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Flaleftist

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17. Honestly I wasn't paying that much attention.

Reply to ProudLib72 (Original post)

Tue May 2, 2017, 12:01 AM

May 2017

We were still using America Online dial up at the time. And when I wasn't getting busy signals waiting for a connection, I was busy trolling the chat rooms for a hook up.

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