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okay, at the risk of sounding like an idiot, I have to

Posted By: vn on 2009-06-20
In Reply to: IMO just as you have it. Easy to read etc. nm - Txczech

Subject: okay, at the risk of sounding like an idiot, I have to

ask - what's "IMO" ??


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