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An Incredible Look At Sayings And Customs From A Simpler Time PHIL MUTZWe can learn a lot about ourselves by looking to the past.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFzDaBzBlL0
I wonder if people who know many languages or musicians who have learned many instruments would be any better at the bicycle challenge.
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The following is FDR's speech at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on September 23rd, 1932. Reading it helped me to really see just how far we have gotten away from the greatness of America concerning the selfless ideal of working and growing business, economy and government for the good of the people, of the commonwealth. Donald Trump branded the phrase, Make America Great Again. He should read what FDR said and have himself a personal epiphany for his sake and the sake of us all, the commonwealth, the people. (and so should Hillary, and every self-serving poli
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Wow!!! Awesome piece on the importance of checking in around sexuality. I've emailed the author to see if I can include this on my new website at www.sextalk.guru. Have a great one!
https://goodmenproject.com/featured-content/i-promise-its-no...
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This looks like one way to get out of the mess we´re in...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7P0qv6D8pHk
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Mathematical Discovery of Planet 9 complete and they are now searching the patch of sky where they expect it to be. Also revealed that the data used to predict planet X is incorrect data (explained in video). And note that the video is 40 minutes long, even though it shows 1:11:35. At 40 minutes it begins to repeat...
Planet 9 Explained and Explored with Astronomer Konstantin Batygin - YouTube
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It only just came home to me -- and to internet news people like Alex Jones -- that this has probably happened. I'm surprised how deeply it has affected me -- because of the respect I have for Assange and people like him (Snowden, Manning, Ellsberg, Edmonds, to name a few...) We owe them a lot. Let's hope he's hiding out somewhere. As you will see, the facts are anything but clear.
Here are some links:
https://regated.com/2016/11/julian-assange-missing/
http://sociable.co/web/julian-assange-missing/
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If you think things have never been worse, watch this short, eye-opening video...
https://www.facebook.com/ThisIsZinc/videos/543852842482053/
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Some more:
Bite the bullet
bite the bullet, idiom, words, Grammarly
Meaning: To accept something difficult or unpleasant
Origin: In the olden days, when doctors were short on anesthesia or time during a battle, they would ask the patient to bite down on a bullet to distract from the pain. The first recorded use of the phrase was in 1891 in The Light that Failed.
Break the ice
Meaning: To break off a conflict or commence a friendship.
Origin: Back when road transportation was not developed, ships would be the only transportation and means of trade. At times, the ships would get stuck during the winter because of ice formation. The receiving country would send small ships to “break the ice” to clear a way for the trade ships. This gesture showed affiliation and understanding between two territories.
Butter someone up
Meaning: To impress someone with flattery
Origin: This was a customary religious act in ancient India. The devout would throw butter balls at the statues of their gods to seek favor and forgiveness.
Mad as a hatter
Meaning: To be completely crazy
Origin: No, you didn’t already know this one, because it didn’t originate from Lewis Caroll’s Alice in Wonderland. Its origins date from the 17th and 18th centuries — well before Lewis Caroll’s book was published. In 17th century France, poisoning occurred among hat makers who used mercury for the hat felt. The “Mad Hatter Disease” was marked by shyness, irritability, and tremors that would make the person appear “mad.”
Cat got your tongue?
Meaning: Asked to a person who is at loss of words
Origin: The English Navy used to use a whip called “Cat-o’-nine-tails” for flogging. The pain was so severe that it caused the victim to stay quiet for a long time. Another possible source could be from ancient Egypt, where liars’ and blasphemers’ tongues were cut out and fed to the cats. (What a treat for the cats!)
Barking up the wrong tree
Meaning: To have misguided thoughts about an event or situation, a false lead
Origin: This refers to hunting dogs that may have chased their prey up a tree. The dogs bark, assuming that the prey is still in the tree, when the prey is no longer there.
Turn a blind eye
Meaning: To ignore situations, facts, or reality
Origin: The British Naval hero, Admiral Horatio Nelson, had one blind eye. Once when the British forces signaled for him to stop attacking a fleet of Danish ships, he held up a telescope to his blind eye and said, “I do not see the signal.” He attacked, nevertheless, and was victorious.
Bury the hatchet
Meaning: To stop a conflict and make peace
Origins: This one dates back to the early times North America when the Puritans were in conflict with the Native Americans. When negotiating peace, the Native Americans would bury all their hatchets, knives, clubs, and tomahawks. Weapons literally were buried and made inaccessible.
Caught red-handed
Meaning: To be caught in the act of doing something wrong
Origin: This originates from an old English law that ordered any person to be punished for butchering an animal that wasn’t his own. The only way the person could be convicted is if he was caught with the animal’s blood still on his hands.
Give a cold shoulder
Meaning: Being unwelcoming or antisocial toward someone
Origin: In medieval England, it was customary to give a guest a cold piece of meat from the shoulder of mutton, pork, or beef chop when the host felt it was time for the guest to leave. This was a polite way to communicate, “You may leave, now.”
Go the whole nine yards
Meaning: To try your best at something
Origin: During World War II, the fighter pilots were equipped with nine yards of ammunition. When they ran out, it meant that they had tried their best at fighting off the target with the entirety of their ammunition.
Let one’s hair down
Meaning: To relax or be at ease
Origin: In public, the aristocratic women of medieval times were obliged to appear in elegant hair-dos that were usually pulled up. The only time they would “let their hair down” was when they came home and relaxed.
Rub the wrong way
Meaning: To bother or annoy someone
Origin: Early Americans, during the colonial times, would ask their servants to rub their oak floorboards “the right way”. The wrong way (not wiping them with dry fabric after wet fabric) would cause streaks to form and ruin it, leaving the homeowner annoyed. Alternatively, it could have derived from rubbing a cat’s fur the “wrong way,” which annoys them.
here's some more: https://www.buzzfeed.com/lukelewis/the-surprising-origins-of-35-english-...
Thanks guys,
Some of these I already knew but a lot I didn't. Language is an interesting thing. Knowing the real meaning of words is one of the reason I'm so offended by many curse words!
texting and tweeting is reducing r words 2 soundbites LOL
doublespeak changes meanings of words like muslim anti-semite conspiracy theorist
Words are power.