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Another blog enters the fray... but this is set down by a bloggy virgin... never been to another or thought about setting up one till I got caught up in the rapidly expanding family of Googlestuff, Picasa, Hello and all that jazz. I'll see what happens, might fall in love? but how long will that last!? I'll give it a try for a while

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