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Slartibartfast 
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 Posted: March 27 2009 at 12:00 |
 Peter wrote:
The T wrote:
^Calm down Peter... certainly we can add this question to the "unsolved dilemmas" pantheon... of which of course "what is prog, does anyone have a clue" is the most distinguished guest.....
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prog n also proggin's* OED ~ sb2 1; EDD 11. Food (for a meal or 'lunch'); victuals, grub or winter supplies. Also attrib.
1869 MCCREA 237 Our little baskets of prog—hard-boiled eggs, cold tongue, fowl, and sandwiches, with a screw of salt—lay ready open. [1891] 1981 Evening Telegram 28 Sep, p. 6 The hunters began to 'make our prog' (i.e. putting their pork, flour and tea, etc into loads). 1933 MERRICK 103 A progbag is to a trapper what a dittybox is to a sailor. In it he carries a few matches, a few candies and cartridges, a spare pair of sox, his pencil. an awl and crooked-knife, a snowshoe needle, sewing materials, deerskin and sealskin patches and other cherished encumbrances. 1955 DOYLE (ed) 52 "Sealers' Song": Though short of grog still lots of prog / To bring us home quite hearty. P 126-67 Bring along the prog tub [for the fishing boat]. P 184-67 Tell the missus I won't be home prog time. 1971 Evening Telegram 22 Apr. p. 3 Don't forget the prog bag [for the picnic]. C 71-38 At supper time she would call, 'Come in to your proggins.' |
 There! Settled at last!  |
OK after that, why do we even need to have this site anyway?  
Edited by Slartibartfast - March 27 2009 at 12:41
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Epignosis
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Posted: March 27 2009 at 12:03 |
Peter wrote:
The T wrote:
^Calm down Peter... certainly we can add this question to the "unsolved dilemmas" pantheon... of which of course "what is prog, does anyone have a clue" is the most distinguished guest.....
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prog n also proggin's* OED ~ sb2 1; EDD 11. Food (for a meal or 'lunch'); victuals, grub or winter supplies. Also attrib.
1869 MCCREA 237 Our little baskets of prog—hard-boiled eggs, cold tongue, fowl, and sandwiches, with a screw of salt—lay ready open. [1891] 1981 Evening Telegram 28 Sep, p. 6 The hunters began to 'make our prog' (i.e. putting their pork, flour and tea, etc into loads). 1933 MERRICK 103 A progbag is to a trapper what a dittybox is to a sailor. In it he carries a few matches, a few candies and cartridges, a spare pair of sox, his pencil. an awl and crooked-knife, a snowshoe needle, sewing materials, deerskin and sealskin patches and other cherished encumbrances. 1955 DOYLE (ed) 52 "Sealers' Song": Though short of grog still lots of prog / To bring us home quite hearty. P 126-67 Bring along the prog tub [for the fishing boat]. P 184-67 Tell the missus I won't be home prog time. 1971 Evening Telegram 22 Apr. p. 3 Don't forget the prog bag [for the picnic]. C 71-38 At supper time she would call, 'Come in to your proggins.' |
There! Settled at last! |
 Now we know where Genesis got the idea! It all makes sense!
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Dean
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Posted: March 27 2009 at 12:04 |
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I guess I should bump the Prog Chefs and the Ultimate Sandwich threads up to the Prog Lounge then.
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Peter
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Posted: March 27 2009 at 12:05 |
^ I've been wondering that for some time now, Slarto....
And don't forget your prog bag! 
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"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
He chortled in his joy.
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Epignosis
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Posted: March 27 2009 at 12:05 |
Dean wrote:
I guess I should bump the Prog Chefs and the Ultimate Sandwich threads up to the Prog Lounge then. |
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Slartibartfast
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Joined: April 29 2006
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Posted: March 27 2009 at 12:05 |
Dean wrote:
I guess I should bump the Prog Chefs and the Ultimate Sandwich threads up to the Prog Lounge then. |
Yes, for the love of God do it now, it's the only way to save this site.
Edited by Slartibartfast - March 27 2009 at 12:41
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Peter
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Posted: March 27 2009 at 12:08 |
You're all very much in my debt!
 Now we can just argue about religion, politics and homosexuality -- someone tell Max.
Edited by Peter - March 27 2009 at 12:09
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"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
He chortled in his joy.
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Dean
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Posted: March 27 2009 at 12:09 |
^ as long as they aren't compulsory 
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Negoba
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Posted: March 27 2009 at 12:10 |
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Prog is cold tongue??? whoda guessed it?
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You are quite a fine person, and I am very fond of you. But you are only quite a little fellow, in a wide world, after all.
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Finnforest
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Posted: March 27 2009 at 12:12 |
Given the amount of cash flowing from American taxpayers directly into corporate coffers right now via the bailout of the week, whatever that may be, I think the credibility of those uber-capitalists in the CEO ranks smells a little fishy.
Will the real socialists step forward? What we really have going on here now is "trickle-up" economics.
Let's get corporate welfare under control before we start whining about poor people and their food stamps...
I think someone made that point 10 pages ago, but I've missed a good portion of the thread so I'm not sure how it ended...
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...that moment you realize you like "Mob Rules" better than "Heaven and Hell"
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Padraic
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Posted: March 27 2009 at 12:13 |
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It ended thusly: life sucks.
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Jim Garten
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Posted: March 27 2009 at 12:13 |
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Jon Lord 1941 - 2012
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darkshade
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Posted: March 27 2009 at 12:19 |
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Frank Zappa called it! he's rollin in his grave
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Peter
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Posted: March 27 2009 at 12:19 |
I even have a recording of a Newfouldland folk song with the word in it:
The Gay Gunners
"...So come all ye gay gunners, take a warning by me
If you're going out gunning, you're not going to a spree
Be sure to carry water and plenty of prog
Steer away from the headlands, beware of the fog...."
I'm not sure how prog would help you if you were lost in a boat in the fog while hunting seabirds, but there it is.... 
Edited by Peter - March 27 2009 at 12:22
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"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
He chortled in his joy.
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Finnforest
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Posted: March 27 2009 at 12:20 |
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...that moment you realize you like "Mob Rules" better than "Heaven and Hell"
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BaldFriede
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Location: Germany
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Points: 10266
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Posted: March 27 2009 at 12:23 |
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It is indeed highly ironic that this kind of subvention comes up in a state that has almost become synonymous with "free enterprise", and there is only one explanation for it: The overblown financial bubble would burst if these banks collapsed. It is not the mortgages (that is indeed nothing but a clever decoy), it is the overblown stock market. Most of the papers are not even worth a tenth of the price they are currently being sold at. If THAT bubble burst it would be much worse than it is now.
Edited by BaldFriede - March 27 2009 at 12:44
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 BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue.
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Peter
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Posted: March 27 2009 at 12:28 |
 ^ That wasn't very funny!
Fried-day -- I'm outta here! ( argue talk amongst yourselves....)
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"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
He chortled in his joy.
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Slartibartfast
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Joined: April 29 2006
Location: Atlantais
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Points: 29630
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Posted: March 27 2009 at 12:40 |
Hey Peter's offline, would be out of line to take the opportunity to poke fun at him?
Edited by Slartibartfast - March 27 2009 at 12:52
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Dean
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Posted: March 27 2009 at 12:42 |
^ I think that depends on whether your definitions of "out of line" and "fun" match his
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Slartibartfast
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Joined: April 29 2006
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Posted: March 27 2009 at 12:52 |
Dean wrote:
^ I think that depends on whether your definitions of "out of line" and "fun" match his |
Well, when people announce their temporary departures are they not opening themselves up to about anything? I do try and stay away from mean comments though I may not always succeed.  I can be a pretty wide target myself, so folks can feel free to sling away without worrying I'll be overly sensitive or easily offended.
Edited by Slartibartfast - March 27 2009 at 12:54
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Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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