Right: October thru April: snow. It is amazing how we as kids (at least in my world) loved snow, out all day in it. Not any more. There are a day or so after the first snow when a few 'venture' out and sleigh, sled, garbage can lid down a hill, but then nothing. The street where I live has kids all ...

You lost me, as per usuam.
I thought you did not like goats.

Alere: to nourish. Auld: old. Interesting cousins.

Has absolutely nothing to do with tract and the
discussion, but all the "road to Siberia" analogies
remind me of the "Bridge of Sighs" in Venice, Italy.
The last view of the outside world as a prisoner
was led from the "Doge's" palace to prison.

Positively enlightening: I really enjoyed reading this.
Amazing how words and things like restaurants evolved.

Way to go!
Way to ruin my lunch.
Have you ever eaten it?????

Rocket science is way above me, I'll wait for you to
"translate". I am not into 'brain surgery" either.
Have trouble making ball point pens work.

I am very new to computer usage: as a teacher only used them for grades and letter writing. Am a retired teacher, because the district closed, not because of age (yet: getting close, however.) I am very clumsy with use of facebook, can you tell me where to find what you mentioned above, and how to f...

That penultimate source of all things knowledg: Wiktionary says: Alternative spellingsnumbskull [edit] EtymologyFrom numb (“‘deadened’”) + skull. [edit] NounSingular numskull Plural numskulls numskull (plural numskulls) (pejorative) A dunce, mentally dull or stupid person. (pejorative) A label for a...

To say nothing of 'blatherskite', both found on this
thread "good word suggestions" on this page.

Of course they are a bit long for Scrabble, but fun
nonetheless.

I just love those words, too.
Also fond of twitterpated.

The height of fashion too, one presumes. How would
one keep from staring???

Yeah, that's serious alright, uh-huh, yup!


If you're that idle, you can always go cut holly, or come
up here and help shovel snow. Then you'd be my
idle, er, idol.

And hot chocolate. Our weather here is anything but brisk unless one can freeze brisk. Another 6 inches of snow last night and the temps, as usual after snow, go into the minus figures tonight. I just glanced at my outside thermometer, and see it could not take any more, and broke: it reads +120 F. ...

semipenultimate sounds like some sort of oxymoron.