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Ray K SSC-Dedicated Points: 31164 More actions · Answer 1

Monday

(Sounds like "mundane." Coincidence?)

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ChrisM@Work SSC Guru Points: 186127 More actions · Answer 2

Copper.

Valuable metal found in signal- and power-carrying cables. Train signalling, for instance. Sufficiently valuable to be cut and stolen in broad daylight on friday, in an area just outside Reading, UK. It took three hours to get home.

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Daniel Bowlin SSC-Dedicated Points: 34566 More actions · Answer 3

Ray K (8/9/2010)
Monday
(Sounds like "mundane." Coincidence?)

Normally Mondays don't really bother me that much, but today I got hit with a bunch of alerts and errors first thing. What a good way to ruin a perfectly good weekend. :crazy:

Here's hoping the rest of the week improves.

crookj SSChampion Points: 14075 More actions · Answer 4

Chris Morris-439714 (8/9/2010)
Copper.
Valuable metal found in signal- and power-carrying cables. Train signalling, for instance. Sufficiently valuable to be cut and stolen in broad daylight on friday, in an area just outside Reading, UK. It took three hours to get home.

"Copper as slang for policeman is first found in print in 1846, according to the Oxford English Dictionary. The most likely explanation is that it comes from the verb "to cop" meaning to seize, capture, or snatch, dating from just over a century earlier (1704)." Quote from http://www.straightdope.com.

Joe

ChrisM@Work SSC Guru Points: 186127 More actions · Answer 5

crookj (8/9/2010)
Chris Morris-439714 (8/9/2010)
Copper.
Valuable metal found in signal- and power-carrying cables. Train signalling, for instance. Sufficiently valuable to be cut and stolen in broad daylight on friday, in an area just outside Reading, UK. It took three hours to get home.
"Copper as slang for policeman is first found in print in 1846, according to the Oxford English Dictionary. The most likely explanation is that it comes from the verb "to cop" meaning to seize, capture, or snatch, dating from just over a century earlier (1704)." Quote from http://www.straightdope[/i%5D.com.
Joe

Heh that's funny!

On-topic, our fairly-new "Community Support Officers" have a wonderful acronym - CHIMPs.

Completely Hopeless In Most Police Situations!

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sing4you SSCrazy Points: 2984 More actions · Answer 6

I'd always heard that COP came from Constable on Patrol.

SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 7

TFS

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crookj SSChampion Points: 14075 More actions · Answer 8

sing4you (8/9/2010)
I'd always heard that COP came from Constable on Patrol.

I used to think that it came from the copper badges that they wore.

Joe

Daniel Bowlin SSC-Dedicated Points: 34566 More actions · Answer 9

Daniel Bowlin

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August 10, 2010 at 7:05 am

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reflections

Brandie Tarvin SSC Guru Points: 173068 More actions · Answer 10

Oh, here's one I'm sure we haven't had:

r@n|)0m.

Because I'm feeling silly. @=) Hey, in my defense, at least I didn't use Wingdings!

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SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 11

collateral

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mbricker-600840 SSCertifiable Points: 5468 More actions · Answer 12

Unilateral

Mike

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ChrisM@Work SSC Guru Points: 186127 More actions · Answer 13

Neuromasts

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crookj SSChampion Points: 14075 More actions · Answer 14

History.

My wife and I had dinner last night with a German Woman. She gave the story of her life during World War II as a young girl (6-10 years old at the time).

Spellbinding to the max!

Joe

SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 15

crookj (8/10/2010)
History.
My wife and I had dinner last night with a German Woman. She gave the story of her life during World War II as a young girl (6-10 years old at the time).
Spellbinding to the max!
Joe

I think that would be interesting. First person accounts of events like that are better than film.

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