Wildclickers #74 - The "Tree from Hell??"

danon5 wrote:

Hi Amigo, glad you stopped by.....

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* In Cleveland, OH it's illegal to catch mice without a hunting license.

* The phrase, "the whole nine yards", probably refers to WWII fighter planes returning to base after firing all their ammo. The belts holding the ammo were each 27 feet long - so nine yards.

* The "Rule of Thumb" probably started in Olde England - where it was law that a man could only beat his wife with a stick no bigger than his thumb.

* The name "Jeep" came from WWII GI's refering to the "General Purpose Vehicle (GP)"

Don't mean to rain your parade, old friend, but that one has been thoroughly descredited as 'folk etymology' by every 20th century linguist worthy of his/her PhD. Search the old law books all you will, you won't find that there ever was such a law or even such a custom in old England. The term 'rule of thumb' most likely originated among builders who knew that their thumb was roughly equal to three inches or a little less, the measure from elbow to fingertips roughly a yard and so on. Rule of thumb meant you didn't have your handy-dandy tape measure handy, but could still estimate where the nails shoul go.

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Thanks Merry, I'll make a note of it....... Sure sounded like a fun answer though..... Very Happy

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ehBeth, awsome!

ul, congrats!

Dan, Laughing

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aktbird57 - You and your 299 friends have supported 2,621,155.5 square feet!

Marine Wetlands habitat supported: 133,985.7 square feet.
You have supported: (0.0)
Your 299 friends have supported: (133,985.7)

American Prairie habitat supported: 57,048.0 square feet.
You have supported: (14,069.8)
Your 299 friends have supported: (42,978.3)

Rainforest habitat supported: 2,430,121.8 square feet.
You have supported: (174,630.8)
Your 299 friends have supported: (2,255,491.0)

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1 Aktbird57 .. 1601 60.171 acres

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Great new ul!

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Keep 'em coming Danon. We can use the grins.

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You betcha ehBeth, I will keep it coming....... However, will change course a bit......

Here are some historical instances when using the "F" word is OK......

* "What the #&^* was that!!" - the mayor of Hiroshima.

* "I don't suppose it's gonna *!%#ing rain." - Joan of Arc

* "Scattered &@*%ing showers my ass." - Noah

* "Where did all those @&%$ing indians come from??" - Custer

enjoy.

Very Happy

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Yawnnnn - - - Oh, excuse me. (sip coffee), mmmmmm

Here we are with less than a week to go until the time we all become "backsliders" catching up with the hour we lost in our lives about six months ago. Next Sunday we back up our clocks an hour and sleep in............. Very Happy

all clicked...........

sip

Oh, Happy UN Day everyone - - - I think. Shocked

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Dan, UN@%#*ing believeable! Shocked

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Looking forward to sleeping in...

Universal Children`s Day - today we started fund raising for 'our' children in Mexico.
My children ad I have been lucky to be born 'this side of the river'.

Herr Kid finished his Master's thesis in Particle Physics.

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I will have to tell mrs hamburger, she was quite smitten with Herr Kid :wink:

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You and your 299 friends have supported 2,622,724.2 square feet!

Marine Wetlands habitat supported: 134,149.6 square feet.
You have supported: (0.0)
Your 299 friends have supported: (134,149.6)

American Prairie habitat supported: 57,071.4 square feet.
You have supported: (14,093.2)
Your 299 friends have supported: (42,978.3)

Rainforest habitat supported: 2,431,503.2 square feet.
You have supported: (174,677.7)
Your 299 friends have supported: (2,256,825.5)

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1 Aktbird57 .. 1601 60.206 acres

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Wow, ul, that's fantastic......... But, not possible, you are far too young. Surprised

Stradee, good one. Very Happy

ehBeth, thanks once again for the update. You know, of course, when we don't say thank you we mean to. Shocked

:wink:

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CLIIIIIIIIIIIIIIICK!!!!

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ul, you must be a very proud mom! Very Happy

Dan, i received a prompt from isp and upgraded explorer. Haven't yelled 'yikes' once yet! So far so good!

Haven't quite figured out the add-on disabler/enabler feature yet. What happens if the features enabled?

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Absoutley rude not saying thanks for all the wonderful photos!

THANKYOU!! Very Happy

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Stradee, there are many new things I haven't seen yet on IE7 - but, so far am happy with it.

Go to the new IE7 tool bar (the one with the "favorites" star) and on the right side you will see "Tools" and to the right of that some doubled pointers. Click on the pointers - then click on Help - then you have a choice of (Contents/Index) and/or (Internet Explorer Tour)

Both are very informative and there is a "search mode" line you can directly access information from.

Hope this helps.

There are other ways - such as click on the little arrow next to Tools and from the menu select "Menu Bar" - That will give you a selection of choices that were available at the top of the old IE6 browser. After selection you may go back and unclick by clicking on the same "Menu Bar" - and the little sucker will disappear once more.

I think the place to start is the IE7 Tour..... Very Happy

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Morning all, clicked....................

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More Grins =

Appropriate times in history to use the "F" word -

* "It does SO *&^%ing look like her" - Picasso

* "You want WHAT on the ^&*#ing ceiling?" - Michaelangelo

* "Any @#$%ing idiot could understand that." - Einstein

* "How the ^#*$ did you work that out??" - Pythagorus

Very Happy

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danon5 wrote:

Morning all, clicked....................

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More Grins =

Appropriate times in history to use the "F" word -

* "It does SO *&^%ing look like her" - Picasso

* "You want WHAT on the ^&*#ing ceiling?" - Michaelangelo

* "Any @#$%ing idiot could understand that." - Einstein

* "How the ^#*$ did you work that out??" - Pythagorus

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Good morning!

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Howdy wildclickers!

Dan Very Happy

Whatt the @#$*!!!! Aristotole

I don't need a @#%*ing helmet! Evel Kaneival

Forget the @#%*(@* surgery! Alexander Pope

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Dan, today working with new IE a lot easier. I'm glad i upgraded! Lots of cool features, and webpages are so much better for viewing. Darker text, lots of animation that i wasn't able to see when the isp dial connect was slow from the older version of Explorer. Doesn't seem to be a prob now. Faster page connect, etc.

There was only one upgrade where specs wearn't compatable with my computer - just one though, and i can still connect from desktop. That was the only minus from the IE upgrade.

Weather still warm, although a lot breezier. Leafs falling all over the place, and today when i arrived home, Clem n' pal were resting on the lawns, and i was able to take a photo from an open window and the deer didn't run! They just sat there looking right at the camera lens! Very Happy

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OMG! Clem's gonna have a baby! She's been resting in the sunshine on the lawn, each day, every day! Course, the oats and alfalfa may have something to do with the fact she's not the least bit afraid - that and we chat - i speak fluent deer - and now Clems outta the rutt and inta motherhood!

Auntie Stradee will keep ya all posted.

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