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I dont know about "UP"!!

I get OUT of my tent.

I get OUT of my 803's.

I am OUT on the trail.

I am OUTdoors.

I am OUT of food.

I am OUT of water.

I am OUT too long.

I am OUT the door OUT on the PCT. Not UP the PCT!!

I am questionabley OUT of here to do 10 miles in the snow which fell DOWN
(not UP) last night.

OUTahere dude!!

Now I guess I am OUT of things to say, maybe. But OUT yours doesn't work
however! <grin>...



At 02:17 PM 12/20/03 EST, Lonetrail@aol.com wrote:
>In a message dated 12/20/03 6:41:57 AM Pacific Standard Time, crush@ptd.net 
>writes:
>
>
>> This is a test to see if the list is up again
>> _______________________________________________
>
>
>
>The word UP
>
>There is a two-letter word that perhaps has more meaning than any other two- 
>letter word, and that is "UP."
>
>It's easy to understand UP, meaning toward the sky or at the top of the list, 
>but when we waken in the morning, why do we wake UP. 
>
>At a meeting, why does a topic come UP?
>
>Why do we speak UP and why are the officers UP for election and why is it UP 
>to the secretary to write UP a report? 
>
>We call UP our friends, we use it to brighten UP a room, polish UP the 
>silver, we warm UP the leftovers and clean UP the kitchen.
>
>We lock UP the house and some guys fix UP the old car. 
>
>At other times the little word has real special meaning. People stir UP 
>trouble, line UP for tickets, work UP an appetite, and think UP excuses. 
>
>To be dressed is one thing but to be dressed UP is special, and this is 
>confusing.
>
>A drain must be opened UP because it is stopped UP. 
>
>We open UP a store in the morning but we close it UP at night. 
>
>We seem to be pretty mixed UP about UP.
>
>To be knowledgeable of the proper uses of UP, look UP the word in the 
>dictionary. In a desk size dictionary, UP takes UP almost 1/4th the page and 
>definitions add UP to about thirty.
>
>If you are UP to it, you might try building UP a list of the many ways UP is 
>used. It will take UP a lot of your time, but if you don't give UP, you may 
>wind UP with a hundred or more.
>
>When it threatens to rain, we say it is clouding UP. When the sun comes out 
>we say it is clearing UP. When it rains, it wets UP the earth. When it doesn't 
>rain for a while, things dry UP.
>
>One could go on and on, but I'll wrap it UP, for now my time is UP, so I'll 
>shut UP.
>
>
>
>
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