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Did you do an Opus at DU? Post a link to your last post there.
To be quite honest, I don't want to do a "curtain call" or a closing bell. It's just kind of one of those things where I'd go [I] Been there, done that.[/i] and be away from it forever. FR's already replaced it in my bookmarks.
Cleared my history, cache, cookies so that I'd forget my password [already did at DU..oops. :D] and replaced DU's space in my bookmarks with FR's.