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Hint: SWAG I know SWAK and I know swag bags (which kids load with candy on Halloween). But SWAG leaves me SOL.
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...you do not live in New England! Or any of the northern US states that have winter storms.
WOW, we built our home, in Buffalo, NY, 4 years ago, without a fireplace. Deleted it from the blueprint and put in a spectacular picture window in its place! We have gone twice in the last 18 months for over 36 hours without electric or heat, but hey, that's what family and hotels are for. EDIT Hubby reminded me, that's what the generator he has on order is for too! But every day I get to look out that window and see the deer, chipmunks, and other wildlife playing in my yard. I'll take that over a fireplace any day!
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wild a** guess is closer than weather assisted guess! and s i think is a stupid one.
my immediate next door neighbors heat their entire house with franklin stoves, vents and wood. i have traded huge pieces of well dried white oak, over 2 feet in diameter for half as much split wood. and i use some of there wood ashes for my compost heap, and to discourage slugs.
i have natural gas piped into the house, and its rare for NY to have a big winter storm that knock out power for days on end. more often is summer thunderstorms, that knock down trees, and take down power lines.
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wild-a** guess
Actually, I think WOW's deduction was more of an EG than a WAG and, since he was right, he didn't end up with any EG on his face.
BTW while I have you in the mood, de Troy, are there any particular rules governing the construction of acronyms?
For instance, a hyphenated word like "wild-a**" accounts for 2 letters in WAG whereas the acronym NORAD squanders the first 3 letters on the first word alone. What gives?
Acronyms have become such a ubiquitous part of daily life, surely we need some rules to bring some order to the universe (OTTU).
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re: WOW's deduction was more of an EG than a WAG and, since he was right,
WOW, you had a sex change? who'd a thought! last time i checked, WOW was a foxy, Wise Old Woman, our local irish granny!
oops, who has egg on their face now!
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And here all along I thought "swag" was the past tense of "swig," since the thread began with that in mind:
...the brewhaha between traditional Guinness beer drinkers and Yuppies over the demise of the "slow pull"
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I thought "swag" was the past tense of "swig"
You are at least half right, Wolfuhulic. After a few "swigs", some people swagger, others stagger and some just sit there and stutter.
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