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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 4 of 5 1 2 3 4 5 Re: On the other hand #124379 03/04/04 03:49 PM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 R RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah R Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 Which makes it difficult to escape - so one just has to face up to it. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter pretty face #124380 03/05/04 03:47 AM Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 619 Carpal Tunnel Country G grapho addict grapho addict G Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 619 Carpal Tunnel Country one just has to face up to it It may have a pretty face, Rhub, but will it give you the time of day? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: pretty face #124381 03/05/04 11:16 AM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,624 Utter Placebo, Planet Reebok Capfka Pooh-Bah Capfka Pooh-Bah Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,624 Utter Placebo, Planet Reebok "The town clock in the market square stands waiting for the hour. While its hands they both turn backward and on meeting will devour Both themselves and also any fool Who dares to tell the time. Then the sun and moon will shudder and the signpost cease to sign." - Homburg, Keith Reid Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: pretty face #124382 03/05/04 12:44 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky What is that, CK? It gives me the shivers. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: pretty face #124383 03/05/04 12:54 PM Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 619 Carpal Tunnel Country G grapho addict grapho addict G Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 619 Carpal Tunnel Country What is that, CK? It gives me the shivers These folks have nothing but time on their hands, Jackie. And that's just the way they want to keep it! Keeping time is a waste of time for people who only have time for spending it wisely. When you spend time wisely, you have absolutely no reason to save it. Or to keep it. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter judgement #124384 03/05/04 12:58 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York Who are These folks? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Asynchronous City #124385 03/05/04 01:08 PM Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 619 Carpal Tunnel Country G grapho addict grapho addict G Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 619 Carpal Tunnel Country Who are These folks? They are the original "quality" timers. When "the signpost ceases to sign", it is more of a sign of our times, than it is of theirs. The place where they live actually has a name. It's called "Asychronicity". Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: pretty face #124386 03/05/04 01:38 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Ah--found it. Homburg is a song by Procol Harum. No wonder it sounded faintly familiar. So, grapho, methinks you were probably right. The person in the song spent some time apparently very unwisely. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Why? #124387 03/05/04 02:03 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky I thought it might be time to get back to the opening topic. Here's a picture of slaves picking cotton before the Civil War. http://cghs.dade.k12.fl.us/slavery/antebellum_slavery/plantation_slave_life/diet_religion/picking_cotton.htm I learned something from the History Channel last night that I had never known before: that some Indians owned slaves. Here is a fascinating site, where you can hear recordings of actual former slaves telling their stories. The ones about cotton picking are about 3/4 of the way down. Good luck to some of you, understanding these people! http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/vfshtml/afcesnbibSubjects1.html Musick--there's one on blues music, from Mississippi. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Pick and choose #124388 03/05/04 09:18 PM Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 619 Carpal Tunnel Country G grapho addict grapho addict G Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 619 Carpal Tunnel Country Re photo of "slaves picking cotton before the Civil War" A picture is worth a thousand words, Jackie. It brings us back to where we started: "Why would someone be out of their "cotton picking" mind?" Anyone who had to pick cotton for a living, never had a chance to pick anything else. Anyone who could pick and choose, would be out of their "cotton picking" mind to pick cotton. Choosers keepers, losers reapers. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 4 of 5 1 2 3 4 5 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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