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The definition of rode hard and put away wet used to be considered common knowledge but it is apparently a phrase that has not been passed down to the younger generations.
That's OK, there are a whole lot of things younger people say that I don't comprende.
One of the interns at work asked me what time it was recently. I said half past 9.
He looked at me funny and said what?
I said half past 9.
He gigged and said, what does that mean?
I said nine thirty.
Half past means half an hour after. So half past 9 means nine thirty.
Just like a quarter til means 15 minutes to the hour ....
He said "why don't you just say it right?"
I said good luck in your internship and went about my way.
We're domed.
( yes I speeled it that way on porpoise).
Last edited by sammyg2; 07-08-2015 at 08:20 PM..
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