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Lord & Taylor Files for Bankruptcy

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  • Catseye3C Offline
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    https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/02/business/Lord-and-Taylor-Bankruptcy.html

    Lord & Taylor, the floundering department store company that traces its roots to 1826, on Sunday became the latest retailer to file for bankruptcy protection as the coronavirus outbreak accelerates the demise of chains that were already teetering.

    Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka

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    • George KG Offline
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      https://www.thoughtco.com/flounder-and-founder-1689560

      When used as verbs, the words flounder and founder are easily confused: they sound similar and are often used in similar contexts. The noun flounder refers to a small flatfish. The verb flounder means to struggle, to make clumsy efforts to move or regain one's balance. The noun founder refers to a person who establishes an institution or settlement. The verb founder means to sink or become disabled.

      Examples
      “Many people flounder about in life because they do not have a purpose, an objective toward which to work.” (George Halas)​

      The Turkish man-of-war Ertogrul foundered at sea and 500 members of her crew were drowned.

      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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      • Aqua LetiferA Offline
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        #3

        (Beat me to it.)

        Please love yourself.

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        • HoraceH Offline
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          Horace
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          Why is floundering wrong? It seems less on the nose than foundering, but still appropriate.

          Education is extremely important.

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          • CopperC Offline
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            I lost my flounder, but then I founder.

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            • Aqua LetiferA Aqua Letifer

              (Beat me to it.)

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              @Aqua-Letifer said in Lord & Taylor Files for Bankruptcy:

              (Beat me to it.)

              "Founder," the verb, always struck me as being a description of something that's trying to find its way out of a bad situation and not being able to - like a ship on shoals.

              "Flounder," I always thought was a description of something flopping around aimlessly.

              Also, isn't this the best hijack of a thread in a while?

              "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

              The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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              • CopperC Copper

                I lost my flounder, but then I founder.

                jon-nycJ Offline
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                @Copper said in Lord & Taylor Files for Bankruptcy:

                I lost my flounder, but then I founder.

                Founder? Damn near killed her.

                Only non-witches get due process.

                • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                • 89th8 Offline
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                  Can we please get back to the purpose of this thread? That is, to realize that the use of "Lord" in the Lord & Taylor name clearly was a racist reference to the exclusively white land owners in the middle ages? How could such a store exist in this year, which is the Year 1 A.W. (Anno Wokeini), is surprising to me.

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                  • George KG George K

                    @Aqua-Letifer said in Lord & Taylor Files for Bankruptcy:

                    (Beat me to it.)

                    "Founder," the verb, always struck me as being a description of something that's trying to find its way out of a bad situation and not being able to - like a ship on shoals.

                    "Flounder," I always thought was a description of something flopping around aimlessly.

                    Also, isn't this the best hijack of a thread in a while?

                    Aqua LetiferA Offline
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                    Aqua Letifer
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                    @George-K said in Lord & Taylor Files for Bankruptcy:

                    @Aqua-Letifer said in Lord & Taylor Files for Bankruptcy:

                    (Beat me to it.)

                    "Founder," the verb, always struck me as being a description of something that's trying to find its way out of a bad situation and not being able to - like a ship on shoals.

                    "Flounder," I always thought was a description of something flopping around aimlessly.

                    Also, isn't this the best hijack of a thread in a while?

                    Agree on all points! Props!

                    Please love yourself.

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                    • CopperC Copper

                      I lost my flounder, but then I founder.

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                      @Copper said in Lord & Taylor Files for Bankruptcy:

                      I lost my flounder, but then I founder.

                      You lobster, and then you flounder.

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                      • LarryL Offline
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                        Larry
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                        She ran off with some little shrimp. They just up and drove off in his carp.

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