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#1 2014-08-08 13:42:52

Peter Forster
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From: UK
Registered: 2006-09-06
Posts: 1258

'pairents' for 'parents'

I think 2014 is the first year that it is legally possible to have three parents so I’d best bung this in swiftly, before something even stranger happens. Parents (biological) – there’s always a pair of them, no matter what the subsequent relationship or its absence.

Even if your pairents do give consent it;s worth checking out what your school’s like with piercings. You don’t want to spend £30 on a piercing …

Jerbills Free to anyone, please come before their pairents eat them. Goldfish bowl and nearly full tub of food and piece of rock.

Human children are more viable with a pair of pairents to tend to their needs, rather than just one. Without a social system like those that exist in …

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#2 2014-08-08 21:43:31

kem
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From: Victoria, BC
Registered: 2007-08-28
Posts: 2872

Re: 'pairents' for 'parents'

Low hanging fruit. I can’t believe that’s been sitting out there all these years and just now got noticed.


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#3 2014-08-09 11:49:02

burred
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From: Montreal
Registered: 2008-03-17
Posts: 1112

Re: 'pairents' for 'parents'

Maybe our pairs did, in their pairallel universe.

Last edited by burred (2014-08-09 12:54:29)

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#4 2014-08-16 07:16:27

David Bird
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From: The Hammer, Ontario
Registered: 2009-07-28
Posts: 1702

Re: 'pairents' for 'parents'

And brake hardware, that multiplys the essential brake hand friction (not just adds to it) etc. are all pertinent and pairallel i think.
http://www.treebuzz.com/forum/threads/c … ique.1637/

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#5 2014-08-28 14:21:26

kem
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From: Victoria, BC
Registered: 2007-08-28
Posts: 2872

Re: 'pairents' for 'parents'

Seems like “pairallel” is pretty common: https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=c … llel+to%22


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