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Meaning of quote from Dandelion Wine

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23 February 2005, 10:09 PM
dswo99
Meaning of quote from Dandelion Wine
What is meant by the quote from chapter 28---
"Keep the lid down,in the name of the good Lord,during the service."? This is for a project for school. Can anyone explain? it is when Bill Forrester and Helen Loomis are having tea and she ask him what he meant by I was in love with you once.
thank You.
26 February 2005, 06:03 AM
dandelion
Closed casket during the funeral because she's so darned old nobody wants to look at her ancient dried-up body. A sentiment with which I heartily concur!
26 February 2005, 02:55 PM
dswo99
quote:
Originally posted by dandelion:
Closed casket during the funeral because she's so darned old nobody wants to look at her ancient dried-up body. A sentiment with which I heartily concur!

26 February 2005, 08:09 PM
libRArY
Can someone explain to me why people repost something in bold letters. Is this, like, what?
27 February 2005, 05:44 AM
dandelion
Hey, I was lucky enough to explain that quote out of context. Some things are inexplicable!
27 February 2005, 03:09 PM
Mr. Dark
library: I have no idea. In another thread, someone reposted my post in bold and then made a comment that seemed totally unrelated. Go figure!
27 February 2005, 03:11 PM
biplane1
What I want to know is How do they do it?
27 February 2005, 03:21 PM
dandelion
You hit the "Quote" button, which is the one with the little question mark, when you want to quote part of what someone has said and then comment on it. Hit the "Reply" button to reply without quoting. But some of these people just hit "Quote" instead of "Reply" and then sometimes don't even reply!
27 February 2005, 03:47 PM
libRArY
?
dandelion: I tried what you said, but I guess I can't follow instructions because all I got was a ?

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28 February 2005, 02:21 AM
grasstains
quote:
Originally posted by dswo99:

28 February 2005, 02:26 AM
grasstains
I just had to see what would happen if I did the "reply w/quote" on a "reply w/quote".