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longhorn:
My Boss's name is Frank Glover (real name). He owns a large feed mill here in M.t. Pleasant. My family has known his family for 40 yrs. His son Mathew has now taken over the company, and he is a real jerk. Good thing for us though is he is real lazy and dosen't get to the plant until late in the Am, which gives all of us an opportunity to slack off a bit. We may be country folk, but we do have enough sense to have a person who's job it is each and every morning ring the cow bell when they see Matts flatbed truck pulling into the parking lot. Sometime the noise from the grain conveyor belts makes too much much noise and we cant hear the cow bell, and we all have to ask each other HAZ- MATT made it here yet.
Love in Christ
Longhorn
John:
I am familiar with hazmat. It stands for 'hazardous material'. When I transport hazardous material such caustic soda, a chemical used in the offshore oil industry, we have to have the hazmat manifest onboard for that material to be legal and in order to know what are the dangers and precautions/actions to take if an accident occurs with hazmat materials.
Peace,
John
rrammfcitktturjsp:
Longhorn,
Hah. :D :D :D :D I love your puns on the word of the days. I am a mathematics major and puns are the highest form of humor to us mathematicians. I'lll supply the word and you supply the laugh. Everyone wins.
Hey, gotta question. Can you send me a chicken coop and some firescrackers so I can try out that thing you said on another post? ;) I want to wish the New Year in with a bang.
Sincerely,
Anne C. McGuire
rrammfcitktturjsp:
To All,
Susan has asked me to post this post becuase her computer is on the blink. So I am posting for Susan via proxy.
Today's word of the day is one that I had never heard of until Susan told me last night. This was so unique that I have adopted it as a word of my own and can hardly wait to use it.
The word is - omeoorkophobia - fear of doing homework. Susan said she got this off a scholastic bookmark. Hey Longhorn, if you can make a pun out of this one I will be so impressed and entertained for the day.
You all enjoy.
Sincerely,
Anne C. McGuire
rrammfcitktturjsp:
To all,
I am only going to share with you the cool words so that was why I have not posted anything in the last two days. The words were very common and not unusual.
Today's words is so cool. It is Latin and I LOVE Latin.
Here is is.
vox populi \VOKS-POP-yoo-lye\ noun
: popular sentiment
Example sentence:
It's too early to determine with certainty just how much influence the vox populi will really have on the new governor's policy decisions.
Did you know?
"Vox populi" is a Latin phrase that literally translates as "the voice of the people." It can be found in the longer maxim, "Vox populi, vox Dei," which means "The voice of the people is the voice of God." Many people think that expression means that the people are always right, but it really implies that the will of the masses — right or wrong — is often irresistible. Since the mid-1960s, English speakers, especially British ones, have trimmed "vox populi" down to the abbreviated form "vox pop," an expression used particularly for popular opinion as it is used and expressed by the media.
Enjoy.
Sincerely,
Anne C. McGuire
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