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MikeL

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  1. Growing up in Memphis TN, I've heard "fair to middlin" all my life with exactly the same meaning. I suppose it came from Yorkshire. The only other use of "middling" that I've heard is a reference to a medium grade of some commodity, a grain or cotton for example.
  2. staffage (decorative accessories or additions to work of art)
  3. gormandism (gluttony)
  4. ichthyoid (fishlike)
  5. Kabul (Afghanistan)
  6. aleatoric (depending on contingencies or chance)
  7. Yasawa Island (Fiji)
  8. Ulterior
  9. venerous (lustful)
  10. Sorry to hear you are in the position that you feel you need to change jobs, but I do know that happens. Caring for the welfare of others is not a liberal or conservative trait. It's what good people do and there's no way politics can possibly improve that. There are actually a few politicians who care for people. Best wishes to you.
  11. Welcome to GA, Alcarose. Go ahead and read all of C James' finished stories before you start Circumnavigation. You certainly have plenty of time.
  12. Ólafsfjörður (Iceland)
  13. Saarbruecken (Germany) .
  14. Naga (Philippines)
  15. nebbich (colorless; inconsequential person)
  16. Ikerasaarsuk (Greenland)
  17. "Never Stop Relaxing" LOL
  18. Cadiz (Spain; also KY/USA)
  19. onychophagist (nail-biter)
  20. Kaadedhdhoo (Maldives)
  21. Ljubljana (Slovenia)
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