Mostly it is the normal stuff that anyone would take with them on a trip - toothpaste, socks, snacks, water.

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"They asked me what it was like to be in the big leagues, the normal stuff, " Yankees left-hander Andy Pettitte said.

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" But she was repeatedly told it was "normal baby stuff.

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In normal times, this stuff would be welcome.

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But, he has a theory that it is "politicos" that end up arguing while, for want of a better description, "normal people" read and take stuff in but do not tend to post.

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What -- to normal people at least -- might appear to be the stuff of nightmares, is actually a fully functioning animatronic hillbilly band for sale on eBay.

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Certainly not normal computers, with parts and hard drives and Hertzes and Megabits and all that stuff.

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The third was a sense that normal motives did not apply: much of the testimony in the trial was grubby stuff about endless efforts to use contact books to figure out how to raise capital or elicit tips on what was making money.

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