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Fireorionfang
Posted on Thursday, September 04, 2003 - 05:06 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

has anyone ever noticed the Railroad ties that go into and out some ways, the water near and on the beach at the Breakwall? What are those from? There is some really cool stuff down there. (You know the beach where you can walk down to the water and there are a bunch of rocks and such)
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TH'er
Posted on Friday, September 05, 2003 - 06:34 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

Most of those iron rails you see are the last remnants of the old fishing shacks that used to line the harbor. They used them to slide the boats in and out of the fish shacks. Those places were really a bunch of falling down health hazards, but they sure added some personality to the waterfront.
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torggy
Posted on Friday, September 05, 2003 - 11:05 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

ya mean personality like this?

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torggy
Posted on Friday, September 05, 2003 - 11:10 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

Damn I hate when I do that!! I meant this one:

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angeldevil
Posted on Saturday, September 06, 2003 - 01:29 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

Love the pics Torggy. I remember going down to the fish houses as a little girl with my grandfather. Unfortunately, by that time they were so run down that I only got to go into one or two as most were very unsafe... I've never felt as safe as I did then with my gramps, though. Thanks a bunch for the stroll down memory lane, Torggy.
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sisg
Posted on Saturday, September 06, 2003 - 03:18 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

I loved looking at those old shacks when we went there in the summer. I would imagine what the people were like who used them and wondered if they lived there in the winter.

I agree with angeldevil...thanks for the stroll torrgy!
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Postman
Posted on Saturday, September 06, 2003 - 04:15 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

I like when you post Hamm's Bear pictures...
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Torggy
Posted on Saturday, September 06, 2003 - 04:53 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

Ask and you shall recieve.

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hazel
Posted on Saturday, September 06, 2003 - 07:54 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

Torggy-where do you get all these pictures from?
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bassman
Posted on Saturday, September 06, 2003 - 08:17 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

I would imagine what the people were like who used them and wondered if they lived there in the winter. sisg

They were very good hard working fisherman who plied the lake to make a living. I remember going down there in the 40's after they had their catch of fish smoking with the best aroma in the world. My buddy and I would ask one of them if we could have a taste and they would always give us one smoke cisco each. Makes my mouth water for a cisco now. Always stop in Knife River at Kendall's when back home on vacation and have a few ciscos, a beer or two with some soda crackers. Can't wait to get back in the summer of 2005.

Not sure sisg if they lived there or not, I don't think so, but I could be wrong. They stored their boats down in the lower part of the buildings and had all their nets and fish smoking stuff upstairs if I remember right.

It is too bad that at least one of those old buildings couldn't have been saved and still be there today for everyone to enjoy the history of that period of time.
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torggy
Posted on Saturday, September 06, 2003 - 08:53 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

Hazel, the Hamms pictures and some of the TH pictures I find on Ebay. The fish shack pic with the ore boat in the backround came from Bassman. Also I have a couple of Th area history books that contain alot of good pics.

This one was found on Ebay.

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webman
Posted on Saturday, September 06, 2003 - 09:16 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

I love that one pic Torg. The one with the Edna G. and the oreboat. I sure miss seeing that. When I was a kid, my folks would always take us down to the harbor to watch the tugboat push and pull those big ore boats around. We would sit there and watch by the hour. Even then, I think I had some inkling that those times were really special. Looking back now, I KNOW they were more special than words can describe.
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torggy
Posted on Saturday, September 06, 2003 - 09:43 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

I have a couple like that. Here is one I do not think you have seen. It is kinda a big file but a nice pic.

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torggy
Posted on Saturday, September 06, 2003 - 09:51 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

So then we can look at what the Edna G looked like in 1896


and what it looked like in later years

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bassman
Posted on Sunday, September 07, 2003 - 02:05 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

Easy question: Look at the pic of the train and tell me which way it is going!!

Nice to see a shot of the back of the old Club House in the background as well. Used to play football with the old gang there many many years ago on Saturday afternoons. Thanks again Torggy for the trip down memory lane.

One more thing Torggy, when you post a big pic like these, one now has to scroll right to left to read the posts from here on until the thread is closed out at 100. Just a thought, if you could size them down before posting. If not it is still worth the extra effort just to see these fine pics again.
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twc
Posted on Sunday, September 07, 2003 - 08:50 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

Man, after seeing those photos, I started looking around for my lunch box and my math book. I felt like I was back at the John A. Johnson.
When I moved to TH in 1966, the shacks were there, of course, and the breakwater was an absolute mess. The wooden planks had been busted; a good-sized adult could fall through the gaps.
It looks much better now and the lighthouse is a safer area. But I agree - something has been lost. Can't be helped, I guess.
And I realize it's noise pollution, but I would love to hear the old foghorn again - maybe during Heritage Days. What a great sound it was.
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torggy
Posted on Sunday, September 07, 2003 - 09:30 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

Bassman, that is scaled down. I hated to make it any smaller because it is such a good shot. Sorry for the incovience.

TWC, is this what you meant about the breakwater?

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Skipper
Posted on Sunday, September 07, 2003 - 11:10 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

Looks like an abandoned dock at Indian Lake...
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sisg
Posted on Sunday, September 07, 2003 - 01:10 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

When did they take the wooden one down? I was there during the late 70's and remember mostly concrete. (I think anyway)??

Thanks for the great info bassman.
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twc
Posted on Sunday, September 07, 2003 - 05:17 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

That's a hell of a picture. Believe it or not, the breakwater was in a little better shape than that in '66. If I remember right, the planks had been laid over rock.
I think Skipper said it well about the breakwater in that pix above. By God, you should be a rube from the local paper, Skipper!
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webman
Posted on Sunday, September 07, 2003 - 05:26 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

The breakwater was covered in concrete in the mid-70's. I think around '73 or '74. Before that it was just rock out to about where it angles to the East, then old broken up timbers after that. I don't remember the old one looking that bad either. Judging by the angle and the view of the oredocks, I think that pic might be of one of the old fish shack docks.
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Fireorionfang
Posted on Sunday, September 07, 2003 - 06:17 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

Wow, so many answers in so little time!! Ha Ha Ha!! Those pictures are amazing!! Torggy must really have a slew of them. Isn't it amazing I am only a senior in High School? I feel really young compared to all those pictures.
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Torggy
Posted on Sunday, September 07, 2003 - 06:22 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

After I posted it I started looking at that pic and I have to agree with Webby. It must be one of the old fishing shack docks. Still, it is a cool picture. Check out the tall smoke stack just to the right of the docks.
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Fireorionfang
Posted on Sunday, September 07, 2003 - 08:35 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

Growing up and seeing those ties was really cool for me. I remember I was five and thinking "Wow, I wonder if those tracks lead somewhere secret at the bottom of the lake."

I love old stuff like that.

/clipart{xmaswindow}
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Fireorionfang
Posted on Sunday, September 07, 2003 - 08:37 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

Darnit. It didn't work. He He he.....Had the slash wrong.

Anyway, that's the kind of feeling. LOL. I MISS YET HATE SNOW!!

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webman
Posted on Monday, September 08, 2003 - 04:39 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

Yeah Torg, I looked back at the picture and the angle of the shot and compared it to the one with the fish shack and the oreboat and Edna. The angle looks about the same. And yes, still a cool picture. You are da picture man!
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webman
Posted on Monday, September 08, 2003 - 04:41 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

Bassman, The train in the pic is pointing East. What do I win?
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torggy
Posted on Monday, September 08, 2003 - 08:18 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

Here is one of the Edna G. pulling a whale back. Not a very good picture but still kinda fun.

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webman
Posted on Monday, September 08, 2003 - 09:20 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

Where is it pulling the whale back from? What kind of boat is that?

I know it is lame humor, but sometimes I can't control myself.
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bassman
Posted on Monday, September 08, 2003 - 03:20 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

Easy question: Look at the pic of the train and tell me "which way it is going!!"

Bassman, The train in the pic is "pointing" East. What do I win?

Can't argue with you on which way it is "POINTING", but the questions was: "Which way was it going?" Check the smoke coming from the engine Webby!!
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Fireorionfang
Posted on Monday, September 08, 2003 - 06:04 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

Hey, does anyone have any information on the water treatment plant? OR the dairy queen?
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webman
Posted on Monday, September 08, 2003 - 08:21 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

Bassman, I don't see any smoke in the picture except from the stack way in the background, and that is going straight up. I think the Mallet is sitting still, or can you see something there that I can't??

C'mon, I want to win something.
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webman
Posted on Monday, September 08, 2003 - 08:23 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

Dairy Queen used to be a gas station. I think maybe the White Oil Co.?? Help me out here Bassman. The shop part was in the basement and the pumps were where the benches and flowers sit in front of the place now. I think I will look for a picture.
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Geoff Zahn
Posted on Monday, September 08, 2003 - 10:01 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

Thank you for the tremendous pictures. My life will now be complete if someone can post a picture the Oasis. Signed, Geoff Zahn
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Geoff Zahn
Posted on Monday, September 08, 2003 - 10:04 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

Sorry, meant to say post a picture of the Oasis. You know, the pizza place which later became the Sidetrack. Thank you, Geoff Zahn
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Mr. Hand
Posted on Monday, September 08, 2003 - 10:12 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

What are you people... on dope? There is smoke in the picture and the train is going in reverse. Now, what do I win?
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J. Spicoli
Posted on Monday, September 08, 2003 - 10:15 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

"Hey, Mr. Hand!"...
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Fireorionfang
Posted on Monday, September 08, 2003 - 10:48 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

Hello Mr. Hand.
What is this "Oasis?"
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bassman
Posted on Tuesday, September 09, 2003 - 01:36 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

Bassman, I don't see any smoke in the picture except from the stack way in the background, and that is going straight up. I think the Mallet is sitting still, or can you see something there that I can't?? Webman

What are you people... on dope? There is smoke in the picture and the train is going in reverse. Now, what do I win? Mr. Hand

Well Webman, now you have the answer from Mr. Hand, who is very astute. Maybe you need to go back to the picture and look at it one more time and see that there is smoke coming out of the engine in the foreground, indicating that it is going in reverse.

Mr. Hand, did I say there was there something to win for the right answer?? But, because you are so right on, let me know what you think I should send you!!
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torggy
Posted on Tuesday, September 09, 2003 - 03:56 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

Okay is the the place that used to be the Oasis? Because my book shows it as the Sidetrack.

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webman
Posted on Tuesday, September 09, 2003 - 06:42 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

Dear Mr. Hand, It just looks like a grainy old picture to me. When I look for smoke, I look for SMOKE. Since when did one of those coal-fired steam locomotives puff smoke that was darn near invisible? The old pics of the Edna G. just sitting at the dock show obvious smoke, and when she was working, there was LOTS of smoke. I just don't see it on the train picture. I want a prize for being an argumentative bastard. How 'bout a free meal at the New Life Cafe!?
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webman
Posted on Tuesday, September 09, 2003 - 06:46 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

Oh yeah Torg. The Oasis was closed for several years, then enjoyed a new life as the Sidetrack. It was a really hoppin' place. Great pizza, live bands, pinball, beer. All the necessities of life!
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Fireorionfang
Posted on Tuesday, September 09, 2003 - 07:43 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

Hey that place looks familiar, where was it and is it still up?
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Wilber
Posted on Tuesday, September 09, 2003 - 07:47 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

I used to love the food at the Oasis until I found Botch's left sideburn in a piece of my pepperoni and sausage pie.
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webman
Posted on Tuesday, September 09, 2003 - 08:34 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

Oasis/Sidetrack burned quite a few years ago. I think in the mid-80's. Two Harbors Ford is there now.
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torggy
Posted on Tuesday, September 09, 2003 - 10:38 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

Here is another pic that shows the old clubhouse. I wish I could post the entire pic as it takes up two pages and shows the eight Yellowstones (Mallets) delivered in 1941 with a total 50,000 horsepower. 10 more were delivered in 1943 and total iron ore tonnage shot up to all time highs as the the country needed more steel for WWII.

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webman
Posted on Tuesday, September 09, 2003 - 12:31 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

I was looking at my TH book last night. I finally dug it out of the box where I had it stashed. I saw this picture and a whole lot more. What a wonderful book.
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bassman
Posted on Tuesday, September 09, 2003 - 12:33 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

How 'bout a free meal at the New Life Cafe!?

You are anything, but what you called yourself in the previous message Webby. And yes, you deserve that free meal at the New Life Cafe.

I will get back to you with a date and time as soon as I check the train schedule between So. CA and Two Harbors. Can't wait to ride that train from Duluth Indian Station to town again.
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torggy
Posted on Tuesday, September 09, 2003 - 01:07 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

Webby, so you got one of the 100 year anniversery books? Cool! This picture is in it.



Just so you guys know where you are going to eat at.

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sisg
Posted on Tuesday, September 09, 2003 - 02:16 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

I remember eating pizza at the sidetrack. I just wanted to share that with you all. :-)
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DOM
Posted on Tuesday, September 09, 2003 - 02:58 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

I used to be in a clubhouse we had great magazines to read...
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Sidetrack Patron
Posted on Tuesday, September 09, 2003 - 09:16 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

Tom Smith could bake a Sidetrack pizza like a son of a bitch. The fella couldn't catch a football if his life depended on it, but his Sidetrack pizzas were top notch.
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Mr. Hand
Posted on Tuesday, September 09, 2003 - 09:21 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

Bassman, for answering your question correctly, I would appreciate you setting me up with Pamela Anderson. I'm open this Friday night. Thank You.
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bassman
Posted on Wednesday, September 10, 2003 - 02:15 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

Well let's see now.... I live in So. CA and not to far from where Pamela lives, so let me do a little checking out of this matter and see what I can come up with. Maybe, if I can arrange a meeting with her Mr. Hand, would you think it proper if I check her out myself first for you to make sure she is up to your expectations? And if not, how about joining Webby and me for a lunch at the New Life Cafe??? Still checking out the train schedule for that meeting as well.
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Mr. Hand
Posted on Wednesday, September 10, 2003 - 08:03 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

Sounds good Bassman. Tell her to leave that punk Kid Rock at home.
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Fireorionfang
Posted on Wednesday, September 10, 2003 - 07:29 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

Sheesh. Look what I've started. Good Grief. HEE HEE HEE. PAMELA ANDESON'S MINE FIRST!!! HA HA.
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DOM
Posted on Wednesday, September 10, 2003 - 08:32 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

Pam has nothing on Britney. Just ask Madonna.
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P Boys
Posted on Thursday, September 11, 2003 - 07:33 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

Hoooooo.....our loins quivered when we saw THE kiss.
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Fireorionfang
Posted on Thursday, September 11, 2003 - 10:30 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

Yuck!! BRITNEY YECK NASTY PUKE PUKE PUKE
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Two Harborite
Posted on Saturday, September 13, 2003 - 01:37 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

Torggy, Yes that was the Side Track/Oasis. Egerdahl had the best pizza around. :-)
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Larry Hisle
Posted on Saturday, September 13, 2003 - 09:21 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

Sidetrack pizza was okay, but Cudda blew the competition away. Great guy, too.
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torggy
Posted on Saturday, September 13, 2003 - 10:22 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

Anyone know whose truck this is parked in front of Cudda's?

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angeldevil
Posted on Sunday, September 14, 2003 - 05:44 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

Cudda's pizza was the best! Cudda you are missed by many.
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webman
Posted on Sunday, September 14, 2003 - 07:56 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

Cudda had a brother with a nickname. It was _________ Johnson. Winner gets a free round trip ticket from Grand Marais to Two Harbors via dog sled.
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bassman
Posted on Sunday, September 14, 2003 - 11:08 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

was it Booksa (sp)Johnson?
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webman
Posted on Monday, September 15, 2003 - 10:11 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

Sorry Bassman. No winner yet. Clarence (aka Booksa) Johnson is a brother of Parnell Johnson.
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torggy
Posted on Tuesday, September 16, 2003 - 10:17 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

Since the other thread that was talking about beer got closed I will just post this here.
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Postman
Posted on Tuesday, September 16, 2003 - 02:53 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

I remember that triangle label on the golden nector...
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Fing Jim
Posted on Tuesday, September 16, 2003 - 05:36 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

Nectar from the gods. Mother's milk.
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torggy
Posted on Tuesday, September 16, 2003 - 08:48 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

On with the beer theme. Check out this old fishing bobber.
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twc
Posted on Tuesday, September 16, 2003 - 10:02 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

I'm from Milwaukee and I oughta know
It's draft-brewed Blatz beer, where ever you go
Smoother, fresher, less filling, it's clear
Blatz is Milwaukee's finest beer
(A little old time jingle action)
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torggy
Posted on Thursday, September 18, 2003 - 09:47 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

How about them Twins?! 2.5 games ahead of the White Sox. Wonder how long they will last if they make the playoffs?

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torggy
Posted on Thursday, September 18, 2003 - 10:30 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

Here is another old Duluth beer. This one even has some advice for DOM on how to get a date.
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Postman
Posted on Thursday, September 18, 2003 - 11:53 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

Royal 58? what the hell I'd give it a try!
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DOM
Posted on Thursday, September 18, 2003 - 05:58 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

I, of course, would have named it Royal 69.
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G. Repensky
Posted on Thursday, September 18, 2003 - 09:56 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

Twins win! Twins Win! Ron Davis gets another save...
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twc
Posted on Friday, September 19, 2003 - 07:57 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

Yeah, and I thought Frank Quilici easily outmanaged Chuck Tanner the entire series.
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hazel
Posted on Saturday, September 20, 2003 - 04:54 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

We just got home from the Duluth Air Show. AWESOME!! It was absolutely fantastic. All the fighters, the Blue Angels, the old Warthog, etc. Gorgeous day and a fun time had by our family!
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twc
Posted on Sunday, September 21, 2003 - 06:59 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

Good victory for the Vikes today, even though Duante got hurt. A win is a win is a win.
Gee, how did the Packers do? There is no way they'd lose to a raggedy bunch like the Cardinals, right?
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torggy
Posted on Wednesday, September 24, 2003 - 06:55 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

Not a very good picture but it does give some prespective of the changes over the years.

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Torggy
Posted on Tuesday, September 30, 2003 - 09:55 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

Twins and the Yankees today at one eastern time!!

We're gonna win Twins
We're gonna score
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Torggy
Posted on Tuesday, September 30, 2003 - 03:18 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

TWINS WIN!!! One up on the Yanks! That was a great game.
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M. Smithson
Posted on Wednesday, October 01, 2003 - 06:17 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

Was Greg Nettles hurt yesterday?
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Torggy
Posted on Sunday, October 05, 2003 - 03:03 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

The Vikes are 5 and 0. What a great season for them!!

Now lets hope the Twins can pull out the game today.

What a great day to be a Minnesota sports fan!!
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Torggy
Posted on Sunday, October 05, 2003 - 06:44 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

So much for the Twins. What a bummer. It is just me or did you guys get tired of listening to the announcers talk up the Yankees? Had to turn the sound off there or awhile.

Have a great week!!
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Torggy
Posted on Monday, October 06, 2003 - 07:55 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

Wow!! What happened to Minnesota nice?

Riots Erupt in Minn. After Football Game

MANKATO, Minn. (AP)--Police arrested dozens of students during an alcohol-fueled riot in the streets following a homecoming football game loss at Minnesota State, Mankato against North Dakota State.

Mankato, winless six games into the season, lost 20-9. As many as 3,000 people were in a crowd that gathered Saturday night in a largely student residential area, some setting fire to trash bins, tearing down fences, smashing car windows and throwing rocks and bricks at officers, police said.

Two officers retreated after reaching the scene and waited for backup.

``When police backed off, the students were so excited because they thought they had defeated the cops,'' said Brian Boothe, a senior.

Police in riot gear then used eye and skin irritants to disperse the crowd, and arrested 45 people. Four officers were injured by objects thrown at them, said Jim Franklin, the city's public safety director.

The area became so dangerous that it took an armored vehicle to pick up a student who reportedly wasn't breathing, Franklin said. Police also received reports of students being assaulted by fellow students. About a dozen people were treated for injuries at a nearby hospital.

Franklin blamed alcohol for the problems.

Witnesses said the riot started when about 400 students at a party after the game became violent and started throwing empty beer bottles at around 11:30 p.m. As the crowd grew, students damaged vehicles and filled the street.

About 160 police officers were called in before the crowd was finally dispersed about 4:30 a.m. Sunday, Franklin said.

Bob Idding, who lives nearby, said he couldn't believe what was happening.

``It was the scariest feeling in the world,'' Idding said. ``I shouldn't have been there, I know that. My wife and I were telling each other, 'This isn't Mankato, Minnesota. We have police in riot gear in the streets.'''

The university's president, Richard Davenport, said students identified in videotapes that were taken at the scene would face disciplinary action.

``I found the events of last night deeply disturbing,'' he said. ``To the extent that our students were involved with others, we are extremely disappointed.''

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webman
Posted on Monday, October 06, 2003 - 08:32 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

Blamed on alcohol eh? No shit.

I get so sick and tired of hearing that. How about blame it on sheer stupidity that is merely fueled by alcohol. I am going to rant and rave now. I am an ICU nurse. I see trauma after trauma after trauma. Almost all of them are blamed on alcohol. Oh sure, genuine accidents happen, but they seem to be a tiny minority of what rolls through our doors. Simple falls, 4-wheeler accidents, snowmobile accidents, automobile accidents caused by alcohol are regular events. The lives of the victims and their families forever changed because either they or the person that caused the accident was too drunk to exercise decent judgement. These folks often have REALLY high blood alcohol levels several hours after the incident. No telling just how drunk they were when the event occurred. Then, their families, often dysfunctional, look for someone to blame. Well 9 times out of 10, the person to blame is the one in the ICU bed with a ventilator to breathe for them, drain holes in their heads to relieve the pressure from the closed head injury, monitors connected to everything. Then to make it even more fun, after a couple of days, these already severely injured and medically unstable folks start to suffer from delerium tremens (DT's). Oh yeah, even though they are often comatose, their bodies are still looking for the alcohol they are used to. Makes my job just that much more difficult and the recovery of the patient less likely. It just pisses me off sometimes to see the wasted lives and the ruined families.

So pardon my ranting, but I just got home after a night shift taking care of, guess what?? Another alcohol induced accident victim. Don't think that I don't take good care of those that I am entrusted with. I do. I give each of them a little bit of my own heart and soul. When I can't do that anymore, I will look for another line of work.
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Torggy
Posted on Monday, October 06, 2003 - 09:27 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

Sorry to set ya off there Webby. Sounds like it must have been a bad night at work.

Maybe ya better go home and have a beer.
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Postman
Posted on Monday, October 06, 2003 - 03:12 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

I like when we talk about beer.
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Torggy
Posted on Tuesday, October 07, 2003 - 04:44 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

I do too!!
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webman
Posted on Friday, October 10, 2003 - 07:52 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

Another nice, unseasonably wonderful day today in TH. High is supposed to be in mid 70's. Clear blue sky, blah, blah, blah. I am headed out to Agate Bay to launch my new (to me) kayak for the first time. I hope those oreboats stay the heck out of my way.

My kayak was a wedding present from my father-in-law. Pretty darn nice guy. The only thing is, he gave it to me with no paddle. Do you think he was trying to tell me something?
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Torggy
Posted on Friday, October 10, 2003 - 10:00 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

Sounds like a nice present there Webby. The old saying "up the creek without a paddle" comes to mind though.

Ole and Sven are neighbors in Minnesota. Ole is in need of a new milk
cow. He hears about a nice one for sale over the border in Wisconsin.

He drives over to Wisconsin, looks at the cow, and reaches under to see
if she gives milk. When he grabs the teat and pulls, the cow farts. Ole
is very surprised, looks at the farmer who is selling the cow, and
reaches under the cow to try again. He grabs another teat, pulls, and
the cow farts again. Milk does come out, however, so after some
discussion, Ole decides to buy the cow anyway and take it home.

He calls over his neighbor, Sven, and says, "Come here and look at dis
new cow I just bought. Pull her teat, and see what happens."

Sven reaches under and pulls; the cow farts. Sven looks at Ole and says,
"You bought this cow in Wisconsin, yah?"

Ole is very surprised and says, "Yah, dats right, how did you know?"

Sven says, "My wife is from Wisconsin."
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Postman
Posted on Friday, October 10, 2003 - 12:02 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

Can you drink beer in a kayak?
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webman
Posted on Monday, October 13, 2003 - 08:10 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

Kind of a moot question, but no, I couldn't. I can hardly turn my head in a kayak without nearly tipping over. Practice, practice, practice.
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torggy
Posted on Monday, October 13, 2003 - 09:55 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

Hey! Look at the picture I found!! This time it is the breakwater and with no cement. I remember it looking like this, It was not a very easy walk out to the end in those days. If you look close you can see the Edna G pulling that ore boat.

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bassman
Posted on Monday, October 13, 2003 - 01:41 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

Neat picture Torggy. I remember the old breakwater as well. We used to go down there and crawl down between the rocks and have a cigarette, many many years ago.
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webman
Posted on Monday, October 13, 2003 - 04:09 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

The first, and maybe only edition of the Twin Bay Bugler is ready.
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bassman
Posted on Monday, October 13, 2003 - 09:39 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

Is this going to be a weekly publication like the local T.H. paper. If so, I can't wait for the next edition. Sure wish there will be a letters to the editor section.

Will this new porn shop be located in the downtown area?? Might really help bring back the downtown business!!!
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Torggy
Posted on Tuesday, October 14, 2003 - 09:40 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

I think the porn shop is an exellant idea!! Well it have a web page so we can order toys and help support the local TH economy?

Can I be on the review board?
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webman
Posted on Tuesday, October 14, 2003 - 09:53 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

Torg, there might be a job for you in the product testing department.
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Torggy
Posted on Tuesday, October 14, 2003 - 10:36 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

WOW!! Really?! A job! That would be great! Just to show you how much I want the job I have started to "test the market" and found this study. I think we can find our niche in spanking paddles.

HOUSTON, Texas -- According to a new survey conducted by the Adam & Eve Sex Toy Co. about 61 percent of Americans talk about sex while they're "gettin' some."

The surveyed showed that 64 percent of men and 59 percent of women like discussing their sexual desires during sex.

In addition, about 37 percent of Americans like to talk dirty when performing their "bedroom exercises"; 25 percent use sex toys and 22 percent watch adult movies.

Finally, 21 percent of guys love spanking their partners ... and so do 14 percent of women.

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tailspin
Posted on Tuesday, October 14, 2003 - 11:55 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

You're all so naughty.........
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Hi There
Posted on Tuesday, October 14, 2003 - 02:26 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

Tailspin, you would be this first in line for an application............
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webman
Posted on Tuesday, October 14, 2003 - 04:01 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

I will close this thread and start a new one. eh?

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