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Old 11-04-2018, 07:23 PM
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Originally Posted by sandy l
"A day late and a dollar short"
I never could figure out why my Dad always would say that when any of us kids messed up.
I have always known a day late and a dollar short. Used if one missed a sale or good bargain by a day hence you were a day late and a dollar short.
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