> Official Palanquin Bearer                           /  rip  \
|> For the Secretaries                                 |xxx-xxx|
|> Of the RFA                                       ___|_______|___
|> And BigBro to LF, 'Chelle, HotDi,                    \~ ~~ ~\
|> Lis, Garrett, Michelle and GypsyII (whew!)            \~~ ~~~\
|> Help!  My karma ran over my dogma, and it can't get up!!

Well said, and well pointed out.  Some days I just get caught up in the
excitement, I suppose :-) .  Perhaps it would be enough to have a bronze
bust made of her, instead (safer than silicone, that's for sure ...)
	[he scuttles away to the safety of teddy and friends ...]
								Tony.
[Official Prude/Feminist to the RFA]
Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
From: regan1016@bestsd.sdsu.edu (T. ELIZABETH HARVEY)
Subject: Re: stuff
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.4-b1  
Organization: San Diego State University - Dept. of Redundancy Dept.
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 01:00:00 GMT

Rip makes a bid:

>Ok, this is my *final* offer.  One candle lit dinner of spaghetti with
>my special homemade sauce, warm fresh from the oven sourdough bread,
>and a good Chianti.  Soft music, ala Mike Oldfield and Manheim
>Steamroller.  Dancing, and afterward a sensual massage with warm oils
>lightly scented with sandlewood...

<The ARC-LIT pulls her agent aside quickly.> 
*whisper*  Jas', how serious is he?

>rip(oh yeah, and 58 dratmas!)
Now I know what type of scented oil to bring ...

---<--<-{@ | "I believe that before all else, I am a reasonable human being,
Elizabeth  | just as you are -- or, at all events, that I must try and 
	   | become one." _A Doll's House_, Henrik Ibsen
Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
From: Rishi.Kumar@bbs.oit.unc.edu (Rishi Kumar)
Subject: Romantic.....fire place story...and the balloon one...
Organization: Extended Bulletin Board Service
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 20:32:59 GMT


Theese were two postings....stories..can someone please send me a copy of
these?

kumarr@flipper.eng2.uconn.edu


Thanks in advance

Rishi
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From: woodwick9526@iscsvax.uni.edu
Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
Subject: Re: If You but knew...
Date: 1 Sep 92 09:18:37 -0500
Summary: Sorry
Followup-To: re: If You but knew...
Organization: University of Northern Iowa

In article <BtwIG1.3D2@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu>, jmalone@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Julie Malone) writes:
> woodwick9526@iscsvax.uni.edu shares: 
>>HI all, since there's been a string of poetry being posted I thought that I
>>would join in. I hope you enjoy, if not tough. 8+)
>>                
>>                If you but knew
> 
> Woody, this way lovely.  Did you write it?
> 
> 
> &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
>  Julie Malone...AKA...		}   "I don't know much.......
>  Grasshopper 			}   but I know I love you.
>  PR Agent for Blade		}   That may be, all there is....
>  Member: Romantic Fire Assoc.	}   to know."
>  FUTURE MRS. JULIE SALTER	}   
>  "I will pledge my heart to you }		Email Welcome
>  ....forever."			}	jmalone@silver.ucs.indiana.edu
> &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&

Sorry but no I didn't I copied it from a book of poems about Friends.
                        Woody
Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
From: coates@newton.physics.uq.oz.au (Tony Coates)
Subject: Re: Part Two of "Dryads' Dailiness"
Keywords: Nymphette, Nympho
Organization: Physics Dept. The University of Queensland
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 00:05:28 GMT

In article <1992Sep2.071143.6511@sequent.com>, rip@sequent.com (Paul T Taylor) writes:
|> In article <BtvqIF.Gz5@bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au> coates@newton.physics.uq.oz.au (Tony Coates) writes:
|> >Judi, Judi, Judi!  Am I to be accused of possessing dank recesses?  Gee,
|> >how was I to know forsee that 'Nymph' would turn into 'Nympho', in the
|> >hands of other (not mentioning any names ...).  As for brown paper
|> >packages, I think that *such* magazines are offensive to women, at least
|> >the ones that I think you were referring to!
|> 
|> You mean those smut mags? Or Vanity Fair, and Cosmo?  Or even Better
|> Homes, which assumes that men have no interest in how the house looks
|> or what to serve for dinner.  Don't you think mags like that are
|> degrating to men?
|> 
|> 
|> rip

The day hasn't arrived yet when men have to be *so* worried about being
degraded (when the day comes that a man's reputation can get worse
among his mates at the pub because he slept with a woman, be sure to let
me know ...).  Still, I've never read Vanity Fair, and only occasionally
glimpsed Cosmo (the last one had some beefcake with large testes
(testicles) encased in underpants, or something like that, I think - one
of our female Ph.D. students here was showing us one evening ...).  I'm
still too young to be reading Better Homes, but I find it hard to
believe that men can't read it too, even if it doesn't discuss which
power tools to use :-) (Tim Allen, where are you? ...).

	The reason that it's not *nearly* so degrading to us is that
woman are rarely able to force their desires onto men, just because we
turned out to be the physically stronger sex.  Still, I don't like the
idea, no matter what magazine it's in, of articles/photos/etc. which
tend to treat sex and love as separate issues ('fraid I'm not a great
one for sleeping around).

	Anyway, you'll be getting bored with this tirade by now.
					Happy reading,
								Tony.
[Official Prude/Feminist to the RFA]
Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
From: regan1016@bestsd.sdsu.edu (T. ELIZABETH HARVEY)
Subject: Re: What's the Difference between EST and est?
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.4-b1  
Organization: San Diego State University - Dept. of Redundancy Dept.
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 21:02:00 GMT

Rob Geraghty shares:
>regan1016@bestsd.sdsu.edu (T. ELIZABETH HARVEY) writes:
> 
>>Rob Geraghty offers an alternative to Nestle:
>>>How about a couple of boxes of Lindor?
>>>Now *that* is a chocolate made in heaven :-)
>>Oh my ... I'm being beseiged with chocolate ... why can't this happen to me 
>>in RL?
> 
>Actually it *did* happen to me in RL.
[*Nice romantic chocolate-planting by girlfriend story deleted*]
> I loved her for it... But, oh well.  Did I say ex-girlfriend?
>:-(
Oh my .... *hug*

>She was a great chocolate fan, too (visited the Lindt factory in
>switzerland! arrrrgggghhh! some people have all the luck)
> 
>I think I'll just step outside and beat my head against the wall for a
>while...
Y chihuahua!  Don't do that! <The ARC-LIT pulls out her tiny stash of 
Ghiradelli's chocolate from behind the counter>  Here ... it's not Swiss, 
Belgian, or even Godiva, but maybe it will help ... Anybody got any 
strawberries for this man?? It's an emergency! 

>------------------------------------------------------------------------
>Rob Geraghty                         | Time, flowing like a river
>robg@durian.citr.oz.au               | Time, beckoning me
>CITR                                 | APP

---<--<-{@ | "I believe that before all else, I am a reasonable human being,
Elizabeth  | just as you are -- or, at all events, that I must try and 
	   | become one." _A Doll's House_, Henrik Ibsen
Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
From: robg@citr.uq.oz.au (Rob Geraghty)
Subject: Re: Balloons
Organization: Prentice Centre, University of Queensland
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1992 03:28:13 GMT

LMD5@psuvm.psu.edu writes:
<a beautiful poem of love with balloons as imagery>

>Lisa Marie Dibert...Official *SlightlyDeflated* Balloonist to the RFA.
>Each time you see a balloon ... think of me.

OK Lisa - you've convinced me to post this one instead of mailing it -

                          Soulmates
                          ---------

                      I know she's there
                      I don't know where
                         So any times
                         I've seen her
                   In visions, and in dreams
                    And every time I thought
                         I'd met her
                   It wasn't what it seemed
                   Just how can I get to her
                   To find out where she is
                        It's all that I
                       Have really sought
                       All I really need
                        I used to think
                       That I could live
                     Without her by my side
                       But now it's all
                        I think about
                   I'd put everything aside
                       To be right there
                        Be with her
                   To dream a single dream
                      And live our lives
                         Together
                        Not wondering
                       where she's been

-----------------------

Must go home and find my book of poetry.  Only came in to get a
printout!

Rob, unofficial journeyman bard of the RFA

P.S. Think you could sing it, Tyger?

P.P.S. Lisa Marie Dibert - c'est une belle nom francais
       (and I wish I had the vocabulary to match my french pronunciation
	... :)


--
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Rob Geraghty                         | Time, flowing like a river
robg@durian.citr.oz.au               | Time, beckoning me
CITR                                 | APP
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From: puter@no1home.nashvil.ingr.com (PuterDude)
Subject: Flames..
Followup-To: A nice end
Summary: HOTT!
Keywords: You burn here often?
Organization: None, today. Thank you.
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 1992 21:24:45 GMT

>>I always thought I was a nice person- I'll see if I can write
>>fla f flam flsem flms fls FLAMES! (see disclaimer)
>>WHAT does this MEAN?!
>
>Means you just turned up the heat around here and all the Chocolate is
>melting!  Quick, get tyger out of the vat and get it over here!  (the
>vat I mean...)

(Puter perks up hearin' the words plames [there's more than one way
to type that naughty word])

Did I hear flames? Great!!!  My grill just ran out of gas!
I brought my wienie!  Call me Ken and let's Barbie!

-- 
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From: rip@sequent.com (Paul T Taylor)
Subject: Re: Part Two of "Dryads' Dailiness"
Organization: Sequent Computer Systems Inc.
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 92 06:05:01 GMT

In article <1992Sep1.001022.10992@pony.Ingres.COM> jlane@Ingres.COM (Judi Lane) writes:
>In article <1992Aug28.155006.8929@grinch.txt.com> jason@grinch.txt.com (Jason in the Hood) writes:

**stuff deleted**

>>>>rip
>>>  ---> Does "rip" stand for "Reputations Incinerated Publicly"??
>>
>>Naaa... we all know it stands for "Realistically Improbalble Person"
>>Otherwise known as: Artificially Maintained Pesonality!  AMP!
>
>    well, he told me himself that it stands for what it usually stands
>    for, which I'm assumin' is "rest in peace"... but for the life of
>    me I can't see that happenin' for any woman who decides to sleep
>    with him!! 8^)  (oooh, it's gettin' warm in here)

Ooooooo....!! Well, I don't remember right off the top of my head,
been sooooooo long.... smurfsyndrome and all... :-(
                                            `
>    if that's your bent, I think I'm better off with Mr. Goodwench, uh,
>    I mean Mr. Goodwrench.  (whew... it is definitely warm in here!)

Hey, you got Mr. Goodwench's number?

rip(PappySmurf)
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