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3. pave the way to or for, to prepare for and facilitate the entrance of; lead up to: His analysis of the college market paved the way for their entry into textbook publishing.
I could care less
So there is room for caring less, implying that you do care to some degree. 😉
NEWARK, Del. – A Delaware first-grader, 6 years old, who wanted to eat lunch at school with his favorite camping utensil, a combination of folding fork, knife and spoon, now faces 45 days in the district’s alternative school for troublemakers.
The folding knife is banned as a dangerous instrument under the Christina School District’s zero-tolerance policy in the student code of conduct, and officials said they have to act regardless of his age or what he planned to do with the instrument.
Zachary is being homeschooled for now.
Zachary was ordered to spend 45 days at the Douglass School, an alternative school for children who violate the district’s code of conduct. Students there participate in behavior modification programs and receive counseling.
Schooley, a former Christina school board member: “If it were my child, I would do everything not to send my child there.”
joseph
Can you perhaps post a FEW relevant quotes from those articles, that capture the essence?
I don’t know about anyone else but I don’t have the time to read your post.
Not anymore. They only have advice or “wise” sayings. They don’t want to get sued.
Im makpid on straight burbon.
Anyone else?
yes i dont drink it either
Moderators are allowed to make up rules.
EXCELLENT plonis
I use facetious and sarcastic in a similar way.
To say something you hold clearly isn’t true, maybe even the opposite, often exaggerated, in a manner that you intend it to be clear that you mean the opposite or something different.
Like if you see someone having trouble lifting a light load and you say: “You must be Mr. Universe.” That to me would be sarcastic.
Facetious to me would be something similar but without implied negative tones perhaps.
Two words I guess I use loosely perhaps incorrectly, but most people would probably understand my meaning quite well
I looked it up also wolf but the definition didn’t seem quite right to me. How would you define it, in other words how do you personally use the word
I dont really know exactly. To my mind it is kind of like sarcastic but with milder overtones.
I know. I was thinking you might very well be right. I wasn’t being facetious
wolf
I recently saw someone (an adult with a beard and black hat) texting (b’li safek), and not answering, during Kaddish. Could be an emergency I suppose.
The origin of the term “duct tape” is the subject of some disagreement.
One view[17] is that it was called “duck tape” by WWII soldiers either because it resembled strips of cotton duck or because the waterproof quality of the tape contributed to the name, by analogy to the water-shedding quality of a duck’s plumage. Under this view, soldiers returning home from the war found uses for duck tape around the house, where tents were forgotten and ductwork needed sealing, not ammunition cases. Other proponents of this view point to older references to non-adhesive cotton duck tape used in Venetian blinds, suggesting that the name was carried over to the adhesive product. The Oxford English Dictionary says that perhaps “duct tape” was originally “duck tape”. This view is summarized most notably in a New York Times article by etymologist William Safire in March 2003. Safire cites use of the term “cotton duck tape” in a 1945 advertisement for surplus government property.[18] The Oxford English Dictionary gives a 1902 quotation for “100,000 yards of cotton duck tape” being used to protect the cables of the Brooklyn Bridge.[19] Thus a fabric duck tape was available to which an adhesive could have been added.
The other view is that “duct tape” is the original term, since there are many documented uses of that term which pre-date all documented uses of the term “duck tape” for the adhesive-backed product, and that there is no written evidence supporting the WWII story.[20] Some proponents of this view accept the idea that there was an earlier non-adhesive “duck tape”, but claim that people have just confused the similar pronunciation of two similar but unrelated products through the process of elision, and that the rest of the “duck” etymology is folklore or fabrication. This view was summarized most notably in a Boston Globe article by etymologist Jan Freeman, also in March 2003.[21]
In any case, whether it is an error or a preservation of the original usage, the term “duck tape” is sometimes used for the product today.[22] Duck Tape is also a brand name for this product in some countries.
–wikipedia–
And let’s give a big Welcome to HIE!
I’m sorry mepal, et, al.
I really have to leave right now.
I’m back. Post away!
Since you like warnings, I have to leave right now for about 15 minutes
I’m leaving in about half an hour. If 26 isn’t back by then, Good Luck
26 hasn’t been around much lately. Now you know what it’s like when 26 isn’t here.
plonis
like this:
<X>yourtexthere</X>
substitute the small letter “a” for the X
Very funny!
This thread has been interesting but has begun to mature past it’s prime. I think everyone has had a chance to post his view, (many times over)
CLOSED
You mean the Moderator 80 imposter. We’re still comparing DNA samples. By the way why haven’t you submitted yours yet?
You should know that 26 was instrumental in tracking down the mky impostor, and it was 26 who was responsible for putting a stop to it.
Good question. However if you google it you will see about 20, 000 other people who also use that word, so maybe we will see it the the next edition of Miriam Webstar.
To put squeak’s post in context: I had asked him what kind of jest, then I edited out that question because I didn’t understand what I meant. Meanwhile he seems to have understood the question and answerwed it.
I copied and pasted, so although I am clearly jesting in general, I don’t know enough about Dorset that I would be able to jest about it in particular.
Squeak have you inferred or are you implying that I am a female?
Steak sauce, either A1 or Heinz 57. Also Worcestershire sauce, but make sure there is no fish in it.
whats a backtick
Lyme disease is a disease carried by hard back ticks which usually live on deer. Although it is not common in Dorset one or two cases are reported each year. It is not serious if caught early and can quickly and successfully be treated with antibiotics.
Don’t back ticks carry Lyme Disease?
Good Question. I had the same problem.
I don’t recall exactly when and where (or was it “where oh where”) I learned that squeak, but I found this just now:
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from this website
http://www.shemayisrael.com/parsha/ostroff/archives/shabbos5_23.htm
You can squeeze your hair directly into a towel (solid to solid) just like you can squeeze a lemon directly onto fish. You can’t squeeze your hair so the water goes onto the floor (but even this is only d’Rabbonon because you don’t want the water and it is not being collected)
Shabbos is coming
ATTENTION
I just got back from a long coffee-break. It seems an intruder took over my control period for a half-hour or so. There was very little evidence left, but the security team is going over the area as I write. We will find the intruder. Right now however, all that the techs have found is a small amount of some green debris. Possibly some kind of cabbage.