GOT A BURNING QUESTION? ASK THE NET


	GOT A BURNING QUESTION? ASK THE NET

ellington

9-4-2009 10:54 PM

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internet, question, crowdsource.answer

ellington says:

THERE'S PLENTY OF NASTINESS ON THE INTERNET _MEAN STUFF, DIRTY STUFF, SNARKY STUFF

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9-5-2009 12:52 AM

harveymathis37

Hey ellington, thanks for the post. I have an account with yahoo and didn't know they had the Q.A. thing. I am going to check it out. Thanks again.

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