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    Old 04-25-2013, 04:49 AM
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    About the Jaywalkers. A cop in Dallas one time shot a jaywalker. Seriously.
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    Old 04-25-2013, 04:50 AM
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    Thanks for the chuckles, Ditter.
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    Old 04-25-2013, 05:20 AM
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    Pity the poor columnist striving to get someone's attention with such awful lead-ins. My pet peeve is not "Me and---" but I have went or I seen it.
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    Being a secretary in my younger years, it gets me with the misuse of your and you're...among other gaffs.
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    Old 04-25-2013, 06:38 AM
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    Amen!! I try to double check myself but don't always succeed.
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    Old 04-25-2013, 06:39 AM
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    thank you for the laugh!!
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    Old 04-25-2013, 07:54 AM
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    Good laughs. Seeing misspelled words on business signs really get me.
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    Oh Dither, what would we do without you to lift our days?
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    Great!!! Thanks for the laughs and you are so right about proofreading.
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    Old 04-25-2013, 08:08 AM
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    The read as if "thinking" is the dying art!
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