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  • daffy2
    daffy2 Member Posts: 1,636
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
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    At least insects in the fridge or freezer are easier to catch as they're slowed down, unlike the ones that get supercharged on the bedside light and then hurtle around when it's switched off until they run out of glim and drop on your face. Turn the light on to swat them and they get charged up again...
  • stickywicket
    stickywicket Member Posts: 27,715
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
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    'glim'? Oooh I like that, daffy.
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  • daffy2
    daffy2 Member Posts: 1,636
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
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    Don't know its origins Sticky other than it was used in our family as an alternative to oomph/steam/ energy. It's possibly a misuse of the Scots term for light or spark, as my paternal GPs were scottish.
  • dreamdaisy
    dreamdaisy Member Posts: 31,520
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
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    I ran out of glim many moons ago - what a lovely word! Thank you, Daffy, I like learning new words and that's a corker. DD
    Have you got the despatches? No, I always walk like this. Eddie Braben
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