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  Well, the TOS states that if you intend to put servers you need to have a business contract... Do you kn... : Zoesch
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    that's why my biz SDSL is where it's at. : jasonepowell
    • Yup, being upset because the landlord doesn't want you to turn the house you rented into a business is s... : Zoesch
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    yeah, but online gaming is becoming really popular. If they start shutting down CLIENTS left and right ... : the archvile
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      They are shutting a specific port that's been causing problems now (Port 80, Code Red). Games use UDP, w... : Zoesch
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        but they can still monitor activity logs and just pull the plug. That's exactly what happened to my fri... : the archvile
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          no shit, they're the isp : mbr0wn
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            yeah, but almost all of them aren't defining enough of what justifies a strain on their network infrastr... : the archvile
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              The broadband ISPs aren't OBLIGATED to sell you THEIR service. It's a PRIVATE business. : klerck
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                but aren't they at least obligated to provide the service once you've paid for it? That's my beef with ... : the archvile
                • If you sign a contract that isn't clear, then that's your own fault. : klerck
            • hell, here in North Carolina the DMV sells your name and address to advertisers. You have to fill out ... : .spanky.
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          Do you live in a dream world where bandwidth is infinite? : klerck
          • don't we all have ideals that we'd like to approach? : the archvile
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            seems like he is :] : Zoesch
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              Listen YOU STUPID FAT FAGGET FUCKERS, I work for an ISP and cutting off games is BULLSHIT! It's not that... : jidar
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                yeah, on both game servers and clients, you can always turn the rate down a little. An ISP in the know ... : the archvile
                • MAKE SURE YOU'RE VISITING SMALL WEBSITES TOO! BANDWIDTH IS NOT FREE! : jidar
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                hey, I used to work for one of the largest backbone providers and guess what... if you're gonna serve yo... : Zoesch
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                  I don't think archvile is talking about serving. He is interpreting the contract to say that you can ge : Kiwi Man
                  • that's exactly what I'm saying. The worst part is that the ISPs don't hate games because they use up to... : the archvile
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                  Ok, you're right. Lets just all stop playing games because it's not fair to the companies making billion... : jidar
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                    I'm not even sure where the archvile got the idea that they're going to ban people for playing games in ... : klerck
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                      Most games uses something like 10 megs pr hour on a modem/isdn connection? : -TKF-
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                        Hmmm. If I host a game server with 15 people on a cable modem with that tiny upload limit, then I c... : GoofyBoy
                        • we had a cs server on a 512/512, 12 players was to much, the rate was capped at 3500 or 4500 can't remem... : -TKF-
                      • the sad part is.i would be willing to pay a litle extra for a litle extra bandwidth..but i cant even get... : shock
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                      http://www.shacknews.com/funk.y?id=1760516 It's the steady stream of data that they hate. : the archvile
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                        So you know this for a fact? If so, where did you get this information? Also, what reasoning did they... : klerck
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                          research the "rate" console command for Quake/Q2/Q3/HL; you'll find out that it controls the data rate o... : the archvile
                          • I didn't ask how the rate command works; I already knew. I asked how you knew that that's what the ISPs ... : klerck
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                      It sounds suspect. Still I would hardly be surprised to find bias against games in certain circles. ... : jidar
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                        And all of this was caused by government regulation and subsidizing of the phone industry in the first p... : klerck
                        • And now that it's there nothing will solve it short of more government intervention. The lines are the... : jidar
                        • We got no bandwidth limit on our ADSL :-))) well it's only a 512/2048 so i guess it wouldn't matter. : -TKF-
• yeah, that's pretty shitty of them. : V0lk
• It's still their bandwidth--you're only renting it. : klerck
• This code red thing is a blessing for them. They don't care about patching IIS servers, they want to sh... : jboogedy
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  Slashdot reader... be gone from here.. : mrraist-
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    this was the diamond in the rough; occasionally, they let a good topic slip past the militant Linux fanb... : the archvile
    • Agreed... I saw it there too : mrraist-
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      you did not just spell fanboy as fanboi, did you? gay! : jboogedy
      • I think fen boi is starting to get to my head. :-) : the archvile
  • I just spent all 5 mod points in that one story. They have to do it for very good financial and tec... : GoofyBoy
• host your website on a different port. : xvdl
• you aren't supposed to host websites thru dsl/cable anyway : mbr0wn
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  The so called BROADBAND REVOLUTION was ursurped by corporations. Lack of regulation is allowing existing... : jidar
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    And by marginalizing, they'll decrease the quality of service opening space for competitor who is willin... : klerck
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      they'll decrease the quality of service opening space for competitor who is willing to provide more bene : jidar
      • As soon as my corporate masters allow me to. : GoofyBoy
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        why don't you just look at what government regulation has done to the phone industry. When was the last... : klerck
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          regulation can go several ways. In the case of the phone company regulation was used to establish monopo... : jidar
          • how ironic; regulation would in effect produce the ideal outcome of deregulation. The government can't ... : the archvile
  • bingo; that's what I'm getting at. All this is pretty much caused by corporate greed and lack of regula... : the archvile
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    Yeah well maybe but look at the costs, lets say I wanna be a large backbone provider, these are normal y : Zoesch
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      Yeah, I'm an ISP admin from way back. I'm well aware of the concept of oversubscribing. These are the so... : jidar
      • yeah, just look at Microsoft. :-) : the archvile
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  My school's residence network blocks all ports under 1024. I can't even ssh to my unix workstation from... : mrraist-
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    why can't you ssh? ssh uses 22... by default at least : Clay
    • Because of his school. All ports under 1024 are blocked. 22 < 1024 :) : klerck
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      Because they block all incoming traffic below port 1024. I can't run a webserver, DNS, SSH.. nuthin... : mrraist-
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        oh i thought you said over. so just move your ssh server to like por 201391204 : Clay
        • I did.. but its still a pain. : mrraist-
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        That kind of dumb really. You should show them that their solution is piss poor by just setting up a pro... : jidar
        • Well, considering that they let ident through for me and I push a lot of traffic off my connection, ... : mrraist-

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  u rate urself skill wise (ok, good, really good etc will the "average" or "below average" skill-wise ... : jerkinisnice
  • no, thats just to help balance teams : sexninja!!!!
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    will help us play matchmaker btw ninja maybe you should run this thread like tomorrow when poeple are... : judge
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      yea i will : sexninja!!!!
      • i sent out a link to everyone I have on ICQ that plays, this is a good idea : judge
• Silentlobotomy/ DSL: 128k up/ Fav Civ: Byzantines/ Self-Rating: Very Good : Silentlobotomy
• 14/F/ Sexninjas Closet Upstream = 60-80 KBytes/s (512+ Kb/s) Random, I suck : judge
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  URL will be: http://people.ku.edu/~elewin/shack-aok.html i havent uploaded it yet tho ;p : sexninja!!!!
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    Rock Jock jayhawk. is it jock or chock? : Silentlobotomy
    • chalk : sexninja!!!!
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    ok the site's up now http://people.ku.edu/~elewin/shack-aok.html lemme know of any additons/changes/... : sexninja!!!!
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      My ICQ - 43503279 My AIM - Silentlobotomy Pref Civ - Byzantines Upstream - 128 kb/s Rating - Pre... : Silentlobotomy
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        yea i havnt uploaded the newer one yet : sexninja!!!!
        • oh okay. Cool. I shackmsg'd the URL to my strat... like I haven't flaunted it enough. : Silentlobotomy
        • you know, it would be REALLY cool if you had an embedded java chatroom. That way, people currently look... : Silentlobotomy
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  japs, celts, and aztecs are my thing. i'm better than judge....sometimes. I think...maybe not. and...um... : Bloody Saxon
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    HES ON AOL HAHAHAHAHAha : judge
    • you backstabbing lush! : Bloody Saxon
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    hmm... aztecs eh. Your cool. I like that. : Silentlobotomy
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      why? : Bloody Saxon
      • I typed a whole guide on all the civs. I was impressed with what I saw in the aztecs. Their garland wa... : Silentlobotomy
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  britons 1.5 mbit/dl 256 kbit/ul cable average` : Kitty__Kong
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    hi kitty. Compared to shack people your good. So say it, accuracy is what counts here. : Silentlobotomy
    • ok good : Kitty__Kong
• celts, 64K UL, 256K DL... sucky-average : Zoesch
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  2K/s (26.4Kbps), teutons or saracens, 1-10 i'd say 6-7 (at least in this group, on the zone i'd be a 4 M... : hawkeye
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    I do better on the zone than here demnit... : Bloody Saxon
    • seriously? last I remember the zone had crazy rushing (which I suck VERY VERY badly at) : hawkeye
• dsl/ no civ picked yet/ i am ok...still learning : lacker
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  ~500K upstream, either teutons or persians, i'm good. i get whooped constantly, but i can beat the compu... : king_darius
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    YOU HAVE 500K UPSTREAM??!?! NEW MISTAR SERVER PERSAN HERE WE COME!@*#&!(*@# : sexninja!!!!
    • we've discussed this before :) hell, you and i played a game before, dude :) back a few weeks ago ... : king_darius
• [Name:]b Dg3Nr8 Civ: Teutons or Vikings Connection: 500 Kbps up/down cable. (Works like shit most of th : Degenerate
• Name: Tissen Fav.Civ: Maya, Saracen or Vikings. But I like to try em all Skill: Ok/Good Speed: Dial... : Tissen
• 128k upstream, britons and persians, and i'm sucky - average. : G0aTCheeZ

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• nah. she'd like that she'd know she got to you... she'd think she won... don't give her that... : Torias
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  Will the letter be marinaded in ACTUAL BILE? : Toraz Chryx
  • YES BUT DUE TO FDA REQUIRMENTS IT WILL BE LESS FATTENING AND HAVE LOW SODIUM : the violator
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  Ignore her! then hopefully she will wanna suck your dick to say hello! yes i have watched way too much... : Ratalon
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    "suck your dick to say hello" Um...don't you have a girlfriend? That reads and posts here? Alo... : the violator
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      I know when she works.. and when she shacks and i also know she has not been around here recently. and s : Ratalon
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        Let me guess: Klerck unleashed the goatsecx surprise on the unwitting lass? : the violator
        • No he sent his picture and she went into convulsions. fancy that : Ratalon
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  listen man, stop the vengeance!!! : jasonepowell
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    Give me one good reason why. : the violator
    • Just read http://www.shacknews.com/funk.y?id=1760277 : Tissen
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      ass. in the future. If you blow her off, there's no chance whatsoever. If you leave the door open, ... : jasonepowell
      • Fuck it I'm in vengenance mode now I have all the friends I need right now, I need a girlfriend f... : the violator
      • given how she's acting, I'd say cut her loose and forget about it. You don't need to have her come back... : jboogedy
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  can we preview the letter? : Hizzow
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    Ok You all can help write it! Here is her letter she wrote me hey tim whats up i am having prob : the violator
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      DUDE!!!! TAKE HER TO THE FUCKING CLUTCH CONCERT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! She's begging for it. : jasonepowell
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        What and pay for her fucking ticket? With how I feel right now, I wouldn't piss down her throat if h... : the violator
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          dude, you want a girlfriend AND sex AND you won't put out da cash? You're gonna be a virgin till yer 90... : jasonepowell
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            No no no I'll drop the cash on a chick I LIKE This bitch==No cash from me : the violator
            • well, like I said, just email her back saying some shit like, "If you wanna get together, gimme a call o... : jasonepowell
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        The whole idea here is to END the cycle of hurt she's inflicting in his life. Taking her to the concert... : jboogedy
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          dude, I'm engaged. So yes, I've had a GF. Also, I have yet to see a "cycle of hurt". You all assume... : jasonepowell
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            Not malicious? She first agreed to go out with my six months ago In that period of time we made s... : the violator
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              Take your weapon Write your letter. Strike her down with all your hatred. : seemlar
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                BWAHAHAHAHAHAHHAH "Sister....so she has a twin sissssssster" mwahahahhaah : the violator
                • and he kissed her. With tongue! ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww : jboogedy
            • Follow jboogedy's advice on the other thread you started. : jasonepowell
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            the only reason I brought it up is because you're telling him to do something he's not interested in doi... : jboogedy
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              well, madgrad just posted a second ago and gave some background I wasn't aware of. I had only seen his : jasonepowell
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                Heheh I'm closing the door with dignity with her, at least for now. : the violator
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                  best thing you can do. Of course, she's gonna come back with, "I thought we were friends???!?!?!?!?!?... : jasonepowell
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                    Then I'll lose it and send back some snarling email with "FRIENDS DON'T FUCKING STAND FRIENDS UP REPEAT... : the violator
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                      wow. Now that's bile. : jboogedy
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                        no kidding. *makes mental note to call on TEH VIOLATOR!!!! the next time I need some shit flung* : jasonepowell
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                          Hey, when it comes to offended/pillaging/bileflinging/mass rape/, no one does it better than VIOLATION, : the violator
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                            new Shackname? : jasonepowell
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                              Nah My new shack name will kick in in about a week Andromeda dubbed me "horrifying doom" in some E... : the violator
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                                No more violatioN? : jboogedy
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                                  Nah It was a gimmick name anyway I dunno I might keep or not, I'll unveil the new name at 5k, ... : the violator
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                                    You should be Firefist. Or is that taken? : jboogedy
                                    • He could be FIREFISTER}r FIREFISTER FIST YOU!}r : klerck
                      • "I WANT TO SMASH YOUR SKULL OPEN AND USE IT FOR A SEMEN RECEPTACLE AND POKE OUT YOUR EYES AND....hang o... : the violator
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                      angry today? : Clay
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                        I'm writing a letter to the bitch thats been mindfucking me for 6 months and I'm barely keeping my digni... : the violator
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                          post it here. i've had my share to dealing with finnicky females : Clay
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                            After giving it much though, I'm not going to post the letter because I think I'll take flak no matter ... : the violator
                            • shackmsg it to me :P : Clay
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                              d00d, don't send it to her. you will regret it later. just put the whole thing behind you and maintai... : Quagmire
                              • How old are you? Sixteen Eighteen? you're first. Moooom! Ooh, I like the way this is going! : jboogedy
                            • If you post you letter of vile hate, I'll post mine. Let me explain, on the guys in my tabletop gaming g... : geedeck
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                wait a minute. You mean to tell me that the violator has never actually violated/been violated? : jboogedy
                • Nope. I'm a virgin. Never been kissed. : the violator
        • I tend to agree, seems to me she's either using you as an ego booster for herself or she's trying to avo... : PotNoodle
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      Hahahhaha, your name is Tim. : jboogedy
      • Timmy BOY to be exact, according to some of the other emails he gets. : jasonepowell
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        No, my name is Timothy. I like to be called Timothy. She insists on Tim. Cunt. : the violator
        • timmmmmmmay! : jboogedy
        • The Timmiolator! : Zoesch
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          Whatever you say, Doogie. Thanks! -Lex : Lex Lethel
          • Comedy Gold! : Clay
          • heheheh.. hahahahhaaha... doogie. :D heh. : Naim
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      My Hearts Pumps Purple Piss For you the only other man I know who has used that phrase was a very very : Ratalon
      • Heheheh glad you liked it : the violator
    • "My Hearts Pumps Purple Piss For you" Yummi! : -TKF-
• Do what I would do. Include a picture of someone giving the finger! : jboogedy
• take note people, this is EXACTLY how not to play "games" with girls, he has little or no chance of gett... : abrasion
• I think you should be asking yourself what it is that causes these things to keep happening to you. : xvdl
• I don't think I'd go that route. Just ignore her & put it behind you. : Quagmire