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...we don't do Halloween in OZ? Good for you-all! Keep up that independent spirit that's so obvious in all of you. Halloween is nothing but commercialism, here. ![](/board/images/icons/frown.gif) We of the television generation are all too susceptible to the "Your life is miserable unless you have this" tactic... ============================================================ Well now, I just made an interesting discovery: most of the time, I use blue "ink" to indicate quotations. I'm getting a bit rushed, and when I previewed the above, saw that I had typed [o----e] but [/b-ue]---and my next line still appeared in black!
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Dear Stales: Since the Irish brought Halloween to US, how did they failed to do so in Oz? The kids in Oz should go on strike! It just ain't fair!
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I think the best part about Hallowe'en is the costume party. Many adults let go and be someone different, hiding behind their costumes. I attended one last night in an old potato chip factory. It was appropriately scary and everyone was asked to bring a dish to throw. Safety glasses were provided and I got quite good at side-arming jelly glasses! Viva Don Juan's Reckless Daughter, Consuelo!
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stales, Jo mentioned swedes, a kind of turnip developed in sweden and used a cattle food. I mentioned that in eastern US, this vegetable is called a rutabaga. CK is with the majority, in thinking this not a commestable, but i am with his da, and think mashed rutabagas to be a winter treat. (no accounting for taste is there?)
Only we don't usually specify rutabagas, we just call them turnips.. or sometimes yellow turnips.
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Just read an article in newspaper about playing harmless tricks on the children who visit your house. Lots of complicated instructions about making stuff BUT ... Here's an easy one - *If you live where leaves fall from trees take any bubble wrap you have, put it on the walkway to your door and cover with leaves ... makes a great noise when children come to your door! So as not to scare the really little ones, I wear a white dress with sparkles on it -- a really old party dress -- and put a sign on the door "A GOOD witch lives here!" (cackling insanely ...)
(said I'd never mention wide posts again but this is really annoying mumble mumble)
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our Maverick, he’ll know it as "Caer Eiddyn".indeed® Caer is a common part of Welsh town names, such as Caerleon, Caerphilly... and my favourite is the local town of Carmarthen, which derives from Caer Myrddin = Merlin's Castle. The magic of language we don' need no steenkin' turneeps...
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Dear WW: here is a site about your LifeSaver chewing: Triboluminescence Triboluminescence What happens when you crush a Wint-O-Green Lifesaver in a dark room? WARNING!!! Wear safety goggles if you try this! Triboluminescence ... http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/9911/tribo.htm More Results From: www.geocities.com
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Dear WW: Careful with the dictionary. There is a word close by that would have all the bluestockings pecking at me if I mentioned it.(rhetorical device, can't remember name.)
And incidentally, nobody has yet guessed or found out what "excamation" means.As a clue, a very large ethnic group in India is having serious problem because of once numerous avian species now greatly diminished.
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