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LOL! I was irritated. My world didn't end though.

thanks for clipping this. I didn't know about this issue but wanted to know why I was having problems with getting into my gmail,

I didn't even notice, I've been watching "John Adams" the
HBO series on DVD, which BTW is excellent.