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Tyson replaces Labor Day with Muslim Eid al-Fitr
John Mazor wrote:
"Mr. Jaggers" lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com wrote in message ... Honus wrote: Mr. Jaggers wrote: John Mazor wrote: snip Amen. Neither side is perfect or blameless. There are incompetent and even criminal labor leaders just as there are incompetent and criminal executives. I don't have any truck with idiots who categorically condemn capitalism, corporations and the market system any more than I do with those who do the same to unions. We need both because both sides do far more good than harm for society. You seem to possess a rare feeling for the complexity of human nature and human relations. Keep up the good work! Not only that, he uses the delightful phrase "I don't have any truck with...." Maybe it's still common usage elsewhere, but where I hail from I never get to hear it! Likewise is the phrase "where I hail from" a rarity these days. Ditto for "So which 'neck of the woods' do y'all hail from?" Well, to answer your question, I just live down the road a piece and a wagon greasin' or two. James |
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"Mr. Jaggers" lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com wrote in message ... John Mazor wrote: "Mr. Jaggers" lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com wrote in message ... Honus wrote: Mr. Jaggers wrote: John Mazor wrote: snip Amen. Neither side is perfect or blameless. There are incompetent and even criminal labor leaders just as there are incompetent and criminal executives. I don't have any truck with idiots who categorically condemn capitalism, corporations and the market system any more than I do with those who do the same to unions. We need both because both sides do far more good than harm for society. You seem to possess a rare feeling for the complexity of human nature and human relations. Keep up the good work! Not only that, he uses the delightful phrase "I don't have any truck with...." Maybe it's still common usage elsewhere, but where I hail from I never get to hear it! Likewise is the phrase "where I hail from" a rarity these days. Ditto for "So which 'neck of the woods' do y'all hail from?" Well, to answer your question, I just live down the road a piece and a wagon greasin' or two. That's a fer' piece from my stompin' grounds. |
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Tyson replaces Labor Day with Muslim Eid al-Fitr
Mr. Jaggers wrote:
Honus wrote: Mr. Jaggers wrote: John Mazor wrote: snip Amen. Neither side is perfect or blameless. There are incompetent and even criminal labor leaders just as there are incompetent and criminal executives. I don't have any truck with idiots who categorically condemn capitalism, corporations and the market system any more than I do with those who do the same to unions. We need both because both sides do far more good than harm for society. You seem to possess a rare feeling for the complexity of human nature and human relations. Keep up the good work! Not only that, he uses the delightful phrase "I don't have any truck with...." Maybe it's still common usage elsewhere, but where I hail from I never get to hear it! Likewise is the phrase "where I hail from" a rarity these days. Then I'll reply with "touchee", which is heard much too often. |
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Honus wrote:
Mr. Jaggers wrote: Honus wrote: Mr. Jaggers wrote: John Mazor wrote: snip Amen. Neither side is perfect or blameless. There are incompetent and even criminal labor leaders just as there are incompetent and criminal executives. I don't have any truck with idiots who categorically condemn capitalism, corporations and the market system any more than I do with those who do the same to unions. We need both because both sides do far more good than harm for society. You seem to possess a rare feeling for the complexity of human nature and human relations. Keep up the good work! Not only that, he uses the delightful phrase "I don't have any truck with...." Maybe it's still common usage elsewhere, but where I hail from I never get to hear it! Likewise is the phrase "where I hail from" a rarity these days. Then I'll reply with "touchee", which is heard much too often. Acceptable as long as you spell it with an accent aigu: touché James the French-Looking |
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Mr. Jaggers wrote: Well, to answer your question, I just live down the road a piece and a wagon greasin' or two. James We must be neighbors because I only live a hoot and a holler from there! 8-) |
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Jud wrote:
Mr. Jaggers wrote: Well, to answer your question, I just live down the road a piece and a wagon greasin' or two. James We must be neighbors because I only live a hoot and a holler from there! 8-) Which contingent do you subscribe to, the one that says 1 hoot = 2.54 hollers, or the one that insists that it's 1 hoot = .75 holler? Your answer will settle the question of our being neighbors. James |
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"John Mazor" wrote in message news:_lInk.656$T91.422@trnddc04... "Honus" wrote in message . .. Mr. Jaggers wrote: John Mazor wrote: snip Amen. Neither side is perfect or blameless. There are incompetent and even criminal labor leaders just as there are incompetent and criminal executives. I don't have any truck with idiots who categorically condemn capitalism, corporations and the market system any more than I do with those who do the same to unions. We need both because both sides do far more good than harm for society. You seem to possess a rare feeling for the complexity of human nature and human relations. Keep up the good work! Not only that, he uses the delightful phrase "I don't have any truck with...." Maybe it's still common usage elsewhere, but where I hail from I never get to hear it! Thank you. The term is antiquated if not obsolescent by now, which is too bad because it connotes much more disdain than "avoid" or "have nothing to do with". I think it was heard mostly in the South and former frontier areas. From the Old French "troquer" it means to trade or have dealings with. A more interesting reference I found was truckmaster - "an officer in charge of trade with Indians, especially among the early settlers." So we probably got it from the early French trappers and settlers. "Bourse" also came to us from the French for purse. I remember that's where I first heard the expression. From the French trappers. Nice buncha fellas. I also learned "Sacré Blue!" from them, too, just before I started seeing it in comic books. I've still never heard anyone actually say that in person-- just in the comics and maybe by French traders in some of the 1950's TV westerns. |
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Mr. Jaggers wrote:
Honus wrote: snip Then I'll reply with "touchee", which is heard much too often. Acceptable as long as you spell it with an accent aigu: touché James the French-Looking As soon as I hit the send button I realized I had one too many e's. And I don't care about the aigu. Honus the Lazy |
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"John Mazor" wrote in message news:MvJnk.558$EL2.237@trnddc01... That's a fer' piece from my stompin' grounds. Ain't thet out past the broked stump? |
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"Aladdin Sane" wrote in message ... "John Mazor" wrote in message news:MvJnk.558$EL2.237@trnddc01... That's a fer' piece from my stompin' grounds. Ain't thet out past the broked stump? Yep. Pass three more barns then keep yore eyes peeled for the second outhouse. |
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