[time-nuts] OT loosing things

J. Forster jfor at quik.com
Fri Nov 12 17:15:18 UTC 2010


And some are Faerie Queens.

-John

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> I'm sure some faeries are fairies...
>
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 11:47 AM, Graham <planophore at aei.ca> wrote:
>
>> Indeed, my house has it's share.
>>
>> My Gram told me all about them when I was wee lad. I tell similar tales
>> of
>> Faeries to my grandchildren who now pass them on any others who will
>> listen.
>>
>> Sadly, not the typical meaning of the term Faeries (or Fairies if you
>> prefer) here in North America.
>>
>> cheers, Graham ve3gtc
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 11/12/2010 09:40, William H. Fite wrote:
>>
>>> "Faeries," ma Scottish Gram use' tae say.
>>>
>>> My son found his sunglasses on the back of a shelf in his
>>> refrigerator...
>>>
>>> When I unpacked a box of my Scots kit following a cross-country move, I
>>> found a Byrds album tucked neatly between my best kilt and my full
>>> plaid...
>>>
>>> When we cleared out Gram's house after her death, we found a petrified
>>> apple
>>> pie up on a top shelf with her "good" china...
>>>
>>> These are the same wee folk who clutter your closet with empty wire
>>> hangers
>>> when you don't need them and empty it of same when you do.
>>>
>>> Who move your roll of solder right in the middle of your job so that
>>> you
>>> have to stop and find it when you used it not two minutes ago.
>>>
>>> Who cause the printer cartridge that you know damned well you bought
>>> two
>>> weeks ago to disappear entirely.
>>>
>>> And who now seem to have purloined the upper-middle section of my 12'
>>> Xmas
>>> tree.
>>>
>>> Gram said you could mollify them by leaving bowls of milk out for them
>>> to
>>> drink.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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