The word of the day* for January 30, 2007 is “lave” — transitive verb 1 a : WASH, BATHE b : to flow along or against. 2 : POUR. intransitive verb, archaic : to wash oneself : BATHE.
As the temperature got up above forty degrees yesterday, I washed my car. It certainly needed to be desalinated . If it had been up to me, though, I probably wouldn’t have bothered. Lloyd, however, enjoys “detailing” his car. It’s one of his few hobbies. One of the stock questions he asks people when we call them is whether their car is clean.
As the temperature got up above forty degrees yesterday, I washed my car. It certainly needed to be desalinated . If it had been up to me, though, I probably wouldn’t have bothered. Lloyd, however, enjoys “detailing” his car. It’s one of his few hobbies. One of the stock questions he asks people when we call them is whether their car is clean.
The main part of getting his car clean yesterday was scrubbing the tires. They were so dirty, the whitewalls did not show. Today it is cold enough that nothing will splash on the cars. I told him to enjoy the experience because the prediction is for snow again tomorrow.
The quote† for today is from Leo Tolstoy (1828 -1910):
Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is not gold.
;^) Jan
* The definition is from either Merriam-Webster Online, 10th Edition or The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition and is used by permission.
† The quote is from either Bartleby: Great Books on Line or The Quotation Pages and is used by permission.
P.S.: Comments and word requests are welcome.
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