Word or Words of the Day and Discussion

[Dawgluver]

Does everyone have a sister like this??? If she wasn't my sister I would have nothing to do with her.

Ya know, I actually know many people who have sisters they get along with, and actually like. The one upside to being parentless now is I don't have to deal with mine anymore.

 

[PrincessFiona60]

Ya know, I actually know many people who have sisters they get along with, and actually like. The one upside to being parentless now is I don't have to deal with mine anymore.

My other sister is normal and fun, same as my brother. The odd sister has managed to alienate all 3 of us and our parents. Mom visits out of a sense of duty and maternal feelings. My Dad (the kindest man in the world) will have nothing to do with her.

Okay, enough about my sister...

 

[taxlady]

Does everyone have a sister like this??? If she wasn't my sister I would have nothing to do with her.

Nope. I only have one sister and we get along fine most of the time. We even enjoy each others company. We both agree that while we like and love each other, we wouldn't have been friends if we weren't sisters.

 

[Addie]

My other sister is normal and fun, same as my brother. The odd sister has managed to alienate all 3 of us and our parents. Mom visits out of a sense of duty and maternal feelings. My Dad (the kindest man in the world) will have nothing to do with her.

Okay, enough about my sister...

You know, she might just be one of Cat's gypsies. There has to be a reasonable explanation for her being that way. Maybe she fell on her head as an infant. Did a strange babysitter take care of her for a while?

 

[PrincessFiona60]

unciform:
Of the shape of a hook; hook-shaped.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/unciform>

 

[PrincessFiona60]

buy
bī/
verb
verb: buy; 3rd person present: buys; past tense: bought; past participle: bought; gerund or present participle: buying

1. 1.
   obtain in exchange for payment.
   "we had to find some money to buy a house"
   synonyms:purchase, acquire, obtain, get, pick up; Moretake, procure, pay for;
   invest in;
   informalget hold of, snatch up, snap up, grab, score
   "they bought a new house"
   
   
   
   antonyms:sell
   
   
   • pay someone to give up an ownership, interest, or share.
     
     
   • procure the loyalty and support of (someone) by bribery.
     "here was a man who could not be bought"
     
     
   • be a means of obtaining (something) through exchange or payment.
     "money can't buy happiness"
     
     
   • get by sacrifice or great effort.
     "greatness is dearly bought"
     
     
   • make a profession of purchasing goods for a store or firm.
     
     
   
   
   
   
2. 2.
   informal
   accept the truth of.
   "I am not prepared to buy the claim that the ends justify the means"
   
   
   
   
3. 3.
   informal
   used to say that someone has died.
   "his friends had bought it in the jungle"
   
   
   
   

nouninformal

noun: buy; plural noun: buys
1.
a purchase.
"the wine is a good buy at $3.49"
synonyms:purchase, investment, acquisition, gain; More

 

[PrincessFiona60]

gleek:
1. (archaic) To jest, ridicule, or mock; to make sport of.
2. (informal) To discharge a thin stream of liquid through the teeth or
from under the tongue.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gleek>

 

[PrincessFiona60]

subduct:
1. (transitive) To draw or push under or below.
2. (intransitive) To move downwards underneath something.
3. (rare) To remove; to deduct; to take away; to disregard.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/subduct>

 

[PrincessFiona60]

palatal:
1. (anatomy) Pertaining to the palate.
2. (dentistry, not comparable) Of an upper tooth, on the side facing the
palate.
3. (phonetics) Articulated at the hard palate.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/palatal>

 

[PrincessFiona60]

verily:
1. Truly, doubtlessly, in truth.
2. Confidently, certainly.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/verily>

 

[Addie]

verily:
1. Truly, doubtlessly, in truth.
2. Confidently, certainly.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/verily>

Verily, I say unto thee, "Good Morning all!

 

[PrincessFiona60]

Isn't this verily early in the morning for you?

 

[Addie]

Isn't this verily early in the morning for you?

I am afraid not. I have yet to go to bed. I just took an apple pie out of the oven and now I have to clean the kitchen and then make brownies. All of this is for my daughter.

 

[PrincessFiona60]

Good grief, Addie, I'm just halfway through my wake up coffee...

 

[Addie]

Good grief, Addie, I'm just halfway through my wake up coffee...

I will crash about two this afternoon until seven, then again at eleven 'til about three a.m. Short naps for me. I get more done that way. I will clean the kitchen this morning, and then the big room tonight while I watch The Wheel and Jeopardy. Also the World Series is on and of course I have to watch The Red Sox win! Go Red Sox!

 

[PrincessFiona60]

I love short naps, unfortunately...my boss doesn't

 

[Addie]

I love short naps, unfortunately...my boss doesn't

When I worked at Stone and Webster, around 3 o'clock I would feign cramps and go into a stall in the bathroom. I would stay there for about 15 minutes taking a nap. Did wonders for me. I was able to make it to five o'clock.

 

[PrincessFiona60]

LOL!! I can just lock the door to the office and close the blinds...no one even knows I'm there.

 

[taxlady]

Sleeping twice per night seems to be the way most Westerners did for a very long time. Nifty article about that here: Your Ancestors Didn’t Sleep Like You

 

[Cooking Goddess]

I will crash about two this afternoon until seven, then again at eleven 'til about three a.m. Short naps for me. I get more done that way. I will clean the kitchen this morning, and then the big room tonight while I watch The Wheel and Jeopardy. Also the World Series is on and of course I have to watch The Red Sox win! Go Red Sox!

You can sleep this evening Addie. No Cards/Sox game since they travel to St. Louis today.

Sleeping twice per night seems to be the way most Westerners did for a very long time. Nifty article about that here: Your Ancestors Didn’t Sleep Like You

Didn't look at that article yet taxy, but are they calling it "Second Sleep"? Ran across that term when I was having long awake states during the night. I've never been a Straight-Eight kind of sleeper ever.