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    football songs

    Hi there, watched a football comedy on TV tonight and got hooked on football hymns. The english made unique football songs known all about the world. Like three lions (gives me the shivers and brings tears to my eyes every time I hear it): http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=4QIAv2EoIP0 or never walk...
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    Tom Meier, sculptor

    ... just found a biography by my second best loved sculptor Tom Meier that I would like to share: https://www.thunderboltmountain.com/autobio.htm The first miniature I bought was \'Armoured Dragon\" by Tom Meier and he is the one that got me hooked to the hobby. Take a deep bow to Tom Meier...
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    What happened to D. Summers ?

    Hello there, I have been gloating over my miniatures hoard this weekend and noticed that there are no miniatures of my favourite sculptor ever - D. Summers - than from the last century. Seems he vanished from the surface of the earth with the disintegration of Ral Partha. Does anybody know what...
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    best palette

    Hello, I would like to share my latest find in painting equipment, the most best palette for miniature painting. It\'s a spot plate used in medicine and biology, available at vendors for laboratory equipment. Its a heavy porcelain plate - about 150 grams - doesn\'t wobble or tip as metal or...
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    advice on personal relationship

    I tell this like the situation is: my husband\'s best friend\'s wife is a total dumb. My husband and his friend want to be me and her to be as close friends as they are. I tried. Its useless. Even my husband avoids the Lady of his friend, but he is expecting me to make friends with her. Her...
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    post quickly, time is running

    just to get the feel of this look at community, what time is is for You NOW ? I\'ts 11 pm on Friday night 18. May here. I\'m overjoyed because I just achieved something for real I cheated to get half a year ago ( no I won\'t say what )
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    keep the cover

    I still have the covers of all the boxed sets I ever bought. Did cut the sides off the boxes and keep the front and back in a file stored away to look at and gloat. Is this normal behavior or the habit of an anal retentive ?
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    Toothpicks are great

    Yesterday at the grocery market buying weekend food for the family I happened upon a tray of household nonfoods. One of them being toothpicks. In a comic I would have had a lightbulb over my head in that moment because I had this great idea: \"Use a toothpick to stir paint and thinner on the...
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    How did You find Your Love ?

    Meeting the person you share your life with is always a special event. I’m sure there are some breathtaking stories out there. I would very much like it if You would share Your story how You met your love. As a starter: I met my love in a holiday in Greece. Saw him walking down the beach and...
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    do You like radio plays ?

    Within the last few months I developed a liking for radio play cd\'s. It began quite innocent with the \"hobbit\" on 4 cd I got in a bargain sale. The first sign of trouble was when my beloved asked me \"how often do you intend to play this... You must surely know it by heart now, counting 3...
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    caring for brushes

    considering some I get to be aware that there are a lot of products out there for cleaning brushes I never used, as - special brush soap - cleansing fluid of all sorts - holders for brushes to float in cleansing fluids of all sorts - other thingies Has anybody used some of those special...
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    working stress

    is it increasing? I do not get much pleasure out of my work lately because any task done is overriden by scores of new tasks, so that the joy of success is smothered in multiplied demands. I thought it was just me getting old... underperforming... Last week I talked to a teamleader in one of...
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    a call from the past

    well, maybe more of a howl from the past. Take a look at this precious I chanced upon from the early days of CMON. http://www.coolminiornot.com/?id=2530 Is it beautiful or is it beautiful?
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    What do You read?

    being inspired by the controversary discussed \"WHOOP! GEEKS WIN BIG\" thread I would like to know: What do You read? Myself I have currently my bookmark in page 172 of Dianna Wynne Jones \"Howl\'s Moving Castle\" where Sophie is to pose as Howl\'s mother. Yes, I know that\'s a childrens...
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