Date:         Tue, 20 May 2008 10:10:20 -0700
Reply-To:     neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Wal-Mart parking lots
Comments: To: Mike Elliott <camping.elliott@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To:  <48330500.2030901@gmail.com>
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(a la Ed M. from the Tonight Show)

"aaaah I did not know that!"

--- :^)

Neil.

On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 10:06 AM, Mike Elliott
<camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote:
> "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, (c) 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)
> Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, (c) Random House, Inc. 2006.
>
> 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!
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