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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 2 of 3 1 2 3 Re: pinnies #127822 04/28/04 12:51 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont http://www.morleyathletics.com/pinnies.htm this is what I call a pinnie. formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Memories #127823 04/28/04 01:20 PM Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California J jheem veteran jheem veteran J Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California Homesickness can be resolved by returning home In my experience, returning home is not possible. It's not just a place, but a time and a place, and people. And that time has been lost, except in memories. And that place is quite different today. And those people have passed on. Oh, well, we have the present ... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Memories #127824 04/28/04 01:48 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie OP Carpal Tunnel OP Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Thanks, eta; your link shows what it looked like the kids were wearing. And, jheem, The memories themselve are happy, but the longing is not. hit my point exactly: would we ever be nostalgic for a time when we were unhappy? Your post just above also hit home (eh, no pun intended) for me: returning home is not possible. It's not just a place, but a time and a place, and people. Graduate school was one of the most intense, and intensely rewarding, experiences in my life, and I was quite saddened when I realized at the end that, even if we all turned around right then and did it all over again, with all the same students and all the same teachers, it wouldn't be the same. SIGH... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Memories #127825 04/28/04 02:13 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,439 New England, USA W wow Carpal Tunnel wow Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,439 New England, USA A saying about the Irish: "All their wars are merry and all their songs are sad" This just popped into my head when I read the discussion. Now what made that happen? And what possible relevance does it have? It's gonna be one of those days, isn't it? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Memories #127826 04/29/04 04:53 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta B Bingley Carpal Tunnel Bingley Carpal Tunnel B Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta I would say an apron is tied round the waist, while a similar garment with a bib tied round the neck could be an apron or pinnie. As it happened I was having dinner with some friends last night, and our host greeted us wearing such a garment. After some discussion, we all (males in our 40s and 50s from the UK and Australia) agreed that our mothers might well refer to it as a pinny. Those with kids opined that their daughters would not. Father Steve, your link requests a member name and password. Bingley Bingley Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Memories #127827 04/29/04 05:02 AM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA Father Steve, your link requests a member name and password. If one smushes the "cancel" button five times, the little box requiring a password goes away and one may read the detailed and interesting article. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Memories #127828 04/29/04 05:21 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta B Bingley Carpal Tunnel Bingley Carpal Tunnel B Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta By using the masonic handshake I got access to the text but not alas to the illustrations. Bingley Bingley Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Brazilian? #127829 04/29/04 03:44 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,004 London, UK shanks old hand shanks old hand Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,004 London, UK Dear Jheem Is this the same as Portuguese, or has it evolved its own vocabulary in Brasil? cheer the sunshine warrior Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Brazilian? #127830 04/29/04 06:29 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 It's also Portuguese, as far as I know, shanks. Fado music is full of saudade. I'll check and make sure. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Brazilian? #127831 04/29/04 07:29 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont a recent tune on Radio Paradise was Sodade, by Cesaria Évora... formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 2 of 3 1 2 3 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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