Sunday, May 10, 2015
Where did the saying "just yanking your chain" come from?
In the old gold mining days, when the miners had to use the restroom, they did so on top of a wooden box with a large hole on the top upon where they would sit. The wooden box was built on a mining cart. Sometimes the mines were very dark and as a joke while someone was using the restroom, another miner would sneak up on that person and push the mining cart to send it sailing on the track down further in the mine! To stop or hinder this, the miner using the restroom would put a chain across the track to use as a stop for the mining cart when someone would try to push it. Sometimes the pusher would search for the chain to remove it, and so the other miner would holler, "Don't pull my chain!", hence the saying was born
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Monday, December 22, 2014
XU FU / JOFUKU - SHINGU - WAKAYAMA - JAPAN
JOFUKU Park is the tomb of a Chinese man who came to Japan 2300 years ago. He had been sent by the first Emperor of China to find the secret of eternal life. He landed in Shingu, Wakayama, Japan with a large group of young boys and girls. He taught people how to fish and farm, and never returned to China.
Thursday, June 12, 2014
mother and kid
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Mother: I need some seasoning.
Tom, can you run get some salt and pepper?
Tom: Yeah.
or
I'll do it later.
or
I'm watching T.V. now.
or
Oh, do I have to?
Monday, June 2, 2014
C.V.
"C.V." is Latin for "Curriculum Vitae" (life studies).
It is used as an expression for "resume".
A resume is the summary of your work experience.
When you are applying for a job, you send a resume.
The expression "C.V." in normally used in England and Europe.
In North America, we usually say "resume".
This "resume" is a French word borrowed into English, and it is pronounced "REH zu may".
In French, it is spelled with the "accent" character: résumé
We don't have the accent character on U.S. keyboards, so we usually don't use it.
The word "résumé" is not the same as the English verb "to resume" (pronounced "ree ZOOM").
For example: The deliveries resumed after a smoke break.
It is used as an expression for "resume".
A resume is the summary of your work experience.
When you are applying for a job, you send a resume.
The expression "C.V." in normally used in England and Europe.
In North America, we usually say "resume".
This "resume" is a French word borrowed into English, and it is pronounced "REH zu may".
In French, it is spelled with the "accent" character: résumé
We don't have the accent character on U.S. keyboards, so we usually don't use it.
The word "résumé" is not the same as the English verb "to resume" (pronounced "ree ZOOM").
For example: The deliveries resumed after a smoke break.
Sunday, June 1, 2014
sketchy ...
sketchy ... is slang for: something that is not right, something that is fake or dishonest
for example: I saw an ad for a job, but the company was not real ... it seemed sketchy.
A sketch is a picture that is rough, not finished.
for example: I saw an ad for a job, but the company was not real ... it seemed sketchy.
A sketch is a picture that is rough, not finished.
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