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- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 11:38:41 MST
- Sender: English Language Discussion Group <WORDS-L@uga.cc.uga.edu>
- From: Dan Lester <ALILESTE@IDBSU.IDBSU.EDU>
- Subject: Re: Questions
- Comments: To: English Language Discussion Group <WORDS-L@uga.cc.uga.edu>
- In-Reply-To: Message of Tue, 29 Dec 1992 16:46:36 +0100 from <torkel@SICS.SE>
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- On Tue, 29 Dec 1992 16:46:36 +0100 <torkel@SICS.SE> said:
- >leaves a whole box of the things because he has a guilty conscience.
-
- right....a BOX of them would have 24 or so of the individually wrapped
- ones like come in a candy machine or sold individually in stores...
- all the wareho7use market places sell them by the box....
-
- >
- > Yes, they pass through Raton, which as we all know is way up north in
- >New Mexico.
-
- yup...they probably go through amarillo and then on across to springer
- or des moines.....
-
- > But if so, is this somehow significant?
-
- well, worn is important....a drugstore cowboy would have shiny new ones
- that had never been used...and as someone suggested,t he idea of worn heels
- would mean more walking than riding....which could be important to the
- description....
-
- > b) "When you were a cop...how many guys were on a pad?"
-
- as my suggestion was....they're on the take....paid off....
-
- > They're the same size here. But what is the derivation of "BB"?
-
- at some point there was/is a classification of some sort....like
- sizes bb, aa, b, a, etc....
-
- dan
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