I have been on the lookout for a scrubber with a long handle and haven't seen one. Alas.
You could use a toilet scrubber that you just NEVER EVER NEVERNONEVEREVERNEVERNEVERNEVER stick in the toilet.
Yes! Ohmigod! Someone's blondie bear's a twenty-question genius!
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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Trudy Booth - Apr 28, 2006 9:32:44 am PDT #4265 of 10002
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
flea - Apr 28, 2006 9:34:10 am PDT #4266 of 10002
information libertarian
Hivemind query: do you know what the word "comparanda" means? Do you find it odd? I got a phone call from a colleague asking me what it meant after I used it in a document, and I'm wondering which of us is out of step.
Unrelatedly, is it FAIR that we should be interviewing 10 candidates for 2 internships next week? Like I don't have anything to do with my time!
sarameg - Apr 28, 2006 9:37:31 am PDT #4267 of 10002
Never heard it before, not quite sure what it would mean. I first assumed it was spanish.
Nutty - Apr 28, 2006 9:41:16 am PDT #4268 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Comparanda I would guess at on the similar example of corrigenda: items to compare. (Corrigenda are items to correct.)
Latin, baby!
The number of people who don't even understand when I say "indices" instead of "indexes" is kind of freaky to me. I didn't even take Latin as a language; you just pick this stuff up when you work with books. Or, some people do. I had to explain what recto and verso mean the other day.
Sophia Brooks - Apr 28, 2006 9:43:45 am PDT #4269 of 10002
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I have no idea what comparanda are, but I may have been able to noodle it out by context. I, too thought it was Spanish.
Stephanie - Apr 28, 2006 9:44:29 am PDT #4270 of 10002
Trust my rage
I have *no idea* what recto and verso mean.
msbelle - Apr 28, 2006 9:44:36 am PDT #4271 of 10002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I am one with sara.
Stephanie - Apr 28, 2006 9:45:31 am PDT #4272 of 10002
Trust my rage
Also, neither my Spanish nor English dictionary recognizes comparanda.
sarameg - Apr 28, 2006 9:48:01 am PDT #4273 of 10002
Since OED didn't turn it up, I googled. Since most of the results are either pure latin or museum related, I'd assume it is one of those terms used heavily in a field, but nsm outside that field (like blazar in astro-also not in the OED.)
flea - Apr 28, 2006 9:59:45 am PDT #4274 of 10002
information libertarian
Yeah, in archaeology it's a VERY common word. Okay, I am the weirdo here, not her.