krebs303 said:
in france McDonalds sell beer. best MCD meal i've had was a big mac meal with a Kronenberg in paris.
(i know, eating MCD at all, particularly on holiday. in my defence i only did it so i could have had a beer from MCD. it was worth it)
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Futility Closet
In 2001, editors placed a fake word in the New Oxford American Dictionary as a trap for other lexicographers who might steal their material.
Fittingly, the word was esquivalience, “the willful avoidance of one’s official responsibilities; the shirking of duties.”
Sure enough, the word turned up at Dictionary.com (it’s since been taken down), which cited Webster’s New Millennium Dictionary, and it currently has three definitions on Google Dictionary.
At what point does a fake word become real? NOAD editor Christine Lindberg, who invented this one, told the Chicago Tribune that she finds herself using it regularly. “I especially like the critical, judgmental tone I can get out of it: ‘Those esquivalient little wretches.’ Sounds literate and nasty all in one breath. I like that.”
In 2001, editors placed a fake word in the New Oxford American Dictionary as a trap for other lexicographers who might steal their material.
Fittingly, the word was esquivalience, “the willful avoidance of one’s official responsibilities; the shirking of duties.”
Sure enough, the word turned up at Dictionary.com (it’s since been taken down), which cited Webster’s New Millennium Dictionary, and it currently has three definitions on Google Dictionary.
At what point does a fake word become real? NOAD editor Christine Lindberg, who invented this one, told the Chicago Tribune that she finds herself using it regularly. “I especially like the critical, judgmental tone I can get out of it: ‘Those esquivalient little wretches.’ Sounds literate and nasty all in one breath. I like that.”
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krebs303 said:
Interesting, but I don't buy into that. No chainrings, but double chains, double gears means more weight. Right? And the add never showed the guy standing to pedal.
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This is Films on Fridges near the Olympic Stadium in London. They're showing Breaking Away on Friday.
Krebs was that worlds greatest bike tested at Encino? Doesn't look like Morley Field. Liked watching some of those old cars drive by in the video. The guy had a Richard Simmons body type.
Maybe somebody should start a best and worst car ever owned thread.
Maybe somebody should start a best and worst car ever owned thread.
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