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#181556 01/08/09 06:21 AM
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My father used to use the term "brand spanking new", and I could not understand why something new might be getting a spanking.

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To get it started breathing.

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Originally Posted By: Faldage
To get it started breathing.


Sometimes things are so obvious we cannot see the forest for
the trees.


----please, draw me a sheep----
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Originally Posted By: LukeJavan8
Originally Posted By: Faldage
To get it started breathing.


Sometimes things are so obvious we cannot see the forest for
the trees.


That's what we have Fools for.

non eandem arborem videt

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That is a revelation to me, also.
I had assumed it was so new, the brilliance would "spank" your eyes.
Sound silly? Oh well.


"I am certain there is too much certainty in the world" -Michael Crichton
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Originally Posted By: Faldage
Originally Posted By: LukeJavan8
Originally Posted By: Faldage
To get it started breathing.


Sometimes things are so obvious we cannot see the forest for
the trees.


That's what we have Fools for.

[[quote]i]non eandem arborem videt[/i] [/quote
]



Isn't there also another quip about cutting off one's nose to spite the face which
would fit here???


----please, draw me a sheep----
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Originally Posted By: LukeJavan8
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That's what we have Fools for.

non eandem arborem videt




Isn't there also another quip about cutting off one's nose to spite the face which
would fit here???


It's still on my Profile inder Occupation:

Quote:
Conceptual Detective and Free Lance Fool

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regarding your Profile, Faldo, the old home page link has 404'd.

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Originally Posted By: Faldage
Originally Posted By: LukeJavan8
Originally Posted By: Faldage


That's what we have Fools for.

non eandem arborem videt




Isn't there also another quip about cutting off one's nose to spite the face which
would fit here???


It's still on my Profile inder Occupation:

Quote:
Conceptual Detective and Free Lance Fool




OK, that makes sense. And because you've helped me in the Past:
And at the risk of being a "computer fool" I'll take a leap.
How do you get info into that Profile ? I've tried everything on that
page to enter "location" under my Robin Avatar. I would appreciate
a ballpark hint: please remember I am a computer neophyte.

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