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- Dribbling idiot airhead
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Sunlamps offer the same vitamin D benefit as actual sunlight.
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Flower wrote:Which is correct organization or Organisation?
The original spelling of the word is 'organisation' which appeared in England. After the U.S. became an independent country, a number of words were ordered to change their spelling in order to make American English different from British English for the sake of nationalism and not of linguistics.
Interesting. Who ordered this, and who was ordered? And who got to choose which words were changed?
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Charlie O. wrote:Flower wrote:Which is correct organization or Organisation?
The original spelling of the word is 'organisation' which appeared in England. After the U.S. became an independent country, a number of words were ordered to change their spelling in order to make American English different from British English for the sake of nationalism and not of linguistics.
Interesting. Who ordered this, and who was ordered? And who got to choose which words were changed?
The Spelling Fairy?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English-l ... ing_reform
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Flower wrote:Charlie O. wrote:Flower wrote:Which is correct organization or Organisation?
The original spelling of the word is 'organisation' which appeared in England. After the U.S. became an independent country, a number of words were ordered to change their spelling in order to make American English different from British English for the sake of nationalism and not of linguistics.
Interesting. Who ordered this, and who was ordered? And who got to choose which words were changed?
The Spelling Fairy?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English-l ... ing_reform
That's pretty interesting, and thanks for that - but I don't see anything on that Wiki page that says anything like the above quote...
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I was talking to a doctor yesterday who said that they worked somewhere once where there were patients so fat that they could not fit into MRI scanners. If they needed an MRI, they had to send them down the road to the zoo.
If your doctor's lectures on your weight are not an incentive to lose it, I am pretty sure that avoiding the gaze of a rhino in the radiology waiting room is.
If your doctor's lectures on your weight are not an incentive to lose it, I am pretty sure that avoiding the gaze of a rhino in the radiology waiting room is.
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Someone in your line of work usually as their own man cave aka the shed we're they can potter around fixing stuff or something don't they?
Flower wrote:I just did a google search.
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The East German Ladies’ Swimming Team, based at the Men’s Bathing Pond at Highgate on Hampstead Heath is comprised entirely of men.
https://outdoorswimmer.com/blogs/living-water
https://outdoorswimmer.com/blogs/living-water
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I learnt that the Virginia high school my older brothers and I graduated from is changing its name - from Robert E. Lee High School to John R. Lewis High School. The school board voted unanimously. My brothers and I are pleasantly surprised.
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From a throwaway line in this Len Deighton book I'm audio-ing I learned the reason the English write and pronounce the English place names so differently was to fool invaders.
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Harrison Ford was Joan Didion’s carpenter!
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Dr Markus wrote:
Someone in your line of work usually as their own man cave aka the shed we're they can potter around fixing stuff or something don't they?
Flower wrote:I just did a google search.
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I had not seen my neighbor, Ian, for months but that wasn't unusual as our paths either crossed frequently or infrequently. I had asked by 93 year old neighbor, who was also friendly with Ian, if she'd seen him and she told me that he had to go in for a throat operation. This was a couple of months ago and I've wondered how Ian was doing but didn't know how to contact him. This morning i was told by my neighbor that Ian had died early in July. I was able to find his obit and leave a note for his family.
Ian was only 58years old and a very kind person. As I was reflecting upon Ian, I was told that Peter Green had died.
So two very sad deaths I've learnt of today. I hope that it doesn't run to three.
Ian was only 58years old and a very kind person. As I was reflecting upon Ian, I was told that Peter Green had died.
So two very sad deaths I've learnt of today. I hope that it doesn't run to three.
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Subtlety is not everyone's virtue....
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A giraffe has the same number of cervical vertebrae as a human.
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Charlie O. wrote:I learnt that the Virginia high school my older brothers and I graduated from is changing its name - from Robert E. Lee High School to John R. Lewis High School. The school board voted unanimously. My brothers and I are pleasantly surprised.
God, how many of those must there be in Virginia!? Good news, all the same.
take5_d_shorterer wrote:If John Bonham simply didn't listen to enough Tommy Johnson or Blind Willie Mctell, that's his doing.
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That my neighbor two doors down wears bright pink polish on his toe nails. He's married with a three year old son and looks like tweedle dee or tweedle dum with skin tight pants, has skinny legs and a large round belly. It was odd to say the least ...
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The Principality of Monaco is smaller than New York City's Central Park.
Nonsense to the aggressiveness, I've seen more aggression on the my little pony message board......I mean I was told.
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Flower wrote: He's married with a three year old son
Is that legal there?
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It just struck me how ironic it is that I take my prostate meds before bed with a glass of water.
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Remants of hurricane can still destroy plenty. Living in the hills north of NYC means any little storm tumbles trees and knocks out power.
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Robert wrote:Flower wrote: He's married with a three year old son
Is that legal there?
Only if you are left handed and your right eye is green and your left eye is blue. Otherwise there is a stiff fine but a light jail sentence.
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That there is a village in Austria called 'Fucking'
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