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	General Discussion Where newspaper copy editors and their fans talk shop. Moderators: jjmoney62, Phillip Blanchard	5847	36210	Road hazard Fri Feb 10, 2012 6:05 pm J Kaufman
	Nightmare Jobs of the Week Help-wanted ads from hell and other employment matters. Moderators: jjmoney62, Phillip Blanchard	996	5780	Times are tough, but really. Thu Feb 09, 2012 1:27 pm J Kaufman
	Australasia Moderator: paulwiggins	247	680	Vicious Kiwi stereotype o' the day Wed Aug 17, 2011 4:26 pm J Kaufman
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	Difficult to Categorize Off-topic or nearly so. Moderators: jjmoney62, Phillip Blanchard	3575	14349	This and that Sat Feb 11, 2012 7:57 pm J Kaufman
	Baseball Moderator: jjmoney62	480	3317	From the hot-stove league Tue Jan 24, 2012 12:39 pm J Kaufman
	Cats and Kittens; Dogs and Puppies In an effort to boost traffic, we provide a place to post pictures of cats, kittens, dogs and puppies. Moderators: jjmoney62, Phillip Blanchard	34	75	How cats edit copy Sun Feb 05, 2012 10:43 pm J Kaufman
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	General Discussion Past 10/1/03-6/30/04	1039	7065	Say what? Wed Jun 30, 2004 8:54 pm DEdits
	General Discussion Past 2/3/03-9/30/03	522	2464	Red Alert Tue Sep 30, 2003 5:48 pm Phillip Blanchard
	General Discussion Past 4/8/02-2/2/03	554	2263	Quick assistance sought Sun Feb 02, 2003 11:32 pm rumymommy

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