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To: RR who wrote (60250)	12/27/2003 6:54:08 PM
From: RR	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 65232

Good grief. I made the mistake this afternoon late of touring around SI. I don't usually venture far from the Porch to read more threads except 4 or 5 others. As time allows, I sometimes venture to other threads. After reading some of them, you'd think the world was coming to an end. Looks like a lot have turned into a bunch of life losers. It's so easy to criticize, talk negative, and point fingers. Life whimps. Reminds me of something I strongly believe in and have said many times before. I don't associate with whiners and cry babies. They are failures in life. Winners stay positive. That can-do, self-reliance, work-hard attitude breeds success. RR

To: RR who wrote (60250)	12/27/2003 7:05:59 PM
From: elpolvo	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 65232

rr- goober's an appropriate term for me. it's a worldly werd. goo·ber n. Chiefly Southern U.S. See peanut. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Of Bantu origin; akin to Kongo, or Kimbundu n-guba.] Regional Note: Most Southerners recognize the terms goober and goober pea as other names for the peanut. Goober is related to Kongo or Kimbundu n-guba, “peanut.” The word is especially interesting as one of a small stock of African language borrowings brought over by slaves. Most of these words have to do with the food items imported from Africa for the slaves to eat. In this category are gumbo, “okra,” which is of Bantu origin, and yam, which is of West African origin. The noun cooter is related to the Mandingo word kuta and the Tshiluba word nkudu, both meaning “turtle.” Cooter is still used in South Carolina, Georgia, and the Gulf states to denote the edible freshwater turtle of the genus Chrysemys and, by extension, other turtles and tortoises.