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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Just curious... #105601 06/13/2003 4:56 PM Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 261 London/Prague bonzaialsatian enthusiast bonzaialsatian enthusiast Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 261 London/Prague This is one of those things that had been annoying me for a while but I never get round to asking: Just what is a person doing if the Who's Online section shows them as being on mess_handler?? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Just curious... #105602 06/13/2003 5:04 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 What they gonna *be doing is washing their hands is what they gonna *be doing. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Just curious... #105603 06/13/2003 5:26 PM Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 261 London/Prague bonzaialsatian enthusiast bonzaialsatian enthusiast Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 261 London/Prague Nrg... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Just curious... #105604 06/13/2003 5:28 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 I think it's message handling. Looking at or sending PMs Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Just curious... #105605 06/13/2003 5:33 PM Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 261 London/Prague bonzaialsatian enthusiast bonzaialsatian enthusiast Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 261 London/Prague Oh yeah... it's kinda obvious now you mention it, guess my brain needs re-vamping! Cheers :) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Just curious... #105606 06/13/2003 10:36 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Dear BA: did you know that a "vamp" is part of a shoe that covers the instep. What's an instep?From my dictionary, the easiest way to describe it is to say it'ls the part of the foot covered by the tongue of the shoe. I still can't figure out what "re-vamping" originally meant. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Just curious... #105607 06/14/2003 2:43 AM Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 555 maahey addict maahey addict Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 555 Dear wwh, The verb usage that I am pasting below will clarify the revamping problem. Do also take a look at the origin of vamp2 vamp1 noun 1 the upper front part of a boot or shoe. 2 (in jazz and popular music) a short, simple introductory passage, usually repeated several times until otherwise instructed. verb 1 [no obj.] repeat a short, simple passage of music: the band was vamping gently behind his busy lead guitar. 2 [with obj.] attach a new upper to (a boot or shoe).n (vamp something up) informal repair or improve something: the production values have been vamped up. ORIGIN Middle English (denoting the foot of a stocking): shortening of Old French avantpie, from avant ‘before’ + pie ‘foot’. The musical sense of the verb developed from the general sense improvise. vamp2 (informal)noun: a woman who uses sexual attraction to exploit men. verb [with obj.] blatantly set out to attract: she had not vamped him like some wicked Jezebel. ORIGIN early 20th cent.: abbreviation of vampire. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Just curious... #105608 06/14/2003 9:36 AM Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 261 London/Prague bonzaialsatian enthusiast bonzaialsatian enthusiast Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 261 London/Prague >vamp2 Oh dear... thanks maahey, I think... though I'd rather reboot my brain any day. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Just curious... #105609 06/14/2003 9:52 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 I can remember having cobbler put on new heels, and once or twice having new sole put on. But I can't imagine shoe being worth spending any money on if top wears out. Never had it happen' And no female thought I was worth vamping. Maybe just as well. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Just curious... #105610 06/17/2003 11:25 PM Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Zed Pooh-Bah Zed Pooh-Bah Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Wwh Sure they did, you were just too pure minded to understand them. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Pardon me #105611 06/29/2003 2:07 AM Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 2,636 Caribbean consuelo Carpal Tunnel consuelo Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 2,636 Caribbean Sorry. Didn't mean to choke, but. Dr. Bill and pure minded in the same sentence??? *cough Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Just curious... #105612 06/30/2003 10:08 AM Joined: May 2003 Posts: 4 Florida habrotrocha stranger habrotrocha stranger Joined: May 2003 Posts: 4 Florida When hunting vamps on the world's stage, make good use of vamp traps. J. Potter J. Potter 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. 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