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point taken

work permit

motor head

nosebleed

house broken

I read lots of non-fiction, but only a few authors stick in my mind. I can’t recommend John McFee’s Basin and Range highly enough. I read it years ago, but have just ordered it on Kindle to re-read (this topic made me think of it). I now see that “Basin” is the first of a four-part series...

horn blows

Your description reminds me a bit of "The Petrified Forest" (1936).

outgoing

made man

The last job I worked I put a 25 page proposal, cover letter, etc. in an overnight folder and mailed it to an address in New York state. It’s possible I had forgotten to seal the flap, or somehow the P.O. machinery opened the envelope, I don’t know. The empty envelope was delivered to New York...

passes understanding

...dependent race, and in that condition only could their existence in this country be rendered beneficial or tolerable. That in this free government *all white men are and of right ought to be entitled to equal civil and political rights* [emphasis in the original]; that the servitude of the...

stop gap

Piano bar

protection racket

picture this

Genesis 6:19-21 (New International Version): Seems pretty inclusive to me.

ground wire

Stephan Pastis, who draws "Pearls Before Swine," often draws himself in the final panel, with the characters in the strip making comments to him about their reactions. Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for April 21, 2024