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  1. #61

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    I like lime pickle on my papadums ...


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    I moved here from a French island called Hullex.


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    My ex husband came up with that name.


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    Quote Originally Posted by mercury_element:
    My ex husband came up with that name.
    That might tell us more than you mean too! Are you fickle and changeable then?

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    Quote Originally Posted by hullexile:
    I moved here from a French island called Hullex.
    Liar. 12345

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    Quote Originally Posted by MovingIn07:
    Liar. 12345
    It's true I swear. I own a beautiful plantation there but it is now sadly fallen into disrepair since they abolished slavery. Oh I remember the days sat on my verandah sipping cocktails while I flogged the maid mercilessly and the coq au rhum boiled on the open fire.
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    Quote Originally Posted by MovingIn07:
    That might tell us more than you mean too! Are you fickle and changeable then?
    sorry, I dint get your question.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mercury_element:
    sorry, I dint get your question.
    Sorry - mercury being an element with a low boiling point. If you google "mercurial" you find that it's defined thus:

    –adjective
    1.
    changeable; volatile; fickle; flighty; erratic: a mercurial nature.
    2.
    animated; lively; sprightly; quick-witted.
    3.
    pertaining to, containing, or caused by the metal mercury.
    4.
    ( initial capital letter ) of or pertaining to the god Mercury.
    5.
    ( initial capital letter ) of or pertaining to the planet Mercury.

    Since I recall you are divorced, I wondered if the nickname was indeed affectionate or somewhat less so!

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    Quote Originally Posted by MovingIn07:
    Sorry - mercury being an element with a low boiling point. If you google "mercurial" you find that it's defined thus:

    –adjective
    1.
    changeable; volatile; fickle; flighty; erratic: a mercurial nature.
    2.
    animated; lively; sprightly; quick-witted.
    3.
    pertaining to, containing, or caused by the metal mercury.
    4.
    ( initial capital letter ) of or pertaining to the god Mercury.
    5.
    ( initial capital letter ) of or pertaining to the planet Mercury.

    Since I recall you are divorced, I wondered if the nickname was indeed affectionate or somewhat less so!
    Oh, I couldn't understand what should be my user name, so he came up with this name and since couldnt find anything better, I just went ahead with it. No idea what was in his mind then.

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    This thread is so amusing it seems churlish to actually respond but...

    "Freetrader" probably is result of an actual belief in the benefits of free trade, encouraged, no doubt, from all those years of reading The Economist. It may also express a bit of a personal and political philisophy that is, on balance, somewhat libertarian. I've used the same username in various forums over the past 10 years.


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