We always have said that God Blessed Texas. ;)
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We always have said that God Blessed Texas. ;)
Considering we have 8 or 10 law-enforcement entities around here, I am slipping by pretty well! :rofl2:Quote:
Originally Posted by Hirlau
Different world from that of my youth nowadays ......... the entrepreneurs sold the working class down the river ....... to borrow a phrase from the Antebellum South. Killed the goose that laid the golden egg for the many to split the leavings amongst the few.Quote:
Originally Posted by S0LITARYS0LDIER
Anyone wish to translate that phrase for the lowly 90's child?Quote:
Originally Posted by JimmyHAD
You are likely screwed.Quote:
Originally Posted by S0LITARYS0LDIER
#1 Phillips screwed...Quote:
Originally Posted by sharptonn
Don't look forward to the #3! ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by S0LITARYS0LDIER
Things will get better within a few years. Hang in!
Antebellum is Latin for 'before war'. So it refers to the time before the American civil war in this instance because of 'South'.Quote:
Originally Posted by S0LITARYS0LDIER
Sold down the river was an expression, according to Mark Twain in his Huckleberry Finn, that black slaves used when their masters sold them from mid western, or northern slave states, to plantations in the deep south that were 'down the river' where they were assumed to be treated more harshly.
Now that you're in college take a history class. I finished 8th grade ...... :rofl2: (laughing with you, not at you) :angel:
Anybody have a 12" NOS Escher that they would like to trade for a couple of grandchildren?
Oh, Errrr. Twins, eh Bill? Is it just me?Quote:
Originally Posted by WW243
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