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Ah, a trip back to the past with Cher. She likes when you do that, because it makes her younger again, but she suggests the next time you should go back 30 or 40 years.

He's almost as old as I am.

Tautology comes from the Greek word tautologos, which means repeating what is said, or the Latin word tautologia. Tautology's first use in English was in 1555 in the writings of Richard Sherry, a schoolmaster and author.

The day I was born, the day I first came into this world, the moment I breathed my first breath of air, the day the doctor helped to remove me from my mother's womb - I think you get the picture by now.

The neighbor in #236 was eating a Schwinn bicycle? Sounds like she had an iron deficiency or parents that weren't feeding her properly.

Was the wizard in prompt #235 Merlin? If so, maybe he was looking for the next King Arthur.

The Wastel Collection of bags is a family business that designs and produces high quality, handstitched bags and cushions that are made in Germany.

The Wastel family name was found in the USA, UK, and Scotland primarily between 1840 and 1920, although you can still find members of that family today. Not sure if they acquired their family name due to one of their predecessors having the job of making the loaves of wastel bread, similar to how the Miller and Carpenter families ended up with their surnames.

Hundred, unit of English local government and taxation, intermediate between village and shire, which survived into the 19th century. Originally, the term probably referred to a group of 100 hides (units of land required to support one peasant family). In the areas of Danish settlement these units were usually called wapentakes, and in the extreme northern counties of England, wards. The term hundred first appears in the laws of King Edmund I (939–946), but an anonymous Ordinance of the Hundred (issued before 975) indicates that the hundred was already a long-established institution. The hundred had a court in which private disputes and criminal matters were settled by customary law. The court met once a month, generally in the open air, at a time and place known to everyone. Originally, all dwellers within the hundred were expected to attend, but gradually suit of court (attendance) became restricted to the tenants of specific land. The suitors normally acted as the judges, but the sheriff was judge on the two annual visits (his “tourn”) he made to each hundred court. Increasingly, hundred courts fell into the hands of private lords. In medieval times the hundred was collectively responsible for various crimes committed within its borders if the offender were not produced. These responsibilities were extinguished by statute in the 19th century, and any reasons for maintaining or remembering the hundred boundaries disappeared.

Pronunciation of wapentake - wop-uh n-teyk

The etymology of wamble is shady. It either comes from Latin or Old Norse worse that mean to womit or a Norwegian word that means to stagger. And according to @Myr and @drpaladinladin, the English variation can mean either or both.

Don't forget, Weebles wamble but they don't fall down. Wait, I got that wrong. Weebles wobble, not wamble. Silly me!

I was going to post something like this earlier, but felt if readers were think it was an unfit practice then they wouldn't be won over by this reasoning either. I'm glad someone pointed it out for me.

They change account owners when they take of a new life, at least that's what they're recently doing. Before that they just stashed the money in the house at Fort Collins, since it has hidden places where they can keep it. I think I pointed that out to you at one time.

I believe many now equate ullage in new beverage bottles as shrinkflation.

I think the place where I feel ullage the most is in my gas (petrol) tank.

It was certainly easier when Agatha Christy was writing her stories, since she didn't have to worry about cameras or people with cell phones.

As I mentioned, Devin still seems to enjoy transitioning into people that are six-feet taller or taller. He'll get over that eventually. And I've already said the use of cash was to make Devin panic when he misplaced it. That part wouldn't have been as interesting if he'd merely misplaced a credit/debit card. He'd just have to call and report it. I first visited the Gateway Arch in 1968, a little over a year after it was completed. I was stationed at Ft. Leonard Wood at the time and had a weekend pass. A lot of those memories came flooding back when I visited there again a few years ago with my son. It truly is an engineering marvel.

Hey, I was only thinking about situations that could make the story interesting, and cash did the trick. The boys have used their debit/credit cards before, but I was looking for something that would cause Devin some serious panic.

My best friend owned a 4-4-2. He owned it for a week, busted his leg, and couldn't drive it for quite a while.

ok, I screwed up. Mea culpa.

I believe that Devin's offering to roleplay someone else for Mac stems in part that he still likes to be someone whose 6 feet tall or taller. He hasn't lost that hang up yet. Yes, maybe I was being a little lax in how I handled the situation, but the scene is still being handled by mall cops, not regular law enforcement, and Devin and Mac just want to purchase Devin's clothes and get out of there. There's enough to do for the ambulance crews.

Yes, he has to be careful, but in this case if he hadn't acted, many more people could have been killed or wounded. Luckily they were in a location that they couldn't be observed.

Yes, Big Brother has eyes everywhere, so they have to be careful where they transition. They will not always be so lucky.

Chapter 24 – Interesting Times in Missouri “Now that you’ve selected the complex, all we’ve got to do is get you ready to move and to prepare the house for sale,” my mom began. “And now that you’ve seen the size of the apartment,” my dad added, “you merely have to decide which furniture you want to take with you. Once you’ve figured that out, we’ll move the other items to the garage and get ready to have a garage sale before we leave on Sunday.” “And I’ll help Mom pack up the i