[AccessD] On a lighter note

Lush as an adjective means the same thing here.  Lush used as a noun
is what you're thinking of.

Charlotte Foust

On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 6:46 PM, Darryl Collins
<Darryl.Collins at iag.com.au> wrote:
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> yes, As an Aussie, I have always found the line "We'll be rooting for you" (as in "we'll be supporting / cheering for you") rather unnerving.  and it brings some unsavoury images to mind!
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> oh well...  Another one is "Lush".  Lush to may Aussies is short for Lusicous or delicious.  Probably not such a good pick up line to approach a pretty girl in a US bar and say she is looking lush tonight.  aaah, we are so similar, yet so different with these things.
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> cheers
> Darryl.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Charlotte Foust
> Sent: Monday, 21 March 2011 12:12 PM
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> Subject: Re: [AccessD] On a lighter note
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> Here, now!  This is a family-friendly list, so keep it clean!!  I know
> perfectly well what rooting means in Australia, but that's definitely
> NOT what it means here!
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> Charlotte Foust
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> On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 6:05 PM, Darren - Active Billing
> <darren at activebilling.com.au> wrote:
>> Howdy
>> It seems 'Rooting' a phone in the U.S. is not the same as 'rooting' a phone
>> (or rooting anything for that matter) in Australia.
>> Australians are very fond of rooting things by the way. Perhaps not the same
>> way the Yanks do...
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>> That first line cracks me up each time I read it:-
>>        "I rooted my droid X last night"
>> Hmm  - And then Charlottes response:-
>>        "I'm still trying to figure out how to root mine"
>> Ahhh - Cultural divides - love 'em.
>> Andy - Comments please.
>> Snigger
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
>> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Charlotte Foust
>> Sent: Sunday, 20 March 2011 1:50 AM
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>> Subject: Re: [AccessD] On a lighter note
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>> I'm still trying to figure out how to root mine.  I just upgraded my Samsung
>> from Eclair to Froyo last night.  What a process!
>>
>> Charlotte
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>> On Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 6:24 AM, jwcolby <jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com>
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>>> I rooted my droid X last night, bought a "freezer" program, froze all
>>> the bloatware, and downloaded and installed a tether program.  Here at
>>> my house I get about 1.25 mbit down and .5 mbit up via the tether. Not
>>> bad considering it is over cell.
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