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Thursday Open Thread | 59 comments (59 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

This afternoon I am working at home - I need to finish the hand-outs for next weeks summeryoga class.

So for me right now Thursday is okay.

by Fran (fran at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Jul 16th, 2009 at 10:43:17 AM EST

Thursday is a long day. Fortunately from tomorrow I am on leave until the following weekend. No work or internet access for a week.

Ad astra per aspera

by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Thu Jul 16th, 2009 at 10:49:57 AM EST
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Offline (4.00 / 2)

Do you need counseling? ;-)

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Thu Jul 16th, 2009 at 10:52:57 AM EST
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Re: Offline (none / 0)

Well, I hope she stops in now and again for a hair of the dog.

The fact is that what we're experiencing right now is a top-down disaster. -Paul Krugman

by dvx (dvx.clt ät gmail dotcom) on Thu Jul 16th, 2009 at 11:00:48 AM EST
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Re: Offline (none / 1)

dvx:

for a hair of the dog

??? What does this expression mean? I haven't heard this one before.

by Fran (fran at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Jul 16th, 2009 at 11:04:39 AM EST
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Re: Offline (none / 1)

That's an AE colloquial expression: Take a hair of the dog that bit you.

The historical meaning is, if you have a hangover you should take a little drink to make it better.

The fact is that what we're experiencing right now is a top-down disaster. -Paul Krugman

by dvx (dvx.clt ät gmail dotcom) on Thu Jul 16th, 2009 at 11:06:38 AM EST
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Re: Offline (4.00 / 2)

LOL, I think I never would have guessed that. :-)

by Fran (fran at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Jul 16th, 2009 at 11:14:43 AM EST
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Re: Offline (4.00 / 3)

Originally it came from a mistaken cure for a bite from a rabid dog - a hair from the dog had to be placed in the bite wound.

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Thu Jul 16th, 2009 at 11:17:27 AM EST
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If you have no internet access, does that mean you are going away?

by Fran (fran at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Jul 16th, 2009 at 10:54:29 AM EST
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Re: Thursday Open Thread (none / 0)

Yes, it is Treasure Trove week. At best I have an intermitant mobile signal but no internet access. Even if I did, the days are too busy to go online.

No hair of the dog, all cold turkey.

Ad astra per aspera

by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Thu Jul 16th, 2009 at 11:02:53 AM EST
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Re: Thursday Open Thread (none / 0)

A sounds like fun - if I remember correctly you enjoyed the one last year.

by Fran (fran at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Jul 16th, 2009 at 11:05:12 AM EST
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Yes it was great. Physically demanding but a real escape from real life!

Ad astra per aspera

by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Thu Jul 16th, 2009 at 11:18:46 AM EST
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In Wales:

No hair of the dog, all cold turkey.

Oh my lord.

Someone staged an intervention, didn't they?

The fact is that what we're experiencing right now is a top-down disaster. -Paul Krugman

by dvx (dvx.clt ät gmail dotcom) on Thu Jul 16th, 2009 at 11:07:30 AM EST
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