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• Dude, campaigns of revenge work great against roommates. You know where they sleep, live, shit, etc........ : Dreagon
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  You need to think up a good practical joke. : -dm7
  • put candy in the shower head! : patdoody
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  When I was living at home with my folks, we all had assigned dish days. One of my brothers made a HUGE m... : x-eyd|mary
  • hell hath no fury... : BeerHunter
• Shit on his face. : SerimanFiend

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  dunno, but the same thing happened to me in Tribes 2 : hawkeye
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    oh, and usually that indicates a CPU limit : hawkeye
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      Well, yeah... but on a 1.4ghz athlon? at 15fps? That's the best it can do at 1024x768? :~( I haven't... : Vantage
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        I guess I'll hold off on buying it till they patch it or I buy a athlon 5ghz... I guess there's a lot : Torias
        • Oh, it's certainly playable, and absolutely gorgeous. I just wish it ran a bit faster. Indoors (such a... : Vantage
        • it's plenty playable, unless you make snap turns you won't notice it, and you never need to make snap tu... : hawkeye
      • there's alot of polygons in that world I'd be really curious as to whether there's some kind of scali... : hawkeye
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  because you have giant penis? : needlez
  • I mean besides that. : Vantage
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  Jesus. If it's that slow with a 4400 then I just need to throw my fairly new system (1.3) out the windo : wunderbred
  • yes! exactly what I'm saying it's not a 
    ē rate limit, it's an anti-post limit : hawkeye
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    Me too.. it's actually not running THAT much faster than it did on my GF2 GTS at 1024x768. I just get p... : Vantage
    • Are you sure you don't have like anti-aliasing on or something? : wunderbred
• I heard something about SafeDisc causing the game to slow down BIG time. GC Robot was saying he got a No... : Nullzero
• OMFG! SOMEONE BAN THIS VIKING WAREZING AI MOFO!! : kaibosh

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• welcome back. : virus
• someone goatse this man : Nighteyes
• Been there. Done that. : vaniah

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• I got stuck outside of one. mweh. : -dm7
• this one ownz that one: http://electrotank.com/games/playGames.asp?gameID=31 : BeerHunter
• I got 66 WOOT!!!!!!! : Lickuright
• 6 under par : Mugsy

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• BCC is your friend. : Former_HPB
• View -> BCC : king_darius

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• FTL travel : Raziel
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  bad guys can't shoot straight : ostrichboy
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    wtf i've never heard of this shit, i'm thinking bradbury, asimov, clarke, herbert, the classics, who wro... : RMSzero
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      Ever seen a science fiction movie? Bradbury = best author ever ... IMHO. Martian Chronicles is still my... : wumpscut
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        movies = bleh yeah i'm into bradbury too. : RMSzero
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          by bleh i mean i'd rather be talking about books : RMSzero
          • Yeah I know what you mean, but the comment just meant that bad guys can't shoot straight ... at least in... : wumpscut
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  Larry Nivens universe with the Pak, Ringworld, the Puppeteers. Isaac Asimovs universe with the robots th... : Dreagon
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    ah, niven, can't forget him. : RMSzero
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      and his is real sci-fi, not sci-fantasy such as star trek. But the theories his universe is founded on m... : Dreagon
      • at least he's not sci-asshole like piers anthony, god i can't believe i used to like that crap. : RMSzero
• Foundation. owned. : BeerHunter
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  The most well known science fiction universes? Dune Star Trek Star Wars ... : Vantage
  • The only one of those that is arguably science fiction is Dune. The other two are science fantasy. : Dreagon

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  cause monday blows @ : urbansling
  • I thought this was First Post or something, heh, time to lower my res! 1600x1200 with bad, bad eyesight ... : wumpscut
• Sorry, me was busy doing important stuff. :) http://www.shacknews.com/funk.y?id=3581841 : Optimus Prime
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  Because apparently everybody is either asleep or playing Morrowind. : Dreagon
  • Just the thought of playing Morrowind makes me giddy, but I am too frustrated with it atm to play it ...... : wumpscut

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  What about the incredible amount of work it takes to drag the mouse around the inventory menu in 1600x12... : wumpscut
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    turn on AA? hehe try slowing it down and see it speed up! or just disable safedisc : artillery
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      Try slowing what down? My AA is at 4, and Antisotropic (sp?) Filtering is at 8 .... is this bad dumb ide... : wumpscut
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        it doesnt matter the mouse is still slow on menus i tried everything off and everything maxed the mouse ... : ghost in my shell
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          Well, I still would enjoy some FPS increase ... the game seems to get slower as I play (OMG FADE!) real ... : wumpscut
          • the only thing that affects FPS on my machine is the view slider so i have everything maxed but that... : ghost in my shell
  • A horrible side effect indeed...changing mouse speeds dont help : ghost in my shell

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  aotc = ? : yellow
  • oh duh nevermine : yellow
  • Star Wars: Attack Of The Clones : moz
• OMG! The doll kicks ass! : -TKF-
• Lucas = marketing genius... release small scraps... loonies will line up :) : CrimsonHandHiro
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  thank you. you just had 3 thirty-year-old men staring at a monitor and giggling like Satan-possessed cra... : haikeebah!
  • NO SHIT! : CrimsonHandHiro
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  I want to look at this so bad, but I know I shouldn't. : kn32
  • it's not so bad, it's in an ad format, like the TV ads that are being broadcast now featuring R2, Obi, J : haikeebah!
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  I was totally against episode 2 (have been for the last two years) I was allowing myself to be talked in... : TheTick
  • Flames? You mean blaster bolts? : c0bra
• I really appreciate how the cool bits are on the net already, because it means theres DEFINATELY no reas... : Midshift
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  this footage is comedy gold! Its like watching sesame street with lightsabers! : Raziel
  • i reckon.. watching yoda jump around like that made me laugh my ass off : patdoody
• thats crazy it doesnt look cheezy at all...my worries are extinguished this movie will KFA : ghost in my shell
• Looks nothing like Yoda: http://www.mycrappysite.com/users/kellysclips/aotc/yoda.jpg : Odoyle

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  Yes, that is some nasty stuff. : Former_HPB
  • I'm almost done with it. Then I have to drink another one right before my catscan at 1:00. I feel lik... : x-eyd|mary
• I prefer the orange flavor to the vanilla flavor. : darktweed
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  X-ray time? you spring a leak? : urbansling
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    I hae a scan this afternoon for a hernia. Seems the warrenty expires at 35, folks. Just a heads up :( : x-eyd|mary
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      really? should I get my nuts removed? : urbansling
      • It's not that kind of hernia, thank God. Upper abdominal. : x-eyd|mary

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  My save folder has 79 files in it, the game really doesn't let you manage characters/games very well. Ju... : wumpscut
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    I'm not sure I understand. Does that mean you can have more than one charactor saved? And how does it ma... : Dreagon
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      You just save all of it to one big ol list of save files, in order of what you saved ... you can't delet... : wumpscut
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        Can you at least name the files? How can it not let you delete files? (I'm assuming from my understandin... : Dreagon
        • Yes you name the files. Like I have "Calarad", "Calarad-Dungeon", and (the automatically named) "quicks... : artillery

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  Agreed. My eye tends to follow a sentence and want to skip into the next column. It makes my head hurt. : Dreagon
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    If he does use that, he should keep the old layout as an option for normal people like us. : needlez
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      Some of us suggested putting a different color background behind the column on the right. That way our e... : Dreagon
      • Its still silly to do, BetaNews is fugly and having a column on the left that barely gets updated is not... : ghost in my shell
• agreed. I don't like it. : nomaad
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  it makes my eyes bleed : ostrichboy
  • hehe it's like one text box for each eye. It makes me look likke that funny hunchback actor that stared ... : needlez
• Is that going to be the new main page design?! Ewwwww.... : protoman
• Steve, for the love of Maarten God, think again! : Tissen
• TOTALLY UNREADABLE'D : needlez
• maybe put the minor stories on a grey bar... a similar color scheme to the comments. : artillery
• thats to much for this hour : Silent1
• I think it's a good idea in rough form. Sucks the way it is but I like the concept. : Hustlah

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• dont let the bastards grind you down : infidel
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  spongebob squarepants screensaver on computer next to me : nurall
  • I would have to murder.. : Wolfanoz
• Logic Bomb - Fairlight (WON RACE) LAWLZ if you get it : wumpscut
• Angie Aparo - The American : x-eyd|mary
• Satanic Surfers - More to Life : gingerninja

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  Some of their stuff is damned catchy, and I like the singers voice. Do they put on a good show? : protoman
  • YES! I saw them open for Garbage last week. Awesome band! The singer's voice is just as good live.... : xocsida

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• no. =( I want Bank Holidays back. : ostrichboy
• Nothing special here, although it was Cinco de Mayo in Mexico yesterday (5th of May, Mexican Independenc... : jimmy-buffett
• Nope, just a normal Monday. Maybe some people are recovering from Cinco de Mayo celebrations though. : i am the baker
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  Marijuana Monday : wumpscut
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    When is Marijuana Tuesday? : setaanbomb
    • After Marijuana Monday]b]i]u of course! Haha Morrowind Monday, but there is no brown color font. FIXME : wumpscut
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  heh, in germany we had last wednesday off, we have this thursday off and we have 2 more public holidays ... : moshman
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    Supa long weekends in Germany then? : Jonathan
    • yup, last weekend was 5 days, this one will be 4 days. Then a full week, then another 5 day weekend. Im ... : moshman
• I think the next national holiday is Memorial Day. That is near the end of May. We do have Mother's Day ... : Dreagon
• it's sixo de mayo : nurall

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• this is true : nurall
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  I'm going again too...I saw it Friday before work at a matinee. I was rendered speechless. : Wolfanoz
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    i have yet to see it. every showing has been sold out. : nurall
    • it seriously is that good if you're wondering. : Wolfanoz
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      i tried to get tickets sunday afternoon, the bastards were sold out. No wonder it made over 100 mil the ... : Silent1
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        i tried on friday saturday and sunday.. all showings were soldout by 10.30am.. : nurall
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          your theater have signs posted that they are selling star wars episode 2 tickets? Wondering if they're d... : Silent1
          • i didn't notice : nurall

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• * CORPORATE MACHINE'D * : setaanbomb
• PRINCIPLES OF PHYSICAL SCIENCE COMES IN HANDY WHEN YOU TRY TO PUT OUT THAT GREASE FIRE WITH YOUR FACE. : erebus
• <nelson> HA HA! </nelson> : xocsida

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• luckly? im the first one here so noone know what time i come in. : nurall
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  hehe, Im so surprised no-one has given me shit. I leave 1 hour early on average, but then again, it's no... : moshman
  • I believe that if you can do your job in 2 hours yet you still work an 8 hour day, it is your right to f... : setaanbomb
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  what kind of job you have? for some reason its the pain-in-the-ass jobs that are the most concerned wit... : jimmy-buffett
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    PHP/Perl programmer : Odoyle
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      small shop? I notice that tends to have something to do with it (I'm in 15 stories with 3K+) : jimmy-buffett
      • University : Odoyle
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  Did you still complete all your work? Did it actually detract from your responsibilities? If the ans... : setaanbomb
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    it does, because it means they could be paying you less OR giving you more responsability. : moshman
    • Incomplete work, but absenteeism has no effect on my job performance. The thing is that I've got one re... : Odoyle
    • Why should they be able to pay me less because I can do it in half the time it took the last guy to do i... : setaanbomb

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• No spidey for you. Remember, "not another penny." : Dreagon
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  piracy is a crime : patdoody
  • http://www.brennanstout.org/~sickeninga/happykorn.gif : setaanbomb
• Keep it up, it only gets better ... I learned through a lot of trial and error that the game is just pla... : wumpscut

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• I wrote it out, and it doesn't look familiar to me as a famous equation or anything. : Deathlove
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  no but what the FUCK is with that album's cover : Solar Jetman
  • It's an Aphex Twin thing... Windowlicker is a funny video... look for it and download it. : PantherX
• it means nothing. it has been confirmed by many. i'm an aphex twin fanboy. : vodor
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  Is that the song that has the picture embedded in the waveform? : radicus
  • yep. It is indeed. : yobock
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    that is so cool too. Aphew Twin facts. He lives in an old amry bunker by the sea next to his moms hous... : moshman
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      aphex twin = very good : patdoody
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        yeah, that too :) I saw him live at tjos really small venue once, his set started at about 4 in the morn... : moshman
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          sounds crazy, i was going to see him at the Big Day Out one year, but he pulled out >:| : patdoody
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            it was TOO crazy, most people couldn't take it. I certainly couldn't :) This was at the dedbeat festival... : moshman
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              yeah, at 4am it would mess most people up pretty badly, especially if they were on mind altering drugs, ... : patdoody
              • I would say everyone there was :) (and I aint kidding, england style :) : moshman
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      What commercial/sound bite might that have been? : joejoe55
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        i belive it was for an airline.. : patdoody
        • or a car company. Dunno exactly anymore. : moshman

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  ?dniworroM : Tissen
  • or chicks : patdoody
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    yea hehe, and here is the question: I can't seem to find the quad damage and rocket launcher. My leve... : Spang
    • of you type kill at the console you get a free bfg : infidel
    • 420 FOREVER : wumpscut
• how can you get a phallic enlargement?????? : infidel

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• hell no try and connect! : Raziel

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• Innocent till proven to be a Celebrity! : setaanbomb
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  The fucker is guilty! Just remember that! : xocsida
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    The South Lost. Get over it. : setaanbomb
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      Wuh? <deniro> Are you talkin to me? </deniro> : xocsida
      • <deniro> Come on! </deniro> : setaanbomb
• Remember, zero tolerance dude! Zero tolerance. : Dreagon

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• did you get turned down by burger king tho?!?? :) : moshman

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• I search google for 'life' and all I get are firearm results. I guess that means that I have to use gun... : setaanbomb

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  www.yellowpages.com, Look under Politicians. : setaanbomb
  • http://www.yellowpages.com.au/netselect/netselect.jhtml?searchId=102068896729430022&listingId=7101405883... : infidel

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• Yeah, that's wierd shit. : PantherX
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  An underground fire that's been burning for 40 years and has destroyed a town in the process? Sounds li... : Vantage
  • It would be called a "Jump to Conclusions" Mat...because you jump...to conclusions! : firebone
• is that for real? : patdoody

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  * HACKED BY CHINESE * : Wolfanoz
  • grr.. baby eaters : infidel
• This has happenned before to MSN Messenger. : setaanbomb

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• Are there asian women doing the massages? : exertion
• i would say... Lemon, Rape, Sand etc not lime.. lemon! : -TKF-
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  I'm paying $50 a month for just weights and a trainer, so I guess so. : kn32
  • I got a maximum hawt girl trainer too. : kn32
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  It is if you're not using it frequently. : Wolfanoz
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    I'd be doing 3 sessions per week. Tuesday, Thursday for 2 hours and Saturday's for 4 hours. : setaanbomb
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      rip off, there must be a cheaper gym around : infidel
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        I guess there is. Haven't really looked all that hard I just know I want the facilities like Sauna, Ste... : setaanbomb
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          all you need is weights and cardio, everything else is just expensive jusk, used to justify ripping suck... : infidel
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            Pools and Saunas really help. : kn32
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              They are a luxury though. : kn32
              • That's kind of what I am shooting for. If I am paying X amount of dollars to work out, I might as well ... : setaanbomb
• that's very expensive. i pay $22 a month for 24/7 gym access here. tho when i signed up i had to put dow... : draed
• I pay $50.00 a month for the same in my area...sounds expensive, I'd hunt around. : xocsida

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• *unzips pants* THIS is irresistable! : Wolfanoz
• Penis Guzzler pie? : moshman