I am beginning to think that I am blessed with a daughter who never enjoyed reading and one year for Christmas (because her mother has everything!) she bought me a HUGE dictionary - an unabridged edition no less - one with every imagineable word it it - and I mean that !! -- anyhow with all this ABSQUATULATE stuff going around I thought for the heck of it I would check this dictionary and here is what it states::: ab.squat.u.late /slang/ -- to flee, abscond: The old prospector absquatulated with our picks and shovel. Hope this helps somewhat. I know the meaning is most definitely not what I thought it might be from just the word itself. Antoinette waughtel@oz.net Bill and Sue McNaught wrote: > Sounds like a word to use when one takes the last seat and tells those > left standing to "sit on your fist and rair (rare?) back on your thumb". > > Sue McN > > ==== SW_VA Mailing List ==== > #2 A large database of SURNAMES and the researcher's email address can be found at > http://www.fortunecity.com/millennium/quarrybank/194/swabc.htm > You may have your SURNAMES included by posting them and your address to the > LIST and NOT to the sysop/owner.