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Toots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 09:38 AM Original message |
Should our public drinking water be floridated? |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 09:39 AM Original message |
State government or federal? I oppose the feds getting involved. |
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NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 09:39 AM Response to Original message |
1. hooboy, here we go |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 09:53 AM Response to Reply #1 |
8. ... |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 09:41 AM Response to Original message |
2. Here where I live in NY it's by town. My town is the only one that doesn't floridate and |
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cgrindley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 09:43 AM Response to Original message |
3. Only an idiot is against floridation of the water supply |
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skids (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 09:47 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. I think it's sad... |
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cgrindley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 03:39 PM Response to Reply #6 |
31. When people suggest taking away the single greatest advance in dentistry |
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Toots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 04:34 PM Response to Reply #31 |
43. Floridation is good when applied topically but not so good when taken internally. |
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Mika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 09:49 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Only an idiot is for floridation of the water supply |
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cgrindley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 03:37 PM Response to Reply #7 |
30. At least I'm an idiot with some teeth still in my head |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 04:38 PM Response to Reply #30 |
44. LOL! That is pretty comical. |
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Sanctified (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 03:39 PM Response to Reply #3 |
32. You do realize that fluoride is a poison right? n/t |
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cgrindley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 03:40 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. You realize that people need teeth, right? |
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Sanctified (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 03:42 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. I have never drank fluoride water, nor used fluoride toothpaste and have all my teeth. |
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cgrindley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 03:44 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. You =/= everyone |
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Sanctified (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 03:46 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Why should I ingest poison because someone is unwilling to brush after each meal and floss? |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 06:18 PM Response to Reply #37 |
66. Myth: Fluoride accumulates in the body and causes a form of poisoning. |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 06:12 PM Response to Reply #34 |
64. How did you manage to avoid it? |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 03:46 PM Response to Reply #32 |
38. Too much dihydrogen monoxide can kill you too. Ban dihydrogen monoxide! |
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Sanctified (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 05:30 PM Response to Reply #38 |
56. Add fluoride your dihydrogen monoxide and you will die with half the ingestion. |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 02:25 PM Response to Reply #3 |
95. Only an idiot with absolutely no understanding of organic chemistry would even post that. |
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rockymountaindem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 09:43 AM Response to Original message |
4. Being Colorado Springs born and raised |
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mvccd1000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 09:47 AM Response to Original message |
5. Tough call - I grew up with it, and have great teeth, but my sister |
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man4allcats (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 09:55 AM Response to Original message |
9. And then there's this on the subject from |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 10:01 AM Response to Reply #9 |
90. Thanks for posting that |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 09:57 AM Response to Original message |
10. Public health may want somethings in and somethings out. |
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bahrbearian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
11. Why can't it be a personal Choice? |
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PCIntern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 12:06 PM Response to Reply #11 |
29. No. They can't reliably... |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 10:03 AM Response to Original message |
12. Yes...nt |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 10:05 AM Response to Original message |
13. "Mandrake, we need to preserve our precious bodily fluids." |
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PCIntern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 10:09 AM Response to Original message |
14. I am a dentist,, a former university professor, |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 10:11 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. I suspect that's because fluoridation is a commie plot. |
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PCIntern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 10:14 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. ...and the last Commie in the Western Hemisphere |
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Faygo Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 10:14 AM Response to Original message |
17. "International Communist conspiracy to sap and impurify all of our precious bodily fluids." |
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donsu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
18. no to floride - it even makes toilet parts wear out fast |
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PCIntern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 10:38 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. first you better learn to spell it right...FLUORIDE |
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donsu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 11:28 AM Response to Reply #19 |
24. tell that to the plumber that just fixed my toilet |
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Sanctified (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 03:44 PM Response to Reply #24 |
36. Because he is a dentist and has been educated in the benefits of fluoride even if it kills you. n/t |
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PCIntern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 04:42 PM Response to Reply #36 |
46. That's a remark reserved for 'the other site'. |
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Sanctified (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 05:10 PM Response to Reply #46 |
49. Children who drink water with fluoride are more likely |
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PCIntern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 05:16 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. To see you and raise you one... |
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Sanctified (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 05:27 PM Response to Reply #51 |
55. Yes of course the only way you can respond to children with ADHD and Autism |
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PCIntern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 05:31 PM Response to Reply #55 |
57. your argument is fallacious... |
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Sanctified (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 05:35 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. But didn't they teach you in your dental school |
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PCIntern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 05:50 PM Response to Reply #58 |
61. No... |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 06:24 PM Response to Reply #58 |
68. link to the claim that children who drink fluoridated water have higher rate of autism. |
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WindRavenX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 06:29 PM Response to Reply #68 |
69. don't bother |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 07:00 PM Response to Reply #69 |
75. The only links I've ever seen are to places that don't qualify as credible |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 08:32 AM Response to Reply #75 |
83. Me too! I'd love to see something like that. |
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NotGivingUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 07:06 AM Response to Reply #46 |
79. No, YOU should be ashamed of YOURself!!! n/t |
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PCIntern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 04:56 PM Response to Reply #24 |
48. Why? |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 08:30 AM Response to Reply #24 |
82. Why were you dumping Fluoride down your toilet? |
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donsu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 10:32 AM Response to Reply #82 |
91. I never said that - Fluoride is put in Fl. drinking water |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 02:00 PM Response to Reply #91 |
93. My parents toilets in Florida |
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mainegreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 06:37 PM Response to Reply #18 |
71. Are you made of metal or porcelain? |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
20. We've already established the principal of adding or subtracting |
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PCIntern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 10:54 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. 1 ppm fluoride standard dose... |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 11:10 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Thanks - I don't have the article in front of me, but some feel that |
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PCIntern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 11:46 AM Response to Reply #22 |
25. I just wish someone would actually read the posts |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 12:05 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. Which confirms my supposition that the flouride isn't just for kids. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 11:54 AM Response to Reply #21 |
27. And we should adhere to the standards of dosing established and scientifically |
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Kelly Rupert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
23. Hell no. Florida has enough influence as it is. |
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DemGa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
26. Where will the fertilizer industry dump its toxic waste? |
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NotGivingUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 07:09 AM Response to Reply #26 |
80. Yeah...isn't it great....we get to pay for them poisoning us...causing hip fractures, brittle bones, |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
39. Seeing the two-tone yellow teeth of Vietnamese immigrants makes me want to say "yes".... |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
40. No. |
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Locrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
41. just to balance the so called "experts" |
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tritsofme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
42. Mandrake! Its a commie plot! |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
45. LOL, I just mentioned the anti-floridation nuts in the latest GMOs thread. |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
47. I thought the John Birch Society was defunct. |
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triguy46 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
50. "a lot of evidence" What a crock of shit.... |
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SmokingJacket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
52. Are you just trying to get people pissed at each other? |
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PCIntern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 05:20 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. There's nothing to move... |
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angstlessk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
54. No way...to poison most to protect some is not a way to fight cavaties |
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rockymountaindem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 05:49 PM Response to Reply #54 |
60. I don't consider me nor my friends poisoned |
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angstlessk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 05:58 PM Response to Reply #60 |
62. I grew up with fluoridated water also...as did the people of Love Canal |
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rockymountaindem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 06:36 PM Response to Reply #62 |
70. Love Canal |
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PCIntern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 06:40 PM Response to Reply #70 |
73. These folks don't want to listen to you Colorado |
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rockymountaindem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 07:54 PM Response to Reply #73 |
76. Don't be so sure |
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mainegreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 06:39 PM Response to Reply #62 |
72. Holy crap! Did you just compare the Love Canal to fluoride??!!! |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 08:35 AM Response to Reply #62 |
84. No, no, you've got it all wrong. |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
59. Hmmm... according to Wikipedia... |
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snappyturtle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 06:08 PM Response to Reply #59 |
63. The Brits also consume lots of sugar! I've read that the sugar |
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PCIntern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 06:15 PM Response to Reply #59 |
65. Wouldn't it be nice if things were that easy... |
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WindRavenX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 06:22 PM Response to Original message |
67. You know, every day DU continues to amaze me on these topics. |
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GoneOffShore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 08:42 AM Response to Reply #67 |
88. A couple of others |
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Fox Mulder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
74. Absolutely not. |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 08:19 PM Response to Original message |
77. Like debating the need for water to be clean. |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
78. Floridated? |
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GoneOffShore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 08:41 AM Response to Reply #78 |
87. Ya think we'll get DU'zy's for these three posts? |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 08:27 AM Response to Original message |
81. Is Florida really so dated? |
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GoneOffShore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 08:37 AM Response to Original message |
85. No Floridians in the drinking water! |
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Kingshakabobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 08:40 AM Response to Original message |
86. What you got against Florida? |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 08:52 AM Response to Original message |
89. i wonder if flouride is contributing to national stupidity. |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 02:02 PM Response to Reply #89 |
94. Seems that way.... |
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Highway61 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 11:12 AM Response to Original message |
92. Correction |
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DFW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
96. Floridated and then Mississipped? |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
97. I'm so happy to own a well. |
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