In the biomedical sciences it is common to refer to a division into thirds as terciles: the lower tercile, the middle tercile, and the upper tercile.
But the OED has never heard of the term.
Curious.
Simon: You are my beautiful sister. River: I threw up on your bed. Simon: Yep. Definitely my sister.
'War Stories'
Natter 52: Playing with a full deck?
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.
Rick - Jul 13, 2007 7:05:55 pm PDT #8142 of 10001
brenda m - Jul 13, 2007 7:06:56 pm PDT #8143 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Ooh. I think I found my happy-housewarming-to-me present. A nifty salon near the new place offers a crazy bulk discount on massage - $360 for 500 minutes. So basically ten massages for $36 each. And I 'spose I might as well throw the money around while I can, since that's gonna change soon enough.
Cass - Jul 13, 2007 7:14:08 pm PDT #8144 of 10001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
My beer and balcony killed the thread. I'm sorry.It died of jealousy. I hope you are happy now.
Emily - Jul 13, 2007 7:41:14 pm PDT #8145 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
How many Buffistas do we have in the mid-Atlantic states? There are some in DC, I know --how about Virginia or North Carolina?
Cass - Jul 13, 2007 7:45:11 pm PDT #8146 of 10001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
NC has smonster and amyth.
sarameg - Jul 13, 2007 7:46:26 pm PDT #8147 of 10001
Me, lisah, and mfnlaw are in the Baltimore area. Raq's technically DC. Northern of DC, of course.
Emily - Jul 13, 2007 7:47:53 pm PDT #8148 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Cool. Wonder if Darth's still in NC?
JenP - Jul 13, 2007 7:54:44 pm PDT #8149 of 10001
I'm in Delaware. Just as close to Baltimore as DC is!
Allyson - Jul 13, 2007 7:55:37 pm PDT #8150 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
I got to play with Grace tonight! She gets prettier every time I see her.
sarameg - Jul 13, 2007 8:07:27 pm PDT #8151 of 10001
Lucky paperdol!
It's funny, I know the twins shouldn't look too much alike, or for that matter, different, but I'm still surprised that they do. Both ways. I see their relations, and I see their selves. Noah's got that whole punkass thing going, abetted by his hair. And then Grace...well, she's got well behaved hair when they ain't giving her crappy haircuts. But she's always looked rounder in the face, more serene even pissed off and this is with me testing my biases and looking funny at gender stuff. Even if I'm completely deluded now, I''m rather in love with their individuality. Well, and them.