Happy Birthday to you, Truthie. I didn't make a cake, though. Me bad. I always have my supply of balloons, though.
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Posted on 05/11/2005 5:59:06 AM PDT by VRWCmember
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".
glower \GLOW-er ("OW" as in "cow")\ verb
to look or stare with sullen annoyance or anger
Example sentence:
Mariah crossed her arms and glowered at Jeff, making it perfectly clear that she'd had enough of his teasing.
Did you know?
Do words of uncertain origin make you scowl? If so, "glower" may put a frown on your face, because only part of its history can be validated. The well-established part of its story leads us to Scotland, where "glower" (or "glowren," to use the older Scottish form of the word) has been used since the late Middle Ages. Originally, the word meant simply "to look intently" or "to stare in amazement," but by the late 1700s, glowering stares were being associated with anger instead of astonishment. Beyond that, however, the history of the word is murky. The most we can say is that "glower" is a distant relative of Middle Low German "gluren," which means "to be overcast," and of Middle Dutch "gloeren," meaning "to leer."
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.
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Practice makes perfect.....post on....
SMALL PLANE 'OFF COURSE' CAUSES RAW ALARM IN WASHINGTON... WHITE HOUSE, CAPITOL WERE EVACUATED... A guard in the West Wing of the White House shouted at reporters, "Go down into the basement." "Leave, run," security officers shouted to staff and reporters at the Capitol. "This is not a drill," guards shouted as they moved people away from the building.... location.
looks like an un-ID'ed small plane wandered too close - all ought be okay agin...
it will take a little while for my BP to return to normal...
I'm not surprised. Hang in there!
that is pretty damn funny!
:^)
Cyber called me this morning to turn on FNN to find out what was happening. It was all over by the time he called me.
if this guy is in a cessna and was flying over the capital area, would he need instruments to know what he was flying over, or are they at a low enough altitude that he should have been able to see where he was by looking down? i don't know squat about planes, but how does this kind of stunt happen?
Happy Birthday to you, Truthie. I didn't make a cake, though. Me bad. I always have my supply of balloons, though.
I'm not sure, not being a flyer. I'd suspect he'd be low enough to see where the heck he was, unless there's cloud cover, but I just don't know how this happens accidentally.
There was a map on FNN, but I wasn't watching it. Apparently, after 9/11 a no-fly zone was put into effect. It's kind of a squirrly map (said the reporterette) because those F18s have to be able to get up to shoot the intruder(s) down.
Thanks, Slip. Check out my daughter's tagline in post #44. then check mine in #46.
A DC Sectional (air map) would have it clearly marked. Only an idiot would miss it. FAA regs require that you have a currebt sectional of the area you're flying in.
i think there is like a 33 mi. perimeter ringing the city where they cannot fly. it should be visible to the naked eye from the altitude that plane should have been at, it seems to me.
Hi sweetie!
Congratulations to you both.
Those are mashed potatoes. Whipped cream wouldn't hold up during the shooting. Gravy, anyone?
hehe! Delicious! :)
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