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#100277 04/11/03 04:02 PM
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haven't been able to work out

'S'matter, Juan, won't let you into the health clubs?


#100278 04/12/03 04:11 PM
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One would hear "show your work" in the Pacific Northwest.
"Workings" to me would mean "mechanisms," such as the workings of a machine.....

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Anybody got change for a pair o' dimes?


#100279 04/12/03 10:19 PM
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Seems to be casting a shadow on white lettering by announcing it...

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"Workings" most certainly never needs, but usually-always gets "inner" as a adjectifier.


#100280 04/12/03 11:23 PM
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"Workings" makes me think of inbody plumbing.


#100281 04/13/03 01:09 AM
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"Observe the watch works," Tom said timely.


#100282 04/13/03 01:44 AM
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pair o' dimes
Good one, CB!


#100283 04/13/03 02:45 AM
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working girl

(just another shade of semantics...a double entendre, even...could mean you work retail, ya know! )


#100284 04/13/03 10:05 AM
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working girl... retail

not going to go there...





formerly known as etaoin...
#100285 04/13/03 11:48 AM
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RE: working girl... retail

vs. working girl, wholesale?


#100286 04/13/03 08:33 PM
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Only if you can organise mass production ...


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