I hadn't heard that term in years, DR Jrand70. DAVENPORTIt's what I grew up saying. I just looked it up, and it figured largely in the Midwest so that makes total sense. For us, that thing in the living room was always a "davenport", and I think "couch" was the informal word for it. I didn't much hear the word "sofa", or at least begin using it myself, till much later.So what do I (we) use nowadays? "Couch", mostly, whether or not we're sitting on one like so much fish. When we don't say "couch", it's "sofa". (As opposed to "sofa so far so" as they might say in Trouble in Tahiti. Ratty boo, and all that. If you catch my drift.)
Quote from: ChasSmith on October 14, 2020, 08:30:51 AM(As opposed to "sofa so far so" as they might say in Trouble in Tahiti. Ratty boo, and all that. If you catch my drift.)I do. And I love it.
(As opposed to "sofa so far so" as they might say in Trouble in Tahiti. Ratty boo, and all that. If you catch my drift.)
I sold a rare set of Mizoguchi films - I've tried to enjoy them, but I don't - Amazon third-party dealers are trying to get six hundred bucks for it, which I really hate, so I underpriced them by two hundred-fifty bucks and it sold in ten minutes. The guy got it and wrote me the loveliest note, thanking me for making it so much less and saying he never thought he'd be able to afford it.
I voted. It took about an hour. The line moved quickly and I got 40 pages or so in my book.
Yesterday's outrage, in case you haven't heard, is that the GOP placed numerous ballot drop-off boxes around the city. They look just like the official ones, but they're FAKE. One can only speculate as to what would happen with those ballots.Honest to God, stuff like this NEVER used to happen! It's one thing to have differences of opinion on free trade or immigration or other things, but THIS??!!I'm ready to move to another planet. Venus looks pretty...
DR Jane - love the idea of dried cherries. I'll have to try that. Dried blueberries would be good, too, I would think.