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Raptor Eye
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Si, on taxi driving in the evenings and weekends, was a schoolteacher during the week.

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Be still, and know that I am God! Psalm 46.10

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Lyda*Rose

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He, weekly editorial deadline approaching fast AGAIN, went into all-nighter mode.

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"Dear God, whose name I do not know - thank you for my life. I forgot how BIG... thank you. Thank you for my life." ~from Joe Vs the Volcano

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Baptist Trainfan
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Odessa is sometimes claimed to have been the birthplace of Klezmer music.
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Sipech
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Mu sickens me; it's the most horrid of the Greek letters.

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Terse answers take up less space.

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'If a pleasant, straight-forward life is not possible then one must try to wriggle through by subtle manoeuvres' - Kafka

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Baptist Trainfan
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"Pacers" are the most detested trains on the British railway network.
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Wet Kipper
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"or knickers, I don't mind" as the bishop said to the actress

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Raptor Eye
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Essential oils are sometimes used in massage.

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Be still, and know that I am God! Psalm 46.10

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Lyda*Rose

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Sage scent means turkey dressing in my olfactory memory.

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"Dear God, whose name I do not know - thank you for my life. I forgot how BIG... thank you. Thank you for my life." ~from Joe Vs the Volcano

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Factory memo: Ryan's on conveyor-belt duty for tonight's shift.

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I may not be on an island any more, but I'm still an islander.
alto n a soprano who can read music

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Ssh! If this be love, then give me more.

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"I take prayer too seriously to use it as an excuse for avoiding work and responsibility." -- The Revd Martin Luther King Jr.

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Oscar the Grouch

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Oregon is a place I am looking forward to visiting.

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Faradiu, dundeibáwa weyu lárigi weyu

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Is it in Goethe's interest to translate him into Bantu?

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In other words, just because I made it all up, doesn't mean it isn't true (Reginald Hill)

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Raptor Eye
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Ban tutus for animals, especially elephants.

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Be still, and know that I am God! Psalm 46.10

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Boogie

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Ants are eusocial insects of the family Formicidae.

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Garden. Room. Walk

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Raptor Eye
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Idaea is a genus of geometer moths, some very attractively marked.

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Be still, and know that I am God! Psalm 46.10

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Dal Segno

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"Ely", Mark educed, "is a very fine cathedral."

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Yet ever and anon a trumpet sounds

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Baptist Trainfan
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"He'd rallied a little bit by Sunday night", said the doctor, "but unfortunately his health declined rapidly after that".
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"Er, Thatcher was really quite a formidable woman" said her biographer.

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I may not be on an island any more, but I'm still an islander.
alto n a soprano who can read music

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Wet Kipper
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Rap ? he rarely listens to that drivel

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Sipech
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"Drive left" I had to yell at my American friend who nearly caused a collision by going on the wrong side of the road.

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Baptist Trainfan
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Oadby, a small town near Leicester, claims that it "is a wonderful place to live, study, work, shop and socialise".
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pimple

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So CIA - Li's ecstacy over Oadby! (Did you know Baptist Trainfan is a second-generation Chinese-Mexican secret agent?)

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In other words, just because I made it all up, doesn't mean it isn't true (Reginald Hill)

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Piglet
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A gent would never ask a lady her age.

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I may not be on an island any more, but I'm still an islander.
alto n a soprano who can read music

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Raptor Eye
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Rage can be dissipated by exercise.

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Be still, and know that I am God! Psalm 46.10

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pimple

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I seriously doubt that!

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Sipech
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[bugger, crosspost]

TT hats are also known at motorcyle helmets.

[ 25. November 2014, 16:03: Message edited by: Sipech ]

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Raptor Eye
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'Met Susie for lunch, said goodbye forever' read the sad diary entry.

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Be still, and know that I am God! Psalm 46.10

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no prophet's flag is set so...

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Ryen, try using an "a" rather than an "e", and then people shan't mispell your name daily.

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pimple

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Da. Il y a richtig, bien sur, amigo.

[Translation: Oui, tha's ri', bestimmt, me old fruit]

[Apart from the missing Cyrillics and an accent somewhere]

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In other words, just because I made it all up, doesn't mean it isn't true (Reginald Hill)

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Firenze

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I go forth to fight in the Thirty Years War!*

*actual line from a 19th C barnstormer.

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pimple

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"Swart" Is undeniably non- PC. Shakespeare should be prosecuted.

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In other words, just because I made it all up, doesn't mean it isn't true (Reginald Hill)

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Raptor Eye
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Rose, cute dimples embedded into her broad smile, invited me into her room.

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Be still, and know that I am God! Psalm 46.10

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Welease Woderwick

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Om is, as Hindus and Buddhists believe, the first sound heard after creation.

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What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand?

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Raptor Eye
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'Eat I only fish' said the mermaid, trying to grasp the language.

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Aged rockers sometimes marry pretty young girls.

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I may not be on an island any more, but I'm still an islander.
alto n a soprano who can read music

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IRL, say some text messages, along with SRSLY.

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Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world’s grief. Do justly, now. Love mercy, now. Walk humbly, now. You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to abandon it.

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Sly & The Family Stone really rocked on their comeback tour.

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--"Oh bat bladders, do you have to bring common sense into this?" (Dragon, "Jane & the Dragon")
--"Oh, Peace Train, save this country!" (Yusuf/Cat Stevens, "Peace Train")

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Raptor Eye
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Me? Back to urban life and away from the hard graft of the family farm, I thrived.

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Be still, and know that I am God! Psalm 46.10

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Boogie

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Vedalia beetles are ladybirds from down under [Smile]

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Garden. Room. Walk

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Raptor Eye
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Down underblankets keep people very warm on cold winter nights, but the ducks might not be too happy about it.

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Be still, and know that I am God! Psalm 46.10

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Lyda*Rose

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"Out it goes!" I said as I waded through the dusty detritus in the attic.

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"Dear God, whose name I do not know - thank you for my life. I forgot how BIG... thank you. Thank you for my life." ~from Joe Vs the Volcano

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Piglet
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Heat, ticks and the possibility of encountering snakes would be enough to put me off jungle exploration.

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I may not be on an island any more, but I'm still an islander.
alto n a soprano who can read music

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Sipech
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Lo, rat ions are what ye get if one removeth all electrons from these pestilent rodents!

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Raptor Eye
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Dents in the bumpers are nothing to do with me.

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Be still, and know that I am God! Psalm 46.10

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Mental illnesses can only be successfully cured with sausage rolls.

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Welease Woderwick

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Rolls and Royce set up an enduring partnership.

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Fancy a break in South India?
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What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand?

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Smudgie

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Hip replacements are highly recommended if you're feeling somewhat decrepit.

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Miss you, Erin.

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Crepitation is a crackling noise which occurs when joints rub together, as in arthritis.
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Welease Woderwick

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It is well known that a witch weighs the same as a duck.

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I give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way.
Fancy a break in South India?
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What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand?

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