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mrbigtime
Master Baiter
Joined: 01 Aug 2007
Posts: 241
Location: Always on the move
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Tue Mar 11, 2008 12:53 pm |
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I have always used explorer and up until about 2 weeks ago it worked just fine... my vista system started doing funny stuff all of a sudden and i couldnt figure out why... I read somewhere that firefox was a better browser and downloaded it yesterday and it seems to have remedied most of my issues. I'm not sure if possibly one of my recent updates gave me the sudden issues or not but I was wondering if anyone had had similar issues or their opinions between the 2 browsers |
_________________ Hey MICHAEl !!!!! .... dont fucking call me a muron okay !!! I dont play with those kind of stuffs ...
I WANT TO TELL YOU THAT YOUR $130 CANNOT BUY ME ABOTTLE OF BEER IN MY COUNTRY
I believed you should be trying to pull my legs and let it be so as I will not like to tolerate such attitude from you
Please brother stop that joke, it is an expensive joke that can cause hyper tension.
BECAUSE IN MY VILLAGE WE DONT HAVE A TELL PHONE |
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Harry Bawls
Elite Baiter
Joined: 19 Oct 2006
Posts: 1310
Location: Somewhere, nowhere, everywhere
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Tue Mar 11, 2008 12:55 pm |
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Firefox hands down. Much more stable, and safer too. IMO. |
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TheGreatOok
Catbingo
Joined: 25 May 2007
Posts: 2355
Location: Lost in L-Space
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Tue Mar 11, 2008 12:58 pm |
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I am going against my better senses and agreeing *cringe* with Harry *double cringe*
I don't know what issue Explorer is having with you, what is it doing? Personally I do stay away from Vista. |
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"I AM EQUAL TO A MENTAL RETARDED PERSON" - Alvan Ben
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Rodus
Baiting Guru
Joined: 13 Dec 2006
Posts: 3685
Location: Back under the cold shower
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Tue Mar 11, 2008 1:00 pm |
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I agree with Harry too. Download the new Firefox 3 beta, it's very, very fast indeed. |
_________________ I will kiss you romance u,suck and penetrate u - Williams Muyeke
now am as poor as a church rat - Lou1s Mar1on
I AM FINANCIALLY DEAD RIGHT AWAY - Louis in Accra
u can keep sending money to Gomer and leave me alone - Agent Smith cracks up
Lou1s Mar1on - Lagos to Accra (satellite IP) - "so, what i need to do to get out of these place?"
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Donato
Baiting Guru
Joined: 07 Jan 2007
Posts: 2922
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Tue Mar 11, 2008 1:06 pm |
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Firefox...
and if i ever get a new pc i'll go linux too. |
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Ivor Grimey Colon
"Trophy slut"
Joined: 16 Jun 2005
Posts: 1338
Location: England
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Tue Mar 11, 2008 1:19 pm |
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There's umpteen (exactly) reasons why you should use Firefox and not IE. To name but a few:
It's Open Source
It's Standards compliant
It's extensible
It's faster at rendering pages
It's not heavily integrated into the OS, therefore it's more secure
It's got less security holes, and when they're discovered, they're fixed pretty much instantly.
I make a lot of websites, and if everyone used Firefox (or pretty much any not-internet-explorer browser) my job would be a hell of a lot easier. |
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"YOU ARE AN IDIOT AND SON OF A BITCH" - Barrister Melodie Bekee
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Pastor Frank
Baiting Guru
Joined: 31 Jan 2007
Posts: 12237
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Tue Mar 11, 2008 1:38 pm |
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Firefox, though Opera is solid as well. http://www.opera.com/ |
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kurat
Master of Master Baiters
Joined: 09 Nov 2006
Posts: 522
Location: Europe
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Tue Mar 11, 2008 1:39 pm |
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IE is integrated into the system, so it has many ways to screw ITSELF up.
Firefox...the best way to surf the tubes of the internets. |
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mrbigtime
Master Baiter
Joined: 01 Aug 2007
Posts: 241
Location: Always on the move
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Tue Mar 11, 2008 3:10 pm |
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@ OOF
I think one of the updates made a difference
-Yahoo IM kept dropping in and out ( very annoying)
- Couldnt open my mail from the mail icon
-when i tried to open mail from the system tray it would automatically open my norton
- computer would lock up and couldnt close the pages, had to power down and it would do a scan disk everytime i rebooted
to name a few... and daily i would find more
I have been running all these things for about a yr with no problems and all of a sudden these things would come up one at a time over the past couple weeks and finding more daily. Running a scan would find nothing and even went to microsoft website and ran some scans that found nothing so I'm 90% sure its not a virus as much as some program conflicts |
_________________ Hey MICHAEl !!!!! .... dont fucking call me a muron okay !!! I dont play with those kind of stuffs ...
I WANT TO TELL YOU THAT YOUR $130 CANNOT BUY ME ABOTTLE OF BEER IN MY COUNTRY
I believed you should be trying to pull my legs and let it be so as I will not like to tolerate such attitude from you
Please brother stop that joke, it is an expensive joke that can cause hyper tension.
BECAUSE IN MY VILLAGE WE DONT HAVE A TELL PHONE |
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Lobo
419Eater is my life
Joined: 04 Aug 2007
Posts: 368
Location: Adrift in cyberspace
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Tue Mar 11, 2008 3:25 pm |
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Have to agree with everyone else. I started out with IE, and had nothing but problems.
Haven't had a single issue since I switched to firefox |
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TheGreatOok
Catbingo
Joined: 25 May 2007
Posts: 2355
Location: Lost in L-Space
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Tue Mar 11, 2008 3:39 pm |
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@Bigtime - I doubt it is a virus just from what you are saying. You might try uninstalling some of the recent updates and see if that helps. Also just google your problems and see if others have had the same, usually if they have they already know what update caused it. You can go right to the source that way. |
_________________ For Free Bananas Click Here!
HYIP: x3 Banks:
Samuel - Ziguinchor, SE to Dakar, SE - 264 km through Gambia Helping JojoBean
"I knew rigth from the first time you sent email to me that,you are a bloody *DELETED*" - Sgt Daniel Vess
"I NO BLAME U NA DI DIRTY TOTO WEN BORN U NA IM I BLAME. CATBINGO" - Lee Wong
"I AM EQUAL TO A MENTAL RETARDED PERSON" - Alvan Ben
"You have pushed me to the wall and i will make you smell yourself i bet." - George Martins
"THE FOOL STOLE YOUR US$755, HE DOES NOT DESERVE TO LEAVE ON THE PLANET" - Jim Ovia
- for a perfect brown nosing job.
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Dunny_budgie
Not quite a Newb
Joined: 07 Mar 2008
Posts: 32
Location: Australia
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Tue Mar 11, 2008 3:49 pm |
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grab the firefox addon called fasterfox and if you want to know when an earthquake happens grab EQuake as well ,
also foxsaver is another good addon ,
theres loads of addons on the addon site
out of em all i like faster fox set it to load sites like lightning
what ever you do dont download IE 8 Beta i d/loaded installed it few days ago but the beta IE8 had more bugs in it than a lads bum.
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Roycropper
Baiting Guru
Joined: 14 Nov 2005
Posts: 7992
Location: Luxury Coffin
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Tue Mar 11, 2008 4:06 pm |
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When I switched to XP, Explorer soon became FUBAR'd, and I kept getting virii and popup hell. Then my register got buggered up, and my home page became largeladiesbendingover.com or somesuch, and didn't want to go back to being bbc.co.uk.
Since switching to Firefox I had very few problems, and don't get popups if I don't want them. I have kept IE on my computer, but only use it if I really can't use a site with Firefox (rare).
One bit I really like is Firefox's eBay companion - there is an Ebay icon on the toolbar, if I click it a window opens down the side of the screen, with updates on my current auctions & watched items. If anyone outbids me, even when it's not turned on, I get an alert. |
_________________ the European Union has bounced on our freckles
COULD YOU IMAGINE WHAT HAPPENED WHEN I WENT TO THE BANK
our Agent is Completely broke, pocketless and stranded
I WLL SEND AN AFRICA WITCH TO ATTACH YOU BASTARD
You go die like bird
i started shouting HALLELUJAGOBBLE but none of them notice me immediately police arrested me due to the shouting
f*ck u asshole ur damn mother will loose ur fcuking skull brain ur brain is nothing to compare with rat f*ck ur u
MY FRIEND ALEX WAS DETAINED IN POLICE STATION
I am not happy due to the question i answered at money office. Let me tell you do not play with me ok.
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TheGreatOok
Catbingo
Joined: 25 May 2007
Posts: 2355
Location: Lost in L-Space
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Tue Mar 11, 2008 4:10 pm |
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^^It is the gmail manager that makes all the difference for me, one click to check all your baiting emails, oh so nice. I will check out that ebay one though that sounds good too. |
_________________ For Free Bananas Click Here!
HYIP: x3 Banks:
Samuel - Ziguinchor, SE to Dakar, SE - 264 km through Gambia Helping JojoBean
"I knew rigth from the first time you sent email to me that,you are a bloody *DELETED*" - Sgt Daniel Vess
"I NO BLAME U NA DI DIRTY TOTO WEN BORN U NA IM I BLAME. CATBINGO" - Lee Wong
"I AM EQUAL TO A MENTAL RETARDED PERSON" - Alvan Ben
"You have pushed me to the wall and i will make you smell yourself i bet." - George Martins
"THE FOOL STOLE YOUR US$755, HE DOES NOT DESERVE TO LEAVE ON THE PLANET" - Jim Ovia
- for a perfect brown nosing job.
x4 |
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iMike
Elite Baiter
Joined: 21 Jan 2005
Posts: 1371
Location: Ministry of Serendipity
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Tue Mar 11, 2008 4:32 pm |
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Firefox. I've had some issues with updates killing off RealPlayer but managed to get things sorted.
As a smug Apple user, IE isn't even on my system.
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my home page became largeladiesbendingover.com |
@Roy - did you keep that when you switched? |
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JMRazor
Baiting Guru
Joined: 03 Mar 2006
Posts: 7103
Location: Yes
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Tue Mar 11, 2008 5:08 pm |
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mrbigtime
Master Baiter
Joined: 01 Aug 2007
Posts: 241
Location: Always on the move
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Tue Mar 11, 2008 5:19 pm |
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Thanks , all good info
not sure which version i have but its the latest version from the firefox website... icon says mozilla firefox ... It seemed to have fixed a lot of my initial issues and I'm going to give it a spin and see how it goes... I am not so much concerned about RAM usage as I have upgraded to 4 gigs... apparently windows maxes out at 3.3gigs with the 2 - 2gig chips... and for all the vista haters... I would have rather stayed with my XP that i was used to but have become used to vista and have started to grow fond of it... |
_________________ Hey MICHAEl !!!!! .... dont fucking call me a muron okay !!! I dont play with those kind of stuffs ...
I WANT TO TELL YOU THAT YOUR $130 CANNOT BUY ME ABOTTLE OF BEER IN MY COUNTRY
I believed you should be trying to pull my legs and let it be so as I will not like to tolerate such attitude from you
Please brother stop that joke, it is an expensive joke that can cause hyper tension.
BECAUSE IN MY VILLAGE WE DONT HAVE A TELL PHONE |
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bearkat419
Baiting Guru
Joined: 25 Jun 2007
Posts: 4445
Location: Houston, TX
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Tue Mar 11, 2008 7:45 pm |
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I like firefox because of all of the security (and convenience) extensions that are available. |
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wayne
Account closed at users request
Joined: 05 Dec 2005
Posts: 3630
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Tue Mar 11, 2008 7:51 pm |
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Get yourself the adblock, noscipt, exif viewer and gmail notifier addons, and you'll find not only your browsing experience, but baiting will be easier as well. |
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Rodus
Baiting Guru
Joined: 13 Dec 2006
Posts: 3685
Location: Back under the cold shower
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Tue Mar 11, 2008 7:57 pm |
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@mrbigtime, actually you would still have had to upgrade to XP 64 as it's due to XP and Vistas 32 bit underpinning that you can't see more then 4 GB of RAM per application. |
_________________ I will kiss you romance u,suck and penetrate u - Williams Muyeke
now am as poor as a church rat - Lou1s Mar1on
I AM FINANCIALLY DEAD RIGHT AWAY - Louis in Accra
u can keep sending money to Gomer and leave me alone - Agent Smith cracks up
Lou1s Mar1on - Lagos to Accra (satellite IP) - "so, what i need to do to get out of these place?"
- 18 mths: Louis
The*Catb1ngo Hotel*
*My Church*
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Slightlyoutofit
Baiting Guru
Joined: 13 Feb 2007
Posts: 14310
Location: Foraging for Nuts.
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Tue Mar 11, 2008 8:31 pm |
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Firefox every time.
I only ever use IE if there's a page that Firefox can't read (sometimes you can't click links). But this happens so rarely, I could quite easily delete IE and never use it again. |
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God will see you true for all this you have done to me you bastard. - Collins Kalu
MAY THE HAND THAT TYPE ON KEYBORD BECOME STRICKEN AND TRANSMIT VIRUS TO YOU ENTIRE BODY. - Dr Linda Akeem
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kleindoofy
*** BANNED ***
Joined: 24 Oct 2004
Posts: 6248
Location: Europe
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Tue Mar 11, 2008 8:34 pm |
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I think the best reason for *not* using IE is that it's IE.
Simple. |
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mrbigtime
Master Baiter
Joined: 01 Aug 2007
Posts: 241
Location: Always on the move
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Wed Mar 12, 2008 1:26 am |
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Just to throw this out there for comments...
This is part of an email conversation from a friend i've known for over 25 yrs... He has been a computer geek since the 1st computer came out to the public and the person i trust the most for computer issues... He runs his own business as a contractor keeping networks up and running...
As with anyone who is computer literate ... he has his favorite software picks and everything else is inferior... I just want a different take
I wrote:
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I am starting to think its a software compatbility issue, from one of my windows updates possibly. i have it set to ask me before updating ... i usually give it a week or 2 before i just update just to see if it had any probs... I googled the problem a few times and tried different
things... but using firefox instead of explorer has seemed to make a big
difference so far... and i am getting a lot of praises about firefox... most of them are from UK.. and also trying to sell me on linux... these are the new computer geek friends i have from 419 eater... but i dont know any of them personally ... and you are still the only person i know that i would trust to invite on here to look around... know what i mean
scan disk has found nothing, i have upgraded to 2 -2 gig chips and it
still shows 3.3gigs avail... which is what it said when 1st adding it...
i read somewhere that windows maxes out at that with the 4 gig
upgrade...not sure where i saw that...
I would still like you to come look around if you could... i could pay
you on a need to basis... ive been ok since the last time i had you on
... and this is a new laptop as of about 8 months or so ago... 2
gig processor... 4 gigs ram... 200 gig built in hd and i partitioned it
to a 120gig and a 80 gig... c drive has my windows and d drive has only
a little bit of music so far.. about 10 gigs... i have a 500 gig stand
alone hd that i keep most of my shit on... the built in doesnt have any
more than maybe 50 gigs total on my computer drive
I have never had a blue screen , error message or anything... but when
loading pages sometimes it will lock up and i have to hit the power
button to shut it off a couple times... also ive had a couple times where
i did a restart and it would get to the shut down screen and go nowhere
for hours...( i would restart and leave the room , come back 2 hrs
later and the same screen still saying shut down)... thats the times i
know i had to hit the power button... i know its not good to do it that
way but i done know of any other way to do it
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Lol, that is so funny! Linux is super big in the UK. The problem is that there is no software library to speak of. When you need to accomplish something you could spend weeks searching for a software solution. In the end you might come across some halfway finished title that a mediocre linux hacker assembled in his basement. The philosophy of a free and simple operating system is noble, but unrealistic in the U.S., where consumers demand clean and working software worth paying for.
I have a couple versions of linux that I use for utilities, but to depend on it for the day-to-day requirements of even the novice PC user is just not feasible. That being said. Firefox will completely fuck your computer up, especially once you start adding plugins and stuff. Windows just doest get along with it for the most part.
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_________________ Hey MICHAEl !!!!! .... dont fucking call me a muron okay !!! I dont play with those kind of stuffs ...
I WANT TO TELL YOU THAT YOUR $130 CANNOT BUY ME ABOTTLE OF BEER IN MY COUNTRY
I believed you should be trying to pull my legs and let it be so as I will not like to tolerate such attitude from you
Please brother stop that joke, it is an expensive joke that can cause hyper tension.
BECAUSE IN MY VILLAGE WE DONT HAVE A TELL PHONE |
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Ulquiorra Schiffer
Not quite a Newb
Joined: 11 Mar 2008
Posts: 52
Location: Hueco Mundo
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Wed Mar 12, 2008 2:32 am |
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I have no comments, just a picture
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_________________ Cuatro Esupada: Urukiora Shifa |
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mrbigtime
Master Baiter
Joined: 01 Aug 2007
Posts: 241
Location: Always on the move
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Wed Mar 12, 2008 2:56 am |
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I dont really understand what your trying to say there
the explorer side of that pic... i have never seen 90% of those tool bars... and i uncheck all the toolbars that i do recognize...
but in another thought... when i did download firefox... it had a whole shit pile of toolbars that came with it... again i unchecked all of them...
I am trying to ask a serious question and get some insight into a problem I am having... although it is always amusing to see a funny pic... it really didnt help too much |
_________________ Hey MICHAEl !!!!! .... dont fucking call me a muron okay !!! I dont play with those kind of stuffs ...
I WANT TO TELL YOU THAT YOUR $130 CANNOT BUY ME ABOTTLE OF BEER IN MY COUNTRY
I believed you should be trying to pull my legs and let it be so as I will not like to tolerate such attitude from you
Please brother stop that joke, it is an expensive joke that can cause hyper tension.
BECAUSE IN MY VILLAGE WE DONT HAVE A TELL PHONE |
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