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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 1 of 2 1 2 sideways... #141090 03/20/05 03:21 AM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park of troy OP Carpal Tunnel OP of troy Carpal Tunnel Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park have you seen the film Sideways? it was actually filmed at vinyards in 'wine country' CA. but the vinyards/movie producers didn't want to use the actual names --One vinyard, it vintages better known as being below box wine quality, was renamed Frass Farms.. Frass.. where have i heard that word before? Ha! my other obsession Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: sideways... #141091 03/20/05 12:12 PM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,379 New York City I inselpeter Pooh-Bah inselpeter Pooh-Bah I Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,379 New York City Here's shellacin' 'em, troy! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: sideways... #141092 03/20/05 02:01 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Right on, Rock Island!! Frass, Debris or excrement produced by insects. What was the original name of the winery? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: sideways... #141093 03/20/05 03:46 PM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park of troy OP Carpal Tunnel OP of troy Carpal Tunnel Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park Fess Parker or some such name... or was it Boone Farms.. (choice of wino's everywhere in US my other obsession Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: sideways... #141094 03/22/05 12:34 AM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 M maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick Carpal Tunnel M Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 > shellacin' 'em whoooosh - that one went over my head at escape velocity! What are you referring to, insel? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: sideways... #141095 03/22/05 02:29 AM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,379 New York City I inselpeter Pooh-Bah inselpeter Pooh-Bah I Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,379 New York City <<whoosh>> To 'give someone a shellacking' is 'old; slang for 'finishing someone off,' as in boxing or street brawling. I suppose, and I will no doubt stand corrected, that the use stems from the fact that shellac is a wood finish. It is made of a kind of frass. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: sideways... #141096 03/22/05 03:08 AM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park of troy OP Carpal Tunnel OP of troy Carpal Tunnel Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park oh, my It is a good week for me, i got one Mav missed! kisses darlings-- one for each of you! my other obsession Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: sideways... #141097 03/22/05 09:57 AM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 M maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick Carpal Tunnel M Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 Thanks insel - yes, I was being led down a blind alley by trying to read it as a soft c! I'd concluded it was some esoteric Nooo Yawk Sqwark ;) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: sideways... #141098 03/22/05 11:13 AM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,379 New York City I inselpeter Pooh-Bah inselpeter Pooh-Bah I Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,379 New York City <<soft c>> My fault, then: missing Ks mislead. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: sideways... #141099 03/22/05 11:21 AM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 M maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick Carpal Tunnel M Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 hm, I would have spelled it shellac too, but see that the past forms all take the K, and some other forms in what seem a fairly random scatter to me! 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