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> wine-making term
ah, thanks.
formerly known as etaoin...
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Quote:
racked off?
A winemaking term meaning to allow solids to settle out of a liquid and then to carefully pour the liquid from the top, leaving the solids behind.
I think in chemistry - and in oenology - that's also called "decanting." And the vessel used to store some liquors is a decanter.
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racked off
Could that also be a crosspondial whine-making term?
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What about "duds" - as in "get your duds on". I also remember our first telephone - ca. 1959 - and the phone number Valley 7-3754. Oakvill had two exchanges, Valley and Victor. I also remember when they stopped using named exchanges and our number became plain old 827-3754.
When we moved from Oakville to Elmvale in 1969, Bell had not yet reached the area, and our phone # was 190 ring 31. When you wanted to make an outgoing call, you went through the operator, who asked "number, please". If you were on the phone and someone else on your line picked it up, you were supposed to say "using" and the other person was SUPPOSED to get off the line. I recall one winter day when a school bus and two cars collided on the road outside our house. I was on the phone to call the police and ambulance, and the local gossip picked up and demanded to know all the details!
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hey everybody..the topic of this thread was somewhat related to words. but more than half the posts here talk about coffee n coffee making..greaatt...mayb we can have a different thread dedicated to this world famous and much needed drink... mayb we all can discuss our ways of making coffee. and this being a global forum we would soon have greatt techniques of making coffee from allover the world...and i wud really like it becos its gonna be winter time here soon...
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Are you proposing a new food thread?! Well, go ahead, serve it up May.  , not that I'm the say-so guy around here, or anywhere for that matter, but may I have mine sweet and light please?
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Love all the coffee talk! Especially Father Steve's description of his nanny's recipe. After I visited New Orleans I was using egg shells and chicory in brewing my coffee for awhile...one of their "secret recipes" Down Yonder.
>>old expressions<<
When I was growing up business hours was still very much in vogue and adhered to almost religiously. You did NOT conduct business on Saturday or Sunday, and on weekdays, 9-5 was strictly respected. It was even considered bad business to disturb somebody over business matters outside those hours...business hours. Imagine that...the destruction of which was led by telemarketers
and direct marketing. Shops and stores were always open on Saturday, for the most part, NEVER on Sunday. But you did not approach somebody over a business matter on Saturday. It was just considered bad decorum.
Now nobody seems to have any damned respect for anything or anybody...just the almighty dollar, or Euro, or.....
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Yes, and I miss bankers' hours, too. The ability to only withdraw or deposit money, M-Th, 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM, and on Friday until 5:00 PM. Ah, those were the days! I miss the smoke from coal fires, also. And, did I mention, that the Mother Tongue enjoyed a Shining Golden Age of unalloyed Brilliance. I do miss Cholera and Whooping Cough, too. 
Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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I do miss Cholera and Whooping Cough, too.
Ah yes..and the good ol' German Measles. Nobody gets the German Measles anymore, just the generic brand if they do at all.
And the Mumps.
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My grandmother used to say "Jumpin' Jehosafats!" all the time. Not a term I've heard much as of late. I did find this though, to my surprise: http://smallball.com/go/on.ball.team?tid=441252
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