Just an Ordinary Owl?
@owlwings (43910)
Cambridge, England • Age 84
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Just an Ordinary Owl? The VAX was a popular mainframe computer back in the '80s. A little later, I believe, it became a shortened form of 'vacuum', used as a verb, though not very commonly. In England, the more common verb was 'to hoover' (after a popular brand of vacuum cleaner at...
1 Nov 21
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Just an Ordinary Owl? I have a tail. It's called a coccyx and it's hidden from view, though it can be very painful if it's hit hard. My cat thinks it odd that I don't have a tail but he accepts hand waving in place of tail gestures (though my cat language abilities are still in...
26 Oct 21
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Just an Ordinary Owl? No, I don't get spam like this because I live in a reasonably free country, where what you people call 'far left democrats' are part of a slightly crazy fringe and what he calls 'liberals' tend to be members of our Conservative government.
Freedom is a...
16 Oct 21
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Just an Ordinary Owl? It's only in North America (a minority of English speakers, incidentally) that the insect is called a 'ladybug', The rest of the English speaking world calls it a 'Ladybird' (even though it is not a bird). Other European names for it similarly associate it...
14 Oct 21
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Just an Ordinary Owl? Gyros are called Doner Kebab here. I think that this style of cooking (sliced meat seasoned and packed onto a large spit and grilled on a vertical grill) was invented in Turkey and imported to Greece, The Greek name symply means 'turned' or 'turning' (we have...
13 Oct 21
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Just an Ordinary Owl? Cheap batteries never work long in a camera. They would be fine in a flashlight or something like that but a camera drains them as quickly as blink. You need to use Duracell Plus. Read the packaging and see if it says they are suitable for digital camera use.
10 Oct 21
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Just an Ordinary Owl? You can use any piece of cloth so long as it's clean. The bottom of a stocking or an old pair of tights works well or an old handkerchief. Muslin or cheesecloth was what was traditionally used because it was cheap and usually readily available back in the...
10 Oct 21
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Just an Ordinary Owl? We have a wildlife park near us which has a family of capybaras. They seem to be a gentle animal which would harm nobody (though they can be quite vicious, I believe, if need be). They are really nothing more than giant guinea pigs. Calling them rodents makes...
8 Oct 21
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Just an Ordinary Owl? By all accounts, BJ has an indeterminate number of illegitimate children (he won't say how many - perhaps because he doesn't know himself?). The most recent child was conceived out of wedlock but he married the mother before she gave birth. All that must be...
7 Oct 21
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Just an Ordinary Owl? I don't see any reference to sleep-giving properties here (Holland & Barrett are a well-respected health food provider in the UK), but many of the claims for its other uses seem to be unsubstantiated. You might also want to consider the side effects mentioned,...
5 Oct 21
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Just an Ordinary Owl? It is what is otherwise known as 'faux leather'. It's often made of polyurethane and polyvinyl chloride but can also be made from pineapple leaves, apple peelings and other fruit waste and even cactus. These days, it's a lot more supple and durable than the...
5 Oct 21
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Just an Ordinary Owl? I don't know what buckeyes are but they look like what we call 'conkers' or horse chestnuts. I know that their name comes from their resemblance to the eyeball of a buck (which in my language means a young male deer, when it's grown but before it becomes a...
3 Oct 21
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