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|    Mike Powell to GLEB HLEBOV    |
|    Badly off    |
|    31 Jan 25 10:08:00    |
      TZUTC: -0500       MSGID: 2286.englisht@1:2320/105 2c022886       REPLY: 2:5023/24.4222 679c73dc       PID: Synchronet 3.20a-Linux master/acc19483f Apr 26 202 GCC 12.2.0       TID: SBBSecho 3.20-Linux master/acc19483f Apr 26 2024 23:04 GCC 12.2.0       BBSID: CAPCITY2       CHRS: CP437 2       > MP> As an English speaker, I am not sure what they were trying to say       > MP> there - "we'd been rather badly off for books." Your guesses are as       > MP> good as mine. I would add that they could mean their "accounting       > MP> books," which might mean that they have fallen behind in their       > MP> payments or have fallen into debt.              > I've checked and it turns out that "badly off" means the opposite of "well       > off", according to both M.-W. and Cambridge dictionaries. Seems like it's       > mostly british. So, #1 is a good guess still. :-)              That example does read like British phrasing so I am not at all surprised       there. Glad I had a good guess! ;)              Mike                      * SLMR 2.1a * 2 + 2 = 5 for extremely large values of 2.       --- SBBSecho 3.20-Linux        * Origin: capitolcityonline.net * Telnet/SSH:2022/HTTP (1:2320/105)       SEEN-BY: 1/19 16/0 19/10 37 104/119 105/81 106/201 123/130 128/187       SEEN-BY: 129/305 142/104 153/757 7715 154/10 30 50 110 700 203/0 218/700       SEEN-BY: 218/840 220/20 90 221/1 6 360 226/18 30 44 50 227/114 229/110       SEEN-BY: 229/114 206 300 317 426 428 470 664 700 705 240/5832 266/512       SEEN-BY: 280/5003 291/111 301/1 320/119 219 319 2119 322/757 762 335/364       SEEN-BY: 341/66 234 342/200 396/45 423/81 460/58 712/848 902/26 2320/0       SEEN-BY: 2320/105 3634/12 5020/400 1042 5075/35       PATH: 2320/105 154/10 221/6 1 320/219 229/426           |
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