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Toni Savage
January 16th, 2008, 06:22 AM
And here are 17 lovely defs of GIM for your voting pleasure.

Vote for CHANGE! Vote for GIM!! Err... vote for two, please, by the deadline of Thursday at 6pm EST (3pm Pacific, and 'Round Midnight Over There)

1. a flat Japanese cushion for kneeling or sitting.

2. a place for phisical activitity.

3. the second proximal segment of the leg of an insect.

4. [obs.] an alternative to swearing, as in the expression by gim or by
gimminy.

5. a device (obs., but see gimcrack).

6. a wooden peg used to secure joints in lumber construction.

7. a short hooked crowbar [E sl, shortened form of _jemmy_ and often
associated with burglars]

8. to steal; pilfer.

9. to spin or turn freely [ME].

10. Brit.] a small gift given to a child on his or her name day.

11. [obs.] a large hand-driven screwlike auger used for boring holes for
treenails (see also: gimlet).

12. [Cf. JIMP] neat;spruce _Obs. exc. dial.

13. [Arch.] a low-ranking servant responsible for hauling wood and water.

14. to crave or desire some specific food or drink.

15. [Scot] 1. straight; in a straight line 2. tidy.

16. an emulsified paraldehyde-based adhesive formerly used in upholstery.

17. a female soldier (jocular; short for GI Mom, after the popular action
figure GI Joe).
-- Toni Savage

JohnnyB
January 16th, 2008, 06:59 AM
Toni

I like the idea of #17 and a guess at #6 please

JohnnyB

Guerri Stevens
January 16th, 2008, 07:23 AM
I vote for 7 and 15.

Guerri

Hugo Kornelis
January 16th, 2008, 07:38 AM
Hi Toni,

I like 1, 4, 6, and 9. Since I have sat out so many rounds, can I have four
votes this time? Please? Pretty please with sugar on the top?



Hrrmmpf, thought so. Ah well, in that case I'll narrow it down to

> 4. [obs.] an alternative to swearing, as in the expression by gim or by
> gimminy.

and

> 9. to spin or turn freely [ME].

Best, Hugo

Judy Madnick
January 16th, 2008, 08:19 AM
<< 13. [Arch.] a low-ranking servant responsible for hauling wood
<< and water.

<< 16. an emulsified paraldehyde-based adhesive formerly used
<< in upholstery.

Judy Madnick
Jacksonville, FL

Dodi Schultz
January 16th, 2008, 09:30 AM
All, alas, credible.

I'll have a go at #9 and #15.

--Dodi

France International
January 16th, 2008, 10:21 AM
I'll fall for 5 and 12.

Dave Cunningham
January 16th, 2008, 11:11 AM
10 and 12 -- they just seem odd <g>.

Dave

On Jan 16, 7:22*am, Toni Savage <tonicsav... (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote:
> And here are 17 lovely defs of GIM for your voting pleasure. *
>
> Vote for CHANGE! *Vote for GIM!! *Err... vote for two, please, by the deadline of Thursday at 6pm EST (3pm Pacific, and 'Round Midnight Over There)
>
> 1. *a flat Japanese cushion for kneeling or sitting.
>
> 2. *a place for phisical activitity.
>
> 3. *the second proximal segment of the leg of an insect.
>
> 4. *[obs.] an alternative to swearing, as in the expression by gim or by
> gimminy.
>
> 5. *a device (obs., but see gimcrack).
>
> 6. *a wooden peg used to secure joints in lumber construction.
>
> 7. *a short hooked crowbar [E sl, shortened form of _jemmy_ and often
> associated with burglars]
>
> 8. *to steal; pilfer.
>
> 9. *to spin or turn freely [ME].
>
> 10. *Brit.] a small gift given to a child on his or her name day.
>
> 11. *[obs.] a large hand-driven screwlike auger used for boring holes for
> treenails (see also: gimlet).
>
> 12. *[Cf. JIMP] neat;spruce _Obs. exc. dial.
>
> 13. *[Arch.] a low-ranking servant responsible for hauling wood and water.
>
> 14. *to crave or desire some specific food or drink.
>
> 15. *[Scot] 1. straight; in a straight line 2. tidy.
>
> 16. *an emulsified paraldehyde-based adhesive formerly used in upholstery.
>
> 17. *a female soldier (jocular; short for GI Mom, after the popular action
> figure GI Joe).
> -- Toni Savage

Tim Bourne
January 16th, 2008, 11:15 AM
> I like the idea of #17 and a guess at #6 please

I can see several votes, but no list of definitions yet. That's the
first time for quite a while I've had a message go missing. I'll go and
get them from Google.

Best wishes,
Tim B.

Christopher Carson
January 16th, 2008, 11:41 AM
I'll go for 14 and 15.

Chris

Tim B
January 16th, 2008, 04:01 PM
Having been to Google Groups to see the definitions, I'll have 6 and 11,
please. Sorry, the first time I sent this it had the wrong from address.

Best wishes,
Tim B.

Tim Lodge
January 16th, 2008, 04:19 PM
Toni

It took a while for 2 to sink in, but I laughed when it did. I'll
vote for a couple of obs. defs:

5 and 12 please.

-- Tim L

Dodi Schultz
January 16th, 2008, 05:04 PM
Just curious, Dave: Why does the entire post of the dealer, with all of the
defs, always repeat along with your reply? It doesn't seem to happen with
anyone else's votes (although some choose to spell out their choices, along
with the numbers--but not ALL of the defs).

--Dodi

Judy Madnick
January 16th, 2008, 05:25 PM
----- Original message ----------------------------------------
From: "Dodi Schultz" <SCHULTZ (AT) compuserve (DOT) com>

<< Just curious, Dave: Why does the entire post of the dealer,
<< with all of the
<< defs, always repeat along with your reply?

PMFJI . . . but I have chosen to quote the original message in my replies and therefore have to manually delete extraneous "stuff." I'm assuming that Dave has made the same choice but doesn't delete all of the original message.

Judy Madnick
Jacksonville, FL

Chuck
January 16th, 2008, 06:15 PM
Toni -

This is a nice selection. I'll go for:

5. a device (obs., but see gimcrack).

and

7. a short hooked crowbar [E sl, shortened form of _jemmy_ and often
associated with burglars]

Thanks,

Chuck

Dave Cunningham
January 16th, 2008, 07:05 PM
I was chided too often for not using "quotebacks" at one point -- so I
set this as the default. Sigh.

Dave

On Jan 16, 6:04*pm, Dodi Schultz <SCHU... (AT) compuserve (DOT) com> wrote:
> Just curious, Dave: Why does the entire post of the dealer, with all of the
> defs, always repeat along with your reply? It doesn't seem to happen with
> anyone else's votes (although some choose to spell out their choices, along
> with the numbers--but not ALL of the defs).
>
> --Dodi

Bill Hirst
January 16th, 2008, 11:17 PM
I'll go with some holes in wood: the #6 peg and the #11 auger.

I should point out I really, really like number two, but I posted it
back on Jan 14 as a public NAD definition. Then I missed the deadline
and didn't submit a private e-mail for actual scoring. Sorry, Toni, I
should have made the fake more obvious.

-Bill

Dodi Schultz
January 16th, 2008, 11:30 PM
>> I have chosen to quote the original message in my replies...

Yes, I noticed, Judy. A number of players do that.

>> ...have to manually delete extraneous "stuff." I'm assuming that
>> Dave has made the same choice but doesn't delete all of the original
>> message.

He seems not to delete ANY.

--Dodi

Dodi Schultz
January 16th, 2008, 11:30 PM
>> I was chided too often for not using "quotebacks" at one point -- so
>> I set this as the default. Sigh.
>>
>> Dave

Oh. Thanks for the explanation.

--Dodi

Tim Lodge
January 17th, 2008, 03:49 AM
Judy

Just of a matter of interest, the Google Groups website hides
quotebacks and just shows a link saying "Show quoted text" which you
can follow if you want to read the quoteback. You personally choose
to put your own message after the quoteback, which means that people
reading it on the Google website have to open the quote to see your
message. It's not a problem at all, but I thought you'd like to know!

-- Tim L

On Jan 16, 11:25*pm, "Judy Madnick" <jmadn... (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:
> * * * * * * * * >
> PMFJI . . . but I have chosen to quote the original message in my replies and therefore have to manually delete extraneous "stuff." I'm assuming that Dave has made the same choice but doesn't delete all of the original message..
>
> Judy Madnick
> Jacksonville, FL

Judy Madnick
January 17th, 2008, 08:06 AM
----- Original message ----------------------------------------
From: "Tim Lodge" <iel7j001 (AT) sneakemail (DOT) com>

<< You personally
<< choose
<< to put your own message after the quoteback, which means
<< that people
<< reading it on the Google website have to open the quote to see
<< your
<< message. It's not a problem at all, but I thought you'd like to
<< know!

Then why do my votes show up on the gmail site? I typically use a quoteback to vote -- and I just went to the gmail to ensure that my votes appear without having to "open the quote" (assuming I'm understanding what you're saying).

Judy Madnick
Jacksonville, FL

Judy Madnick
January 17th, 2008, 09:00 AM
> You personally choose
> to put your own message after the quoteback, which means that people
> reading it on the Google website have to open the quote to see your
> message. *It's not a problem at all, but I thought you'd like to know!

There seems to be an inconsistency as to whether the quote is hidden
or not. I'm guessing if you use a quoteback but delete the "Original
message" information, the quote is not hidden. If you leave the
"Original message" information, then the quote is hidden. When I vote,
I delete the "Original message" information and just quote the two
definitions for which I want to vote, and those votes seem not to be
hidden.

Nancy Shepherdson
January 17th, 2008, 10:50 AM
I'll take 8 and 9 this time.

Nancy

Tim Lodge
January 17th, 2008, 01:26 PM
Judy

Yes - I saw the whole thing that time.

-- Tim L

On Jan 17, 3:00*pm, Judy Madnick <JMadn... (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:
> > You personally choose
> > to put your own message after the quoteback, which means that people
> > reading it on the Google website have to open the quote to see your
> > message. *It's not a problem at all, but I thought you'd like to know!
>
> There seems to be an inconsistency as to whether the quote is hidden
> or not. I'm guessing if you use a quoteback but delete the "Original
> message" information, the quote is not hidden. If you leave the
> "Original message" information, then the quote is hidden. When I vote,
> I delete the "Original message" information and just quote the two
> definitions for which I want to vote, and those votes seem not to be
> hidden.

Tim Lodge
January 17th, 2008, 01:31 PM
Judy

>> Then why do my votes show up on the gmail site? I typically use a quoteback to vote -- and I just went to the gmail to ensure that my votes appear without *having to "open the quote" (assuming I'm understanding what you're saying). <<

I'm not quite sure what you mean by "the gmail site" - if it's where
you read your email to your gmail address, then that behaviour doesn't
surprise me. Maybe it's only the Google Groups web message boards
that are programmed to hide quotes.

-- Tim L

Judy Madnick
January 17th, 2008, 04:38 PM
From: "Tim Lodge" <iel7j001 (AT) sneakemail (DOT) com>

<< Yes - I saw the whole thing that time.

Let's see if you see the whole thing if I omit the "Original message" designation but leave the "From" field.

Judy Madnick
Jacksonville, FL

Judy Madnick
January 17th, 2008, 04:40 PM
<< I'm not quite sure what you mean by "the gmail site"

I meant that I went to to gmail as though I were reading the messages there, rather than in my regular email (i.e., I have gmail forwarded to my email program).

I think we have pretty much figured this out -- if I delete the header information (although I'm waiting to see what happens if I leave the "From" field), nothing is hidden.

Judy Madnick
Jacksonville, FL

Tim Lodge
January 17th, 2008, 04:46 PM
Judy

Yes - I saw the whole of that message. As you say, I think we've got
it figured out!

-- Tim L

On Jan 17, 10:38*pm, "Judy Madnick" <jmadn... (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:
> * * * * * * * * From: "Tim Lodge" <iel7j... (AT) sneakemail (DOT) com>
>
> * * * * * * * * << Yes - I saw the whole thing that time.
>
> Let's see if you see the whole thing if I omit the "Original message" designation but leave the "From" field.
>
> Judy Madnick
> Jacksonville, FL

Judy Madnick
January 17th, 2008, 05:15 PM
From: "Tim Lodge" <iel7j001 (AT) sneakemail (DOT) com>

<< Yes - I saw the whole of that message. As you say, I think
<< we've got
<< it figured out!

I appreciate the heads-up on that problem. I never would have known!

Judy Madnick
Jacksonville, FL