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Thanks, but I just bought one since I needed it ASAP.

Posted By: jlo on 2008-03-10
In Reply to: Let me be sure I understand: You are looking - for a foot pedal with a 9 pin serial port?

Thanks anyhow ;-)


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Tater was 5 when my friend (S) and her boyfriend (D) started with the custody proceedings.  Every time Tater would come for visitations, she was full of these wild stories that were quite alarming to S and D.  She would come and tell them how her mom walks around the house naked all the time with all of these different boyfriends, how one of those boyfriends held a pillow over her (Tater) face one time, and how Tater and her baby brother were often left alone for hours at a time and sometimes overnight while her mom was out "getting drunk" with her boyfriends.


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I have looked online for any kind of research or specialists that can deal with this but it's very difficult to find information even on pre-adolescents that are out of control. 


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