This means (a) with any luck I'll live to read to the end (a possibility I had serious doubts about from time to time); and (b) it sorts out any problems Ralph might be experiencing about What To Get.
*aye imphm* the all-important question of Retirement remains mooted.
(Idle speculation: WHY do people say "muted" instead of "mooted" these days? "Mooted" is a quite important pointer to Our Amazingly Wonderful Heritage, I would think. Whereas "muted" ... just "mutes" our linguistic history. *sigh*)
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Date: 2007-02-02 01:44 pm (UTC)This means (a) with any luck I'll live to read to the end (a possibility I had serious doubts about from time to time); and (b) it sorts out any problems Ralph might be experiencing about What To Get.
*aye imphm* the all-important question of Retirement remains mooted.
(Idle speculation: WHY do people say "muted" instead of "mooted" these days? "Mooted" is a quite important pointer to Our Amazingly Wonderful Heritage, I would think. Whereas "muted" ... just "mutes" our linguistic history. *sigh*)
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Date: 2007-02-03 10:39 am (UTC)I haven't heard the misuse of 'muted' - rather sad.