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Old 01-07-2008, 05:34 PM
Status: " Charleston South Carolina" (set 11 days ago)
 
Location: home...finally, home .
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I grew up in the sixties , my son was born in the seventies and my Mom in the twenties . We need to come up with a name for THIS decade . The zeros doesn't really sound that great. I think my grandparents used to call the years around 1905 or so "the oughts" . That is even worse. Any ideas ???
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Old 01-07-2008, 06:58 PM
 
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how about ruinous?
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Old 01-07-2008, 07:03 PM
 
Location: Southern Oregon
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You don't want them called the "20 oughts"?

Asking us to think outside the box on a Monday night... someone might get hurt.

How 'bout the "2K Os" (letter O - number 0 [zero])
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Old 01-07-2008, 07:16 PM
 
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The previous post gave an idea, but there is no way on Earth I'm throwing it out here.
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Old 01-07-2008, 07:23 PM
 
Location: City of the damned, Wash
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They really do need a name - badly.
My family shops for cars and they're called
"203's", or 2-oh-fours.
I swear, my eyes are gonna get stuck in that extreme up position from rolllllling them so often. Please, let's come up w/a name, and just call the year "oh-eight". Okay?
While we're on the subject, do newscasters have to call the year, "two thousand and eight", or could we call it two thousand-eight, or even oh-eight? Would that be too much trouble?
Sorry, looks like you hit a nerve w/me.
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Old 01-08-2008, 10:31 AM
 
Location: Boise
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I use the ought term, for the reason that it is annoying and sounds dumb.
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Old 01-08-2008, 03:30 PM
Status: " Charleston South Carolina" (set 11 days ago)
 
Location: home...finally, home .
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.... and how about what to call the dates ? Will it be "two-thousand ten" or "twenty ten" ??? And, who decides?
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Old 01-08-2008, 03:57 PM
 
Location: NoVa
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right, too much thought process on this one...

going off topic.

a little

If it is two thousand eight but you dropped your favorite coffee cup in 2007, and all it showed was a tiny little crack down the side but now tinee tiny drops of coffee, over the course of an hour in a morning in 2'08 proceed to drip out...

Again, my favorite cup, not to be made again, what would you seal it with ?

I know one of you all have not been able to part with your coffee cup that screamed to the floor as you were washing it, and you were all up in slow motion, like n o o o o o

And it didn't break!

but now it leaks, the horror.... again, this is my favorite tink cup from the disney store, not to be thrown out. Perfect size, perfect tink, perfect cup. WAH!
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Old 01-08-2008, 09:30 PM
 
Location: Southern Oregon
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right, too much thought process on this one...

going off topic.

a little

If it is two thousand eight but you dropped your favorite coffee cup in 2007, and all it showed was a tiny little crack down the side but now tinee tiny drops of coffee, over the course of an hour in a morning in 2'08 proceed to drip out...

Again, my favorite cup, not to be made again, what would you seal it with ?

I know one of you all have not been able to part with your coffee cup that screamed to the floor as you were washing it, and you were all up in slow motion, like n o o o o o

And it didn't break!

but now it leaks, the horror.... again, this is my favorite tink cup from the disney store, not to be thrown out. Perfect size, perfect tink, perfect cup. WAH!
This is going to sound a bit .... off. Have you heard of E6000? It is a heavy duty crafters glue that is kind of plastic-ey. if spread over the OUTSIDE of the crack...? It is clear and it can smoothed down. Doesn't expand like Gorilla Glue...

Otherwise, what do they seal boats with?

Good Luck
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Old 01-08-2008, 11:20 PM
 
Location: Vermont / NEK
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A little late to the drawing board, aren't we?

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