Today was an interesting kind of do nothing (much) kind of day. My plan was to see if I could take the front wheel off the Polaris, see where the leak in the tire was, and take it to get it fixed. I found the jack and everything, and managed to get the tire off, pumped it up, found the hole (it was the size of a straight pin or a needle), took it in to Bartlett, got it plugged, got back home, put it back on the Polaris and took a nap. It is still holding air, so that is a good thing. I was worried that the tire had dry-rotted, but apparently not. We took the girls for a ride when we went in to Bartlett, so that was a two-fer. I put some of the plants back in place (after having sheltered them from the gale-force winds of the last couple days), and then I took another nap. Then Jody and I went in to Georgetown to (a). vote, (b). find a new pump for one of the fountains and (c). have lunch. The correct answer is all of the above. And then it was time for another nap.Primeval -- Adjective. of or relating to the earliest ages (as of the world or human history). ancient. primitive. "Other blasts, quite visible to us today, are the biggest bursts of energy in the cosmos since the primeval Big Bang." Neil DeGrasse Tyson et al., One Universe, 2000
Did You Know? First things first. HAHA. Primeval comes from the Latin words primus, meaning "first," and aevum, meaning "age." In Latin, those terms were brought together to form primaevus, a word that means "of or relating to the earliest ages." Other English words that descend from primus include prime and primary, primordial (a synonym or primeval), and primitive. Primus also gave rise to some terms for folks who are number one in charge, including prince and principal.
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