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Word For The Day, Monday, August 18, 2003
The Verbivores
| 8/18/03
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Posted on 08/18/2003 5:28:51 AM PDT by 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....
stolid \STAH-luhd\, adjective:
stolidity, stolidness; noun
stolidly; adverb
1. Having or revealing little emotion or sensibility.
2. Not easily aroused or excited
3. Dull; impassive.
He destroys the public for historical work by convincing it that history is synonymous with heavy, stolid prosing.
--Allan Nevins, "What's the Matter With History?"
Etymology: [Latin stolidus, stupid. See stel- in Indo-European Roots.]
TOPICS: Education; Humor; Poetry; Word For The Day
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To: Slip18
Slip, of course you can have some of my good stuff. Please come with me, and I will make the arrangements. I have been considering it myself as I am dealing with all my paperwork today and some looney tunes in my practice...sigh!
181
posted on
08/18/2003 7:45:22 AM PDT
by
gas_dr
(Trial lawyers are Endangering Every Patient in America)
To: gas_dr
well dang, i thought you were golfing. i asked for you to sedate me and you ran off!
182
posted on
08/18/2003 7:46:13 AM PDT
by
xsmommy
To: CholeraJoe; hobbes1; dubyaismypresident; RikaStrom
183
posted on
08/18/2003 7:50:04 AM PDT
by
xsmommy
To: Flurry
It is on taupe linen...the top has their names and wedding date, and it has the What God hath joined together.... on the bottom half. The dominant colors are a blue-green (DMC 926...used up one skein and had to go purchase another), ivory, green and pink. Yesterday, I finished the border, and was SO excited when it met perfectly. I was afraid I had miscounted at some point, and would have a gap to deal with. Like Flurry said, I am very meticulous, and find xs very relaxing. But let me mess up, and I get really pi$$ed!
184
posted on
08/18/2003 7:53:31 AM PDT
by
Laura Earl
(Never wear panties to a party!)
To: RikaStrom
While the northeast remained stolid
Let's look at what Al Queda
didthey brought down the banks
And forced out the tanks
And caused all things that were horrid.
185
posted on
08/18/2003 7:54:58 AM PDT
by
doubled
(I ordered a new tagline from Bella_Bru, but it hasn't arrived yet.)
To: xsmommy
The Bishop OPH has moved to Michigan?
186
posted on
08/18/2003 7:55:04 AM PDT
by
NeoCaveman
(California is like Sweden, except in Sweden the blondes are real.)
To: xsmommy
Post #184 is for you...Flurry knows what the sampler looks like.
187
posted on
08/18/2003 7:55:10 AM PDT
by
Laura Earl
(Never wear panties to a party!)
To: xsmommy; one_particular_harbour
Is that really you ? (183)
188
posted on
08/18/2003 7:56:16 AM PDT
by
hobbes1
( Hobbes1TheOmniscient® "I know everything so you don't have to" ;)
To: Laura Earl
splain it to XS not me.
189
posted on
08/18/2003 7:56:49 AM PDT
by
Conspiracy Guy
(If John Kerry was a bobble head doll, he'd need a smaller head.)
To: xsmommy
I'm confused.
190
posted on
08/18/2003 7:57:16 AM PDT
by
Gabz
(anti-smokers - personification of everything wrong in this country.)
To: Gabz
About what?
191
posted on
08/18/2003 7:58:23 AM PDT
by
Conspiracy Guy
(If John Kerry was a bobble head doll, he'd need a smaller head.)
To: xsmommy
I want to be golfing so much, but I need to do my administrative stuff. I will happily sedate you, but only if i can be sedated as well. Since you are a learned counsellor, can you possibly explain to me why worker's comp system is so bad and how to cure the abuses?
192
posted on
08/18/2003 8:00:01 AM PDT
by
gas_dr
(Trial lawyers are Endangering Every Patient in America)
To: Flurry
I was born that way.
But that particular comment was about xs's post!!!
193
posted on
08/18/2003 8:03:37 AM PDT
by
Gabz
(anti-smokers - personification of everything wrong in this country.)
To: xsmommy; secret garden
I crochet well. I taught myself how while pregnant with the crawler. I know how to knit but I prefer crochet because it works up faster. The toddler loves anything I make for him, especially hats or slippers, and will wear something new I make until I forcibly have to remove it when it's too dirty. Both kids have a couple of blankets too. Hubby wants a blanket but I haven't finished the huge blanket for him yet.
To: Laura Earl
oh i know, i can put something aside never to be completed if i screw it up too bad! that sounds beautiful, LE!
195
posted on
08/18/2003 8:06:08 AM PDT
by
xsmommy
To: gas_dr
i don;'t know from workman's comp.
196
posted on
08/18/2003 8:10:21 AM PDT
by
xsmommy
To: Gabz
"Most of the afghans I have made, I have made up the pattern myself, either before or as I went along!!! "
That's what I do on afghans too. Then if I get bored doing the same stitch or color, I can always switch something around in it to make it interesting again.
To: honeygrl
Then if I get bored doing the same stitch or color, I can always switch something around in it to make it interesting again. EXACTLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
198
posted on
08/18/2003 8:12:26 AM PDT
by
Gabz
(anti-smokers - personification of everything wrong in this country.)
To: xsmommy; Gabz; CholeraJoe
No, I bet the head would be fine for most men.. to start with anyway.
To: gas_dr; xsmommy
I was a workers' comp casemanager for 20 years. I still don't know why it such a bad gig, but three years ago I knew I had to go to work in some other profession or I would have run screaming from the building I worked in, chasing a client who had trodden on my last nerve.
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posted on
08/18/2003 8:14:16 AM PDT
by
Texan5
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