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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><BR><FONT face=Arial =
size=2>Gee, Alan, I'd
love to take the Pledge, but I can't; not because I'm want to become
self-righteous and unable to learn new things, that could never happen =
because I
have so much to learn, but DANG!, It's fun sometimes to intentionally =
offend and
irritate some of the people some of the time. </FONT></DIV>
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style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; =
BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">Man,
people are touchy on this net!<BR><BR>Let's make a pact: I pledge to =
never
intentionally offend anyone here and I<BR>pledge to never take offense =
when
none was offered. I will keep my ego in<BR>check lest I become =
self-righteous
and unable to learn new things.<BR><BR>Anyone care to join in the
pact?<BR><BR>Hope it doesn't offend anyone ...<BR><BR>Alan R.
Barnard<BR>Salem, MO<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>