An open portico or light roofed gallery extending along the front (and occas. other sides) of a dwelling or other building, freq. having a front of lattice-work, and erected chiefly as a protection or shelter from the sun or rain.
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And ah in the summer- in the winter months we had a verandah in the front of our house and there was no basement under the verandah so it was |
An open portico or light roofed gallery extending along the front (and occas. other sides) of a dwelling or other building. |
And ah in the summer- in the winter months we had a verandah in the front of our house and there was no basement under the verandah so it was better than a freezer, so all your meat and-everything would be out there and it would freeze in the verandah and that was wonderful. That was our refrigerator for the winter (laughs). |
An open portico or light roofed gallery extending along the front (and occas. other sides) of a dwelling or other building. |
A little or young thing
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The kids thought that was quite nice. But ah- I was just a little wee bit disappointed, because you-know, whenever we saw pictures of the water and it was nice and blue and ah. But it was- it was quite- the water was quite dirty when ah- all kind of debris was on it. |
Small, little |
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Oh the old guy- the old James- James his name- can't think of (inc) James, he says "Oh yous guys (inc) you getting your transfer and everything eh? Yeah," and then he looks at us, he says "You stupid bastards." |
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We had a car. Well he had a little car, he works on there. So he say "What- what yous guys going to (inc)?" "Hundred and forty Bingingham-street." "Okay," he says "I'll take you there no worries." So we we threw our stuff in his trunk of his car and he- well you know you live in Toronto eh? |
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Watch out. Okay, so anyhow it was funny how we went- the first year we went to Croatia, when I was there with my dad and my sister, what was neat is we went to Croatia and they were excited to see us, "Oh we're going to have- we're going to make some lunch for yous!" A little late lunch, like two o-clock in the afternoon. And they were on the farming-type environment. |
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...he got to use the car. He'd got to sleep over where ever he wanted, he had friends over there all the time and- and when I question my dad about this, all he said was "I raised the three of yous. Now I don't care no more." |
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