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begin_within Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-27-07 01:34 PM
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What did you "cut your teeth" on?
For me it was writing and publishing a book in full color in 1995. I did it all myself (except for a few photographers and the printing company). What did you "cut your teeth" on?
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-27-07 01:35 PM
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1. Oh...
I was going to say one of those plastic beady things, you know... the big round thing with bubbly beady things which are filled with water.

:shrug:
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-27-07 01:42 PM
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2. I was aiming for zwieback crackers myself.
:shrug:
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SouthoftheBorderPaul Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-27-07 01:46 PM
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3. Yeah, but you probably cut your gums or your tongue.
You can't literally cut your teeth. Sheesh...liberals. :eyes:
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-27-07 02:04 PM
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5. I give up!
I'll never make you happy!

:cry:
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SouthoftheBorderPaul Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-27-07 03:00 PM
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8. Not true, redqueen.
You make me sooooooo....very happy.

I'm so glad you.....came into my liiiiiiiiiife.

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raccoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-27-07 01:57 PM
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4. A teething ring, I am told. nt
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SKKY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-27-07 02:05 PM
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6. Peach Schnapps...
...but then again, that's what every 13 year old in the trailer park was doing at the time.
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hunter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-27-07 02:12 PM
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7. Nuclear waste...
...and the toxic stews of Santa Monica Bay.

But I got my first taste of superpowers at a superfund site...




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skygazer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-27-07 03:07 PM
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9. Vermont marble
If you survive it, it makes you tough.
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MrCoffee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-27-07 03:13 PM
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10. Evidence...
i didn't know shit until i took Evidence my third semeseter of law school. that was when i finally got my sea-legs and figured out how the game was played.
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begin_within Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-27-07 03:53 PM
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11. How foolish of me to expect anything other than flippant or sarcastic replies.
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rakeeb Donating Member (188 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-27-07 04:12 PM
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12. It might have helped
Edited on Thu Sep-27-07 04:13 PM by rakeeb
if you had clarified further, like "first foray into self-employment" or "first big solo project in school or after".....then you might get genuine answers that merely have a sarcastic or flippant intro.
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MrCoffee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-27-07 04:12 PM
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13. my response was neither flippant nor sarcastic
so bite me.
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begin_within Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-27-07 06:11 PM
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14. Where
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MrScorpio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-27-07 06:12 PM
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15. This puppy
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-27-07 06:18 PM
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16. A branding iron.




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Karenina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-27-07 07:14 PM
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17. Playing "sessions" in Manhattan.
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