Let it go, will ya. Get a hobby. Take a walk. Live your own life and not your daughter's. LB girls basketball is what it is...and what it will always be...a second-rate program because the SAD doesn't care about anything but football, baseball, girls field hockey and soccer. Everybody else is just dusting chalk.

On ho
I thought the underground was a hobby

No

Why so quiet???

Probably people watching CNN for DNC previews.
LB throws chairs. RNC talks to Chairs. What will DNc do with chairs. People focused on Chairs.

Sure they is more to come

Hey good one Chair
Girls would have been better off with empty chairs
Too funny

Good luck

Which girls team will rule the patriot district this season

Well guess it is same old song
Shame on you Mark

When new season

When let thread die?

Why you not go away?

Why you no speak english good?

Was bored being on page 3

Lol, the thread that may live a year
Like Lamb Center

Guess the good asst had enough. Name not on site

Has anyone ever eaten sausage from a can. It is made of cereal

Not comfortable on page 3
There still lots goin on

More complete, where are you

I'm here.

What's going on?

Are there girls still riding the bench and parents blaming the coach??

Is there still a coach who won’t play someone’s kid and an AD to be blamed for hiring said coach???

The horror! We need all the details we can get (preferably poorly written) on this outrageous scenario!

Pretty large number quit I heard.
A pattern

Herndon is messed up too like Lake Braddock
Why

A pattern herndon Wrote:
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> Herndon is messed up too like Lake Braddock
> Why

Strangely enough, there are parents and kids everywhere who get mad at coaches because they play the best athletes. There is your pattern.

Total bs More Complete
In this county it is about who you know and your connections. Many talented kids run out of sports cause they were too poor to afford training or were not stuck up the AD's - well you get the picture.

Don't be naive. It is just like politics of the election
I surely hope you don't believe your own rhetoric.

Sometimes the most talented do play. But at least half time it is political or at whims of crazy coach. Examine the many sports threads on this page alone.

Again total bs

BS right

Are you a Romney/Ryan supporter that you believe own lies

Total bs Wrote:
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> Total bs More Complete
> In this county it is about who you know and your
> connections. Many talented kids run out of sports
> cause they were too poor to afford training or
> were not stuck up the AD's - well you get the
> picture.
>
> Don't be naive. It is just like politics of the
> election
> I surely hope you don't believe your own
> rhetoric.
>
> Sometimes the most talented do play. But at least
> half time it is political or at whims of crazy
> coach. Examine the many sports threads on this
> page alone.
>
> Again total bs

It's called life. You win some you lose some. You can blame everyone else, or look in the mirror. The thrid option is to complain on the internet in hopes that others will tell you how right you are. What does that accomplish?

?

Exactly.

That you mention other threads is telling. Apparently you feel that your pathetic choice is justified. Everyone else does it! You sound like a child. Grow up.


Kudos BS Wrote:
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> BS right
>
> Are you a Romney/Ryan supporter that you believe
> own lies


This post is unintelligible. Please learn English.

English my third languae

Sorry more complete Wrote:
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> English my third languae

That's okay. I still love you. :)

Volleyball is over. We are back bitches!

Nothing will change
Still Got kids out of school boundaries
Nutty parents
And a coach who is not nice

Let the circus begin!

Will Martino have to stand guard like last year?

Step aside Lake Braddock, your year was last year. It is Mt Vernons turn to run this BLOG.

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> Step aside Lake Braddock, your year was last year.
> It is Mt Vernons turn to run this BLOG.


I thought Mt. V was going to be good this year. They have at least one D1 Player, but I don't know anything about the dynamics of the team.

Sorry MV
You got nothing on LB
Drama Continues


I have no horse in this race at all but the stories coming out pre-season are stunning

The AD and the coach should have been let go last year if the drinking was true.
Lb needs an overhaul

So All JV and fresh coaches quit from last year. ALL.
Main varsity assistant did not return.
And now rumor is another quit
Oh no, this is normal.
Wake up Curran

Well I am hearing things worse than ever.
Community would not do right thing

LB is still on top of messed up list
Blog goes when Barbie goes

ok ive been on this sight for a year and always saw this post but never really cared enough to give it much attention. you guys are arguing over a highschool basketball team that isnt the worst nor the best in the district or state. how about we just all move on and go pick up some trash on the side of 7100 and make the place cleaner?

But merp! My daughter isn't getting playing time and it's all the coach's fault! Doesn't it make sense to start a thread and post under different names to make it appear as if there are many others who feel the same way I do?

The kids that did not play a lot quit This blog is dead.

This blog will never die. The horse died a long time ago, but for whatever reason people keep beating it. The horse is dead. Long live the horse.

The coach is the same not very nice person. Yes All the girls that quit over course of last three years were all terrible. Lets blame them. They care barely field a team now. It is the Coacj Stupid.

It still smellas cause it stinks.

Stinky situation Wrote:
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> The coach is the same not very nice person. Yes
> All the girls that quit over course of last three
> years were all terrible. Lets blame them. They
> care barely field a team now. It is the Coacj
> Stupid.
>
> It still smellas cause it stinks.

Well these girls obviously learned a valuable lesson… Blame someone else, anyone but yourself. If that doesn’t work, quit.

Congratulations on your awesome parenting.

More complete.
Everyone knows you think you are right.
This was not one girl.
It was at least six total. Not one but six.
For one minute can you not entertain the possibility that the problem was real?

If the impacted kids were not happy then why continue in a bad situation? It is obvious the AD would protect the coach. Where else can coaches do these kind of things.

You are such a hypocrite. I have followed this for a year. Perhaps the lesson is there are more important things in life than some silly mediocre high school team or some immature and not very nice coach? Life is too short to live it in an unhappy way. Good for these girls.

I believe in karma. It will win in the end.

More complete is nasty Wrote:
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> More complete.
> Everyone knows you think you are right.
> This was not one girl.
> It was at least six total. Not one but six.
> For one minute can you not entertain the
> possibility that the problem was real?
>
> If the impacted kids were not happy then why
> continue in a bad situation? It is obvious the AD
> would protect the coach. Where else can coaches
> do these kind of things.
>
> You are such a hypocrite. I have followed this
> for a year. Perhaps the lesson is there are more
> important things in life than some silly mediocre
> high school team or some immature and not very
> nice coach? Life is too short to live it in an
> unhappy way. Good for these girls.
>
> I believe in karma. It will win in the end.

Where are the parents of these six girls? What did they do about this injustice? What did they do about this terrible coach that should have been immediately fired?

This thread was started and perpetuated by ONE person who continually posted over and over with different names to make it APPEAR as if there was some great tragedy befalling the team.

There was not. This thread (blog) and its few actual contributors are fraudulent cowards who want people to feel sorry for them. I refuse to. Sorry if that bothers you. Karma indeed.

Well the last one sent a letter and kid quit. You are wrong. It was not one parent.

Okay. I'll take your word for it. You're obviously unbiased and very credible.

I've been informed that this thread has turned me into a grouch and "killed me".

Damn this thread! Damn it to hell!

Don't worry More Complete

Karma intervened and they lost first real game.

When you run everybody away cause you are nasty, that is what karma does

Nine players and one injury!

Girls are nice so it is too bad.

Coach reaping what she sowed.

what the recored

no one care

bump

What is bump

bump is like "hump" but with "b"

Why is there so much girls ball drama in Fairfax County

It is because there are too many helicopter moms with nothing better to do.

Or too many nuts like More Complete who have nothing better to do.

Wake up Curran

Three threads on girls basketball. Three. When are you gonna smell the dirty socks

No one care but the helicopter parents who have spent every frickin minute of their lives for the past ten years spoooooonfeeding their kids sports involvement through overrated youth, club, AAU, travel teams that ain't worth the bladderball of air it is.

So tonight I signed on to Fairfax Underground to see if there was any inside information about that loaded gun

Mc 67 Wrote:
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> Or too many nuts like More Complete who have
> nothing better to do.

I have plenty better to do. This isn't the only thread on this site. Ha!

ooops entered by mistake.. continued..
So tonight I signed on to Fairfax Underground to see if there was any inside information about that loaded gun found in the locker at Robinson and I see that 'More Complete' guy from last summer and that Lake Braddock girls basketball thread was commenting on the Robinson thread...so I checked back on this one and OMG it is STILL going !!! More Complete is still his pompous all knowing self accusing 'helicopter parents' or correction... trying to say it is all just one parent. CLEARLY that is NOT the case here. And dare anyone point this out to him or he will degrade you and accuse you of being a parent yourself. I read this post back in June after this less than complete guy said he was through posting here months earlier and I see he is STILL the main one keeping this going.
Pathetic.. now 'get to going' on responding vehemently about what a waste of space I am for pointing out that you need to GET A freakin life !
Hey people, let the girls play, As for recent posts all I know from the AAU circuit and blogs is that Natalie was most definately not helped by Lake Braddock coach or AD. The Butlers did not even give her name as a contact. That was a Fairfax Stars connection.
Wins and losses can be tracked in the Post or on the Lake Braddock sports page. Stop feeding More Complete any postings for him to respond to and he might have to spend his evenings with Mrs Complete or heaven forbid do some volunteer work with all that spare time. This was suggested a few times before! He seems to have all the answers so why not put that fabulous education he uses correcting everyone's spelling and grammar and teach someone how to read or read to the homeless? Stop being so downright nasty and poisonous. Can't understand anyone wanting to share a beer with that guy . He is so judgemental of anyone that has a difference of opinion. No wonder Mrs. Complete is content to have him spend his time on all these Fairfax Underground threads ! SMH

O M G yes more Complete... I DID spell 'Definitely' incorrectly in the previous posting...Go for it, as you are oh so much better than everyone else on the planet ...correct me.
I know it must make you feel so much better. I hope commenting constantly on this sorry thread gives your life purpose. Do you think your response to the previous commentator was funny HaHa?? "I have plenty better to do. This isn't the only thread on this site. Ha!"
??
Sad

WOW...still going? Wrote:
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> O M G yes more Complete... I DID spell
> 'Definitely' incorrectly in the previous
> posting...Go for it, as you are oh so much better
> than everyone else on the planet ...correct me.
> I know it must make you feel so much better. I
> hope commenting constantly on this sorry thread
> gives your life purpose. Do you think your
> response to the previous commentator was funny
> HaHa?? "I have plenty better to do. This isn't
> the only thread on this site. Ha!"
> ??
> Sad

OMG? Oh so much better? SMH? Freakin? You are obviously a child. Sorry your coach didn’t think you were good enough to start.

You know me because I'm registered. You, are not. Why don't you register so we can see how many times you post? I'll answer for you, because you're an anonymous coward. This is also the reason you spend time complaining on the internet about a coach instead of taking action.

Stop feeding me? What do you think you’re doing? Also, who are you talking to? It's just me and your numerous anonymous monikers in here.

To answer your question… Yes, it is funny. That you think this thread gives me “purpose” is hilarious. This thread is a joke. I happily keep it going for the entertainment value.

In addition, if you think the word “definitely” was your only grammatical error, you need to go back to class.

Have a nice day. :)

Leave this fine citizen alone
His only shortcoming is thinking only one person upset at LB
I can name 9 girls who quit in last three years because of coach.


School sports suck

Same crap now at Robinson. And mt Vernon and Oakton need to chill

Aw shucks. Thanks. :) I'm sure there is more than one person upset.

It should be noted however, that before I stepped foot in this place, there were over 500 posts in a very short amount of time, with a very similar message, said in a very similar way.

I'm now willing to admit that there are at least two people in this thread upset with the girls basketball situation at LB. :)

I know nothing about the coach or the team other than what I’ve read here but I do know this… if someone is doing a bad job, they will eventually get fired. At least, that’s the way it should work.

Seven girls total

WS won Friday

while ws doesn't possess the firepower of years past, winning friday night was a foregone conclusion. gibson usually finds a way to win.

If you think WS won last week wait til Nat moves on. You will néed to invoke slaughter rule. Perhaps coach wonderful will move on too.

Take that More Complete

Woodson wins

I can't believe this thread is 10 pages long. The only thing more boring than the WNBA is girl's college basketball, and the only thing more boring than THAT is high school girl's basketball.

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Pathetic program after Nat Wrote:
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> Take that More Complete

Take what? I couldn't care less about the team.

No, Fischer left because he saw a dismal season coming and not much thereafter. Mark Martino, the AD, hires the coaches. In Fairfax County, you have to suck up to the AD or know somebody to get hired.

Scratch, (regarding Fischer) that is what one of the primary points of this thread has been. It has been brought up that one of the primary issues at that school is not only these "helicopter parents", numerous players quitting the sport they loved all their young lives or the screaming, demeaning, drinking "Barbie" coach but also the unchecked power of that AD who has appointed Vogues coach after Vogues coach. This time a totally unqualified pretty Vogues coach who coached his daughters. Yes, when Nat is gone time will tell. However, in the AD's instance at Lake Braddock, one is reminded of the Lord Acton quote: "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely." He will schmooze and lie his way out of everything to the higher authorities so nothing ever changes.

Barbie, as someone called her, getting what she sowed. Team not even doing as well as last year and lost no seniors. When you treat kids with no respect that is what happens. Perhaps some of the kids who left were making a difference. Or karma intervened. AD to blame

Congrats to The Lady Bruins & coaching staff for winning the Lee HS Holiday Tournament. Beating previously unbeaten Loundon County HS & ex-lady Bruin coach Derek Fisher. looks like the hard work is paying off. Keep it up!

hsbballfan Wrote:
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> Congrats to The Lady Bruins & coaching staff for
> winning the Lee HS Holiday Tournament. Beating
> previously unbeaten Loundon County HS & ex-lady
> Bruin coach Derek Fisher. looks like the hard work
> is paying off. Keep it up!


Dude, you're blowing the narrative;

1. The coach sucks.
2. She ran all the good players off.
3. Except for Butler, but . . .
4. The team still sucks, but . . .
5. OK, they don't suck NOW, but they will when Butler's gone, because . . .
6. The coach AND the AD suck . . .


Repeat forever. If you want to throw in, "Whaaaaa, my kid didn't get to play," feel free.

LB did not win the Lee tournament you dumb ass. It was two games and no bracket play or championship game. Besides, they played a small St Stephen's team with zero AAU players and a 5'7" post.

Pathetic you have to celebrate beating small tiny schools
Can't change reality
Coach and AD ruined program

High school Fan
Do yourself and the rest of us a favor

Let it go.
Don't come on here and act like the LB program is great
Everyone who knows anything knows better.
Leave it alone.

To follow up on "3. Except for Butler, but . . . "
Natalie is tall and you can't teach tall. She is going to Georgetown as she has been able to shine and shine bright on the Lake Braddock basketball team ,tough feat (cough). It would have been more telling to compare her to any of the WCAC bigs and play against the much tougher competition in that league! Natalie vs Amanda Fioravanti for instance , not even a comparison in regards to pure basketball IQ when someone of comparable size can post her up. It will be interesting to follow at the next level.

you are both asinine and jealous.

I stumbled upon this forum by mistake but couldn't help reading on after the first page. Having grown up in Fairfax County playing varsity basketball all four years at "one" of the better schools in the region, it is clear that all the naysayers simply have no basketball, and probably little sports knowledge. LB and the majority of women's varsity programs in the country have never been what I would consider decent. At least not in my 20 years in this area. To say a coach has talent to pick from in high school is interesting to say the least. There is very little talent for basketball in this area due to a number of reasons. For one, there is really only one good AAU program in the area and many of the players they pull aren't even from Fairfax County, and those kids who are from Fairfax County often play at private or college prep schools. This has been the case since I was playing a number of years ago. Also, other sports in the county take precedent for most female athletes in Fairfax County. Soccer for one is much more popular locally. When it comes down to it, in order to truly be competitive you have to have kids that by the time they are going into 9th and 10th grade, are starting to really focus on a given sport. This is especially true with basketball because if you are playing competitively on the AAU circuit you are basically devoting March-July every year completely to the sport, often spending 5 days a week between practice and games, plus travel. Everybody on this board and likes to complain should take some of the time they spend writing this BS and start coaching and devoting time to student athletes.

Let it go
Just let it go
You can't fix it

WHY...SO...SERIOUS? (yes, i am completely mocking you)


"I stumbled upon this forum by mistake but couldn't help reading on after the first page. Having grown up in Fairfax County playing varsity basketball all four years at "one" of the better schools in the region, it is clear that all the naysayers simply have no basketball, and probably little sports knowledge. LB and the majority of women's varsity programs in the country have never been what I would consider decent. At least not in my 20 years in this area. To say a coach has talent to pick from in high school is interesting to say the least. There is very little talent for basketball in this area due to a number of reasons. For one, there is really only one good AAU program in the area and many of the players they pull aren't even from Fairfax County, and those kids who are from Fairfax County often play at private or college prep schools. This has been the case since I was playing a number of years ago. Also, other sports in the county take precedent for most female athletes in Fairfax County. Soccer for one is much more popular locally. When it comes down to it, in order to truly be competitive you have to have kids that by the time they are going into 9th and 10th grade, are starting to really focus on a given sport. This is especially true with basketball because if you are playing competitively on the AAU circuit you are basically devoting March-July every year completely to the sport, often spending 5 days a week between practice and games, plus travel. Everybody on this board and likes to complain should take some of the time they spend writing this BS and start coaching and devoting time to student athletes."

Luckily have no horse in this race. But have heard what an unhealthy situation this is. Coaches need character. End of story

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> Coaches need character. End of story

So do parents. Bitching and moaning on the internet because your kid didn't get to play doesn't really qualify.

Well I am not a parent. Coaches who talk bad about kids and other coaches are not high on character list either.

Spam I am

I am not sure of the points you intend to make, interesting.

Lake Braddock's team and others like it are not very good? The quality of teams vary but the "bigger" outer suburban schools in large metro areas throughout the country have decent, but not necessarily great teams. This was true in the 70's when my outlying Chicago suburban team (and other schools in my conference) traipsed down to the city to get positively clobbered by city teams, and generally speaking, it is true today (although there are Division 1 suburban top talents from time to time). Playing against a team of guys who could dunk with a knee in my throat persuaded me quickly to focus on another sport which I pursued on scholarship at the Division 1 level. I don't think you are pointing out anything new to the sport virtually anywhere. Suburban public teams tend to be decent to good, but not great.

The difference today is the rise of AAU teams. But you think this is a positive? Yes, these teams are great for recruiters and the hype machine, but the AAU experience is far from positive in my view. Playing multiple games in a short time period only encourages lousy, lackluster defensive play, and helps further a star mentality in players which does not help them. It dilutes the high school programs as well and is not compatible with rigorous academic demands, either. And the AAU teams certainly do not help towards a balanced high school experience. It used to be that the high school state tournaments in many states was one of the best athletic and social experiences of the year. AAU ball, and the phenomenon of kids playing at basketball academies has changed all of that. And you cannot persuade me that AAU ball and the over the top basketball academies make for better pro ranks. The number of talents who can truly play at this level is small. They will get the attention and development in any circumstance.

Given this backdrop, I think it is important that boys and girls have a good, in fact, even a great high school team experience. This means a lot of things - including making certain kids learn to cope on their own with issues of coaching, playing time, and team dynamics without running to Mom and Dad (Mom and Dad should only be involved if there are serious conduct issues by the coach). I cringe when I see parents getting involved in coaching matters, as it really doesn't help the kids, who if they intend to get anything from high school sports, should learn to fight their own battles. Any AD worth his salt, though, should put a very mature and together leader in as a varsity basketball coach. The head football coach and basketball coach in a suburban town is, like it or not, an authority figure and a leader of a significan source of local entertainment. I would absolutely expect a varsity coach to be measured by demonstrated maturity and leadership skills. What can the parents do if they don't see this kind of leadership? Not much. One of the hazards of a huge county school system is that the principals and superintendent ranks often don't live in the local high school community. In a small district or town, the pressures on a principal and AD to hire top notch, mature people for basketball and football is much greater - the community is involved. It is, at the end of the day, however, only high school sports.

I fucked 3 girls on the team already and plan to fuck 2 more real soon. They are alot of fun and they all fuck good

interesting really () - you must be new to this board, you actually put some thought into your post. see kp5 (), that's the standard you should aim for.

My experience with ADs in FX is that they simply hire their half-educated, redneck, beer-drinking buddies and that's about all the thought that goes into it. then the rednecks ruin the experience of team sports for the kids. Great system for the ADs and redneck drinking buddies, not so hot for the kids.

has an AD in FX ever been fired for poor performance of the program (not personal problems)?

No firings
Just corruption


Drinking, yep it goes on here

Before and after all Lake Braddock games, come to Glory Days Grill in Burke for delicious mouth watering food!

We'll see you at Glory Days Grill, very soon!

http://www.glorydaysgrill.com

Can you get beer with those wings

Please don't talk about drinking on a sports thread. I realize it was referenced somewhere on here. But someone must set an example for these kids

So now captains are fussing. News flash. Just cusse you win a few more doesn't mean it is better.


Starts with a Coach who can't create a team.


Called leadership. Look it up in Webster.

Watch this post about playing time by motivational trainer Alan Stein:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ky-5doFLL2I&feature=youtu.be

There is only one player on that team so accept it. It is like when Dominick Morra played there and any of his teammates could tell you only Dominic was 'allowed' to score, per their coach! Your daughter will get no baskets either because if it gets anywhere near their big she is not giving it up to a teammate if her life depended on it ! Occasionally Marcia, Mckenzie or Haley will drop one if Nat is triple teamed. There is one play on that team; positions 1,2,3,and 4 all must pass it in to #5. copious amounts of coaching knowledge not needed! We know what games they will win and which they will lose for the rest of the year. They will beat South County, West Potomac, Lee and TC Williams every day, all day as they have noone to defend Nat. It is not brain surgery. If Finnerty is shooting they will lose to Woodson. Annandale the only unsure.

Unrest Wrote:
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> So now captains are fussing. News flash. Just
> cusse you win a few more doesn't mean it is
> better.
>
>
> Starts with a Coach who can't create a team.
>
>
> Called leadership. Look it up in Webster.


It's called being a coward. It's called hiding behind your keyboard.

Got a problem with the coach? Get off your ass and go talk to her about it. Otherwise, keep your miserable, insufferable, complaining to yourself.

Have a nice day. :)

More complete. Go volunteer Wrote:
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> Well I am not a parent.

We know, it was discovered about 7 pages back that you are a child and a petulant one at that. Now grow up and find something better to do than defame the coach who wouldn’t let you play. If your athletic ability has anything in common with your attitude, it’s no wonder you sat on the bench.

I think the playing time parent is likely member of current team. Not one of the 6-7 who quit because of poor coaching, horrible team atmosphere, and an AD who does not care. More Complete live in real world. It is place where many parents and players wrote about corruption. The inappropriate behavior. The lack of character. Guess what? The AD protected her. You don't tell him what to do. He reigns. He is buddies with head guy and spins it. Are you that naive?

I do not have a kid playing. And I frankly do not care if you believe it or not. But I do know the truth. If you are such a great citizen why don't you call principal. All on the coach

More complete must be at dinner
Or finally realizes he is wrong

More complete. Your are Broken R Wrote:
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> If you are such a great citizen why don't
> you call principal. All on the coach

Because I have no dog in the fight. No rooting interest. Why don’t you is the question. I’m just here to point out the stench of sour grapes.

No comeback More Complete Wrote:
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> More complete must be at dinner
> Or finally realizes he is wrong

Because I didn’t reply in 2 hours? I have trouble reading your broken English so it takes a little longer. :)



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