[Magdalen] "Poor Little Old Rhode Island."

James Oppenheimer-Crawford oppenheimerjw at gmail.com
Mon Jul 11 10:51:23 UTC 2016


I always think of it as a word in the song about Lulu myself.

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Mon, Jul 11, 2016 at 6:36 AM, ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com> wrote:

> Truck was a verb that was nouned.
> Originally it meant to drag or carry or convey.
> Over time it began to refer to that which was conveyed.
> And then to the conveyance itself.
>
> I can still remember an old-timer saying "I'll take no truck from the likes
> of him."
> -M
>
> On Monday, July 11, 2016, Lesley de Voil <lesleymdv at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > BTW, we usually make a distinction between a truck (non-articulated )
> > and a semi-trailer (articulated, one or two trailers, sometimes with
> > prime mover that does not have its own cargo box. )
> >
> >
>


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