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Perhaps we should limit the products to exclude things that have their own designation but form a subset with a proper name - which would accept Macadam the paving material but disallow Macadamia nuts, since there are plenty of nuts of other sorts.
So "macadam paving"would be out and "Macadamias" in.
But of course they aren't products, strictly speaking. Or even loosely.
Strictly speaking, they *are products, but they are probably not commodities[?]
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Oh Helen, I burst out laughing when I saw your post about Zimmer. It reminded me of one of the great film classics, the scene in the Peter Sellers movie where Clouseau comes into the inn and tells the innkeeper he wants a rühm. The innkeeper, after getting him to repeat this a couple times says, "Zimmer!" Clouseau checks his pocket dictionary and says, "Yes, you idiot, that's what I said : Rühm!!" This is followed by the immortal dialogue which begins, "Does your dog bite?"
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Max has right. Zimmermann means carpenter; innkeeper is Gastwirt(in). Bei mienem Wörterbuch.
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as noted elsewhere, many from other states and nations are assisting NY with the recovery.
this morning on the way to work, i saw a giant crane on truck heading downtown. the truck had the company name painted on the side panel.
All Erections and Cranes--
Thank you, Cleveland Ohio.. in more ways than one!
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A Chicago company, very well connected politcally, specializes in excavating and grading the land for large real-estate projects. Their slogan, appearing on billboards, is:
Palumbo Brothers: We Make the Earth Move
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BYB writes: "So far as I can ascertain, salads were invented in the middle ages as something to fill your gut and keep off the pangs of starvation whilst fasting; they were not viewed as providing any significant nourishment, hence OK to eat on a fast."
And Oct 2, in The Wall Street Journal: "Don't count on many bonus bucks this year. That's the clear message from numerous companies in the automotive, airline...and other badly battered industries...Those salad days are over." [emph added]
Or are they just beginning?
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I've never heard of 'salad days' apart from when some friends decide to go on a diet. Am I to assume by the quote Insel that it means 'good times' as in times where you are making good money.
How did this come about?
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The use of "salad days" is fairly old, if I remember correctly. It was in use amongst the haut ton during the Regency period, and generally referred to those "carefree" years/months/weeks/days between coming out (being introduced to society) and getting married. And, FWIW, here's a reference from Google: http://www.boston.com/globe/columns/freeman/salad_days.htmSorry for the analysis, but you can all blame teresag. She started it ... 
The idiot also known as Capfka ...
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shakespeare: "my salad days, when I was green in experience". or something of that sort. Haven't yet LIU. Edit:: Ah, Jeez! I see it's in the above URL. Sorry. Hey, why am I apologizing? No fair googling, CapK, until we've had the fun of picking our own brains! 
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