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Old 03-30-2008, 03:55 PM
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I got some LR off of someone locally, and they said that it was a button polpy or something like that? They are kind of green, light blue. I am not too sure what they are. At night they sometimes fold up.
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Old 03-30-2008, 04:21 PM
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Looks like a ricordia to me.
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Looks like a ricordia to me.
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+2 it is thats a bonus...
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