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WARNING:This page is the personal sandbox of Bottesini.
I am happy to let you use this page for anything you want, as long as you do not modify anything that is already here.
I do purge this page periodically, so do not put anything you would like to see be available permanently.
Please edit below this note.

ßott e siηi ^(talk) 20:31, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

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One Eyed Jim ← This is how I want it. This is what i typed → -- One Eyed Jim 20:39, 25 October 2006 (UTC) Odd. I dont see any difference between the two names.

↓This is a test↓

 --One Eyed Jim 20:46, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

↑ Test is a success ↑

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