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I just found out I am about to "exceed my PTO balance" at work.. so I found a day that is overstaffed and they gave me off that day. May I mention it;s while Mom will be at Aunts? And we are not telling her? 4 days off alone with hubs!! we may take a short trip! He is at the river house alone tonight ( his father and cousin arrive tomorrow to give Dad a fishing trip again... ) I'd be reveling in the me time.. but I think he is sort of dreading the visit,, and I;ll be leaving mom alone while I work. Hope she stays away from ladders!
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Speaking of road rage, one time driving on a residential road I had this vehicle riding my bumper... the speed was 25mph and that is what I was doing... the driver behind me didn't like that, if I had the hatch opened I bet that vehicle would have driven in.

Anyway, I decided to signal to pull over to the curb and let that realllllly impatient person pass me, and once she went by I got back on the road. About a couple miles down the road, lo and behold there was that vehicle.... she got caught in a speed trap... boy did I smile as I drove passed her :]
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Be glad you're not driving with a Viking in the passenger seat -
Mom loves to blurt out the word, A*&&Hole, to anyone she thinks is!
One time, her window was down and so was the other driver's and I know he heard her :(

New Contest: Prize is (you guessed it) a gift card to In n Out

What is the origin of the word "BERSERK?"
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Do we get to look it up, because I don't know.
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Just to keep things fair, let's give folks until 10:00 pm PST to answer
Then yes feel free to look it up - I think you'll get a laugh - I did
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Berserk? Sounds like something an Eskimo would wear on their feet. Am I right? What do I win? There is no in and out burger place here.

When bad drivers cut Hubs and I off or what have you, I hold up my little finger meaning small male appendage cause no offense but it's usually a man with small man rage when it happens.
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I like etymology. :-) Cool stuff. I looked it up and I think I remember learning that before, but I had forgotten.
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So berserk is derived from old Norse - in reference to a special group of Vikings that would fight with wild abandon and fury

Evidently mom was channeling her ancestors when she told a man she was trying to keep at bay one night that when she goes berserk she's been known to kill ten people at a time - ha ha ha
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Weren't the original berserkers a raiding group? Like "hooligan" - apologies if this offends anyone, but it is historical - was derived from an Irish family name; and "assassin" has its roots in hashish, which is what these particular special forces used (and still do use) for their own brand of Dutch courage.

It is interesting to delve into these things. Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable is useful, too; though you often need to go back to past editions because it gets updated regularly and older-fashioned phrases drop out of the collection.

What's getting my goat at the moment (wonder where that expression comes from?) though is the loss of perfectly sound, neutral technical terms which have become offensive because they are seen as pejorative even when in their correct context they are no such thing. There was a disabled lady on the radio yesterday flipping out about the word "abnormal"; but the man who'd said it, innocently if somewhat cluelessly, was merely contrasting normal with abnormal, i.e. not normal, i.e. not usual or typical. And that is *all* it means, when you're talking about foetal development. It's not a slur on people with disabilities, for crying out loud.

It took me straight back to explaining to a Jamaican classmate that the word "discrimination" merely meant drawing distinctions between groups, and did not necessarily imply that one of the groups was being singled out for unjust treatment. He trusted me on these things but still looked deeply troubled by the notion, even when our sociology lecturer backed me up.

That radio discussion, by the way, was about a new non-invasive prenatal test for Down Syndrome. Well, I say "discussion." Five very upset people shouting at one another for forty minutes, really.
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FF I refer to those drivers as the "bait car"... LOL If the cops get them they don;t get me... hee hee
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Has anyone seen Willy and Nilly? I have been running around Willy-Nilly and I think I lost them awhile back. Maybe they just could not keep up the pace.
Where'd they go?
Oh well, eat my dust Willy and Nilly.
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Doesn't it come from the old Norse "berserkr", something like a Norse warrior becoming unhinged? (Full disclosure: I was married to a Norwegian for ten years.) Anyway, that's what I seem to recall.
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Va sar god, Jingle

We have now coined the phrase - she's going to go Viking - when my mom who is all Norwegian is agitated with a UTI
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You're right about beserkers being in Viking lore - they had a very ferse [sp?]reputation ... think Eric the Red
What is 'in & out' - is that a drive through restaurant or what
Happy thanksgiving this weekend to 'those in the know' - we've got warm to hot weather here today was 29 degrees C with humidex - looking forward to cooler temps soon
My dad has his room so hot the I leave sweating & he's wearing a sweater! but he was that way in his 40's/50's/60's/70/s/80's so why different in his 90's - does anyone else get this problem? - should I wear shorts in a snow storm?
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My mom puts the long fleecy undies on as soon it gets below 70.. LOL
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My Mom was just the opposite.As she sat in her liftchair with 2 heating pads and blankets covering her,she wanted the fans on high and close to her and the air conditioning on 65 all year round and I always had to wear a jacket.It was Freezing!
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In n Out is a hamburger chain based in Southern California that started in the 1940s and just serves burgers and fries made from freshly peeled potatoes on site- the chain is still family owned and has a tremendous following
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Driving with the windows up.
There is no Viking in the passenger seat, but the driver can get verbal, and if someone heard it, that would be embarrassing.
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Mom's poor roommate was taken To the hospital last night -
I Hope she is able to recover
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My behaving badly times are getting clipped wings-today "WE" are accommodating rides for a co-worker. Even so, glad to be of help to someone other than hubs and I. Hopefully, I can do this-yeah, right, she said sarcastically-with one hand tied behind my back. Lol.
I just hate sarcastic humor, sorry.
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Ms. Madge, Sorry for your Mom's roommate, I hope she recovers too.
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Name that tune

No phone no pool no pets
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Trailers for sale or rent,
rooms to let, fifty cents...
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I love that song!
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King of the Road sung by Roger Miller
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Ms. Madge, No one wants in n out in the mail, what does the winner get?
Applause?
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In the mail-jury summons-appearance on oct. 31st. Halloween? Is this a joke?
How am I going to pass airport-like security at the courthouse? I was thinking of dressing like the axe murderer! Omg!
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Or one of those evil clowns.....
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Where can you go when life is making you lonely?
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