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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread safe provided? #166153 02/18/2007 10:08 PM Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 8 gobbledygookie stranger gobbledygookie stranger Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 8 So apparently safe-provided means safe-deposit-box? Can anyone find me official references/definitions on that? Oxford? I can't find anything on google... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: safe provided? #166154 02/18/2007 10:28 PM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park of troy Carpal Tunnel of troy Carpal Tunnel Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park some hotels in NYC have small personal safes. built into a closet. they safes have digitial combo's, you set the combo, and store you money/jewelry/etc during your stay. (other hotels have a single safe in the management office. you place your stuff in envelop/ box and that is stored in hotel safe.) out of context, (or rather with the little context you provided) i would guess safe provided means the first example. my other obsession Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: safe provided? #166155 02/19/2007 1:58 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont is there an understood is? formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: safe provided? #166156 02/19/2007 8:02 PM Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 36 Vermont (US) dellfarmer newbie dellfarmer newbie Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 36 Vermont (US) I've been in cities and neighborhoods where such language served as a warning (ie You will be safe, provided you don't go out, stay away from the windows, etc.) In any event, safety is always provisional, I guess. Ron. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: safe provided? #166157 02/20/2007 12:15 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont > You will be safe, provided yup. that's another one. nice to see you again, dell! formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: safe provided? #166158 02/20/2007 2:38 PM Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 631 Hydra addict Hydra addict Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 631 This thread forced me to question those words of Samuel Johnson: "All knowledge is of itself of some value. There is nothing so minute or inconsiderable that I would not rather know it than not." I concluded that he was probably right, after all. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: safe provided? #166159 02/20/2007 6:54 PM Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 557 Dallas, TX Myridon addict Myridon addict Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 557 Dallas, TX Quote: some hotels in NYC have small personal safes. I stayed a Motel 6 in New Orleans with stand-alone safes in the rooms - not hidden at all - right next to the minibar/frig. I think they are for people who (think they will) win money at the casinos and end up with quantities of cash in their rooms. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: safe provided? #166160 02/21/2007 2:51 PM Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 8 gobbledygookie stranger gobbledygookie stranger Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 8 Okay people, thanks for the feedback Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: safe provided? #166161 02/21/2007 4:47 PM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC Gosh when I was a lot younger we had to bring our own safes. Now they provide them! What's the world coming to, so to speak? TEd Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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