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Adoption

Your userpage says that you're open for adoption; i'm currently available as an adoptee. Interested? Ironholds 11:04, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

Ahh, the Commentarii de Bello Gallico! Great book :). I sometimes (sadly) use it for threats (I'll do to you what caesar did to gaul) due to the "All Gaul is divided into three parts" section :). The adoption offer still stands, yes, and userpage creation/manipulation is one of the things i'm more involved in, so give me a list of what you'd like and i'd be happy to set something up. In regards to the National Geographic program; if you go to Wikipedia:Citation templates it has a list of all the different templates, one of which is for television programs. The adoption system works thus; Any queries, questions, considerations or assistance you need, ask me for and i'll help out in any way I can. At the same time, i'll go over your contributions and see if there's anything I think you should change/include which you haven't yet included. Speak soon!Ironholds 11:29, 22 June 2008 (UTC)

Hey, no reply. Are you ok? Ironholds 22:35, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

No problem, I was worried you'd vanished! you're the second Adoptee I "lost"; according to Roy Meadow's theories I should be tried for murder. What're you working on, then? Ironholds 19:13, 6 August 2008 (UTC)