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Word for the Day, Wednesday, February 29, 2012 - Roil
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Posted on 02/29/2012 5:33:29 AM PST by tioga


In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of “Word for the Day”.

Roil

Tr. Verb

    1. To make (a liquid) muddy or cloudy by stirring up sediment.
    2. To displease or disturb; vex: My roommate's off-putting habits began to roil me.

In. Verb

    To be in a state of turbulence or agitation.


Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the Word for the Day in a sentence.

The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day.

The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-)

Practice makes perfect.....post on....

Review Threads:

Review Thread One: Word For The Day, Thursday 11/14/02: Raffish (Be SURE to check out posts #92 and #111 on this thread!)

Review Thread Two: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/14/03: Roister

Review Thread Three: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/28/03: Obdurate


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To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA

i saw tweets about the BC thing asking if we had to also pay for the liquor the guys would need to get them in the mood!


61 posted on 02/29/2012 10:10:08 AM PST by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy; WhyisaTexasgirlinPA

...that kind of thinking lead us to the cigarette after...


62 posted on 02/29/2012 10:11:48 AM PST by tioga
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To: tioga; SoothingDave; WhyisaTexasgirlinPA; xsmommy

Nice hat indeed, Dave-a wardrobe accessory here.

For a long time now, every time the wind blows hard from the north or east, you can hear the sound of metal banging on something-it is so loud that it makes dogs bark, and sounds spooky at night, since it is the only noise out here besides the wind.

It was breezy this morning, so I decided to look for that damn noise, and found it-about half a mile away over the next hill is one of those long-abandoned cabins almost hidden in the trees and brush. Behind it, an old metal storage shed has a panel loose that is banging against the frame whenever the wind blows. I’m going to take a hammer and a couple of big nails up there and shut that noise up.

That place, like so many others up here has been untouched for so long that 15 ft. trees have grown up all around it, and even through the rotted part of the deck. The path and driveway to it are completely overgrown, the old cesspit is long fallen in, but the windmill is intact, the flower beds still have iris plants in them, and with the old metal chairs on the porch and a swing in the yard it looks almost like someone might walk out at any minute-it feels like everything is just waiting, somehow-creepy.

These woods are full of forgotten places like that-this is the fourth one I’ve come across within less than 2 miles of the house. If I ever wanted to play hide-and-seek, I’d certainly know where to do it.


63 posted on 02/29/2012 10:19:04 AM PST by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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To: tioga
Julius Caesar started leap day in the Roman calendar. All Hail, Julius Caesar!
64 posted on 02/29/2012 10:22:58 AM PST by xsmommy
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To: Texan5

Whoa T5, that sounds like a good setting for a novel....


65 posted on 02/29/2012 10:29:18 AM PST by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy

Hail Thether!


66 posted on 02/29/2012 10:29:29 AM PST by SoothingDave
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To: SoothingDave

ok, ya fairy ; )


67 posted on 02/29/2012 10:30:43 AM PST by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy

I HOPE Davy Jones was a believer.....RIP.


68 posted on 02/29/2012 10:31:28 AM PST by tioga
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To: Texan5

Yeah, a Steven King novel.


69 posted on 02/29/2012 10:32:01 AM PST by SoothingDave
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To: xsmommy

He should get an extra bone today. Woof woof!


70 posted on 02/29/2012 10:37:49 AM PST by tioga
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To: tioga

Thank you! I make every attempt to stay away from the cougar’s hunting places, especially around dawn and dusk.

I just heard that female Georgetown law student prattling about going broke buying contraceptives-she didn’t exactly help her casuse, I don’t think. Never mind her future as an attorney...


71 posted on 02/29/2012 10:38:33 AM PST by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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To: tioga; xsmommy

can you label the freepers, please?


72 posted on 02/29/2012 10:43:18 AM PST by Explorer89 (And now, let the wild rumpus start!!)
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To: tioga

OMG no, are you saying Davey Jones died today? from the Monkees? the man i loved back in 2d grade???? i slept with his pic under my pillow!


73 posted on 02/29/2012 10:46:57 AM PST by xsmommy
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To: Explorer89

left to right: oneparticularharbour, rika, neo, reagangirl, me and dan from michigan.


74 posted on 02/29/2012 10:49:03 AM PST by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy

yes, a heart attack. today.


75 posted on 02/29/2012 10:49:29 AM PST by tioga
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To: tioga

oh nO!!!! and he was on Boy Meets World much more recently, along with peter tork and mickey dolenz!


76 posted on 02/29/2012 10:51:47 AM PST by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy

77 posted on 02/29/2012 10:56:40 AM PST by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy; Explorer

oh, yeah......I mixed up Dan and Neo


78 posted on 02/29/2012 11:01:12 AM PST by tioga
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To: tioga; NeoCaveman

i look positively swarthy in the pic which is odd bc i am really not remotely dark skinned. i must have been FLUSHED from all the skittles ; )


79 posted on 02/29/2012 11:03:16 AM PST by xsmommy
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To: tioga

I heard about Davey Jones-a shame. I thought some of their songs were okay. Lots of men die of heart attacks in their 40’s and 50’s now-if they get to age 60, they are pretty likely to live long, though-wonder why the early demise of so many?


80 posted on 02/29/2012 11:04:33 AM PST by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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