DiscoDunc
Member Since: 08 May 2006
Location: Bristol
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Just off now from Bristol to Basingstoke via M4, A34 etc
keep those eyes pealed  (never understood where that phrase originated  ) Duncan
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If I'd known I was going to be so thirsty this morning I'd have drunk more beer last night.
FFRR Autobiography 4.4 SDV8 MY17
D4 HSE MY13 SOLD
FFRR 3.6 Vogue TDV8 SOLD
D4 HSE MY10 SOLD
D4 SE TECH MY15 SOLD
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discoagogo
Member Since: 30 Aug 2007
Location: Hampshire
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Buckingham and I wave at one another almost every weekday on the A339  2007 TDV6 XS Silver
Running with some <a>BioDiesel</a>
<a>4x4 Prejudice</a>
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AndrewS
Tarquin of the Desert
Member Since: 06 May 2005
Location: Y...... because I can
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DiscoDunc wrote:
keep those eyes pealed (never understood where that phrase originated )
It derives from an old verb pill, "to plunder", which is the root of our modern word pillage. It came to us from the Lat*n root pilare, meaning "to take the hair off, pluck" (closely connected with our depilate), but which also had the figurative meaning of "plunder, cheat", almost exactly the same as the figurative meaning of our modern verbs fleece or pluck. From about the 17th century on, pill was commonly spelt peel and took on the sense of "to remove or strip" in the weakened sense of removing an outer covering, such as a fruit. The figurative sense of keeping alert, by removing any covering of the eye that might impede vision, seems to have appeared in the US about 1850.
In the Beginning there was nothing, which exploded.
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| 2nd Jul 2008 3:05 pm |
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DiscoDunc
Member Since: 08 May 2006
Location: Bristol
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Thank you.
My life is now complete  Duncan
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If I'd known I was going to be so thirsty this morning I'd have drunk more beer last night.
FFRR Autobiography 4.4 SDV8 MY17
D4 HSE MY13 SOLD
FFRR 3.6 Vogue TDV8 SOLD
D4 HSE MY10 SOLD
D4 SE TECH MY15 SOLD
D4 XS MY12 SOLD
D4 HSE MY10 SOLD
D3 HSE MY06 - Re-Cycled Worldwide
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shellshock
Member Since: 10 Mar 2008
Location: Chester/Wrexham
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Andrew
So when can we expect to see you in dictioary corner on countdown?  ALTERNATIVES...............No alternatives for off-road capability.
If you want Surrey plush, go for a Range Rover. If you want Manchester bling it's the Range Rover Sport. But if it's a seven-seat, go anywhere 4x4, it's time to Disco.
(Daily Telegraph 08/08/09)
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