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Hello, TheDudePDX, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

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Many thanks Tedder. You've been a great help! TheDudePDX ( talk) 00:25, 10 December 2009 (UTC) reply