Oss
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As a kid my parents got readers digest and there was a section with 10-20 words each month that you needed to figure out what the heck they meant My folks made me do the thing every month I prefered Laughter is the best medicine and humor in uniform myself but I did them. I have noticed some folks use some big words most recently in the Ducati thread So I google this word that I saw since I wasnt positive what it was The word is Avoirdupois From the context I thought it may be about long rides I learned it is a system of weights but can also refer to a lot of weight So I guess Puff's Daddy without ever meeting me knows I have some extra weight Damn how did you do that PD? Maybe he has seen my pic. Here is another from an unsuccessful raid (well it was a success in that I did get close to these 2 cuties) on Hammond 's staff So since the riding season is winding down for many, lets find some more words that deal with Valkyrie that someone besides Willow (he of the Thesaurus) and PD would know.  Hey Puff if you want to be really helpful can you post a secretary candidate with each new word? Thanks and I better start that exercise program real soon. Oss
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« Reply #1 on: November 10, 2009, 11:30:01 AM » |
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Oss, for trivia, it is what we generally call the "American System" which was originally English. Ounces, pounds, etc. It is actually 3 words as in Avoir du Poir. More than you wanted to know ;-) How about the difference between a 'wobble' and a 'weave'? 
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« Reply #2 on: November 10, 2009, 12:31:19 PM » |
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Floccinaucinihilipilification - what Harley riders do when they automatically dis our Rice Rockets...
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« Reply #3 on: November 10, 2009, 12:41:06 PM » |
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Oss, for trivia, it is what we generally call the "American System" which was originally English. Ounces, pounds, etc. It is actually 3 words as in Avoir du Poir. More than you wanted to know ;-)
In American English, avoirdupois is used correctly as one word. It derives from the French phrase "avoir de pois," the literal translation of which is "goods of weight."
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« Reply #4 on: November 10, 2009, 12:49:22 PM » |
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Bisixual means you own two Valkyries, trisixual means three, multisixual means more than three!  Hoser
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« Reply #5 on: November 10, 2009, 01:14:03 PM » |
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When you are shopping on your tourer or interstate and don't care if you get paper or plastic bags, then you are bisacksual because you go both ways. 
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« Reply #6 on: November 10, 2009, 01:19:59 PM » |
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I've got one we deal with often in the construction of stadiums. Who knows what a Vomitory is???
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« Reply #7 on: November 10, 2009, 01:33:05 PM » |
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I've got one we deal with often in the construction of stadiums. Who knows what a Vomitory is???
It's basically the open area where all of the people from the stands exit into.
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« Reply #8 on: November 10, 2009, 01:44:20 PM » |
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Oss you in that picture, still cant find you?
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« Reply #9 on: November 10, 2009, 01:53:38 PM » |
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Where I come from-the word "flow" can have at least two meanings, you can slip and fall on it or you can swim against it in a river. 
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Valkyrie...ride the best, love the rest! 
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« Reply #10 on: November 11, 2009, 06:53:12 AM » |
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I've got one we deal with often in the construction of stadiums. Who knows what a Vomitory is???
It's basically the open area where all of the people from the stands exit into. Yep, the openings in a stadium where you enter or exit. As if you are being vomited into or out of a stadium. Weird word indeed.
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« Reply #11 on: November 11, 2009, 07:31:57 AM » |
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Vomitory...I've worked on a few stadium and arena projects and yeah, that word has always cracked me up. i get this mental picture of a cartoon stadium puking humans out of the openings. 
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« Reply #12 on: November 11, 2009, 02:02:27 PM » |
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i'm a monosixual Valkyrie owner 
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« Reply #13 on: November 11, 2009, 02:28:17 PM » |
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So if one owned a mixture including both the Interstate and a Standard or Tourer, would that make him (or her) a heterosixual?
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« Reply #14 on: November 11, 2009, 02:30:02 PM » |
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So if one owned a mixture including both the Interstate and a Standard or Tourer, would that make him (or her) a heterosixual? And, of course, by implication one whose Valkyrie and/or Valkyries were of a single model would be a homosixual.
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« Reply #15 on: November 11, 2009, 02:52:07 PM » |
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][/quote] And, of course, by implication one whose Valkyrie and/or Valkyries were of a single model would be a homosixual. [/quote] Whew... I don't have to worry about that.... 
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« Reply #16 on: November 11, 2009, 05:22:55 PM » |
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One time after a show at the theater some (cinemuck) stuck to my shoe and got all over the floor boards on the Valk
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« Reply #17 on: November 11, 2009, 05:35:16 PM » |
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So if one owned a mixture including both the Interstate and a Standard or Tourer, would that make him (or her) a heterosixual?
Actually I think that would make him (or her) "well endowed". Raymond
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« Reply #18 on: November 11, 2009, 06:44:10 PM » |
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Actually, Mark, your current status is asixual. We'd like to see a change in that status.
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« Reply #19 on: November 11, 2009, 06:48:09 PM » |
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LOL... Yeah... I get a lot of pressure here too.... 
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« Reply #20 on: November 11, 2009, 07:08:25 PM » |
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LOL... Yeah... I get a lot of pressure here too....  She has a lot of friends.
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« Reply #21 on: November 11, 2009, 07:14:57 PM » |
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Keep it going and maybe one day I'll be able to call him onesixal and I'll ride it forever..fb
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« Reply #22 on: November 11, 2009, 07:31:42 PM » |
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At least..I'm secure in my lack of sixuality....  Who knows... I may become a sixual deviant.... 
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« Reply #23 on: November 12, 2009, 04:42:05 AM » |
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« Reply #24 on: November 12, 2009, 04:56:48 AM » |
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so if I follow this reasoning Willow you deem that he is becoming Monosixual
Well I suppose being in love with ones Valkyrie could be said to be both contagious and long lasting
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« Reply #25 on: November 12, 2009, 05:10:44 AM » |
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An then there's quatrasexual, meaning you'll do anything with anybody, for a quarter.
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