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I cannot believe that Nuke's thread has had only 161 views since March 2004, there are now 4329 members and only 161 of them have read this [b:1b5a602273]sticky[/b:1b5a602273] post.
Anyway my reply will push it into todays list and maybe someone else can keep it there.
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Your message reflects on you
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Hi all
Just bumping this to the top, but also pointing out this quote which, I think, is to my mind is most important. I have formed a picture in my mind of most of the regulars on the forum, no doubt you will have too. There are the funny, the fainthearted, the unsure, the assertive, the inspirational, the argumentative, the comfrontational and the downright rude.
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