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We've been soaking in the Bathtub for several months, long enough that some of the links we've used have gone to the Great Internet in the Sky. If you find a dead link, please leave a comment to that post, and tell us what link has expired. Thanks!Currently warm bathing (top posts)
- 28 poems on living life to the fullest, today
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- Quote of the moment: John F. Kennedy, "We choose to go to the Moon"
- Who said it? 'Better to die on your feet, than live on your knees'
- FactCheck.org comes clean on political affiliations
- "Only the dead have seen the end of war." Who said that?
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