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...we don't do Halloween in OZ? Good for you-all! Keep up that independent spirit that's so obvious in all of you. Halloween is nothing but commercialism, here.  We of the television generation are all too susceptible to the "Your life is miserable unless you have this" tactic... ============================================================ Well now, I just made an interesting discovery: most of the time, I use blue "ink" to indicate quotations. I'm getting a bit rushed, and when I previewed the above, saw that I had typed [o----e] but [/b-ue]---and my next line still appeared in black!
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Dear Stales: Since the Irish brought Halloween to US, how did they failed to do so in Oz? The kids in Oz should go on strike! It just ain't fair!
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I think the best part about Hallowe'en is the costume party. Many adults let go and be someone different, hiding behind their costumes. I attended one last night in an old potato chip factory. It was appropriately scary and everyone was asked to bring a dish to throw. Safety glasses were provided and I got quite good at side-arming jelly glasses! Viva Don Juan's Reckless Daughter, Consuelo!
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stales, Jo mentioned swedes, a kind of turnip developed in sweden and used a cattle food. I mentioned that in eastern US, this vegetable is called a rutabaga. CK is with the majority, in thinking this not a commestable, but i am with his da, and think mashed rutabagas to be a winter treat. (no accounting for taste is there?)
Only we don't usually specify rutabagas, we just call them turnips.. or sometimes yellow turnips.
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Just read an article in newspaper
about playing harmless tricks on the
children who visit your house.
Lots of complicated instructions
about making stuff BUT ...
Here's an easy one -
*If you live where leaves fall from trees
take any bubble wrap you have,
put it on the walkway to your door
and cover with leaves ...
makes a great noise
when children come to your door!
So as not to scare the really little ones,
I wear a white dress with sparkles on it
-- a really old party dress --
and put a sign on the door
"A GOOD witch lives here!"
(cackling insanely ...)
(said I'd never mention wide posts again but this is really annoying mumble mumble)
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our Maverick, he’ll know it as "Caer Eiddyn".indeed® Caer is a common part of Welsh town names, such as Caerleon, Caerphilly... and my favourite is the local town of Carmarthen, which derives from Caer Myrddin = Merlin's Castle. The magic of language  we don' need no steenkin' turneeps...
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Dear WW: here is a site about your LifeSaver chewing: Triboluminescence Triboluminescence What happens when you crush a Wint-O-Green Lifesaver in a dark room? WARNING!!! Wear safety goggles if you try this! Triboluminescence ... http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/9911/tribo.htm More Results From: www.geocities.com
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Dear WW: Careful with the dictionary. There is a word close by that would have all the bluestockings pecking at me if I mentioned it.(rhetorical device, can't remember name.)
And incidentally, nobody has yet guessed or found out what "excamation" means.As a clue, a very large ethnic group in India is having serious problem because of once numerous avian species now greatly diminished.
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