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Word for the Day, Monday, March 17, 2014-- blarney
3/17/2014 | xs

Posted on 03/17/2014 5:55:41 AM PDT by xsmommy

Word For The Day, Monday, March 14, 2014 – blarney


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".

blarney; noun noun 1. flattering or wheedling talk; cajolery. 2. deceptive or misleading talk; nonsense; hooey: a lot of blarney about why he was broke. verb (used with object), verb (used without object), blar·neyed, blar·ney·ing. 3. to flatter or wheedle; use blarney: He blarneys his boss with the most shameless compliments. Origin: 1760–70; after the hamlet Blarney, in Ireland; see Blarney stone 1796 (which is said to make a persuasive flatterer of any who kiss it), in a castle near Cork, Ireland; reached wide currency through Lady Blarny, the smooth-talking flatterer in Goldsmith's "Vicar of Wakefield" (1766).



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To: xsmommy

Thank you, and thank you! While driving from our estimate, and deep in the middle of nowhere-turn off the paved road- I suddenly saw an old barn on a corner that I’d seen twice in a dream last week, and the whole dream flashed into my mind-I said turn here, and my compadre turned the truck and said so, now tell me-what did you dream, so I told him-we have worked together for nearly 15 years, so he is used to my dreams about stuff that hasn’t happened yet-we’ve even gotten work from those dreams a time or two...

We followed the whole route of the dream and came to a derelict metal barn perfect for a business, on acreage and it was for sale-the only thing different was that he and I were riding horses when we saw it in the dream-not in his truck, and I said I didn’t think it mattered-horses are a good symbol. I took down the info, and our spirits were lifted, brainstorming the rest of the trip about our plans to go galt, now that we are on the right track-our own little co-op/commune far into BFE sounds good-but oh, what to call it?


81 posted on 03/17/2014 1:18:30 PM PDT by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA

Thank you-God is good-it will come around.

I don’t marinate steaks, but I do marinate pork and venison roasts in a concoction that contains wine, cedar/juniper berries and a bunch of other spices-and olive oil-I’ve never marinated meat in beer...


82 posted on 03/17/2014 1:24:00 PM PDT by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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To: Texan5

I’m partial to “Vista de Nada.”


83 posted on 03/17/2014 1:24:22 PM PDT by SoothingDave
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To: hobbes1

Would not eat duck on a dare. I’ve used it to cook steamed slice shrimp though and that’s good.


84 posted on 03/17/2014 1:33:22 PM PDT by xsmommy
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To: SoothingDave

Too depressing-if there isn’t a view of something in the literal sense, what is the point of the place?

My compadre is stuck on something from Ayn Rand’s book, but I’m pretty sure that every other co-op has a name like that.

This is the area with names like Starvation Hill, Ghost Lane, Phillipa’s Lane, Gun Sight road, Bump Gate ranch, Ambush Creek ranch, etc-descriptive, if lacking in imagination...


85 posted on 03/17/2014 2:27:29 PM PDT by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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To: Texan5

Country Dreamworks? Custom Dreamworks?


86 posted on 03/17/2014 3:07:18 PM PDT by secret garden (Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
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To: secret garden

I like that-and it would fit just about any business run from a home, too-anything even vaguely creative...


87 posted on 03/17/2014 4:09:38 PM PDT by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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To: xsmommy

You used duck to cook shrimp?


88 posted on 03/17/2014 4:24:22 PM PDT by SoothingDave
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To: afraidfortherepublic

I have made bread using beer - it was denser than other breads (at least mine was!)


89 posted on 03/17/2014 5:52:44 PM PDT by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA
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To: SoothingDave

u r an @$$ : )


90 posted on 03/18/2014 5:01:48 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA

Yes. It is best in chunks, served with stew, or chile.


91 posted on 03/18/2014 6:24:43 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
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