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#1 2009-04-29 22:24:48

klakritz
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From: Winchester Massachusetts
Registered: 2005-10-25
Posts: 674

'barfing up the wrong tree.'

Inspired by Burred’s recent post about barking and trees. About 400 ghits:

... am i right in thinking that when pressure from the turbo hits 8 psi the gate will open,if so sounds low to me,or am i barfing up the wrong tree.
www.mr2oc.co.uk/ForumsPro/viewtopic/t=4 … =next.html

This is logical, or am I barfing up the wrong tree?
www.hdforums.com/forum/printthread.php?t=57198

Don’t blame the bologna, y’all are barfing up the wrong tree on that one.
www.treeclimbercoalition.org/phpbb/view … 1eac1e8b66

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#2 2009-04-30 16:56:36

DavidTuggy
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From: Mexico
Registered: 2007-10-11
Posts: 2752
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Re: 'barfing up the wrong tree.'

Sounds like spitting or otherwise excreting fluids into the wind.


*If the human mind were simple enough for us to understand,
we would be too simple-minded to understand it* .

(Possible Corollary: it is, and we are .)

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#3 2009-05-02 21:11:42

burred
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Registered: 2008-03-17
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Re: 'barfing up the wrong tree.'

Sic ‘m, Fido!

Last edited by burred (2009-05-03 10:49:30)

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