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Clipped from “Chinese Nuclear Test”.
irregular absentee report (c1950s)
I suppose it's not that weird to see toilet paper for sale on Temu (I buy my lightbulbs there), but using a cell phone as a scale is... there are questions how big a TP roll is?
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‘Bumf’ Printed paper that is produced in huge quantities for no discernable reason, and apparently has no information value. The junk mail we all receive on a daily basis is a prime example. It is derived from the army term ‘bum-fodder’ – paper that has only one possible practical use. It is originally from prewar schoolboy slang then appropriated by the soldiers to refer to excessive paperwork. It generally referred to the endless streams of army orders that were issued from headquarters. In the middle of one particularly savage attack on the Somme, a British orderly officer received a series of communiqués from HQ demanding to know how much tinned jam was held in stores and how many pairs of socks were required. Some things never change.
10 First World War slang words we still use today - History Extra
15-Punkte-Plan zur schnelleren Abschiebung: BumF warnt vor Dauerkasernierung und Desintegration von Flüchtlingskindern.
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Am letzten Donnerstag, den 9. Februar 2017, haben sich Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel und der Großteil der Ministerpräsidenten der Länder auf einen 15-Punkte-Plan zur „schnelleren Abschiebung“ verständigt.
Der Bundesfachverband umF (BumF) sieht unter anderem die Pläne zur Ausweitung der Pflicht in (Erst-)Aufnahmeeinrichtungen zu verbleiben, von der auch begleitete…
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postal money order purchaser’s receipt (1962)
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