Prog listerners occupations
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Topic: Prog listerners occupations
Posted By: krimson62
Subject: Prog listerners occupations
Date Posted: April 25 2007 at 09:05
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In my circle of friends and business relations nobody knows what prog is(maybe DT) but when i'm on PA it seems i'm not alone on my island. Just wondering, what do you all do for a living? |
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Posted By: infandous
Date Posted: April 25 2007 at 09:24
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Well, I'm a computer programmer for a large university. Only one person I work with was familiar at all with prog, and she didn't realize that it had a name (she liked Gentle Giant, of all things, years ago). It seems I've turned lots of friends on to prog, but rarely ever find people who are already into it. The big exception, obviously, is when I've attended NearFest. But in day to day life, I almost never meet people who are familiar with it. |
Posted By: kazansky
Date Posted: April 25 2007 at 09:29
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currently a student... ------------- The devil we blame our atrocities on is really just each one of us. |
Posted By: Rocktopus
Date Posted: April 25 2007 at 09:29
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Artist/painter. That means I work alone all day, which is perfect, because it allows me to listen to all the music I love all day, too.
------------- Over land and under ashes In the sunlight, see - it flashes Find a fly and eat his eye But don't believe in me Don't believe in me Don't believe in me |
Posted By: JayDee
Date Posted: April 25 2007 at 09:32
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Physical Therapist by day, drummer for a (prog)metal band by night. ------------- 
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Posted By: paolo.beenees
Date Posted: April 25 2007 at 09:34
Teacher in Italy (I have to be so specific: that's really something different...  )------------- 
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Posted By: Wilcey
Date Posted: April 25 2007 at 09:40
| I work for a record label...... sometimes I make tea, sometimes I do accounts, sometimes I do press releases, sometimes I do artwork, sometimes I read my favourite forum for hours!!!! |
Posted By: Man Erg
Date Posted: April 25 2007 at 09:42
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White collar involved in edumacashun.
White collar by day, grimy collar by the end of it   ------------- 
Do 'The Stanley' otherwise I'll thrash you with some rhubarb. |
Posted By: E-Dub
Date Posted: April 25 2007 at 09:44
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Art Director for a small advertising agency.
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Posted By: Rocktopus
Date Posted: April 25 2007 at 09:48
I think I actually clicked the wrong button, and ended on white collar. ------------- Over land and under ashes In the sunlight, see - it flashes Find a fly and eat his eye But don't believe in me Don't believe in me Don't believe in me |
Rocktopus wrote:Posted By: Lazarus
Date Posted: April 25 2007 at 09:49
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I was a minister with the Church of Scotland, but had to retire because of health problems. Now I'm a busy parent still involved unofficially in my local church when well enough. I've quite a few friends who like progressive music (to a certain extent), but most folks here have no idea what the genre is all about. ------------- "Moonlight is bleeding from out of your soul" |
Posted By: andu
Date Posted: April 25 2007 at 09:54
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What do you mean by "Professionnals"?
------------- "PA's own GI Joe!" 
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Posted By: Benjamin_Breeg
Date Posted: April 25 2007 at 09:55
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student =)
------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Dream_Thief_/?chartstyle=Geldropdown2"> 
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: April 25 2007 at 10:01
Well, professional fits best. I am an unregistered Architect. My company does mostly office interiors. We're a small firm so I also manage the computers and CAD (AutoCAD and Arch-T), do billing. And of course we're having a slow spell so I had time to pop in and answer the poll. Don't tell the bosses. ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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Posted By: Heptade
Date Posted: April 25 2007 at 10:20
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I edit and design books. ------------- The world keeps spinning, people keep sinning And all the rest is just bullsh*t -Steve Kilbey |
Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: April 25 2007 at 10:34
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Small business owner(but all i really do is listen to music all day). ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: clarke2001
Date Posted: April 25 2007 at 10:41
I'm working on a till in a newsagent/grocery shop, shouting "next please" with thick East-European accent. I'm not planning to do it for a long time though. Most of the time I am a printing technician/bookbinder/DTP technician/you name it. ------------- |
Posted By: Prayermad
Date Posted: April 25 2007 at 10:45
| I'm just a regular student, except that i don't listen to that much radio-friendly music... mostly prog ;) |
Posted By: CaptainWafflos
Date Posted: April 25 2007 at 10:47
| In college, studying computer science and music. |
Posted By: laplace
Date Posted: April 25 2007 at 10:49
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no voting you didn't list shoplifter
------------- FREEDOM OF SPEECH GO TO HELL |
Posted By: cuncuna
Date Posted: April 25 2007 at 10:57
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I don't really know what I do, but I keep doing it, and I'm quite bussy this days with it. I should say I desing in electronic formats, but since last year all I do is create some sort of friendly flash interface and fill it with the contents of the lessons that clients and the scriptwritters send. ------------- ¡Beware of the Bee! |
Posted By: trilogy58
Date Posted: April 25 2007 at 11:12
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I am a theoretical analyst by day and prog keyboardist/vocalist at night.
------------- Music is serious business. Enjoy it! |
Posted By: Harkmark
Date Posted: April 25 2007 at 11:21
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I have a master in philosophy. Working part-time as bureaucrat and as health worker. Thus: Other... |
Posted By: Hatters
Date Posted: April 25 2007 at 11:41
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I am doing my A-Levels at the moment. Plan to go to decent University and do Maths Masters degree then go on to a career closly related to Maths. Thats the plan anyway.
-------------  http://www.last.fm/user/SHatters/?chartstyle=basic10"> 
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Posted By: MadcapLaughs84
Date Posted: April 25 2007 at 11:46
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I'm an Insurance Agent and at my work nobody knows about prog except two of my bosses. One enjoys Pink Floyd and Supertramp and the other one digs also Pink Floyd, Crimson, Yes and stuff, but both are more into Classic Rock than into Prog. And I have one partner, a girl who likes King Crimson and Pink Floyd a lot, I showed her Banco del Mutuo Soccorso and she really liked it, so let's see, LOL. ------------- 
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Posted By: Yito
Date Posted: April 25 2007 at 11:56
I'm the only musician here? ------------- Psalm 96 1 Sing to the LORD a new song; sing to the LORD, all the earth. |
Posted By: Heptade
Date Posted: April 25 2007 at 12:43
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I'm sure many of us are, but the question seems to be about what we do for money...I've played guitar for 15 years, done tours in big buses, signed people's chests, all that stuff, but I've lost more money than I made, so hence...I'm just a lowly book editor, and shall remain so.
------------- The world keeps spinning, people keep sinning And all the rest is just bullsh*t -Steve Kilbey |
Posted By: Frasse
Date Posted: April 25 2007 at 12:44
| Student |
Posted By: piltdown man
Date Posted: April 25 2007 at 12:53
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I´ve been a teacher for eleven years and are currently working with teenagers with school (and other) problems.
I do play keyboards in a cover band (no prog) performing at some local pubs, weddings, aprtys etc - not what I dreamed of as a teenager but still some fun and some extra money.
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Posted By: Prog-jester
Date Posted: April 25 2007 at 12:59
hey...won't you promote my music to a label? 
I'm a student, studying languages (English/German) |
Posted By: Yontar
Date Posted: April 25 2007 at 13:20
| student and a busy musician when im not at school . I play bass in jazz band, pep band, carnal rejectment (christian prog-death metal), solo bass, and praise and worship band at church. I also make pizzas for the local Casey's store on Friday, sometimes Tuesday, and sometimes Saturday nights. |
Posted By: Heptade
Date Posted: April 25 2007 at 13:32
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I'll take a medium with spinach, tomato and black olive...seriously, I'm hungry right now. ------------- The world keeps spinning, people keep sinning And all the rest is just bullsh*t -Steve Kilbey |
Posted By: stewe
Date Posted: April 25 2007 at 13:32
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Student ,currently abroad, at home musician as well.
------------- http://www.last.fm/user/trevorrabin/?chartstyle=basic10" rel="nofollow">  <a href="http://steveer.ic.cz" rel="nofollow" |
Posted By: Birdman
Date Posted: April 25 2007 at 14:05
Could it be I'm the only police officer listening to prog ???  ------------- Et je ferme les yeux Puis je croise les doigts Pour empêcher Les souvenirs de fuir. (KERMESS - Atome d'existence) |
Posted By: Passionist
Date Posted: April 25 2007 at 14:23
| heh, always a student, first IT, then got bored and now international politics. |
Posted By: eddietrooper
Date Posted: April 25 2007 at 14:27
| I'm a cardiologist. |
Posted By: akin
Date Posted: April 25 2007 at 14:28
| Engineer, specialized in computers, so I choose Computers. |
Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: April 25 2007 at 14:33
| Electrical engineer. |
Posted By: el böthy
Date Posted: April 25 2007 at 14:46
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Student, Images and (no, not words) and sounds... its a cross between design and film school... pretty good
------------- "You want me to play what, Robert?" 
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Posted By: DarioIndjic
Date Posted: April 25 2007 at 16:06
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Student in cinema . ------------- Ars longa , vita brevis |
Posted By: salmacis
Date Posted: April 25 2007 at 17:38
As of September, I will be a student studying 'Journalism, Film and Media' so I guess I'll vote student. As of now, I'm on a gap year- I felt a bit burnt out after my A Levels last year...
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Posted By: progismylife
Date Posted: April 25 2007 at 17:45
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I'm a student doing my AS Levels. I hope to go to Imperial College for Chemical Engineering or Mathematics. |
Posted By: Scapler
Date Posted: April 25 2007 at 17:48
Full time student, soon to be a Junior in High School
------------- Bassists are deadly 
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Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: April 25 2007 at 17:54
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In a nutshell, I research, write and edit boring documents. It's so dull that I won't even bore people with the details, but for me it's ideal.
------------- Watching while most appreciating a sunset in the moment need not diminish all the glorious sunsets I have observed before. It can be much like that with music for me. |
Posted By: salmacis
Date Posted: April 25 2007 at 17:57
Which subjects are you doing? For AS (and A2), I did English, Business Studies, History and Sociology.
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Posted By: andu
Date Posted: April 26 2007 at 04:57
Think of "Aisle of Plenty" while you do it ------------- "PA's own GI Joe!"
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Posted By: bhikkhu
Date Posted: April 26 2007 at 05:10
Excuse me, but you didn't list one of the largest employers there is. Where is the restaurant industry? 
I am a Server (waiter to those who still haven't realized the title changed over 20 years ago). ------------- a.k.a. H.T. http://riekels.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow - http://riekels.wordpress.com |
Posted By: PROGMAN
Date Posted: April 26 2007 at 05:18
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A student (Officially!!)
A bass player (Well to myself anyway, and learning it, mind you I can do a lot of COOL Avant Garde out of tune stuff with the bass). ------------- CYMRU AM BYTH 
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Posted By: oracus
Date Posted: April 26 2007 at 05:19
Hehehe. I know what you mean. I was a waiter once. Tough job.. ------------- 
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Posted By: progismylife
Date Posted: April 26 2007 at 05:20
The subjects I'm doing for AS: Chemistry, Biology, Maths (Mechanics), and English Literature. I might drop English Literature next year, but I'm not too sure. Also I'm doing an extra maths class, Decision Maths 1 is the book I'm doing right now. |
Posted By: PROGMAN
Date Posted: April 26 2007 at 05:25
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I am doing a course that is "equivalent" to "2 A-LEVELS", a vocational course in Advanced GCE in Applied ICT, my final year, I hope I pass.
Also GCSE Maths (Resit) which a Hate so Much!!! ------------- CYMRU AM BYTH
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Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: April 26 2007 at 05:41
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Pastor in a protestant church.
And since a few months: teacher protestant religion on a high school.
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Posted By: progismylife
Date Posted: April 26 2007 at 05:42
My dad's a pastor. |
Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: April 26 2007 at 05:45
Good for him. Best job in the world
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Posted By: progismylife
Date Posted: April 26 2007 at 05:46
Yep. And the church was helped started by C.H. Spurgeon which makes it so much cooler  |
Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: April 26 2007 at 05:47
Really! That is cool
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Posted By: Floydian42
Date Posted: April 26 2007 at 05:51
| I'm a Sophomore in High School. |
Posted By: salmacis
Date Posted: April 26 2007 at 06:02
Have to be honest, I personally was never great when it came to maths and science especially. In year 11 I did well with my GCSE grades but I would not wish to repeat those subjects again.
I was going to drop Business (and at one time Sociology, but I'm glad I stuck that out!) after AS, but goodness, I'm glad I didn't- the sixth form in my school was fairly excruciatingly dull enough without having even more free time. I think it's always good to have a 'security grade', too.
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Posted By: Man Erg
Date Posted: April 26 2007 at 06:22
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When I was at school (Pre-GCSE days) the sixth form was so boring sometimes that even the worst (behaved/attitude)student would do their own homework and help with somebody elses just to eleviate the boredom.The worst occasions were when we had free periods during the middle of the school day.
Not enough time to go home and come back or to go somewhere and not have to turn around and go back to school once you had got there. -------------
Do 'The Stanley' otherwise I'll thrash you with some rhubarb. |
Posted By: Wilcey
Date Posted: April 26 2007 at 06:25
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Ah see when I went to 6th form college (a long time ago!) we had a pub nearby that did "Student Spesh" of half a guiness and a marmite sarnie for 50p and had a total PROG juke box........
........ maybe that explains a lot.........
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Posted By: salmacis
Date Posted: April 26 2007 at 06:32
| There were no facilities in our sixth form lounge, unless you count various university prospectus as entertainment!! No TV, no music, no computer, nothing. There was a computer room next door but that was not always open and was fairly strictly guarded. Those free periods were always nightmare-ish, yeah, that's why I'm glad I stuck with my four subjects. |
Posted By: progismylife
Date Posted: April 26 2007 at 06:38
I probably will drop English because I need to concentrate on my sciences and maths my favorite and coincidently my best subjects. The sixth form has rarely been boring (except for a few times where I was without a book or music and my friends were in class) and I have to use my time wisely to get my homework done in time. And I am lucky enough to have breaks that are long enough for me to get home, relax, and then get back to school and never be late. Like today I do not have a class until after lunch (my morning one got canceled) so I get to sit here at home and relax before going to school |
Posted By: Sophocles
Date Posted: April 26 2007 at 07:33
| Computers for me |
Posted By: LeInsomniac
Date Posted: April 26 2007 at 10:01
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In college right now, studying cinema, and unfortunately the only I know who hears Prog has a daily basis thing. "You Shall Not Leave Home Until You´ve Heard At Least a King Crimson´s Album...Preferably Lark´s Tongues In Aspic." - And so sayed I. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/LeInsomniac/?chartstyle=volta"> 
Happy Family One Hand Clap, Four Went On But None Came Back |
Posted By: TheLamb
Date Posted: April 26 2007 at 10:04
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Define "Musician"?
Well I make somewhere around 600$ a month from gigs and stuff...... But I could never say I'm a 'pro musician'... I don't consider myself to be pro... I haven't eveen finished highschool yet....
Then again there are some crappy people out there who claim to be pro musicians, so who knows... ------------- 
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Posted By: clarke2001
Date Posted: April 26 2007 at 11:01
 ?Isle of Plenty? ------------- |
Posted By: ita_prog_fan
Date Posted: April 26 2007 at 12:26
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 Claim handler.... AAAARRRGGGHHHH !!!!!
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Posted By: JJLehto
Date Posted: April 26 2007 at 12:27
| Student |
Posted By: andu
Date Posted: April 26 2007 at 12:32
Oh yes, it's "Aisle of Plenty", I've edited the misspelling now. ------------- "PA's own GI Joe!"
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Posted By: man@arms
Date Posted: April 26 2007 at 13:20
| Billing Specialist for an Insurance Company - yawn |
Posted By: Pezmerga
Date Posted: April 26 2007 at 13:30
| Commercial Fisherman, but I will be a Student next fall. |
Posted By: Shakespeare
Date Posted: April 26 2007 at 18:11
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I am a student at the moment (high school), but ideally, I would have
published a novel by the time I'm finished university (studying
literacy, philosophy and the like) and will be a proffessional author
for a living. But, since that's unlikely, I would love to teach philosophy or literacy, or direct/write/produce movies, act, or play drums in a famous band. |
Posted By: krimson62
Date Posted: April 26 2007 at 21:46
| oracus, check number 23 |
Posted By: Philéas
Date Posted: April 27 2007 at 13:57
| Yet another student. |
Posted By: The T
Date Posted: April 27 2007 at 14:12
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The question is wrong, or at least one of the answers.... You CAN'T BE A STUDENT FOR A LIVING... I mean, does anybody here get paid to study???... Anyone here pays his bills thanks to the salary he/she receives for attending college? .....
Anyway, I work in retail/sales, but I go to college. ------------- 
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Posted By: Equality 7-2521
Date Posted: April 27 2007 at 15:58
We're getting paid in potential dollar earnings that we'll recieve latter. I'm a sophmore Mathematics major with a minor in Physics and Economics. ------------- "One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. " |
Posted By: Paradox
Date Posted: April 27 2007 at 17:20
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At the moment I work in an off-licence, so I would consider that Sales ------------- 
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Posted By: Nao/Gilles
Date Posted: April 27 2007 at 17:24
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I'm a video game programmer, but for the last year I've been focusing on listening to prog and doing basically nothing else. Talk about being intoxicated! ------------- http://fox.cyna.fr/"> 
French-speaking blog, reviews and streaming samples |
Posted By: Mikerinos
Date Posted: April 27 2007 at 23:25
Student/slacker/"job" at a supermarket where I basically do this: ------------- 
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Posted By: Endless Wire
Date Posted: April 27 2007 at 23:47
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I happen to fall into two categories- student and professional musician ------------- . |
Posted By: krimson62
Date Posted: April 28 2007 at 09:19
You're right, it's been added to the list.
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Posted By: tuxon
Date Posted: April 28 2007 at 10:08
You must be very strong if you can lift a shop.
or do you only lift small shops. ------------- I'm always almost unlucky _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Id5ZcnjXSZaSMFMC Id5LM2q2jfqz3YxT |