Date:         Tue, 20 May 2008 10:06:08 -0700
Reply-To:     Mike Elliott <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Mike Elliott <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Wal-Mart parking lots
Comments: To: neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
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"Refrigerator" is often abbreviated either as "reefer" or "refer."
"Reefer" is the older and more common spelling.

Reefer –noun Slang.
a marijuana cigarette.
[Origin: 1930–35; prob. < MexSp grifa; see griefo]
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.

Reefer –noun Informal.
1.      a refrigerator, esp. one large enough to be walked into.
2.      a refrigerator car, ship, truck, etc.
[Origin: 1910–15; alter. and shortening of refrigerator]
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)
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I'm sticking to "reefer" instead of "refer" when discussing refrigerators.

--

Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
KG6RCR

On 5/20/2008 9:46 AM neil N wrote:

> True, true.
>
> ;^)
>
> Neil. (now more Vanagon "refer" aware than ever! --- :^)
>
>
>
> On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 9:40 AM, Jake de Villiers
> <crescentbeachguitar@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Well, he's selling stuff from a VW Bus!!
>>
>> On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 9:25 AM, neil N <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Do you mean "reefers"? Or "refers" (fridge)
>>>
>>> I was, "ahem", kindly reminded by Jake that "reefer" and "refer"
>>> aren't interchangeable!
>>>
>>> --- ;^)
>>>
>>>
>>> Neil.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 8:52 AM, Neil2 <vidublu@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> That's a new twist on Roach Coach.  I can see it now.  No bed, no cabs
>>>> just
>>>> four reefers and stove tops serving everything from bento, sushi, bbq
>>>> and
>>>> hot huckleberry pie!
>>>>
>>>> On 5/20/08, Monsieur Obeechi <obeechi@runbox.com> wrote:
>>>>> Park under a really bright street light, then it doesn't look like
>>>>> you're
>>>>> up to something, and you get security. If you've really clever, you can
>>>>> tap
>>>>> into the lights' electric current and barbeque hotdogs in your open
>>>>> hatch.
>>>>> Before you know it, you'll have a crowd of friendly locals hanging out
>>>>> like
>>>>> hungry pigeons
>>
>>
>> --
>> Jake
>> 1984 Vanagon GL
>> 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
>> Crescent Beach, BC
>> www.crescentbeachguitar.com
>> http://subyjake.googlepages.com/mydixiedarlin%27
>
>
>
> --
> Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia - "Jaco"
>
> http://web.mac.com/tubaneil
> http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/
>