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Old 01-23-2013, 08:50 AM   #1
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congrats on the project so far. next will be the every loving fun of Edit, rewrite and edit... ah the joy..

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Welcome Miranda! I was lucky to have been stationed at Cornhusker AAP in Grand Island. I loved it there. Best wishes on your first draft. See you 'round the boards.
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Welcome Miranda! I was lucky to have been stationed at Cornhusker AAP in Grand Island. I loved it there. Best wishes on your first draft. See you 'round the boards.
Heh! I live in Grand Island! That's not creepy at all! /end sarcasm
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Oh cool. GI's grown quite a bit since I was there in *ahem* the 80s. I remember there was an awesome taco stand in the mall--not a chain. I don't think it's there anymore. Alas.
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Oh cool. GI's grown quite a bit since I was there in *ahem* the 80s. I remember there was an awesome taco stand in the mall--not a chain. I don't think it's there anymore. Alas.
Yeah, there are 2 malls now. But the main mall has a delicious authentic mexican place that's well, mouth watering. They don't even station anyone out at the ordinance plant anymore, so I figured it might have been a few *ahem* years!
It has grown substantially just in the past 10 years. You know you're really on to something when you have 2 Walmarts...right?
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