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    The baby sitter showed up for the evening watching the couples grandfather. They went over all the details with the sitter, said goodbye to their grandfather and went out to …
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    Replied To a Post in What is your favorite English word?

    borborygmi - it just roils off the tongue
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    Sort of interesting tidbit about Scientology is that they have branch called SeaOrg; in order to join SeaOrg, you sign a pretty long contract; one of the items on the …
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    I just got the stainless steel top for my workbench - my hot glass workbench is now ready to go. While I was in the shop where they manufactured the …
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    What word is pronounced the same after you remove 4 letters?
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    Yay - I get to open the OED again -- Goddess-ship hyphenated, goddesshood is not. Sigh - I really want the full sized OED, even with one of those handsfree …
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    @GFD: *Not really , i would like to die with people arround whom i born and live life.* That reminds me of the old joke "I want to die peacefully, …
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    The interesting thing about spoken English and American dialects is that the you can track the changes in how Brittish English was spoken from New England to Georgia. New England …
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    And the methods used to learn change over time; AE Van Voght covered this in his Weapons Master books. At some point you just can't keep up - you won't …
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    @firstperson: back from Montana and Wyoming - [here](http://www.flickr.com/photos/8613347@N05/sets/) is a link for my flickr sets. I just uploaded the pics for my last workbench; my new bench in my new …
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    Replied To a Post in Happy 2014 :)

    > 2014: The usual evening, an inconvenient day off, and now I have to remember to write 2014 instead of 2013. What he said! I bought some cheap Italian sparkling …
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    Replied To a Post in Sad, sad news - Nelson Mandela passed away today

    > banning people who're critical of him from the white house press room takes care of that. > You know that is just plain BS
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    My Jewish leathersmith friend put up a sign in his shop each year saying "Keep the X in Xmas" but then he is still awaiting the savior (or he would …
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    Replied To a Post in How is the weather today in your country?

    Seattle was warm and rainy, Bozeman is cold and snowing. Just in case you did not notice US, China, and Australia are large enough countries that the question is moot …
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    I am packing for my trip to Montana (leaving tomorrow), worrying about my cat (fungal ear infection), worrying about myself (ADD, depression, unemployed), and cleaning my apt. (well, I plan …
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    Replied To a Post in Sad, sad news - Nelson Mandela passed away today

    AgileMind = jwenting often makes statements that refer his particular sources so may not be seen in mainstream media. I, personally, think he might hang out on places similar to …
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    Yeah, but 'love doctor' with no context just sounds like [Doctor Love](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ni7w8GraE9g) - warning this link will take you so far back in time you will squee
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    Replied To a Post in Would you like to live for 1000 years?

    Stages: * up to 21 - I am immortal * 22 to 31 - I might die * 32 to 41 - I will die someday * 42 to 51 …
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    So I have been looking for the examples of Mandela's terrorism and ran into [this guy](http://henrymakow.com/when_do_terrorists_get_nobel_p.html) - I am still looking but I ran across this quote `Calling Mandela a …
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    Gave Reputation to Warrens80 in Sad, sad news - Nelson Mandela passed away today

    Mandela was nothing but a radical that did things that deserve to be put in jail. Lets see, he planned sabotage and even admitted to that and admitted to plan …
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    `We all are mandelasWe all are mandelas` Fortuneatly, very few of us are jwenting
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    Stultusk: You have 4900 posts; I assume you have read some of jwenting's posts before. Jwnting is a right wing trolll; he can be counted on to appear whenever something …
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    Reverend Jim - I got fired once for using the phrase "bilabial fricative" - all the asshole heard was 'labia' and fired me for using a female body part in …
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    > Is that along the lines of: it gives you that warming you get after wetting youself that ultimately turns into a wet smelly mess? > Maybe not quite where …
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    > There is a quote by a French author that states that the average person does not know what to do with their life yet wants another one which will …
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    > Aww u the Mandela post Ha if you only knew half the story but if you wish me to stay my tongue i will I am the person who …
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    Hah, I just remembered the fish species that never dies of old age - the sturgeon. They are bottom feeders that have no known age limit or size limit. A …
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    It is bright and sunny here in Seattle but it is about 32 F - which is what we consider cold (it does get colder than that but seldom for …
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    Replied To a Post in Sad, sad news - Nelson Mandela passed away today

    If I could live as long as Mandela and affect 1/10,000th of world as he, I would consider myself successful.
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    Gave Reputation to Warrens80 in Sad, sad news - Nelson Mandela passed away today

    Calm down. I know the whole sMandela story i have studied it have done multiple reports on him. I did find what he did fascinating at first but then i …
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    Gave Reputation to stultuske in Sad, sad news - Nelson Mandela passed away today

    Diafol: whether you agree with it or not, JWenting has as much right to an opinion as you or I. I assume he's referring to a lot of people who …
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    Mike2k - thank you, I think I will remove most referenced to A/S from my vocabulary since it apparently has no real meaning. I think I assumed A/S was prior …
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    `As a native French speaker, I find it very hard to believe that "debt" comes from an Anglo-Saxon root.` (I am going to have to start a crowdfunder to get …
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    Created Sad, sad news - Nelson Mandela passed away today

    Today is a sad day for South Africa, Africa, and the world; with the passing of Mandela there is an emptiness in the world that will be hard to fill.
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    Diafol - when I was first responding, I missed pun and started with the smiley thingy then realized where it was going, deleted my rant but did not delete back …
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    Ah, but there are fewer numbers in 1 to ∞ than there are between 0 and 1.
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    nitin1:The book "30 days to a better vocabulary" is about 50+ years old but it is exceptional. diafol: I didn't see a smiley but I have to ask "are those …
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    In both Trollope and Dickens, the characters who use the word 'ain't' are upper-class and/or professional; as recently as 1907 it was used by both ends of society and was …
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    Language changes; usage changes; words are added to the lixicon but are seldom removed, they just get down-graded. Often the changes can be seen in thier opposites like the words …

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