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Old 07-12-2010, 08:11 PM   #331
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couldn't agree more about the thoroughly implausible absurdity of the "bull in a china shop" image. but i'll forgive 11 all his over-exuberance, because it's better to be enthusiastic than indifferent, and plus i learned two new words in this chapter ("bollard" and "dovecot").
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Old 07-12-2010, 08:23 PM   #332
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You shouldn't be too hard on 11, after all, he and his good friend 7 have a nice job here in the States at a convenience store...
Strange, not a place I assume with ebullience, though the stocking could be -- I'll put that down to 7.

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couldn't agree more about the thoroughly implausible absurdity of the "bull in a china shop" image. but i'll forgive 11 all his over-exuberance, because it's better to be enthusiastic than indifferent, and plus i learned two new words in this chapter ("bollard" and "dovecot").
And there was me thinking I was kind not using the word doocot....
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Old 07-13-2010, 02:34 AM   #333
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For example, it did try to park a friend's car once. Just the once. I think the latest grand total of damaged items is eight cars, six flower pots, two bollards, nine shopping carts, a tramp steamer and two dovecots (the lawyers are still arguing about the satellite).
the reasons why you were allowed to try that trick only once is quite clear.
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Old 07-13-2010, 02:50 AM   #334
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In this disaster prone world (disastrerious?), populated by bulls of China and parking demolition volunteers, I'd like to break a lance in favor of skinny 11. He does a fine trick with 2. If you post a little 2 just on the head of 11 and keep it there at a rakish angle, it will unlikely but eventually slide down between the two 1's and the whole thing will pump itself up to 121.
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Old 07-13-2010, 10:38 AM   #335
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In France, the expression is "elephant in a china shop", and that makes so much more sense. For one thing, I'm sure a well-trained elephant would be able to open a door. Not sure why you'd want to bother teaching him, of course, when all he has to do is walk into the door...
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Old 07-13-2010, 10:44 AM   #336
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Old 07-13-2010, 09:41 PM   #337
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Old 07-13-2010, 09:44 PM   #338
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And there was me thinking I was kind not using the word doocot....
Do doves do doo?
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Old 07-14-2010, 02:52 AM   #339
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I can't wait for "10" ...... very symbolic that number ......
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Old 07-14-2010, 06:08 PM   #340
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10!

Ah 10. The number, a real treasure trove.

Whereever 10 is, that's the place to be. Trendy, cool, hot, in, buzzing, hip; whatever the word, whereever 10 is, that's what the place becomes.

Why?

Well, X marks the spot.
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Old 07-14-2010, 07:27 PM   #341
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10!

Ah 10. The number, a real treasure trove.

Whereever 10 is, that's the place to be. Trendy, cool, hot, in, buzzing, hip; whatever the word, whereever 10 is, that's what the place becomes.

Why?

Well, X marks the spot.
And movies...
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Old 07-15-2010, 03:08 AM   #342
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The gas line and the electricity tubes have been added, now only water is missing...
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Old 07-28-2010, 06:55 PM   #343
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73 days left..

The gas line and the electricity tubes have been added, now only water is missing...
Did the 14 days go by fast or slow?
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Old 08-02-2010, 03:16 AM   #344
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Did the 14 days go by fast or slow?
Slow...


6 days left before the dismantling of our kitchen, 55 days before the placement of the new one...
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