Dud
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A dud is an ammunition round or explosive that fails to fire or detonate, respectively, on time or on command. Duds are still dangerous and have to be de-activated and disposed of carefully. Poorly designed devices (for example, IEDs), and small devices, have higher chances of being duds.
The variation absolute dud describes a nuclear weapon that fails to explode.
Although dud rounds have failed to function as designed, they are still dangerous, and can explode if handled. In war-torn areas, many curious children have been injured or killed from tampering with such devices. Dud fireworks should be destroyed by soaking in water. No attempts to re-light them should be made. People should keep away from dud ammunition and should call proper authorities who can safely handle and remove it.
By extension, "dud" has become a slang word for anything that doesn't work or is defective. There is also a candy called Milk Duds, named for the fact that it was impossible to get them perfectly round.
Wednesday, August 13
Tuesday, August 12
Monday, August 11
my new NON-favorites...
I'm apartment hunting.
I hate it.
Yea, I know...it's a pretty foul mood to have over things, but good grief...stuff that I paid a 1/3 the price for back home was 300% safer and nicer than what I'm finding down here! There's gotta be SOMETHING affordable worth living in down here, without resorting to cost-sharing with a complete and utter stranger.
[blech]
There goes making breakfast in my underwear while singing country music at the top of my lungs...
I value my privacy way too much (and something tells me they probably would too!).
I don't think it helps my mood any that I've got massive amounts of quarter-end $h1t to do for work, the d*mn dud date I went out with last weekend never called again, every morning I wake up with five new zits, I have writer's block for my latest artistic outlet, I need a personal assistant / cook / maid for the stuff I can't get to because I work 8am to 7pm, dishes & laundry pile up until the weekend, and Bear's voice sounds like a squeaky toy stuck in the "on" position.
Can I renew my lease on a new life, please?
I hate it.
Yea, I know...it's a pretty foul mood to have over things, but good grief...stuff that I paid a 1/3 the price for back home was 300% safer and nicer than what I'm finding down here! There's gotta be SOMETHING affordable worth living in down here, without resorting to cost-sharing with a complete and utter stranger.
[blech]
There goes making breakfast in my underwear while singing country music at the top of my lungs...
I value my privacy way too much (and something tells me they probably would too!).
I don't think it helps my mood any that I've got massive amounts of quarter-end $h1t to do for work, the d*mn dud date I went out with last weekend never called again, every morning I wake up with five new zits, I have writer's block for my latest artistic outlet, I need a personal assistant / cook / maid for the stuff I can't get to because I work 8am to 7pm, dishes & laundry pile up until the weekend, and Bear's voice sounds like a squeaky toy stuck in the "on" position.
Can I renew my lease on a new life, please?
Tuesday, August 5
Monday, August 4
apartment hunting...
I want this house! http://orangecounty.craigslist.org/apa/745609552.html
He has a casita / mother-in-law unit attached to the back of his house that he'd be willing to rent, right in my ideal price range! However, I'm up against someone who wants to rent out his whole house, which is his preference. :( Be praying that I get it, or don't, whatever is God's will!
He has a casita / mother-in-law unit attached to the back of his house that he'd be willing to rent, right in my ideal price range! However, I'm up against someone who wants to rent out his whole house, which is his preference. :( Be praying that I get it, or don't, whatever is God's will!
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