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What size batteries does it take?
Steely Dan!
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6/18/2008 12:46:19 PM
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Except it should be painted black.
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Anyone live around Chi-Town?
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Lee
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6/18/2008 5:11:21 AM
The Vortex Tower...
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SDAI-Tech1
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6/19/2008 2:48:04 AM
Drop the Pentagon on it and it spins all the way down!
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TB
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6/18/2008 5:35:18 PM
Speaking of metaphors...
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Robert
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6/18/2008 5:49:59 PM
You want an expensive living space?
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TB
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6/18/2008 6:52:03 PM
All kidding and innuendo aside...
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Robert
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6/18/2008 9:56:46 PM
It's a great website.
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TB
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6/18/2008 10:11:38 PM
Likely it would sway in the wind a great deal.
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alcaray
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6/19/2008 1:37:30 AM
It depends.
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SDAI-Tech1
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6/19/2008 3:41:34 AM
You're welcome.
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Lee
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6/19/2008 12:01:11 AM
Speaking of metaphors: "Tower of Glass", by Robert Silverberg
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ER
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6/18/2008 6:04:26 PM
What size batteries does it take?
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You know you were thinking it!
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6/18/2008 12:37:34 PM
I was trying not to go there! =)
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Lee
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6/18/2008 3:19:50 PM
Steely Dan!
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6/18/2008 12:46:19 PM
Absolutely beautiful!!
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Jody
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6/18/2008 5:50:17 AM
HabitableZone — be civil, or at least entertaining.