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Word For The Day, Tuesday, February 4, 2014 – malversation
dictionaries ad nauseam | 4 February 2014 | Thursday's sub

Posted on 02/04/2014 4:27:55 AM PST by secret garden

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To: xsmommy; tioga; Texan5

My Marine and I didn’t even live in the same town, so no living together before marriage. We spent a few weekends together, just enough for my future step-MIL to label me a whore.


101 posted on 02/04/2014 4:08:54 PM PST by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA
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To: SoothingDave

That down hill adjustment sounds neat!


102 posted on 02/04/2014 4:11:33 PM PST by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA
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To: xsmommy

It’s sort of per diem-ish with expenses below a certain figure. And it is pretty ugly out. And I don’t get paid overseas bonus when I am in Kentucky.


103 posted on 02/04/2014 4:12:23 PM PST by SoothingDave
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To: SoothingDave

That is a frightening idea-not only do I not need such a thing, but I have a preference for using my human skills-not the computerized ones of a machine-but it is fine for someone who likes to use that sort of thing. I would not even use GPS if I had it-my contractor compadre and the subs we know are the same-older trucks, no fancy stuff.


104 posted on 02/04/2014 4:12:38 PM PST by Texan5 (" You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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To: xsmommy
Caps are on : )

NO, THEY'RE NOT!

105 posted on 02/04/2014 4:12:59 PM PST by SoothingDave
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To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA; xsmommy

I’ve never kept a dog in a crate, but then I’ve never had small dogs-does it work like confining them in a room like the utility or kitchen while you’re gone? Don’t they get neurotic staying in a cage for very long?


106 posted on 02/04/2014 4:17:32 PM PST by Texan5 (" You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA

This was a later day and she really never has accidents usually. Their “crate” is the whole laundry room.


107 posted on 02/04/2014 4:18:08 PM PST by xsmommy
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To: Texan5

My folks had a husky and began as a puppy putting him in there at night. Eventually it becomes more of a haven than a cage to them and they would just leave the door open. When someone came to the house that scared the dog he would retreat to his crate. Huge dog - but a few things scared him. They supposedly won’t poop in there either although I’m sure some have


108 posted on 02/04/2014 4:19:16 PM PST by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA
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To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA

“label me a whore”

Oh, good grief-what color was the sky in her world?


109 posted on 02/04/2014 4:19:17 PM PST by Texan5 (" You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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To: SoothingDave

Moonshine allowance? Yeah no point going looking for trouble on ice.


110 posted on 02/04/2014 4:19:44 PM PST by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy

I didn’t think they usually had an issues in there - was it the cold weather that kept her from doing her business?


111 posted on 02/04/2014 4:19:56 PM PST by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA
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To: Texan5

She cheated on her husband to meet my FIL, then moved across country to live with him and his 15 year old impressionable son.... that is the virtuous woman who didn’t like me. ;^)


112 posted on 02/04/2014 4:21:07 PM PST by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA
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To: Texan5

Computers are people, too. ;-)

Or rather, they are programmed by people. All modern cars have traction control. The computer senses the speed of all the wheels and can tell if one of them is sliding or slipping. They sample data hundreds of times per second and can respond by braking the slipping wheel alone and diverting power to the non-slipping wheels.

Sure, nothing is perfect and you do need to remain alert. But it is amazing what can be done with automation.

Of course, there is an “off” button because sometimes you do need to slip and slide your way out of a jam.


113 posted on 02/04/2014 4:22:37 PM PST by SoothingDave
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To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA

Husky girl has always slept beside the bed, on a pet bed as have all my dogs-MrT5 tried to get her to sleep on the foot of the bed, just like he did with our Chow, and didn’t understand why they hopped down after a minute of two-it never occurred to him that those breeds have so much fur that being on a warm bed with warm humans is the last thing they want.


114 posted on 02/04/2014 4:24:47 PM PST by Texan5 (" You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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To: SoothingDave

I’m good without the computer, thanks-my way keeps the mind focused on the task and the reflexes sharp and quick...


115 posted on 02/04/2014 4:26:58 PM PST by Texan5 (" You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA

That is the type that usually thinks that way-theirs was always a “different situation” from everyone else’s...


116 posted on 02/04/2014 4:29:23 PM PST by Texan5 (" You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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To: Texan5

Does your car have anti-lock brakes?


117 posted on 02/04/2014 4:30:47 PM PST by SoothingDave
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To: Texan5

Exactly


118 posted on 02/04/2014 4:43:08 PM PST by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA
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To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA

Oh, NICE. I hope she has improved since then.


119 posted on 02/04/2014 5:28:31 PM PST by tioga (Every knee shall bend, every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord.)
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To: SoothingDave

Yes, and that is not the same-I still have to stomp on the pedal to engage them-antilock is just a mechanical improvement of a human operated product, like better headlights or a smoother shifting transmission.


120 posted on 02/05/2014 9:42:48 AM PST by Texan5 (" You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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