{"id":7054,"date":"2004-11-05T09:20:49","date_gmt":"2004-11-05T16:20:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2004\/11\/05\/flame-wars.html"},"modified":"2004-11-05T09:20:49","modified_gmt":"2004-11-05T16:20:49","slug":"flame_wars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2004\/11\/05\/flame_wars.html","title":{"rendered":"Flame Wars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/beancounters.blogs.com\/parodies\/2004\/11\/flame_wars_epis.html\" target=\"_blank\">Heh<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"block\">IAmLuke1: NO. Go To TashiStation.com and get some power converters download.<br \/>\nOwen1: DO that later. Check out new droids.<br \/>\nIAmLuke1: &lt;&#8211; Will never get away from this 56K modem \ud83d\ude41<br \/>\n&lt; IAmLuke1 HAS LOGGED OFF TATTOOINE CHATROOM &gt;<br \/>\n&lt; IAmLuke1 HAS LOGGED ONTO GARAGE CHATROOM &gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Heh. IAmLuke1: NO. 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