Word for the Day: Surreptitious

[Louis Foxwell]

Word For The Day, Thursday, April 30, 2015-- surreptitious

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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". sur·rep·ti·tious \ˌsər-əp-ˈti-shəs, ˌsə-rəp-, sə-ˌrep-\

surreptitious

hear it pronounced

Definition:

1: done, made, or acquired by stealth : clandestine 2: acting or doing something clandestinely : stealthy — sur·rep·ti·tious·ly adverb

Part of Speech: adjective

Origin:

Middle English, from Latin surrepticius, from surreptus, past participle of surripere to snatch secretly, from sub- + rapere to seize

Related forms:

Synonyms backstairs, behind-the-scenes, clandestine, covert, furtive, hole-and-corner, hugger-mugger, hush-hush, private, privy, sneak, sneaking, sneaky, stealth, stealthy, secret, undercover, underground, underhand, underhanded

[xsmommy]

excellent, truthy!

[xsmommy]

so why are the supposedly conservative republicans on board with it? unless you are of the UNIPARTY we are ruled by bildebergers bent [looking at you, neo ;)]

[Louis Foxwell]

You would think.

Honorable Mention Award:

Wheels within wheels...

[Louis Foxwell]

Supposedly is key. There is nothing conservative about Boehner and his lieutenants. They are lackeys of a machine bent on the destruction of our nation.

[xsmommy]

so we have mice and I am so revolted I can't even tell you. xsbaby found a dead one about a month ago, my regular pest control guy put down poison. Well we found droppings last weekend and my normal pest control guy was kind of lackadaisical in dealing with it. Missed his original appointment and then indicated he would be back one day this week, did not exhibit the sense of URGENCY that we were feeling, so we called another guy, a solo act. He came first thing SUNDAY am at 7 am, put down traps instead of poison, crawled under the deck and found they were likely getting in via the dryer vents, so he put mesh over those. He was back this AM for follow up and found another dead one in a trap he'd set in the basement ceiling. I am so nauseous just hearing about it, but feel like we are making progress in eradicating them. it has honestly been very upsetting. I literally basically bawled to the guy on Sunday AM, he is extremely nice, very professional and thorough. He does tend to like to show me pix of what he's finding, doing etc. so as to show what we are paying for [$450 for six months and will be worth every cent] and I had to tell him that while I appreciate his thoroughness and diligence that it is very upsetting to me and I would rather not SEE any of it.

[xsmommy]

also excellent, ti!

[SoothingDave]

Wall Street only cares about the bottom line.

Money talks. Politicians need it.

[tioga]

Today is D day, Diagnosis Day. Waiting for the phone call.

[xsmommy]

prayers

[tioga]

OMG, mice frighten me to no end. I can’t deal with it....when they rebuilt a bridge near our first home we were invaded. I screamed like a banshee and fled the house. We got it taken care of, but golly things were crazy. My tikes were little and left the back door open and it walked right in. I saw it happen. Middle of the day. We moved from that place, not soon enough for me though.

[xsmommy]

I am trying to stay sane, but it's taking some effort. I am telling myself we are hardly unique, almost every person I have spoken to has had an instance of mice at one point or another, and that the problem can and will be solved. this guy inspires confidence. he is a small businessman trying to make a go of it, up against big companies. He answered his phone on a Sat late afternoon, and showed up at 7 am on a Sunday when the big companies were closed on weekends, not even there to take the call and would not be open again until Monday AM.

[xsmommy]

this anesthesiologist thought she was being surreptitious when trashing the anesthetized patient, but....

[xsmommy]

Wonderful Fathers Day sermon by our fave, Fr. DeCelles.

[afraidfortherepublic]

Obama isn’t surreptitious. He’s right in our faces, defying the Constitution.

[tioga]

Such contempt for her patient, she deserves to have her practice ruined for it. I can’t imagine being that disgusting. Putting hemorrhoids in his official medical records when it was a lie was criminal. Yes, it’s inconsequential, but she put it in and did it and said she was intentionally doing it. Disgusting.

[tioga]

Wow. Fr. DeCelles rocked that boat.

[afraidfortherepublic]

Mice are a regular occurance here. They come in every winter and we trap them. Poison doesn’t always work. In the first place, poison is dangerous for you other pets. Many of the poisons allow the mice to go backto their nests and die — right in your walls and crawl spaces. You don’t want that.

My husband sets lots of traps and checks them regularly. When I kept peacocks, pheasants, and ducks in my barn (and their food) he had 10 traps “ganged” on a 1 X 4 and all bairted with peanut butter. He caught lots of mice that never made it to the house.

But, a mouse can enter through the tiniest crack. They flatten themselves out and slide right in. When they can’t squish down small enough, they just chew the opening larger.

I thought I was so smart when I started putting dog food into a large Rubbermaid bin with a tightly closed top and containing it in a large draw in my laundry room that was meant to be a clothes hamper. Durned mouse chewed right through the lid and started moving food into a little-used drawer in the kitchen where I kept “company” dish towels. You know — those that are too good to use!

One of the most frequent places they enter is around your kitchen, bathroom, and laundry room pipes. You need to surround those with steel wool where they come though the wall and then further fill them with crack filler and plaster so that there is no opening left. If they start chewing through, they’ll hit the steel wool. Hopefully that will discourage them.

Take it from someone who lives in the “country”.

[afraidfortherepublic]

BTW. When I say traps, I mean the old fashioned wire and wood traps that make a big snap and kill them dead! Those sticky traps are worthless. I’ve had mice walk right away with the trap stuck to their backs, scraping the trap off as they escape through the hole they came in.

The traps wear out from time to time and you have to replace them.

The mice aren’t always after what we consider food. They love to eat soap which is why you will find them under your sink. They consider soapy Brillo pads to be like ice cream. They eat all the soap off of the pads and leave the steel wool.

[NeoCaveman]

Wow. Fr. DeCelles rocked that boat.

Indeed.

[xsmommy]

ok, you are grossing me out. the guy is using regular wire and wood traps baited with peanut butter, and he is coming to check and dispose of them.