Rain cloud deluge splatter
At least it didn't rain today. Yesterday it was the deluge of rain. (and lightning.)
Dad had to go to our insurance agent. He was out of the office on Friday. and doesn't have any staff to take messages. I'm thinking we ought to get a new insurance agent. Anyway, the insurance is supposed to be on the car now.
Mail carrier went by earlier than usual today. Normally he doesn't come around until after one pm. today he had went by at 12:15 like he normally does the rest of the week. odd.
Time for bed. *hugs*
He was a inveterate boaster.
Word of the Day for Monday April 27, 2009
inveterate • \in-VET-uh-rut\ • adjective
1 : firmly established by long persistence
2 : confirmed in a habit : habitual
Did you know?
Like "veteran," "inveterate" ultimately comes from Latin "vetus," which means "old," and which led to the Latin verb "inveterare" ("to age"). That verb in turn gave rise eventually to the adjective "inveteratus," the direct source of our adjective "inveterate" (in use since the 14th century). In the past, "inveterate" has meant "long-standing" or simply "old." For example, one 16th-century writer warned of "Those great Flyes which in the springe time of the yeare creepe out of inveterate walls." Today, "inveterate" most often applies to a habit, attitude, or feeling of such long existence that it is practically ineradicable or unalterable.
They installed case-hardened locks on the storage units.
Word of the Day for Sunday April 26, 2009
case-harden • \KAYS-hahr-dun\ • verb
1 : to harden (a ferrous alloy) so that the surface layer is harder than the interior
2 : to make callous or insensible
Did you know?
Although humans had learned how to case-harden wrought iron by about 1200 B.C.E., the word "case-harden" didn't forge its way into the English language until the late 17th century. The term comes from the hard surface layer, or case, that is created on some metals when they are exposed to carbon, ammonia, or other substances at very high temperatures. By the early 18th century, the term was being used figuratively. The participial "case-hardened" is also used as an adjective (as in "case-hardened steel" and "case-hardened hearts") and is now more common than the verb in both technical and nontechnical contexts.
Dad had to go to our insurance agent. He was out of the office on Friday. and doesn't have any staff to take messages. I'm thinking we ought to get a new insurance agent. Anyway, the insurance is supposed to be on the car now.
Mail carrier went by earlier than usual today. Normally he doesn't come around until after one pm. today he had went by at 12:15 like he normally does the rest of the week. odd.
Time for bed. *hugs*
He was a inveterate boaster.
Word of the Day for Monday April 27, 2009
inveterate • \in-VET-uh-rut\ • adjective
1 : firmly established by long persistence
2 : confirmed in a habit : habitual
Did you know?
Like "veteran," "inveterate" ultimately comes from Latin "vetus," which means "old," and which led to the Latin verb "inveterare" ("to age"). That verb in turn gave rise eventually to the adjective "inveteratus," the direct source of our adjective "inveterate" (in use since the 14th century). In the past, "inveterate" has meant "long-standing" or simply "old." For example, one 16th-century writer warned of "Those great Flyes which in the springe time of the yeare creepe out of inveterate walls." Today, "inveterate" most often applies to a habit, attitude, or feeling of such long existence that it is practically ineradicable or unalterable.
They installed case-hardened locks on the storage units.
Word of the Day for Sunday April 26, 2009
case-harden • \KAYS-hahr-dun\ • verb
1 : to harden (a ferrous alloy) so that the surface layer is harder than the interior
2 : to make callous or insensible
Did you know?
Although humans had learned how to case-harden wrought iron by about 1200 B.C.E., the word "case-harden" didn't forge its way into the English language until the late 17th century. The term comes from the hard surface layer, or case, that is created on some metals when they are exposed to carbon, ammonia, or other substances at very high temperatures. By the early 18th century, the term was being used figuratively. The participial "case-hardened" is also used as an adjective (as in "case-hardened steel" and "case-hardened hearts") and is now more common than the verb in both technical and nontechnical contexts.