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#1 2007-05-14 15:22:18

mstrasser
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"Steal trap" for "steel trap"

I read this just now in some online training material: “One good thing about this labyrinth is there are no pesky bosses or spouses with a memory like a steal trap containing a long list of chores for me to do!”

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#2 2013-08-10 13:04:37

DavidTuggy
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Registered: 2007-10-11
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Re: "Steal trap" for "steel trap"

What meaning connections might there be? The trap which is their memory takes their employees’/spouse’s freedom away, i.e. steals it?
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Seems most likely to just be a misspelling, to me.


*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 2013-08-26 12:32:57

burred
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Registered: 2008-03-17
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Re: "Steal trap" for "steel trap"

Unfortunately, I have a mind like a still trap, nothing gets out and nothings gets in
http://www.thevog.net/forum/thread/1878 … tallation/

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