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#176098 - 03/29/13 07:36 PM Re: Ticks [Re: Jimshaw]
billstephenson Moderator Registered: 02/07/07 Posts: 3917 Loc: Ozark Mountains in SW Missouri	I tear ticks off of me almost everyday here in the summer. I think the reason we call them "Ticks" is because they make a ticking noise when you pluck them off _________________________ -- "You want to go where?"
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Re: Ticks	Jimshaw	03/28/13 04:35 PM
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Re: Ticks	Jimshaw	03/29/13 06:37 PM
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