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<DIV>Allo all,</DIV>
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<DIV>Unto you the Barony of Raven's Fort, I bring good tidings: there shall be
no more countdowns at the end of my messages. None. Finito. Nada.</DIV>
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<DIV>The reason for this most munificent boon for all those poor souls who grew
dizzy at the long series of numbers that plagued their reading of my postscripts
is that we have arrived. Yes, like the Black Death arrived in Europe, so hath
our two intrepid adventurers and their herd of neurotic ADHD-diagnosed feline
quadrupeds arrived in this fine Barony. There is still time to either run
screaming or lob Greek Fire in our general direction <IMG
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<DIV>Having thusly arrived it is our first order of business to say "Hi!" and
proceed to gather all of the rogues, cutthroats, brigands, Northmen, Danes,
Saxons, and any others to whom the acts of pillaging and raiding are
proper, respectable jobs and go forth and once again seek to vanquish the mighty
Ice Cream Truck (if anyone has pics of when we did that down in La Marche Savage
10 years ago, lemme know.) Either that, or sit around and make chainmail
doilies. </DIV>
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<DIV>In all seriousness, we got here more or less in one piece and after
extracting five traumatized cats from the roof of the Explorer, and the back of
my head, we settled in. We're hoping to make it to an event or meeting sometime
soon, and get to meet everyone in person <IMG title="Smiley emoticon"
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<DIV>Slán!</DIV>
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<DIV>Breandán and Erin</DIV>
<DIV>________________________________________________________________________________<BR>"You
only won because you had more Irish on your side than we did!" - Unknown
Confederate soldier to a Union soldier after the surrender at Appomattox,
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