New Word of the Day

The New Word of the Day: 3/20/12

Resuscitate (ri-suhs-i-teyt)

Definition: revive

Source: Thesaurus.com

The detailer resuscitated the neglected car and brought it back from a dull, swirled-up, dilapidated looking vehicle.


To freshen things up a little I am going to start adding something a little extra to this thread. I am going to list some events that happened on this same day, not all but some, that I find interesting. So starting with today, back in:

1760 The Great Fire of Boston destroys 349 Buildings

1852 Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin" published (Boston)

1868 Jesse James Gang robs bank in Russelville KY of $14,000

1952 U.S. Senate ratifies peace treaty with Japan

1956 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test

1996 U.K. admits humans can catch CJD (Mad Cow Disease)
 
Tundra_10 said:
The New Word of the Day: 3/20/12

Resuscitate (ri-suhs-i-teyt)

Definition: revive

Source: Thesaurus.com

To freshen things up a little I am going to start adding something a little extra to this thread. I am going to list some events that happened on this same day, not all but some, that I find interesting. So starting with today, back in:


^^^^^^^Good Idea...:props:^^^^^^^
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On Friday, March 20, 1959...

I thought I'd resuscitate one of the hit TV shows playing on this date: "77 Sunset Strip".
There were several actors on this detective show that went on to star in other roles. One of my favorites was Edd "Kookie" Byrnes...(Also of: "Kookie, Kookie, Lend Me Your Comb" fame).
We all wanted a hot-rod, slicked-back DA haircuts, and then go out and smooth-talk the 'Chicks'...
Yeah...This guy was just one of my: "Bad Influences" while I attempted to grow-up. I'm still trying! :D







:)

Bob
 
The New Word of the Day: 3/21/12

Conniption (kuh-NIP-shuhn)

Definition: A fit of hysterical excitement or anger

Source: Thesaurus.com

I think we all almost went into a conniption the first time we received a package from AG. Some of us because of the excitement, while others because of the horror in seeing a damaged package from UPS.

Today on March 21...

1826 Beethoven's Quartet #13 in B flat major (Op 130) premiered in Vienna

1843 Preacher William Miller of Mass predicts the world will end today

1935 Persia officially renamed Iran

1963 Alcatraz federal penitentiary in SF Bay closed
 
Tundra_10 said:
The New Word of the Day: 3/21/12

Conniption (kuh-NIP-shuhn)

Definition: A fit of hysterical excitement or anger

-1963 Alcatraz federal penitentiary in SF Bay closed
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Thanks for your "new word of the day", and this day's "happenings", Tundra_10.

-While growing up and living in my Father's house, I would often hear him tell me, or one of my brothers: "Don't have a conniption-fit"...over something we weren't: 'getting our way with'.

Who knew that, 50 or more years later, some indie band's moniker would echo my Father's "advice"?!?!



And speaking of history repeating itself: (Alcatraz):




:)

Bob
 
^^ I thought about the new TV series when I saw that as well! haha!
 
The New Word of the Day: 3/22/12

Confabulate (kuhn-fab-yuh-leyt)

Definition:
1. to converse informally; chat

Source: Dictionary.com

It is important to confabulate with a current or prospective customer about non-work related items to show them that you care about them as a customer and not just "dollar signs".

Today on March 22...

1622 "Jamestown Massacre: Algonquian Indians kill 347 English settlers around Jamestown, Virginia, a third of the colony's population."

1765 Stamp Act Passed: first direct British tax on colonists

1774 "A collection of English nursery rhymes is published and includes Baa, Baa, Black Sheep."

1841 Cornstarch patented (Orlando Jones)

1903 Niagera Falls runs out of water because of drought

1931 William Shatner born

1946 the first US rocket to leave the Earth's atmosphere (50 miles up)

1993 Intel introduces Pentium-processor (80586) 64 bits-60MHz-100+ MIPS
 
Tundra_10 said:
The New Word of the Day: 3/22/12

Confabulate (kuhn-fab-yuh-leyt)

Definition:
1. to converse informally; chat

Source: Dictionary.com
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Parergon

Definition: Work that is not one's main employment.


Even though detailing vehicles is a parergon for many members of the AGO Forum, there are many techniques that can be utilized to maintain a "working-relationship" with their current customers, or, even obtaining future ones. Conflabulation is one such technique that, IMO, also is representative of a Detailer's "people-skills".

Also:
Tundra_10 said:
Today on March 22...
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Before March 22, 1457, (when the Gutenberg Bible became the first printed book), many Monks were assigned to scriptoriums...where their life-time work consisted in writing massive tomes, including Bibles.





:)

Bob
 
Wiikipedia: Confabulation is a memory disturbance that is characterised by verbal statements or actions that innacurately decribe history, background, and present situations...considered honest lying because there is no intent to deceive, and the individual is unaware that their information is false.

On this day in 1970: Gas/.36 cents/gal: Postage stamp.06 cents; MSRP AMC Gremlin $1879. Not sure of the accuracy of this info site.

The detailer, in his confabulation of the results using certain products, was unaware of the vehicle owners displeasure in the finished product.

Been in bed with a migraine for the past day and a half. See you hands on the forum.
 
VT! Nice to see the return! I hope you are feeling much better now!
 
The New Word of the Day: 3/23/12

Vitiate (vish-ee-eyt)

Definition: cancel

Source: Thesaurus.com

The detailer [insert your favorite one here] had to vitiate a few of his appointments because he accidentally overbooked his clients. Thankfully because of his reputation and their confidence in him, rescheduling was no problem.

Today on March 23...

1794 1st US Patent (Joseph G Pierson for a riveting machine)

1806 Lewis & Clark reach Pacific coast

1903 Wright brothers obtain airplane patent

1912 Dixie Cup invented

1929 First telephone installed in White House
 
Tundra_10 said:
The New Word of the Day: 3/23/12

Vitiate (vish-ee-eyt)

Definition: cancel; (If I may...Also: To corrupt morally; To corrupt with ideas or an ideology; Debase; To make ineffective; Invalidate)

Source: Thesaurus.com


Today on March 23...
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The King and his 'Ruling Body of England' accused the Leaders of the upstart Revolutionists of vitiating the general populace of the Colonies with ideas and ideology of secession. They said this was an act of treason against the King, and that these perpetrators would be dealt with harshly.

And yet, on this date in 1775, in one of the most daring speeches in that time of turmoil, one of those accused Revolutionary Leaders proudly proclaimed:

"I know not what others may choose but, as for me, give me liberty or give me death."

PatrickHenry.jpg


And as everyone knows; and, as the story still unfolds...The rest is history!!!


:)

Bob
 
The New Word of the Day: 3/24/12

Milquestoast (milk-tohst)

Definition: a very timid, unassertive, spineless person, especially one who is easily dominated or intimidated

A milquestoast will have a very difficult time starting and operating a detailing business because they will never be in control of any conversation, sale or negotiation. They will always end up loosing and costing themselves money. To be able to own and operate a business you need to exude confidence, determination, assertiveness, and ensure that you are ethical in all your practices.

Today on March 24...

1958 Elvis Presley joins the army

1989 Exxon Valdez, 987=foot oil tanker ran aground on a reef and ripped holes in its hull, spilling over 200,000 barrels of oil into the Alaska's Prince William sound.
 
Mendacious: Given to or characterized by deception or falsehood or divergence from absolute truth. Mendacious - Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary

The purchase and use of products due to marketing hype, as opposed to the products true nature (wheel acids comes to mind), may lead some detailers to employ mendacious methods in the care of customer vehicles.

March 24,1972: Great Britain imposes direct rule over Northern Ireland.
 
The New Word of the Day: 3/25/12

Supercilious (soo-per-sil-ee-uhs)

Definition: arrogant, stuck-up

The supercilious detailer would never offer to do work on normal, daily-drivers. Instead he waited for the exotics and sports cars owner's to come knocking on his door. Incidentally, no one with a vehicle like that would come to someone as unexperienced as him.

Today on March 25...

31 1st Easter, according to calendar-maker Dionysius Exiguus

1863 1st Army Medal of Honor awarded

1916 Women allowed to attend a boxing match

1954 RCA manufactures 1st color TV set, a 12-inch screen for $1,000

1970 Concorde makes its 1st supersonic flight (700mph/1,127KPH)
 
Tundra_10 said:
The New Word of the Day: 3/25/12

1954 RCA manufactures 1st color TV set, a 12-inch screen for $1,000
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That was an enormous amount of cash hand.
Good word choice,btw.


3/25/06: Buck Owens (HEE HAW) departed from this earth.
 
The New Word of the Day: 3/26/12

Soporific (sop-uh-rif-ik)

Definition: sleepy; sleep inducing

The constant vibration and hum from the random orbital polisher put the detailer in a soporific state as he struggled to stay attentive and finishing the job at hand.

This day on March 26...

1845 Patent awarded for adhesive medicated plaster, the beginning of bandaid

1945 Japanese resistance ends on Iwo Jima
 
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