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When approaching a fork in the road, , wouldn't either choice be a "Tine", instead of "the other fork" :dunno:

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Technically considered, you are correct, ii4n. The proper term to use would be a "tine" in the road. Early pichforks were of two or three tines, and it was only later, that the metaphor "fork" was used to indicate a "split into two pathways. Least that's the road Robert Frost went with in his famous poem ("The Road Not Taken") of having two options of choice.

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When approaching a fork in the road, , wouldn't either choice be a "Tine", instead of "the other fork" :dunno:

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I had a professor who would answer an impossible question with "There are one mole of possibilities."

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Possible answers.
 
Have you ever noticed that the most trivial things take on this amazing magnetic interest ― when you're tasked with an unpleasant chore?

I remember the stupidest old B&W movie took on this fascination when I was cramming for tests at night. Even the commercials were spellbinding!

Or how the bird feeders become the most compelling view when I need to do daily exercises. I never look at the feeders any other time of the day.

Funny how the mind works.

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