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> I will find out for you um, Dody, have you read the rest of the thread, before you blue any time on this hunt for previously discovered treasure?
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I believe the Whigs' colour was buff (tan or yellowish). I think you find this in Dickens' description of an election in Pickwick Papers.
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Sweet Hyla-chic, didn't you remember our past discussion?
a se'f-yart! well done, hyla-hyla!!
I knew the risk, and considered calling a yart my-own-self, but I took the path of least assistance (and least effort), and just chimed in with my concurrence. Thank you kindly for the comeuppance. Anyhow, we discussed it almost a year ago, and it still ain't fixed! What the hey?
p.s. - the distinct colors selected above to distinguish the quotes of the distinguished Jackie and tsuwm were in no way intended to distinguish their distinct political views one from the other.
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p.s. - the distinct colors selected above to distinguish the quotes of the distinguished Jackie and tsuwm were in no way intended to distinguish their distinct political views one from the other.A hit! A very palpable and well-deserved hit! (hi, Max)
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I learned the phrase "out of pocket" in terms of being unavailable about 20 years ago when I began working for the US Air Force. I have always assumed it to be a military term, referring to being out of the pocket of resistance or some such, thus meaning unavailable for duty. And that's the exact translation for the phrase as I understood it.
Another phrase I learned at the same time was window of opportunity. I always wanted to slam that window shut on the perpetrator's knuckles.
TEd
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the Romans *did have political color connections. The four major factions in the Games were the Reds, the Blues, the Greens and the Whites. Originally they were four independent and equal groups and, depending on who was the emporers favorite, political factions following them. Later on two of them (Green and White, I believe) became subsidiary to the other twoIndeed. For a detailed discussion of the teams, see http://makeashorterlink.com/?D2E752441
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Alexander's Rag Timebands. Oh, Ted, you're killin me!
Re French trricolor : Marcel Moune, he of French birth told me children are taught to remember which color goes closest toi the flagpole by learning "Bleu,Blanc et Rouge" (Pahdun ma French)
The Irish flag for the Republic was set up to have Green for the Republic, Orange for the North (Free State) and White for (the hope of) Peace.
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