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Barnstar edit

  The Running Man Barnstar
Awarded for making many contributions in the area of sports. Keep up the great work. Kinston eagle 04:00, 8 December 2006 (UTC)Reply

I put up the new Kinston Indians roster. Let me know if you'll be updating this again this year, or if you need me to do it. Thanks.Kinston eagle 01:39, 6 April 2007 (UTC)Reply

Yes, I noticed - Good work. And yes, I plan to be on top of the rosters all season long. I always try to update as soon as a transaction is posted somewhere on the internet. Nick81aku 02:33, 6 April 2007 (UTC)Reply

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Thanks for the catch on the Active MLB players who have played entire career for only one team article. Somehow, despite the article title, I read that section heading as longest tenured players in general. Appreciate you setting it straight. Woodshed 04:09, 3 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

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Corrigan Water Tower edit

Hi there. I had recently passed through corrigan (from my trip to Wisconsin) and I gotten anal about taking photos of water towers of small towns when possible. I was hoping if you would not be offended if I replaced your photo with a cleaner image. If not, no big deal. Cheers!--Hourick (talk) 06:20, 28 June 2010 (UTC)Reply

Apparently, we both took the same route at some point, and it looks like you took care of most of them! But I got the Timpson, Texas city hall/police station. I'll add them later. :) So there! --Hourick (talk) 06:29, 28 June 2010 (UTC)Reply
Sorry about the delay to respond. You sound like me - once you start taking pics of water towers and adding them to Wikipedia, it's hard to stop! Nick81aku (talk) 23:53, 28 July 2010 (UTC)Reply

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