Saturday, July 5, 2025

The derivation of words is a mystery to me...

Take this one for instance. Did you 'tire' before 
you retired? Asking for a friend...  

I get a mental picture of a buncha neanderthals sitting around a campfire and one of them makes a sound that's significally different from their normal grunts and groan, and POOF - language is born. It's probably not all that far-fetched if ya think about it. Somebody somewhere along the lines hadda come up with the words we use to describe shit. Words take on meanings by association. If the words 'shit' and 'steak' were transposed in meanings, you'd be none the wiser for it. I bet you haven't given this subject a minute of your time. Ha.
 
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She cropped Biden out of the picture for that post...
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"When a man retires, his wife gets twice as much 
husband for half as much money."

- Chi Chi Rodriguez               
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Buy these for you wife. She'll love them.
And they're only $ 20.00 - but
she doesn't need to know that...
 
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Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer's day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time.

~ J. Lubbock                  
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Common wisdom suggests older Americans flock to sunny Florida and Arizona to retire.  Financial experts urge seniors to consider cheaper retirement states, like Arkansas and Missouri. But where do Americans actually go to retire? Not where you think, according to a new study. 
Wyoming, home to Grand Teton National Park, has gained retirees at a faster pace than any other state in the past decade, according to a June analysis by BizInsure, the online insurance agency. South Carolina ranks second.
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On sale today - under $ 20.00. Jump on it.
This is the same knife I've carried for 50+ years
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12 comments:

  1. I've carried a Case knife (canoe at the moment) since i worked there out of school 77-82

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  2. I've been very interested in language and it's origin. There's a YouTube channel "Rob Words" that covers various language topics. If you want to get into a philosophical rat's nest consider that we both can point to the same thing and declare it "red", but how do we know what I see as red is the same thing you see as red?

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    1. I'll guarantee that if you are married whatever you call a color is wrong.

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  3. Retirement was great for the first 15 years but then because of the lockdown I didn't renew my drivers license. Too much hassle now. NEVER give up your license because your home becomes a prison.

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  4. In movies it always bites the good guy in the ass when he doesn't kill off the bad guy when he has the chance. Innocent people suffer. Same in politics.

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  5. Wing suits and death defying jumps on bicycles. Saw a vid yesterday where a kid tried to jump a road and came up short. If he lived he'll regret it for the rest of his life. I don't recall us ever being THAT desperate to be the hero.

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  6. Why did Clark Kent sucker slap that guy? Idda kicked Kent in the balls if he had any.

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  7. I want to move to Montana but the rich have made it out of reach.

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  8. Just retired about eight months ago. Felt kind of strange at first but I'm liking it now/ You retiring mate?

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  9. Captain Vasily Borodin never got to live on his Montana rabbit ranch either.

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  10. Just "retired" at 74 but it doesn't feel like retirement - it feels like unemployment. I miss work!

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  11. 4 years and 1 week until I plan to retire. Just so tired of the politics and crap that comes with a corporate job. Never thought that "management" meant you are now in charge of an adult daycare and the never ending HR issues that go with the idiots that work for you. Just plan to jump in my old VW and drive across the country.

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