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Re: Mike's Corner
By: Mike Waters Date: September 8, 2023, 8:04 pm
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'Nitty gritty' emerged as a corruption of 'nigritique'. The
French colonists called the African slaves and creoles 'la
population nigritique'. So to get down to the 'nitty gritty' as
the English speakers pronounced it was to mix with the people
downtown.
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Re: Mike's Corner
By: Mike Waters Date: September 8, 2023, 8:08 pm
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The phrase 'daft as a brush' originated as 'as soft as a brush'
and the brush is the tail of a fox. This is plausible in that
'soft' is a northern English term for stupid, and foxes tails
are in fact quite soft to the touch.
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Re: Mike's Corner
By: Mike Waters Date: September 8, 2023, 8:14 pm
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Military legend claims that in the absence of boards, bodies
were used. To completely besmirch the name of artillery gunners,
it is alleged they were not of the highest intellectual
standing, so they were as thick as the two short planks they
replaced.
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Re: Mike's Corner
By: Mike Waters Date: September 8, 2023, 8:20 pm
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Deilephila elpenor, the elephant hawk moth or large elephant
hawk moth, is a moth in the family Sphingidae. Its common name
is derived from the caterpillar's resemblance to an elephant's
trunk. It is most common in central Europe and is distributed
throughout the Palearctic region.
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Re: Mike's Corner
By: Mike Waters Date: September 8, 2023, 8:25 pm
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My fingers won't type but they are just about 'up to the job' of
copying and pasting.
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Re: Mike's Corner
By: Mike Waters Date: September 8, 2023, 8:30 pm
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[quote author=Mike Waters link=topic=28.msg647#msg647
date=1694222735]
My fingers won't type but they are just about 'up to the job' of
copying and pasting.
[/quote]
What does it mean to be up to the job?
It means that someone is capable of doing a task or facing a
challenge. For example: "She's up to the job. In fact, she'll
probably deliver the report early." Here the woman is definitely
able to do the job. She's 'up to' the job.
The earliest example is probably Job who proved himself to be
'up to the job'
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Re: Mike's Corner
By: Mike Waters Date: September 8, 2023, 11:26 pm
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[quote author=Dave link=topic=6.msg641#msg641 date=1694191935]
A little bit of the diverse might go a long way ::) ::) ::)
maybe time for a stir up the diverse???
[/quote]
Dave
Be very careful about what you "wish for"
I could fill your boots with "diverse" stuff if that's what you
really fancy.
A new topic specially for it??
Starting with "other sheep"...... which are not of this fold:
them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there
shall be one fold, and one shepherd."
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Re: Mike's Corner
By: Mike Waters Date: September 8, 2023, 11:35 pm
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[quote author=Mike Waters link=topic=28.msg652#msg652
date=1694233607]
Dave
Be very careful about what you "wish for"
I could fill your boots with "diverse" stuff if that's what you
really fancy.
[/quote]
Origin of "Fill your boots"
'English coal miners wore hobnailed boots which were slippery on
cobblestone streets, so they carried them home after work so
they wouldn't slip. This allowed them to "fill their boots" with
coal which would be just enough coal for a family for one day.'
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Re: Mike's Corner
By: Rita Date: September 8, 2023, 11:57 pm
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Nice to see you posting Mike , even if it’s copy and pasting
xxxxx
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Re: Mike's Corner
By: Mike Waters Date: September 9, 2023, 12:14 am
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By mid afternoon I am so absolutely knackered (as a result of
being unable to do very much) that I'm in bed by 6-7pm (stuffed
with pain killers).
By 2am I've had 7-8 hours of constantly interrupted sleep, and
wake up dead tired but in so much pain that I have to get up and
walk around the house until circulation returns to my numb
hands.
Then it's back to bed, not daring to lay flat because that
brings back the painfully numb hands, and having to sit up and
find something to occupy my mind.
So I've turned to 'copy and paste' nonsense.
And now Dave had dared me to consider 'filling your boots' by
presenting some of my more diverse thoughts.
But typing this (whilst constantly having to correct typos due
to my lack of hand control) puts paid to any thoughts of typing
diverse thoughts ..... so rest assured that I won't burden you
all with stuff that requires much 'typing'.
PHEW ..... Now I'm knackered again.
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