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RandyC
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taxes --> death The two

taxes --> death

The two things certain in life.

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Scrooge McDuck
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"The Poor Poet" is the most

"The Poor Poet" (1839) is the most popular painting of German painter Carl Spitzweg:

Der arme Poet

cecht
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porridge -> pease ->

porridge -> pease -> hot

 

Pease porridge hot, pease porridge cold,

Pease porridge in the pot, nine days old;

Some like it hot, some like it cold,

Some like it in the pot, nine days old.

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Scrooge McDuck
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16?

16?

RandyC
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Scrooge McDuck

Scrooge McDuck wrote:

16?

I suspect he meant 18 for 18-wheeler, but there are probably 16 wheel trucks too.

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cecht
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HAHA! Yes, my bad. 18

HAHA! Yes, my bad. 18 wheeler. I just lost my trucker cred...

However, 16-wheelers are legit...

https://truckaccidentsupport.com/truck-classification-systems/18-wheeler-16-wheeler-tractor-trailer/

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Scrooge McDuck
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Strange... In Europe we

Strange... In Europe we typically don't count wheels. 16 or 18 wheels? What? How many wheels does a truck has? Don't know. Nobody thinks this way. I have to count them...  We eventually count number of axles which is part of motorway and highway toll calculation for trucks. It's common to distinguish trucks, even full-size commercial vans or light trucks only by their maximum allowed weight: It's a 3.5 ton van, a 7.5-ton, 15-, 30-, 40-tons truck.

But I have no true trucker creds... only a truck & trailer driver's license I got the year I was in the Army.

mikey
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In Taylorville, Illinois

In Taylorville, Illinois where my wifes Aunt and Uncle live and where her dad grew up is a statue in front of the Courthouse of Abraham Lincoln and a pig, yes a REAL pig, story is as a young lawyer he had a case there but a pig was on the loose and ran under the Courthouse and no one knew how to get it out, so Abraham Lincol, YES the future President of the US crawled under there and caught the pig and brought it out thereby saving the day. He ALSO won his case in the Courthouse not long after that!!

RandyC
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blessing -> permission As

blessing -> permission

As in a blessing to marry 

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cecht
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mikey wrote: In Taylorville,

mikey wrote:

In Taylorville, Illinois where my wifes Aunt and Uncle live and where her dad grew up is a statue in front of the Courthouse of Abraham Lincoln and a pig, yes a REAL pig, story is as a young lawyer he had a case there but a pig was on the loose and ran under the Courthouse and no one knew how to get it out, so Abraham Lincol, YES the future President of the US crawled under there and caught the pig and brought it out thereby saving the day. He ALSO won his case in the Courthouse not long after that!!

Thank you for that explainer.  "Pig" had me scratching my head. LOL

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