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AOL - People of the world heed my warning
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13. February 2006 @ 07:16 |
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Hey,
Im with Wanadoo for my broadband, i never, ever have any problems at all with it.
I have 1.1 Mbps and a 2GB dl limit (which ive never reached)
Btw, KRAINDI, try not to write all in caps, its against forum rules.
Jin666
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SypherTek
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13. February 2006 @ 08:21 |
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im on tiscali 2.2Meg broadband now, never had any trouble with it at all, only £17.99 and its unlimited
(theres a fair usage policy that says u have to watch your downloads during peak hours but still)
unless you can get telewest or bulldog then id go for tiscali
Studio Comp: AMD Athlon XP 3200+ OC ~ 2.35GHz runs at 40 celcius idle and 48 under stress (aerocool GT1000 really works!), Asrock K7VT4A , 1024MB Dual Channel DDR 400, MSI Nvidia FX5200 128MB OC ~ 600MHz mem 350MHz core,80GB SATA + 200GB SATA + 120GB IDE, 7.1 Channel Soundblaster Audigy 2 Platinum EX sound and midi interface. 19" Sony SDM-HS95 TFT monitor - sweeet
Comp2: AMD Sempron 2400+ OC ~ 2.0GHz (Stable), Asrock K7S41GX, 512MB DDR 333, Onboard Graphics, 40GB Maxtor IDE
set of monitors on the way soon :P
Google is your friend...
WorkComp: LAPTOP, intel celeron D 2.4GHz, 256MB DDR, 20GB hd. NO SCREEN IT WAS SAWN OFF :S (bag of crap) |
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13. February 2006 @ 09:04 |
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Do you stick to that fair allowance thing?
-Mike
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18. February 2006 @ 04:15 |
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"Application to Leave AOL"
This form must be filled out in triplicate and e-mailed to all the regs not less than thirty days prior to your intended departure date. Applications will be reviewed the second Tuesday of each week from 1:10-1:15 am. If you are approved for departure (which ain't gonna happen so give it up), you will be notified by e-mail on the second Wednesday of next week.
Part A
Question 1: In no less than 5,000 word explain your reason for desiring to be released from AOL:.
Question 2: What the hell do you think you are gonna do with all the spare time you are gonna have?
Question 3: Do you honestly believe your family likes you enough to talk to you?????
Part B
Personal Information
Full Given Name:________________________________
Address_______________________________________
______________________________________________
Daytime phone__________________________________
Work phone____________________________________
Parents phone__________________________________
Neighbors phone________________________________
Strangers phone_________________________________
Age____________ SSN#_____________________
Weight_______________ Height___________________
Bra size___________________ Jock size_____________
Mothers Maiden Name_____________________________
Grandmothers Country of Origin_____________________
List Ten Names, Addresses & Phone Numbers of places that you can be reached in case of a damn "we miss you" emergency:
(please list the above info in alphabetical order...indicating where you are most likely to be at what time of day)
Fill out this form and email to all known regs for review and opinion
This part to be completed by regs, and returned to the silly person requesting to leave us. (make sure you file all the personal info that was given above in case they try to leave us anyway!! HeHeHeHe)
Application Approved: NO_______
Application Denied: YES______
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18. February 2006 @ 06:07 |
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I have AOL, it seems to have got worse since I last posted here. It's utter garbage. I advise all to steer clear. If anyone can suggest a decent ISP (Unlimited) in the UK, I'd be glad to listen.
Cheers all.
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SypherTek
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19. February 2006 @ 08:27 |
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hey lethal B... im on tiscali broadband. i got 2 meg unlimited for £17.99. way better than aol.
Studio Comp: AMD Athlon XP 3200+ OC ~ 2.35GHz runs at 40 celcius idle and 48 under stress (aerocool GT1000 really works!), Asrock K7VT4A , 1024MB Dual Channel DDR 400, MSI Nvidia FX5200 128MB OC ~ 600MHz mem 350MHz core,80GB SATA + 200GB SATA + 120GB IDE, 7.1 Channel Soundblaster Audigy 2 Platinum EX sound and midi interface. 19" Sony SDM-HS95 TFT monitor - sweeet
Comp2: AMD Sempron 2400+ OC ~ 2.0GHz (Stable), Asrock K7S41GX, 512MB DDR 333, Onboard Graphics, 40GB Maxtor IDE
set of monitors on the way soon :P
Google is your friend...
WorkComp: LAPTOP, intel celeron D 2.4GHz, 256MB DDR, 20GB hd. NO SCREEN IT WAS SAWN OFF :S (bag of crap) |
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baddog
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21. February 2006 @ 01:54 |
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I reside in the US so it sucks to be you all when it comes to using AOL. Things are different when choosing broadband service here. There are two choices, DSL and Cable. The thing is, that DSL is done through the old Ma Bell telephone lines and cable is done through the same cable lines. The only thing that changes is the name of the company that is providing the service. All services are congruent except for the benefits of the package.
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27. February 2006 @ 22:18 |
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Oh I can't resist this one. Okay I have a unique insight into AOHell. Aside from having them for years, I also worked for their cancellations depart for about a month. Internally we were known as "saves." Where to start hmmm. Okay first off it's a pain to cancel AOL. It may be easier to give birth than cancel your subscription. We had a policy called "three no's and a go." That meant the customer had to say no three times before you would cancel their account. In addition you had to be the primary person or secondary person listed on the account. If not, no dice. Then you needed a combination of master email account, address, or Accounct Security Question to cancel. Now the three no's was figurative, often I'd force a customer to say no 5+ times before cancelling their account. Between all that and the two free months we'd bribe customers with to stay, people rarely ever got their accounts cancelled. AOL for Broadband is the biggest waste of money in the universe. It piggy backs on top of your existing high speed connection to give you things you can get for free all over the net. It doesn't actually connect you through cable or DSL. You pay $14.95 and up a month for that privellage. On top of that as more and more people move to broadband, the reaper inches closer to the stupid stick figure. AOHell doesn't own any phone lines or cable companies. Think about it. In the West, SBC owns just about everything. In the south, Southern Bell owns a ton of phone lines. In between, AT&T owns everything. That rules out DSL. As I previously stated they don't own any cable companies. So they have zero foothold in the broadband market. Knowledgeable users have no need for AOL for Broadband. They simply get DSL thru their Phone company, and Cable thru their Cable company. So the end is nigh for AOL and they know it. The people who run the company are incompetent. It's like God had a bet with Satan that a bunch of 3rd graders could run the most idiotic, pointless company on the planet and people would still flock to them in droves. Looks like God won that bet. I quit after a month because I couldn't deal with it. I made great money, they begged me to say and the incentives were terrific. At the end of the day, I couldn't sell my soul to the blue beast. It wasn't really noble, just that I hated the job and myself for working there. I had to quit to preserve what little self respect I had left. Anyway there you go, maybe some not so well known insight into AOHell. Cheers!
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25. March 2006 @ 08:18 |
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I use AOL and have done for a number of years now. I know loads of people have problems with them, but personally I have no bother with them at all. I have the 2meg platinum package and receive the full 2meg all the time. No kicks at all. They are shortly to upgrade to 8meg at no extra cost (obviously depending on your telephone exchange) which cant be bad.
I dont use their software either, I connect to the internet through my router and aol software is not loaded unless I want it to be.
No, I don't work for AOL ;)
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25. March 2006 @ 08:35 |
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i use comcast it a cable owned company my dowload speed is always around 5meg,uploads is around 400 and no software is needed,they supply the modem and it auto hooks up to use.i use a 5 port router..
check ye speed here
http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/
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KRAINDI
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26. March 2006 @ 23:04 |
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SORRY mate; i write in caps as it is easier. (im 1finger typer from uni days before windows 3.1).
AOL; i`ll be trying out bulldog later. everyone has my aol email address and aol are still blocking emails from anyone they feel like to me. aol seem to be a law unto themselves.
appartently they can filter from "suspect" sender servers..
rgds to all. thanks for helpful messages..
Hey,
Im with Wanadoo for my broadband, i never, ever have any problems at all with it.
I have 1.1 Mbps and a 2GB dl limit (which ive never reached)
Btw, KRAINDI, try not to write all in caps, its against forum rules.
Jin666
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aabbccdd
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26. March 2006 @ 23:34 |
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yeah get cable, and please NO all caps read the fourm rules before posting
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6. April 2006 @ 09:05 |
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There's ONE page AOL.com hopes you'll never find.
marahmarie submitted by marahmarie 9 hours 45 minutes ago (via http://marahs-aol-log.livejour...)
AOL deletes link to "Cancel My Account" page after I publish link; deletes new links as I update. I learn AOL deleted Keyword "Cancel" from Keywords A-Z too. Deleting Keyword "Cancel" and "Cancel My Account" page breaks AOL's 1997 deal with Washington to make "Cancel My Account" info easy to find online.
GO HERE TO READ THE ARTICLE
http://dvdxcopy.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/326826
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14. April 2006 @ 12:17 |
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Is AOL censoring its critics?
4/14/2006 11:02:57 AM, by Nate Anderson
America Online AOL was accused this week of not delivering e-mail containing the URL of a group that opposes its plan to begin charging corporations to bypass the AOL spam filters. DearAOL.com, a coalition of more than 500 members who oppose the plan, found that e-mails simply containing a link to their web site were returned to the sender with an error message on Wednesday and Thursday of this week.
The problem, which AOL attributed to a "glitch" in their system, was corrected by Thursday evening, but the incident has made DearAOL members even more suspicious of the online service. Many of them are convinced that they were deliberately targeted, but even if that wasn't the case, they see this as a further example of why AOL cannot be trusted to maintain an acceptable level of service in its free e-mail offerings. MoveOn.org went so far as to call AOL dangerous to democracy (warning: set hyperbole shields to maximum).
"It's an example of our point: that they are arbitrary and capricious in the way they deliver e-mail," said Wes Boyd, president of online political group MoveOn.org Civic Action. "If AOL can just decide without consultation of anyone that they can censor a website, then what are the chances for democracy?"
Democracy seems likely to survive with or without the participation of AOL, which to its credit fixed the problem promptly. The resulting media coverage of the incident has been a boon for the DearAOL coalition; after all, everyone likes a good David and Goliath story. If AOL was intentionally trying to censor the group, their strategy certainly backfired, and some observers think that DearAOL should be grateful for the free publicity.
"One shouldn't attribute to malice what can be explained by incompetence," said Internet governance professor Jonathan Zittrain of Oxford University. Nonetheless, "to the extent that this campaign was about raising awareness, AOL has contributed greatly to that."
The controversial GoodMail system was expected to go live last week, but has now been delayed. Since the announcement of the new policy, AOL has worked hard to counter the negative press they've been receiving by offering free access to nonprofits and arguing that they will still provide a robust free e-mail system for those companies who choose not to take advantage of GoodMail. Expect the issue to grow more heated when the system is in place and some corporation that doesn't want to pay an "AOL tax" has its legitimate bulk e-mail blocked.
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060414-6602.html
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janrocks
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14. April 2006 @ 15:26 |
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Just a few thoughts about ISP provided software..
Get cable and install the rubbish "spyware" IE6 that comes with it..
Go online for a minute or two for the cable switches to work out your IP and confirm it against your mac no.
Change OS to some flavour of linux...Goodbye ISP spyware..
And AOL have just handed over a great heap of user logs to the UK government without a whimper...Where do the privacy and misuse of computer laws stand in that case?
Down the can!!
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aabbccdd
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14. April 2006 @ 16:18 |
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thats very scary !!! that can be done NOT good
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janrocks
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14. April 2006 @ 18:13 |
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They just asked and it was given...At least google are putting up a fight...
Me, I'm on Blueyonder with FireFox and my own brand of xp (no spyware or logging here..I spoof until a network node somewhere or other about 60 miles away..that one I set static...well it had a few ports open, what do they expect!)
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15. April 2006 @ 06:19 |
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101 Uses for AOL Disks
1. Mini cutting board (great for the office or the car, use metal door for knife).
2. Attach it to a ruler and presto! - you've got a fly swatter.
3. Construct a life size replica of Stonehenge.
4. At a restaurant, shove one under a wobbling table leg.
5. Money clip (use metal door and discard the plastic case...the "rich nerd" look is IN this year).
6. Eye patch (for one-eyed software pirates).
7. Christmas ornaments (the more the merrier).
8. Give them to young children to use as building blocks.
9. Glue them to the bottom of the space shuttle and use them as re-entry burn tiles.
10. Dentures (melt & form them into new teeth for grandma).
11. Room dividers for hamsters.
12. Drink coasters.
13. Use multiple disks to create an ideal door stopper.
14. Ice scraper.
15. Bathroom tile.
16. Bookmark.
17. Mini frisbee.
18. Air hockey puck.
19. Dog chew toy.
20. Dart board.
21. Pooper scooper.
22. Grill scraper.
23. Use them for karate board-breaking demonstrations (save a tree).
24. Wrist slicer - after receiving first AOL bill (use metal door).
25. Conversation piece for coffee table.
26. Destroy them - smash, burn, or run over to relieve stress.
27. Light switch cover.
28. Chinese throwing stars (tape 2 together).
29. Clay pigeons for target practice.
30. Greeting card (bind two together at one end).
31. Halloween treat (give them away all night long).
32. Bullet proof vest (arrange together in triple thickness).
33. Firewood.
34. Bird house.
35. Paper weights.
36. Pen holders (make a box without a top).
37. Post it-notes holder.
38. Refrigerator magnet (glue a magnet to the back).
39. A very sturdy base for putting the motorcycle sidestand on when parking on soft surfaces.
40. Keep 'em in the trunk for extra traction in the snow.
41. Solar Eclipse Glasses (open door and look through disk at the sun/moon -actually works).
42. Placing one in each back pocket helps children who get paddled by the coach. This spreads the force to a wider area.
43. Make an AOL disk & pasta casserole.
44. Incense burners (put stick in hole of disk hub and light the incense.
45. Bug Shield (glue a bunch to the front of your car's hood).
46. Put them on car windshields at the mall (along with this list).
47. Melt the plastic of the disks into a giant sculpture.
48. Hand them out as party favors.
49. Hidden/spare key holder (crack open 1 side, insert key and then place near door. Completely safe...who would want an AOL disk?)
50. Vertical blinds.
51. Be an AOL diskette surgeon and disect a diskette.
52. Bench press weights (I can press 120).
53. Grind 'em up and refertilize the front lawn.
54. The new "Domino's stuffed-crust pizza" filling.
55. Tell the kids to leave warm milk & AOL disks for Santa.
56. Brake shoes.
57. House insulation.
58. Recycle them for the scrap metal.
59. Kitchen tile for Bill Gates' new mansion in Seatle (walk all over the competition)
60. Hockey Puck.
61. Add water and special plant life to make a Chia-Disk.
62. Noise maker for your bike spokes (why damage your valuable baseball cards).
63. Put one on a leash and drag it along as you walk...makes the perfect pet.
64. Poker chips.
65. Baseball practice (throw them up in the air and hit them with the bat).
66. Keychain (Put a key ring through one of the writeprotect holes and you've got a snappy executive bathroom keychain for the office).
67. Mail to 10 friends-start an AOL chain-letter (add a disk with each link).
68. Earmuffs (glue some fur on one side, then attach a U-shaped piece of bent coathanger to both disks).
69. Grind them up to make fake snow.
70. Earrings (put loop into write-protect hole).
71. Dental floss (use actual disk).
72. Use them for zipper pulls (instead of ski lift tickets).
73. When your collection of disks reaches 52, use them for a deck of cards.
74. Use them to fill potholes.
75. Hood ornament.
76. Snow blower replacement blades.
77. Put them in your shirt pocket to make you look smart.
78. Make two stacks of 10 and use them as heels for platform shoes.
79. Rubic's cube case (make into box).
80. Shipping material (keeps your photos from being bent in the mail).
81. Protect your table from burns caused by hot pots and pans.
82. Snack trays (great for holding hors d'oeuvres at parties).
83. Give them as stocking stuffers to all those people who piss you off.
84. Fly paper (use actual disk and put string through middle, hang 2" apart and apply honey to disks).
85. Pocket protector (gee Gilbert I really like your new pocket protector -thanks Lewis).
86. They make a *dandy* addition to a #$*+&% neighbor's back yard. Better yet, get them to actually install it on their computer.
87. Use them as elbow and knee pads.
88. Wax scraper for snowboards.
89. Use them to decorate your aquarium and create Computer City under water.
90. Tape a few together and use them as a mouse pad.
91. Collect a large mass and detonate a supernova.
92. A wind clacker (similar to a wind chime).
93. Soap dish (remove metal to prevent rusting).
94. Row markers for your vegetable garden. (carrots, beans, peas....)
95. Makes the perfect dance floor for your ant colony.
96. Bread roller (use actual disks and put rod through center-use about 100).
97. Hot glue gun resting/protecting pad.
98. Baby mobile.
99. Fence (may need a few thousand).
100. Toe tags for mortuaries. Great for identifying dead computer nerds.
101. Wonderbra inserts for that Madonna-techno look.
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janrocks
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15. April 2006 @ 17:44 |
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You missed one Ireland..
Patent Amsterdam Sphincter Strecher :)
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15. April 2006 @ 21:32 |
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Ireland, I'm starting to get the feeling you're not to fond of AOL. Try working for them, then you'll really love em.
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17. April 2006 @ 15:32 |
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AOL pulls back on email ban
p2p news / p2pnet: Shortly after the EFF posted an info-item on the fact AOL was blocking all emails with links to www.DearAOL.com, AOL hastily took the barriers down.
Last Thursday more than over 100 people who'd signed a petition to AOL also tried sending messages to AOL-using friends. But they each received a bounce-back message telling them their emails had, "failed permanently."
"The fact is, ISPs like AOL commonly make these kinds of arbitrary decisions - silently banning huge swathes of legitimate mail on the flimsiest of reasons - every day, and no one hears about it," said EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation) activism coordinator Danny O'Brien.
"AOL's planned CertifiedEmail system would let them profit from this power by offering to charge legitimate mailers to bypass these malfunctioning filters."
The DearAOL.com Coalition represents over 15 million people combined ? and has grown from 50 member organizations to 600 in a month, says the EFF.
"Since the beginning of the DearAOL.com campaign, more than 350,000 Internet users have signed letters to AOL opposing its pay to send proposal."
If you're in, or will be, around San Francisco on April 20, O'Brien and tech expert Esther Dyson will face off over the question, "Email - Should the Sender Pay?"
Mitch Kapor, one of the EFF's original founders, will moderate.
Also See:
EFF - EFF Debate: "Email - Should the Sender Pay?", April 17, 2006
(Monday 17th April 2006)
http://p2pnet.net/story/8543
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17. April 2006 @ 17:56 |
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I've seen how ignorant and hollow the inner sanctum of AOL is. I only worked there a month. I had them for years, glad to be free of the blue beast. They're going the way of the dinosaur, and the higher ups know it. AOL has no foothold in the broadband market. I'd rather pay for high speed and make my local phone or cable company rich than AOL. Good riddance.
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20. April 2006 @ 11:17 |
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AOL to go after MySpace?
In terms of relative coolness, AOL and MySpace are on the opposite ends of the spectrum. AOL is most often associated with Internet noobs, while MySpace is arguably the hottest social networking site on the 'Net. A new rumor has the "Web 0.1" company preparing to go after the social networking market with a new, yet unnamed site.
http://dvdxcopy.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/333315
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20. April 2006 @ 23:03 |
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Yeah I'm not big on either lol. A lot of my friends have myspace and they use it to hook up with loose women.
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