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Old 06-19-2007, 04:53 AM
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Quick update...

Chuck said yesterday around noon that Sumwon was noticably better, displaying more energy... May simply have been fighting off a bug or was torpid from the oppressive heat...
Steve, did you use the word "torpid" as an adjective or a noun?
because as a noun, you would have just called Sumwon an "an eight-oared, clinker-built boat used for races at Oxford University during the Lenten term".
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Old 06-19-2007, 05:29 AM
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Thanks much for the update, Steve.

It has indeed been torpid (adj.) around here - like a steam bath, even at 7:00am ! Miserable, even in the fields some of the horses are just standing around in the shade, sweating a bit; and it's always difficult to be Angus in KY in the summer if you don't have a farm pond ...

I'm going to Churchill tomorrow for fun and the Pick 6, I'll stop by and say hello to Sumwon from everyone

Edit: torpid, as in, "I've been torpid from the heat, too - pass the pitcher of frozen margaritas!"
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Old 06-19-2007, 05:44 AM
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Steve, did you use the word "torpid" as an adjective or a noun?
because as a noun, you would have just called Sumwon an "an eight-oared, clinker-built boat used for races at Oxford University during the Lenten term".
Well, though I did row heavyweight 8's at Colgate, I was suggesting torpid as in sluggish.
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Old 06-19-2007, 06:28 AM
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The weather men in these parts say it will be very hot & muggy today...thus I will be very torpid by this evening!

Torpid is the word of the day
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Old 06-19-2007, 09:38 AM
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Glad to hear that Sumwon is doing better. And that she will be going from torpid to torpedo very soon. Torpid... I haven't seen that word used since my English Lit classes years ago in college. Or maybe it was in one of those Readers' Digest Add To Your Vocabulary sections. I'll have to see how many times I can use that word today.
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Old 06-19-2007, 12:05 PM
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can someone check on Sumwon's sleep number hay mattress, maybe it needs adjusting in all the heat ??? sure glad to hear she's better, probably just one of those things we all go through time to time...
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Old 06-19-2007, 12:29 PM
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I wonder if " torpid " was yesterday's word of the day for Steve.
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Old 06-19-2007, 01:08 PM
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I can't blame the girl - the heat makes me absolutely lethargic.

A quick look at the weather shows Monmouth anticipated to be 75 degrees on Saturday 6/23 would've been great racing weather and Churchill Downs in the 90s all next week till 6/28.

That is a long way away so here's hoping a nice cooling breeze heads that way.
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Old 06-19-2007, 12:42 PM
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Well, though I did row heavyweight 8's at Colgate, I was suggesting torpid as in sluggish.
As in "not all oars in the water"
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Well, though I did row heavyweight 8's at Colgate,
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