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	T-Rays to the rescue

aranittara

3-21-2007 7:56 PM

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aranittara says:

Well those scary X-rays and inconvenient Ultrasounds are on their way out I personally am very glad. Isn't it weird that the X-Ray techs run out of the room or behind a wall? What about you?

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