[TheForge] Oh, Jeeze...California Considers Table Saw Law

dann at wctatel.net dann at wctatel.net
Fri Apr 6 05:46:38 EDT 2012


Saint Phlip,

Gotta love it!   Works doesn't it!

Dann

> condensation [kon-den-sey-shuhn, -duhn-]
>  Origin
> con·den·sa·tion   [kon-den-sey-shuhn, -duhn-] Show IPA
> noun
> 1.
> the act of condensing;  the state of being condensed.
> 2.
> the result of being made more compact or dense.
> 3.
> reduction of a book, speech, statement, or the like, to a shorter or
> terser form; abridgment.
> 4.
> a condensed  form: Did you read the whole book or just a condensation?
> 5.
> a condensed  mass.
> EXPAND
> Origin:
> 1595–1605;  < Late Latin condēnsātiōn-  (stem of condēnsātiō ),
> equivalent to condēnsāt ( us ) condensate  + -iōn- -ion
>
> Related forms
> con·den·sa·tion·al, adjective
> con·den·sa·tive, adjective
> non·con·den·sa·tion, noun
> o·ver·con·den·sa·tion, noun
> pre·con·den·sa·tion, noun
>
> Condescension
>
> con·de·scen·sion   [kon-duh-sen-shuhn]  Show IPA
> noun
> 1.
> an act or instance of condescending.
> 2.
> behavior that is patronizing or condescending.
> 3.
> voluntary assumption of equality with a person regarded as inferior.
> Origin:
> 1635–45;  < Late Latin condēscēnsiōn-  (stem of condēscēnsiō ).
> See
> con-, descension
>
> Related forms
> con·de·scen·sive  [kon-duh-sen-siv]  Show IPA, adjective
> con·de·scen·sive·ly, adverb
> non·con·de·scen·sion, noun
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 12:55 PM,  <dann at wctatel.net> wrote:
>>
>> I have known several people that played the role of village idiot:  to
>> their own advantage. Think of it in the light of being " Dumb like a
>> Fox".   In that light I was once working on a Ren Faire persona that
>> verged on the village idiot.
>>
>> It started as a lark,  but the looks of condensation received, and the
>> quick assumptions that the general public readily took on, were quite
>> startling for me.
>>
>>
>> "Who is Scaramouche, and why does he wear a mask?"
>> http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045125/quotes
>>
>> Dann
>>
>>> Exactly, that's why I was thinking list jester. Village idiots are good
>>> for
>>> things like cleaning stables, picking up trash, emptying spitoons, etc.
>>>
>>> Jer
>
> --
> Saint Phlip
>
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>
> Heat it up
> Hit it hard
> Repent as necessary.
>
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>
> It's the smith who makes the tools, not the tools which make the smith.
>
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> notices I have read with pleasure. -Clarence Darrow
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