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However they do make good beer

Obama was right, we should encourage the kids to learn another language. I took German in high school but wish now it had been Spanish or better yet, Arabic

Judging by reaction from the Right, I concluded that I too must be an elite

Guys please forgive me profusely for bubbling it back up and this time I promise faithfully not to do it again, but I still need that word. Ken, Phil, I know you know it

Ken it's interesting that by sheer coincidence I recently discovered that I, like Obama, must be an elitist. When he suggested we ought to learn Spanish I agreed most wholeheartedly as I had taken German in high school but now wish it had been Spanish or better yet Arabic. But I was dumbfounded to l...

Has nothing to do with words but of course this is what the Addict's Corner is for http://iidb.infidels.org/vbb/showthread.php?t=247068 More interesting even than the validity of my position is the furor, how so many participants of a particular venue become so twisted out of shape, as if they feel ...

I might add as further evidence that pool engineers are hardly rocket scientists: The typical 115-v underwater light system is designed specifically to electrocute the swimmer. Try Googling: swimming pool underwater light electrocute and you will get thirty thousand hits . After an unpleasant swimmi...

Wish I could remember. I think the word is used as adjective

Phil thanks again but that's not it either

Ken: No but thanks, good try

Phil yes I have with no luck whatever. Grossly disappointed with the typical online thesaurus

Guys once more forgive me for bubbling this one back up as I desperately need that word

Won't do it again

Jane thank you for saving me the trouble. Another interesting aspect of modern technology, like the tranquilizer that causes suicide, is the solar cover made of a material which is dissolved by chlorine

Since I quit my magazine-writing career decades ago (finding that it was a form or work, while retirement is supposed to be free of that kind of thing), I am unaware of the new ways in which writers find markets Back then you first had to identify the market, such as a magazine, then study it for st...

Hate to seem pushy but to coin an outrageous mixed metaphor it's on the tip of the tongue and driving me bats

Could be but it's a pretty common word and I'll bet Ken or Phil or other academic participant comes up with it within a few posts