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To: ArGee; Monkey Face

We could go off on the difference between a desk and a counter-top. But I would guess that you do more counting at your desk than you do in the kitchen.

Or we could ponder the question, “How is a raven like a writing desk?”

The actual answer, which only I have produced, is that they both have inky plumes. Go ask Alice.


2,823 posted on 02/02/2021 8:56:33 AM PST by NicknamedBob (If you can't do something well, you won't do anything good.)
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To: NicknamedBob; ArGee; Tax-chick

I don’t know if I’m ready for the jocularity today. Perhaps it’s because of Ground Hog Day. I prefer to call it Marmot Day. :o])

I use my toaster far too often to put a computer on top of it, but I agree with Bob’s assessment of countertops and desktops.

Walking around in a store as large as Walmart always makes me feel better, so I’ll go next week. The way home won’t be so hard to find with less light from the cars. One thing about this neck of the woods: When it’s dark, it’s VERY dark!


2,824 posted on 02/02/2021 9:45:52 AM PST by Monkey Face (Silence isn't empty. It's full of answers.)
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To: NicknamedBob

That is odd as I don’t desk in the kitchen either.

I have said it before and I’ll say it again. There is no greater division between two people than the division created by the English tongue.

I still remember, back when I was teaching ESL (which was so long ago it was called ESL) someone asking me about a song by, I think it was Genesis, where the lyric was, “In your arms I feel so safe and so secure.” This poor student from Ecuador was trying to understand the difference between being safe and secure. I don’t think I did very well.


2,826 posted on 02/02/2021 11:02:44 AM PST by ArGee (This is a tagline. This is only a tagline. Had it been a post, it would have been told to look up.)
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To: NicknamedBob

Neither one can swim.


2,833 posted on 02/02/2021 12:37:01 PM PST by Tax-chick ("Scarcity is real, and reality is not optional." ~ KDW)
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