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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Monday, December 31, 2007 - 11:04 am
My guess in that case, is he got your addy by mistake when looking up his friends.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Monday, December 31, 2007 - 11:11 am
LOL..sorry about that! but he would have friends with mine and dh's exact names. i am not listed in the phone book with my dh either.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Monday, December 31, 2007 - 11:19 am
i tried to google and zaba both our names together and nothing came up.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Monday, December 31, 2007 - 11:24 am
color, would some place like ancestory.com help? i know they have stuff like that. i have never paid, sorry.
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Monday, December 31, 2007 - 11:44 am
Julie, thank you. Think I've probably located two of the people/addresses I'm looking for. (One is a doctor [female female] who I still miss. She retired early on me. I'd love to write to her.) But what about background info -- marriage/divorce?
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Landileigh
Member
07-29-2002
| Monday, December 31, 2007 - 1:34 pm
annie, i got one of those a few years back from Oregon. found out it was a good friend of mine who had gotten married and moved there. her last name had changed and i never knew her husband's name. most likely this was someone maybe your husband knew and the guy just got married and moved to CT.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Monday, December 31, 2007 - 3:26 pm
Annie, you may be surprised where you ARE listed online. I forget where it was, but I found that just because I was once married, his name has been listed with mine at several of my addresses and we've been divorced since 1980 and he never lived at any of those addresses! And the sites can hook up names that really do live together too. But that is amazing if someone went to that trouble to send out all that personal info..
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Monday, December 31, 2007 - 3:34 pm
husband is just as clueless. considering we have been together since 1980, i can't think of who he knows that i don't! LOL he hasn't worked in an office type situation for over 7 years either.
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Monday, December 31, 2007 - 5:28 pm
grammer question for dylans homework in the following sentence is the comma needed??? (I say you dont use a comma before and he says you do) "He always studied hard, and this affected him later because he wouldn't give up."
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Justavice
Member
11-22-2005
| Monday, December 31, 2007 - 5:36 pm
Texannie- you mentioned in another thread you have a personal assistant business, could this be a former client?
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Holly
Member
06-19-2005
| Monday, December 31, 2007 - 5:39 pm
Yes Pamy, it's a compound sentence and the "and" is a coordinating conjunction; therefore, you use the comma. Dylan 1 Mama 0 
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Monday, December 31, 2007 - 5:48 pm
Holly!!! thanks so much and LOL!!!
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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-31-2000
| Monday, December 31, 2007 - 6:07 pm
Pamy, the rule I learned was that if each clause could stand alone, you should use the comma. He always studied hard. This affected him later because he wouldn't give up. So I agree, Dylan is correct. However, in contemporary writing these commas are often ommitted, and it isn't considered incorrect.
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Dogdoc
Member
09-29-2001
| Monday, December 31, 2007 - 7:24 pm
In the above sentence I would have put a comma after "writing" and omitted the one before "and." lol
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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-31-2000
| Monday, December 31, 2007 - 7:31 pm
Hey, Ms Dogdoc, don't you go picking, on my absolutely, haphazard, and inconsistent use, of commas! 
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Rosie
Member
11-12-2003
| Monday, December 31, 2007 - 7:33 pm
lol Pamy, can we just re-write the entire sentence?
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Sunshyne4u
Member
06-17-2003
| Monday, December 31, 2007 - 7:36 pm
but if you put AND in there, the comma isnt needed BUT it isnt good english LOL But what do I know? My record is a 64 word run-on sentence (done during a final exam Essay in 1980 on 'Future possibilities of Cloning'--I got overexcited LOL)
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Monday, December 31, 2007 - 8:01 pm
LOL Rosie!!! I should have popped back in here before I released him because Sun is right. I didnt like the sentence either LOL!!! BTW I should have never let Dylan see Holly's response! His friend came over and he wanted me to show his friend 'that thing at TVClubhouse' LOL!!! they went on to tell me that if you say the sentence outloud and you pause then you use a comma, if you dont pause then you don't need one! I said 'whatever, don't you boys have some video games to play!!!!' LOL disclaimer: I rarely use good punctuation/spelling/grammer here at TVCH but I always do at work. Thanks again for all the informative and fun answers!
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Monday, December 31, 2007 - 9:26 pm
Holly is correct, as is Dylan. Comma is required before the "and" in a compound sentence unless the sentence is really short, which this one is not.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, January 01, 2008 - 8:13 am
OR...he could eliminate the conjunction (and) and use a semicolon. http://msms.essortment.com/semicolon_rcnr.htm Just, no, never have had a Phyllis or Peter as clients.
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Tuesday, January 01, 2008 - 12:12 pm
LOL Annie!! Ever since yesterday I realize how horrible my posts appear and how all of you grammer experts probably sit there with a red marker going through my posts. LOL
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Tuesday, January 01, 2008 - 12:13 pm
ps.... I sent Texannie that card
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Tuesday, January 01, 2008 - 12:19 pm
Pamy, an attorney where I worked did exactly that -- went through the letters he received marking grammar and punctuation errors. Admin always asking secretaries if they have enough to do. Guess that attorney didn't.
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Tuesday, January 01, 2008 - 12:24 pm
Some people enjoy picking apart grammar. It is almost a hobby for them. 
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, January 01, 2008 - 3:47 pm
LOL Pamy...my mom was an english teacher; grammer was drilled into us. (see, use of the semi-colon!) i wish you had sent me that card! it's making me crazy. LOL
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