Tid Bits

[Dan_ref]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

You go to games with your officiating gear in a backpack?

Anybody else do that?

Chuck carries everything he needs in a silly putty egg.

[Jurassic Referee]

You guys are silly.

Now...again....what's a "tid" in a tidbit? Inquiring minds need to know.

[Dan_ref]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

You guys are silly.

Now...again....what's a "tid" in a tidbit? Inquiring minds need to know.

If you read my recent email you'll realize when I say Chuck carries EVERYTHING in that silly putty egg I mean he carries everything in that egg.

And you'll get an idea for what a tid in the tidbit is.

OK?

[eyezen]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

You guys are silly.

Now...again....what's a "tid" in a tidbit? Inquiring minds need to know.

A prevailing theory goes that it derived from 'titmouse' to convey being 'tiny'.

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by eyezen

A prevailing theory goes that it derived from 'titmouse' to convey being 'tiny'.

Then, it follows logically that Chuck is a "tidbit"?

Geeze......and I thought Dan was only kidding about that silly putty egg. Learn sumthin' new every day.

[26 Year Gap]

Dang. Thought this was a snack food thread.

[jkjenning]

Yep, JR - a backpack for now! Too many years in the University, I guess, where backpacks are now prevelant [or were, anyway - my last degree was in 2001... my first degree was in - well, back then we just carried our books in huge stacks under our arms!]. I'll take your chagrin as a sign that I should upgrade to a cart or something before I start working any varsity ball? This is just my 2nd year - oh well - nobody has said anything critical yet (about the backpack, that is!).

It's also a hint of economics at home, as, among other things, we are on the tail end of raising four children - currently two in college, with the next two entering college over the next two years... come to think of it, I might be using the backpack for quite awhile yet! It is a very nice, leather backpack if that makes it more respectable? I did have one of those carts last year, but apparently went too cheap and the insides sort of fell apart on me... I think my money this summer will go towards an extra pair of shoes, pants, etc., which means I will probably have to roll everything up tighter in order for it all to fit in the backpack - and I bet it still won't wrinkle!!

Of course, the key thought I meant to leave in my original post was that rolling clothes produces fewer wrinkles than folding!! Oh well - good to get feedback about the backpack if using one sounds too off the beaten track. Noone has ever called me mainstream, however...

[26 Year Gap]

Originally Posted by jkjenning

Yep, JR - a backpack for now! Too many years in the University, I guess, where backpacks are now prevelant [or were, anyway - my last degree was in 2001... my first degree was in - well, back then we just carried our books in huge stacks under our arms!]. I'll take your chagrin as a sign that I should upgrade to a cart or something before I start working any varsity ball? This is just my 2nd year - oh well - nobody has said anything critical yet (about the backpack, that is!).

It's also a hint of economics at home, as, among other things, we are on the tail end of raising four children - currently two in college, with the next two entering college over the next two years... come to think of it, I might be using the backpack for quite awhile yet! It is a very nice, leather backpack if that makes it more respectable? I did have one of those carts last year, but apparently went too cheap and the insides sort of fell apart on me... I think my money this summer will go towards an extra pair of shoes, pants, etc., which means I will probably have to roll everything up tighter in order for it all to fit in the backpack - and I bet it still won't wrinkle!!

Of course, the key thought I meant to leave in my original post was that rolling clothes produces fewer wrinkles than folding!! Oh well - good to get feedback about the backpack if using one sounds too off the beaten track. Noone has ever called me mainstream, however...

There is always the possibility of a Christmas or birthday present. Anything is possible. Look, even Ralphie got his cobalt blue beauty courtesy of Red Ryder.

[cmckenna]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

You guys are silly.

Now...again....what's a "tid" in a tidbit? Inquiring minds need to know.

NOUN:

A choice morsel, as of gossip or food: "The book is chock-full of colorful tidbits about theater and theater people" (Alec Guinness).

ETYMOLOGY:
Perhaps obsoleteand dialectal tid, tender + bit ¹