(This contest is officially closed. I'll announce the winner tonight. I'm off to school!!)
(The WINNER was Texas Bargain Mom!!! Thanks for everyone for participating- and thanks Vonage!)
Thank you, Vonage!!! They are offering an amazing new app called Time to Call that allow you to make international calls to over 190 countries at a low price! Because I'm horrible at reciting the details- go here to learn about the FREE app.
And here are a FEW details that I can offer:
• Pay per call and talk for up to 15 minutes to 100 countries for $1.99 or less (excluding applicable taxes)
• For an additional 90+ countries, talk up to 15-minutes for $2.99 to $9.99 (excluding applicable taxes)
• Bill directly to your iTunes account
• Works on Wi-Fi® worldwide
• Also for use on high quality 3G networks in the U.S. and Canada
• Unused minutes can be used for additional calls
• No need to be a Vonage home customer, no hidden fees or monthly commitment
Check out the site, try out the app and let me know what you think.
Vonage will be giving ONE OF MY READERS a gift card for an Apple iPad2 32GB!! I am not kidding!
In order to enter, you have to do any of the following!!!
1. Try the app at the Vonage home page and let me know here if you tried it.
2. Subscribe to my blog over there. I can't tell if you DID, but I'll trust you if you say you did.
3. Vote on Babble (you knew I would.)
4. Tell me how to lose five pounds in a week.
5. Pay my oil (splashed with gold) bill.
6. Take my dog for a walk every day at noon.
7. Send me a bottle of vodka.
8. Buy me a grill.
9. Make me laugh.
So, if you do ANY of the following, you're in. You can enter as MANY times as you like, as the winner will be chosen AUGUST 31!!!!!!
328 comments:
1 – 200 of 328 Newer› Newest»Bottle of Vodka on the way! Enter me please. Ummm I mean enter me into the contest. How many times can I enter? Can I spam you with many, many comments.
Oh and I have been voting for you for approximately two years or so. So that counts as like 730 some entries right?
Ok... I'm in. I downloaded the app but can't decide whom to call. Think I'll wait til my brother goes to Ireland next month!
mj.coward[at]gmail.com
new blog follower... been following on Twitter though :) @sumrthyme
like #416 on Babble! :)
Have you ever tried South Carolina's own FireFly vodka? :)
I follow your blog. :D yay.
I teach kindergarten. My new student teacher started today. She came in fliplops (Rainbows) and then told me that being at school on time was going to be a problem!! Sheesh!
Clicked on the ads. let me know if it works! :)
But of course I voted for you on Babble - thought I wouldn't?
And I've done some clicking around, hopefully it will pay off for you :)
i follow you & i've been clicking around on your ads. that Learning to Swim book looks really good!
I downloaded the app! Unfortunately I don't have anyone to call. Perhaps my popularity overseas will increase if I have an ipad2!
I know you've made this mistake - today we were going over letters and I made the mistake I've made many times before...
Yes, P, good, and what comes next. Now the answer I always expect is Q...but my female Frank said, "actually poop comes next".
She got me!
Downloaded app! Maybe I will get lucky!!
I'm a GFC follower (rickpeggysmith) & twitter friend (peg42)
Thanks so much.
rickpeggysmith(at)aol(dot)com
Gonna do many of those things now!!
OK, when I go to babble and vote for you, it never changes the number of votes...I'm trying to help you out!
Also, which ones are your google adds. I'm tired of reading about acne, and if you aren't getting paid I'm not going to click on them anymore.
Can't wait to hear about school!
I've been a follower of your blog since before that time you deleted everything! I don't even remember how long ago that was.....
farbat@live.ca
As a preschool teacher I want it and NEED it!! kids who don't nap? Dora time!!
I already subscribe to your blog- have for years now and I love coming by to visit each day to read your funny "Frank" of the year stories.
I downloaded the app and I am going to be able to talk to my grandbabies in Mexico--so excited!!!
Don't really have anyone to call, but will check out the app...
Hmmm, make you laugh . . .
Today's JOTD (Joke of the Day) from my husband...
Was the chicken a good dancer?
...yes, like poultry in motion...
I follow your blog :-)
And I voted for you on Babble
Vote 419
Voted, and follow, and follow on Twitter...
Checked out some of your Google ads and I can actually use some of them. Should have thought to look at them before =)
OR have a mom who lives in Paris. Call and let it ring twice, hang up. Then she calls me back for free. YES FREE. Because France is WAY ahead in the international call dept!!
My 6 year old started 1st grade this week and she is already complaining and wants to go back to her Kindergarten teacher. 1st grade has no naps, snacks or a teacher that lets her sit on her lap when she is sad. Oh the horror of growing up =)
What causes wrinkles? I think maybe going to school in Hawaii and being a very fair skinned blonde, being over 50 and having 4 sons! I don't think they make a cream for that!
I'm working my through that list ('cept the sending you money thing)Now give me that dang Ipad. My birthday is Aug. 31 and I need it, want it, have to have it.
Plus I follow you on twitter. Surely that counts for something.
I'm in and I'm so excited!! Voted many times over the years at Babble and will try out the new app. Sounds pretty cool! Good luck on the first day of Kindergarten!!
Liked you on Babble! Like #420! Soo excited for such an awesome giveaway! And ALWAYS love reading your blog! :)
Clicked on a few of your google ads! How does that work? Been looking into it!
Been a subscriber to your blog for almost 6 months now and LOOOOOVE it!!!
Tried the Vonage app! It seems wicked awesome! And would be totally cool to call more of my friends that are over seas right now! :)
I clicked on your google ads.
Check out my blog post that I am about to make because I can almost guarentee a laugh about what some of my wonderful students just so happened to do today! :)
I would totally walk your dog everyday at noon, okay I take that back I could only do it Saturdays and Sundays but I totally would if I could, haha!
If I actually send you some vodka am I guarenteed to win? Haha if so girl email me that address on the ASAP! I would loooove the iPad and would LOVE to use it in my classroom! :)
Ooooh I'm already a friend on google!
Totally love that you are tweeting about my blog! I am so new to actually blogging, I have blog-stalked for quite some time now! Haha! I am heading to twitter to follow you over there as well! :)
I'm a subscriber!!
I voted for you on Babble and I follow you on twitter. Thanks for the chance to win!
I tried out the app. Interesting.
I subscribe. Does that count, cause I've subscribed for a while, but if I hadn't I would subscribe over there? Isn't that a funny question? Ha Ha?
A married couple in their 60's are visited by a fairy who grants them both a wish. "I want to travel round the world with my darling husband" says wife, two tickets for a luxury cruise magically appear in her hand. Husband says:"Sorry but my wish is to have a wife 30 years younger than me." Fairy waves wand and the husband becomes 92 ... Moral of story - men who are ungrateful should remember fairies are female!!!
I voted on Babble.
I tried the Time to Call app and it's really easy to use! This is going to save me a lot of money on my international calls! Thank you for the opportunity :)
I subscribed to the blog!!! Thank you for the opportunity :)
You KNOW I'm a follower. Plus, I heart you big time.
Clicked on the ads, hope they actually work!!
I voted on Babble! Thank you for the opportunity :)
I clicked on the google ads! This would be awesome to win!!! Thank you for the opportunity :)
Hmm, what type of Vodka do you like? I have both Grey Goose and Belvedere. I don't have any of those fancy flavored kinds though!
On a more serious note, the iPad2 would be awesome to win because it would allow me to increase my productivity at work and at home. My wife and daughter would also love it...especially the games! Thank you for the opportunity :)
Downloaded the app and called my SIL in Poland. Awesome!!!
I voted. Again.
I've been a subscriber since your triple digit days :)
I'd walk your dog but it would be a loooong walk
I make you laugh. Don't I?
I think you've made a quick quarter of cent from my Google Ad clicks today :)
I don't have any nice things...so the ipad would be nice :)
Okay so I downloaded the Time to Call app on my daughter's iPhone because I have a droid. Although she was mad at first, she now is glad because she was able to call a great friend of hers who lives in England (met on vacation 7 years ago) thanks to Vonage's generous freebie call. :-)
I am following your blog now as well and looking forward to it. I noticed there are a lot of teachers here! Just goes to show they aren't paying us teachers enough if we have to go hunting the internet to find iPad contests.
Checked out the app.
checked out the app! :)
deeg131 at gmail dot com
I clicked on the google ads :)
deeg131 at gmail dot com
I subscribed!
deeg131 at gmail dot com
Your dog can come over and play with mine anytime!
Can't download the app - I don't have a smart phone - old dumb phone.
If I get the ipad I will try and learn how to use it! =)
I voted via fb as Dee G.
deeg131 at gmail dot com
424 on babble - you are still #25!
I'm not sure it counts my votes, but I still try.
Ok I deserve the iPad2 after what it just took me to be #425 vote on Babble!!! I'm doing this on a cell phone. Oh how I'd love this iPad2!!!!
And I just clicked on Proactiv Canada, eh. Actually, my daughters did try this (not the Canada version - the US version) and was successful for a while. Then it came back. Wonder if Canada has a different formula.
Just checked out the coupon site. Actually, some good finds in there; especially the textbook sites. Had to bookmark that one (your site is bookmarked already, of course).
Hey!
1. I subscribed to your blog!
2. Voted on babble
3. Tried the app!
4. I clicked on some google ads until I couldn't stand the popups anymore!
Checked out ANOTHER acne treatment (what are you trying to tell us???), but this was the US version of Proactiv. Tried it. My kids like Murad. I don't. It's expensive. Luckily, my older daughter got in on a study so is getting it free. Yay Me!!
Next, I learned that the secret to smoothing out wrinkles is a rare melon that lies in a remote region in the south of France. Scientists cultivated this melon that contains a powerful super-antioxidant called superoxide dismutase. Well, all my problems are solved now!!! I shall take a little trip to France to get me some superoxide dismutase (as soon as I get that raise).
I follow you! Trying to get it to show up as publicly following.
Sheer Cover was next because the natural hair care products wouldn't load for me (dang it! I missed out on an entry!). I'm considering making them feel good by submitting a 'before' picture of me and an 'after' picture of my 15 year old daughter. Stroke their ego a bit.
I placed your blog right above the hamster on my iGoogle page. It'll allow me to keep an eye on that little guy while never missing your new blog entries.
I'll make you a deal. You send me the iPad2 and I will send you a bottle of vodka.
Vonage Time To Call really is a great app if you have friends and family overseas. I love that unused minutes can be used for additional calls. And you don't even have to be a Vonage customer!
I would LOVE to take your pup for a walk, but I have 3 of my own. So, I will leave you with a few jokes:
When Dogs Crossbreed:
Pekingnese + Lhasa Apso =
Peekasso, an abstract dog
Irish Water Spaniel + English Springer Spaniel =
Irish Springer, a dog fresh and clean as a whistle
Labrador Retriever + Curly Coated Retriever =
Lab Coat Retriever, the choice of research scientists
Terrier + Bulldog =
Terribull, a dog prone to awful mistakes
Bloodhound + Labrador =
Blabador, a dog that barks incessantly
Malamute + Pointer =
Moot Point, owned by....oh, well, it doesn't matter anyway
Collie + Malamute =
Commute, a dog that travels to work
Deerhound + Terrier =
Derriere, a dog that's true to the end
Cocker Spaniel + Rottweiller =
Cockrot, the perfect puppy for that philandering ex-husband
Bull Terrier + Shitzu =
Bullshitz, a gregarious but unreliable breed
I've downloaded the app, and will use it the next time hubbys out of the country on business.
put me down for numbers 2,3 ,4
please let me win mr random generator
I'm IN!!!!
shadspotlight@yahoo.com
I have a bottle of VeeV Vodka with your name on it! Even trade for the IPAD 2???
Can't download the app - as I nothing to download it to! lol BUT I DID go to the Vontage's site!
Voted at Babble (check)
Didn't walk the dog, but did feed the cat (and changed the water!)
And clicked on the Proactive ad - wonder if it would help DS#1's acne? hmm may actually try that one out!
And why am I posting so late on your comments section: because I'm doing laundry for my own "Bitchy" but we call him Monkey A. Popped down to announce that he has no clean pants for school tomorrow - um, it's Monday! I washed everything delivered to me this weekend...(sigh)
Tried the app on my wife's iphone to call my nephew in Australia and its really easy to use and the calls are very clear.
Subscribed to your blog.
Voted for VodkaMom on Babble.
Clicked on the ads!
Hope by clicking on the ads helps you to pay your oil bills.
I love dogs and walking yours would be a pleasure.
I voted, yeah!
I clicked around on ads, yeah!
I went to the Vonage site, yeah!
Started drinking the vodka I was supposed to send you, double yeah!
Heres some vodka!
I've tried out the Vonage Time to Call app
I subscribed to your blog
I clicked your google ads
I'll send you a tiny bottle of vodka
Woman rushes into her house one morning and yells to her husband,
"Sam, pack up your stuff. I just won the lottery!"
"Shall I pack for warm weather or cold?"
"Whatever. Just so you're out of the house by noon!"
Today is Michael Jackson's birthday. Today is also my mom's birthday. The awesomeness of both birthdays on the same day will somehow result in me winning the iPad.
Oh, I also subscribed to your blog. And now I wait for my winning email to come in...
Oh, I forgot to mention that I'm also following you on Twitter: @joeljayjulian. Now I HAVE to win!
I Absolut(ly) need to win this iPad2. I have tried the app & think it is cool. I will be using it more so order more duty free of the above when family from overseas arrive. If I happen to win from here I will be sending it to you! I kid you not lol.
Oh and of course I voted * clicked the ads. Also a tweet link https://twitter.com/#!/Old_Stuz/status/108450549254471680
I voted for you on Babble. #429 I think.
I clicked on the Country Crock ad. Hope that gets you the big bucks.
Okay Vodka... I played with the app (way cool), voted, I follow you aaaaaaand I clicked on some ads. Love your site, love your stories, love you. <3
SuperwifeJenny
superwifejenny@gmail.com
theadventuresofsuperwife.com
Count me in please.
You're up to 429 on babble and up to 24th from 25 place!
=)
I just subscribed... I'll send you my address when I win!
I am a GFC follower.
Thanks a lot for the chance!
I checked out your Google ads; Grant money for college, the only way I could afford it after staying home with the kids for 5 years!!
-->How about we share the vodka?
I have been steeping my with tea lately and then mixing it 50/50 with lemonade. HOLY YUM.
I tried out the time to call app. I am so excited!! I travel to africa and haven't been able to keep in touch with family because the cost for international phone calls is riciculous. This will be such a blessing being able to keep in touch with my loved ones while traveling now!!!
I subscribed to your blog via GFC (I hope that's right)
wldflowur13(at)yahoo(dot)com
I voted for you on Babble #431
wldflowur13(at)yahoo(dot)com
clicked on a few of the google ads...hope it helps pay off
wldflowur13(at)yahoo(dot)com
I have visualized taking your cute dog on a walk many afternoons!!! Does that count?!?!
wldflowur13(at)yahoo(dot)com
x..x One bottle of vodka!!
x..x wldflowur13(at)yahoo(dot)com
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Make you laugh....okay. Several years ago I went on a trip with a youth soccer team. One of our players was held up by the Swedish Customs because there was something wrong with her passport visa. As we were discussing what we were going to do, one of the group leaders very excitedly said "It's fine, I'll fix it. She then dug in her purse and very excitedly said I have a visa (credit card) she can use mine!!!" Talk about a blond moment!
wldflowur13(at)yahoo(dot)com
I tried the app. One great thing about it is that you don't have to register to use it.
I heard this one on facebook the other day
"When I was young I didn't like going to weddings. My grandmother would tell me, "You're next" However, she stopped doing that after I started saying the same thing to her at funerals."
wldflowur13(at)yahoo(dot)com
A husband and wife were trying to set up a new password to their computer.
A husband, "Put 'MYPENIS' " and the wife fell on the ground laughing cause on screen was an error, "Error. Not long enough."
I subscribed to the RSS feed for your blog in My Yahoo.
I clicked on the "like" button for your blog on Babble.
I used the app on my iPhone! My dad's in Saudi Arabia!
shannoncarman at yahoo dot com
I clicked on almost all of your Google ads!
shannoncarman at yahoo dot com
I voted on Babble.
shannoncarman at yahoo dot com
I tried the app. Very cool. This will be extremely handy for all those out of country work trips my hubby earns.
carinn.hall [at] gmail [dot] com
I'm in!! Hannah told me about the contest - I didn't even know you were on twitter! She was following you, but I wasn't! All fixed now!!
I'm glad to be able to follow along with you! I was worried that once Tori graduated high school and you weren't hanging around at all those State field hockey games I'd never get to talk to you again - turns out I was wrong!
Subscribed to your blog over there... :)
carinn.hall [at] gmail [dot] com
If this site doesn't make you laugh I don't know what will: http://pleated-jeans.com/2011/06/30/funny-pic-dump-6-30-11/
shannoncarman at yahoo dot com
i downloaded but have not had a chance to use it
I'm subscribed via Twitter and GFC.
shannoncarman at yahoo dot com
I downloaded the app.
dannyfiner at hotmail dot com
Google ads? Done
carinn.hall [at] gmail [dot] com
I clicked on all the ads on the right side of the page.
I clicked on your google ads.
dannyfiner at hotmail dot com
Voted for you on Babble
carinn.hall [at] gmail [dot] com
I voted for you! Been reading for awhile, first comment though! Love your blog!
Make you laugh -
http://catversushuman.blogspot.com/
dannyfiner at hotmail dot com
Make you laugh... how's this one for you? http://awkwardfamilyphotos.com/2011/08/16/behind-the-awkwardness-backseat-driver/
This was before all those pesky child safety laws...
carinn.hall [at] gmail [dot] com
I'm in! Love your column and have shared it with other Mom's! Thank you for helping me start my day with a chuckle!
I will pee my pants w/ excitement if I win this! Although, I'm sure you have experience with excited pee pee pants.
dawniawnie (at) aol (dot) com
Subcribed, voted and clicked on the adds! I follow you on twitter too! Wish I had found your blog when you started it-I'm a teacher and can relate to so mant of your stories, esp. going through having to take stuff down because of your job, etc. Enter me for the ipad please! JDAngelo82@gmail.com.
I tried to try the app (downloaded and everything), but then I realized the dude I was going to call didn't live in Kyrgyzstan anymore. He lives in the U.S.! Awkward...
heatherpooh (hotmail)
You will be able to tell I follow via gfc, right? As /\Heather/\. If that isn't what you mean, I also subscribe to your rss feed via google reader. THAT is something you can't verify, though. So, maybe that's what you mean. Look at all those sentences!
heatherpooh (hotmail)
Babble - #438
heatherpooh (hotmail)
Hey, I clicked on your little google ad down there. Didja get paid? Didja? Huh?
heatherpooh (hotmail)
This makes me laugh every single time. Enjoy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hooid1LJ9Kc
heatherpooh (hotmail)
Clicked on the ad's. I hope you get paid! If I win then my 2nd grader will be VERY happy!
I downloaded the app and called my friend in Spain, thanks for the opportunity to hear his voice once again =]
I subscribed via GFC and to your posts =]
kperales25{at}aol{dot}com
Clicked on ads, and voted....have you tried whipped cream vodka?? Oh my goodness. D.E.L.I.C.I.O.U.S.
Geeeeeeez, some people really are kissing up to you.
Not me, I'm not going to do that, I just want to mention that I will always have your back. Remember the spam bot comments in the middle of the night? I was there, right along with you laughing my butt off.
Here's some vodka for you to try: Hrenovuha vodka. That's a spicy meatball!
heatherpooh (hotmail)
I clicked on your google ads, hope you make some $$$
kperales25{at}aol{dot}com
I clicked on your google ads, hope you make some $$$
kperales25{at}aol{dot}com
I downloaded the app on my iphone, so that's how I tried it! thanks
farrah dot ritter at gmail
I subscribe!
I voted!
Where can we send you a bottle of vodka? My favorite is whiskey, well it used to be!!!
I'm allergic to dogs if not, I would would to walk him!!!
I would pay your oil bill as soon as I pay my new tire bill!!!
kperales25{at}aol{dot}com
To stickin' tired to make you laugh...twins kept me up part of the night =/
kperales25{at}aol{dot}com
I voted on babble...#24 not bad =]
kperales25{at}aol{dot}com
Can't buy you a grill but I can send food with the vodka =]
kperales25{at}aol{dot}com
Clicking on your ads, although I only see one!
kperales25{at}aol{dot}com
I can't take your dog for a walk but I know my 8 yr old would love too!!
kperales25{at}aol{dot}com
Do you know how many kinds of Vodka you have tried?
kperales25{at}aol{dot}com
This app is pretty easy to use. Now I can keep in touch with friends in Spain =]
kperales25{at}aol{dot}com
I wish my oil was splashed with gold =]
kperales25{at}aol{dot}com
Love you - keep up the good work and spirits! Ha - get it. 'Spirits'.....
I voted on Babble, so if you're
one in a million instead of one in
50, it's not my fault!
Your google ad doesn't work or is
slow it couldn't find facebook, I
know it isn't my computer because I
fix this at least 5 times a day.
The last time I saw a bottle of
Vodka was in Moscow in 1973, almost
fell out a window, but how about
I direct you to the Smirnoff website?
www.smirnoff.com
If I haven't made you laugh so far,
my kindergarten teachers were nuns,
vicious mean peanut butter & jelly
pushing, nap pushing fat bellied
nuns. That could make you need a
shot of Vodka. Didn't care much for
the kids either.
Entry 1:- I have downloaded & tried Vonage Time To Call on my iPhone 3GS via App Store.After installing the App , i found that Vonage is providing some very cool/cheap International calling rates. :)
I liked the fact that Vonage is providing free 15 minutes/1 international call free of cost upon installing the Time To call app.I also really like the cheaper International call rates which Vonage is providing us for those who can't afford a costly International call otherwise.
Thank You for the opportunity.
[ peti1212@gmail.com ]
Entry 2 :-
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I have subscribed to your blog.Thanks.
[ peti1212@gmail.com ]
Entry 3 :-
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I have voted for you on Babble.Thanks.
[ peti1212@gmail.com ]
Entry 4 :-
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I have clicked on your Google ADs which i saw at the bottom of your page.Thanks.
[ peti1212@gmail.com ]
Entry 5 :-
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I am ready to pay your oil Bill.Thank You.
[ peti1212@gmail.com ]
Entry 6 :-
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I can take your dog for walk everyday.No probs.
[ peti1212@gmail.com ]
Entry 7 :-
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E Mail me your address at the below E Mail ID & i will send you a bottle of Vodka by Fed-Ex.
[ peti1212@gmail.com ]
Entry 8 :-
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I will buy you a grill.Thanks.
[ peti1212@gmail.com ]
Entry 9 :-
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I just got a call from the Red Cross asking me if I wanted to donate some of my old clothes to the starving people throughout the world. I told them to get lost. Anyone who fits into my clothes isn't starving.
Thank You for the opportunity. :)
[ peti1212@gmail.com ]
ok I'm in! Just joined your blog!
I have subscribed to your blog. Thank you for providing a regular old feed, and not only providing links to popular feedburners as some blogs do. Those pretty much mean I don't subscribe!
ohhhh what doesn't a bottle of vodka do to a person? this just brings memeories =]
kperales25{at}aol{dot}com
I subscribe to your blog.
mlx395 @ msn.com
Voted for you on Babble - #444
mlx395 @ msn.com
Clicked a BUNCH of your Google ads.
mlx395 @ msn.com
Subscribed to your posts, I can't wait to read all of them, you are very funny =]
kperales25{at}aol{dot}com
Ok, now for the laugh.....
In his HS German class, my daughter's boyfriend Brendan was learning about Beethoven. The teacher said something about Beethoven having to wear hearing aids. Brendan asked if Beethoven had to wear the hearing AIDS because he had unprotected EAR SEX!!!!!
Still makes me laugh every time I think about it!!
mlx395 @ msn.com
Are you kiddin' me? An ipad - well I haven't learned yet how to program the new DVD player after my old one quit FOUR MONTHS AGO. By the time I learn ipad-ese; it will be lonngggggg outdated. Tech savvy I'm not!!!
I will be happy to help you change your oil, but can't help you pay for it =]
kperales25{at}aol{dot}com
I need a grill too, anybody out there want to buy two?
kperales25{at}aol{dot}com
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