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10-07-2009, 02:22 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
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philology
Or you can call me Phil. Not too serious of a hobby, but I enjoy the subject and get a mild kick out of this phine phellow:
The Word Detective
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10-07-2009, 04:29 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Nice catch. It is now added to my Feeds. Thank you.
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10-08-2009, 10:24 AM
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I subscribe to both "A Word A Day" and Merriam-Webster's daily. Then I drop my enhanced vocabulary into conversations with our kid-- which compels her to look it up just to see if she's being complimented, teased, or insulted.
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10-08-2009, 10:41 AM
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That's a good site, I had the free two-week subscription by e-book, considered coughing up the $1.50/month to continue it, but LBYM and limited reading time set in. Nice looking web site, can't go wrong with Alice, I'll put it on bookmark.
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10-08-2009, 04:38 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Neat link.
Glad to see the Internet is still used for fun and learning. There is hope. 
The Word Detective site pointed to another site called How Come?
where I found this fascinating little gem. 
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10-08-2009, 05:05 PM
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How come they present the problem of breaking the spaghetti to fit the pan but show the spaghetti hanging out of the pan, just as I cook it? Oh, yeah, they used the Mission Impossible line.
And how come, of all my cats, only the red tabby liked to eat dry spaghetti?
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10-08-2009, 06:15 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Originally Posted by freebird5825
The Word Detective site pointed to another site called How Come?
where I found this fascinating little gem. |
Wow! That's all most as much fun as watching Golf on television.
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"It's tough to make predictions, especially when it involves the future." ~Attributed to many
"In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But, in practice, there is." ~(perhaps by) Yogi Berra
"Those who have knowledge, don't predict. Those who predict, don't have knowledge."~ Lau tzu
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10-09-2009, 04:31 PM
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Recycles dryer sheets
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If there were black helecopters hovering overhead, and you didn't have your tinfoil hat on, how would the spaghetti behave  
Seriously, very cool photography.
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