tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18287683.post113474993286500283..comments2024-01-16T22:31:44.531-05:00Comments on Haphazard Life: It's beginning to look a lot like ChristmasJazzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14644896022880634803noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18287683.post-1135016169784035072005-12-19T13:16:00.000-05:002005-12-19T13:16:00.000-05:00Spades are the highest-ranking of the four suits (...Spades are the highest-ranking of the four suits (clubs, diamonds, hearts, spades.) Thus a bid in spades outranks a bid in hearts. By extension beyond cards, "in spades" expresses a decisive, complete, no-doubt defeat. If I suffer a (real or imagined) injury from you, and I retaliate with disproportionate vigor, I have paid you back "in spades."Regalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07964594558191182192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18287683.post-1135005219254280762005-12-19T10:13:00.000-05:002005-12-19T10:13:00.000-05:00Whoa Jazz... looks like you got a TON 'o Snow! (I ...Whoa Jazz... looks like you got a TON 'o Snow! (I do not know the metric equivalent for a TON.)<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the birthday wishes!Carolynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15197079377878890152noreply@blogger.com