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One of my mother's favorite expressions was "hell bent for leather" - which was how she drove.

I've never looked it up so I'm not sure where it came from or exactly what it means. Tho in my mother's case, it meant driving must faster than she should have.

Hick, bumpkin, hillbilly, redneck, yokel, hayseed, sod-buster. Be careful using these terms, Steve. They are all derogatory (to varying degrees) and imply that the person is poorly educated, unsophisticated or lacking in social graces. I'm struggling to come up with a term that is not an insult. Th...

It's also in the Bible: "Do not be misled: “Bad company corrupts good character.”" I Corinthians 15:33

This is something I see often & it bugs me. But since I do see it often, I'm thinking the writers must be right & I'm wrong. Recent example: "Their mechanism only allows one possible course of action." I want to read it as: "Their mechanism allows only one possible course of action." If I'm wrong, c...

I had an aunt who used to say I was away with the fairies - I hated that. But I was a day-dreaming child.

Did a google search & found "memory like a sieve." Now why didn't I remember that!

I've never heard of that. I'm definitely going to be looking for it! Thanks, Steven, for expanding my culinary horizons.

I have friends who say that - jokingly - but they haven't just recovered from an illness. We're all old, so I suppose that's our excuse. My dad used to say he had one foot in the grave & the other on a banana peel. Then one day the banana peel slipped - which he would have said had he still been aro...

I had thought that bijou had something to do with theatre. Is it because theatres named "Bijou" are small?

"Not bananas" was a crossword clue today - the answer was "sane."

It would depend on the person & the situation. A very good friend? Maybe. Anyone else? Not where they can hear you.

Gouging. But that's such an over-the-top amount no one in their right mind would pay it.

Having been around way too many toddlers in my life, I'm familiar with bow wow, moo cow & the like, but I've never heard gee gee. Horses are just horsies.

Usually airlifted, but sometimes "medevaced" - for medical evacuation.

Ken Greenwald wrote: ↑

Thu Apr 25, 2019 8:50 pm

You have USA: trash truck

I have never heard the expression 'trash truck' used. I've always heard and used 'garbage truck.'
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Ken - April 25, 2019

Same here.

Could the "happy ones" be the same as the "blessed ones"? For Catholics (& I suppose many others), it could refer to those who have died & are now in paradise.