Geez, I could have looked that up! Thanks for doing the footwork for me
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I just got mine as well. I snuck out when nobody was looking...
And here going across the pond originally meant going to the slammer.?
Really? I didnʻt know that!
Interestingly, when I was reading it appears the original English usage strayed into those being sent to penal colonies which would have been by ship. So being transported to Australia or wherever was being sent across the pond. Your version is undoubtedly derived from this
Must be an Ohio thing.....
Iʻve heard it called the gray-bar hotel before (not to be confused with the gay bar)
So Iʻd have to go across one ocean, across a continent, then across the pond. Sounds too far to jog.
Might be. I just thought it was funny how the slang "across the pond" got started. Leave it to the UK to say it politely.?
I've not heard that one. I've heard of other names but can't think of them. Phew ?
I’m thinking “gray bar hotel” equates to “in jail, behind bars”.....nothing to do with crossing the Atlantic aka the pond.
Cold, dark & overcast. Temp rose to 48 today....wet & drizzly. We went for a spin to a local lumber company near Annapolis to get additional boxes of deck screws. Did a 50% change of water on our larger 20 gal aquarium. Worked on a wooden shelf “project”.
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Yes, referring to Cathie Gʻs post about being in the slammer.
I have a new toy... a Ring Stick Up security camera. It’s battery operated, wireless and connects to the house wifi. I quickly mounted it on an existing camera mount on the fence for tonight - a bit far from the feed station. First prickly results are encouraging ? We can watch live from a phone or iPad.
The bright light is the dark infrared flash from the trail camera.
The bright light is the dark infrared flash from the trail camera.
Yes and of course I had to check all this stuff out ?. I found that all the different slang has to do with how old you are and what time period and what jail you are talking about ?. The sites said there's probably more slang for going to jail then anything else. But it's just really funny that the "across the pond" started in the way it did. It's kinda like the slang of today for the word bad. With teens it means really good or cool. I wonder what language will be in a hundred years.?
Hmmm, that makes total sense. Kids nowadays donʻt say things line neato, or groovy.
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Like far out or gag me with a spoon is gone as well!!
I need some of those type of cameras. I wouldn't mind having one inside too. I've been kinda looking for a long time. I want the type that will do still photos too. While I sit watching. Snap. What kind of animal is that? It has the same shape as my rabbit.?
I am ok.. we had a little wind with some lightening and thunder but it was just bluster this time.. we are all good.. I believe that fire was In SoCal.. I read about it..
Kids are on spring break this week so I have been packing.. I’m leaving out in the morning to take Jayden and Cinder on an adventure.. we are headed to legoland in Grapevine tx and will then Jaunt next door to the aquarium.
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We will spend the night in Grapevine amd then get up Friday and head to Glenrose to visit Dinoworld.. from there over to the state park for a bit of Dino tracking and hiking.. I will endeavor to take lots of pics for y’all
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