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4. My Dad had a cardboard sign with this phrase

Tue Jun 18, 2024, 08:52 PM

Jun 2024

hanging in our family grocery store. I found one or 2 copies in his papers.

He said it meant "Don't let the bastards grind you down."

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Mock latin dating from WWII Maeve Jun 2024 #1

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that was 'Nolite te Bastardes Carborundorum' Celerity Jun 2024 #7

My Dad had a cardboard sign with this phrase Marthe48 Jun 2024 #4

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegitimi_non_carborundum NutmegYankee Jun 2024 #5

Reminds me of lithography class. We used carborundum to .... IcyPeas Jun 2024 #8