Word For The Day, Tuesday, August 12, 2003

The Verbivores | 8/12/03 | Teacher

[RikaStrom]

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”. Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the “word of the day”; in a sentence. The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. Practice makes perfect.....post on....

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attenuate \at*ten*u*ate\, verb; adjective
attenuating, attenuates, attenuated; intransitive verb
attenuation; noun

1. To make slender, fine, or small: The drought attenuated the river to a narrow channel.
2. To reduce in force, value, amount, or degree; weaken: Medicine attentuated the fever's effect.
3. To lessen the density of; rarefy.
4. Biology: To make (bacteria or viruses) less virulent.
5. Electronics.: To reduce (the amplitude of an electrical signal) with little or no distortion.
6. To become thin, weak, or fine.
7. Reduced or weakened, as in strength, value, or virulence.
8. Botany: Gradually tapering to a slender point.

We may reject and reject till we attenuate history into sapless meagerness. --Sir F. Palgrave

Etymology: [Latin attenu re, attenu t- : ad-, ad- + tenu re, to make thin (from tenuis, thin. See ten- in Indo-European Roots).]

[Gabz]

LOL!!!

But the DMV office here covers both counties on the shore....and there were only 3 people manning the windows any time I was in there.

[xsmommy]

handful of people per county. big deal : )

[Gabz]

LOL!!!

It's not that bad over here....just because my nearest neighbors are chicken houses!!!!!

[RikaStrom]

hehehe

Ok Kiddies, i am going back, to work. Try to stay out of major trouble!

[gwmoore]

Good Afternoon, Rika, and the rest of the verbivores, I humbly apologize for my absence, but my communications activities have taken a lot of my time...

Ok, my lame attempt:

Here in Pennsylvania, the Dumbocrats managed to garner enough support from the idjits who formed "Republicans for Rendell", to have this sleazebag elected Governor. Now, predictably, he is following Noo Joisy's Dim gov, and is trying to run the state into the ground, just like he ran Philly into the ground. This, of course, is a calculated political move to discredit the Administration in WashDC, and to garner support from his loyal voting bloc in the urban areas, whom I will not describe lest I be branded a racist bigot. This attempt must be attenuated by multiple FReeps, big enough to even make the liberal media cover same. Since the average PA sheeple doesn't have the slightest idea of what is happening, it is imperative that we set our attenuators on HIGH, say 50db or so (sorry, communicatons joke) and get the word out about what really is the agenda that the Rendell (King of the bankruptors) is doing to our great state. I would suggest a MASSIVE FReep, one that even the big 3 agitprop outlets can't ignore. If any PA FReeper has any ideas about such a FReep, let me know by FReepmail, or on this thread.

It's not too late yet, but, from talking to various people, they seem to me more concerned with the budget slash and burn (I was talking to the local librarians for this viewpoint) than the true Dumbocrat agenda which, if given a chance to have a Dim controlled House and Senate, will predictably lead to the usual massive firarms grabbing plan, Massachusetts style firearms ban by "smart gun" requirements which, of course, dont exist, and no property tax reform, which in PA at least is a very hot button issue. The NEA and their Communist Cadre are of course, pushing for more money in the trough to feed from. It is imperative that these moves be attenuated, heavily, and soon before the snowball gets bigger than can be stopped.

Keep the Faith for Freedom

Greg
(Turning 60Hz and 400Hz AC into RF energy, on land, sea, air, and space for almost 40 years)

[Eala]

Hang on till October. I think it will all get better after the meetings with that James Coburn lookalike. Keep the faith!

James Coburn? Wasn't he an actor or something like that?

But if you're referring the the archbishop of Canterbury, a statement he made a few days ago makes me dubious. But there is also a conference of Forward in Faith in London early October (which our rector will be attending).

[NeoCaveman]

You should see what Mr. Pibb does to her! :o

What, she's cheating on Mountain Dew Me.....

[xsmommy]

I'll take LEWD SODAS for 500 please, alex....

[xsmommy]

a GI Dubya doll, i want one!

[Gabz]

I just found out why my computer kept shutting down on me earlier - I was infected with that new blaster worm virus thingy everyone is talking about.

[xsmommy]

how do you know you were? oh good GRIEF, xskids are no doubt on the computer, sucking all sorts of worms etc. into the computer, i am sure!

[NeoCaveman]

I'll take LEWD SODAS for 500 please, alex....

That answer is 7 Up.....

[honeygrl]

Hubby's aunt had a small dog that lived to be 19. By the end she had to spoon feed it every meal and it was blind and deaf. It didn't die of natural causes either. He broke his hip jumping off a chair and she let the vet put him to sleep because the recovery would be unlikely at his age. She has a cockatiel that is now 20something yrs old that she got the same time as the dog. She must take awesome care of her animals.

[xsmommy]

hm, that's a hard one to beat....

[Gabz]

I was reading the thread about it and the message they said would be dispolayed is what I was getting this morning. And my Norton anti virus just popped up and said it has been deleted - again.

[NeoCaveman]

well you are the master....

[Conspiracy Guy]

Those were xsmommy's words. But come to think of it, it does sound like the bedroom.

[hobbes1]

i've got a really hard one for you to beat....

[xsmommy]

HOLY COW. xsbro travels a fair amount for bizness and xsSIL often jokes about his OTHER family in Michigan. this guy really pulled it off, LONG TERM!

[Gabz]

Sure did!!!!