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Some times they can be so finiky, swimming right up to my ribbon fish and doing a lip curl before truning away for better looking bait.
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Some times they can be so finiky, swimming right up to my ribbon fish and doing a lip curl before truning away for better looking bait.
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Mac OSX can also get a little finiky when it comes to flushing its DNS cache.
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It was also particularily finiky when I tried to play music, videos and games. * grr* So if this actually DOES sovle all the issues, I will have to shell out like 125$ for a new power supply.
dailycomic Diary Entry dailycomic 2008
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When I was at the ISP I was troubleshooting a customers internet connection DSL and I was being thorough as DSL can be finiky after about 10 minutes I realised asked her if the computer was on and she replied "No the power is out due to the storm" I can not believe I did not pick up on that sooner.
20 Things I Learned From Tech Support kludge 2007
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Oh! she is a dainty warbler, not quite full-fledged, but superior, noble, magnificent in design, able to soar higher than any of those finiky, twittering little canaries you love to play with.
Old times in Dixie land : a southern matron's memories, 1901
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I've seen snow in every month, and when dealing with these extreme situations I NEED a fuel that will light not with some finiky working, but when I need it, no matter what.
unknown title 2009
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Cats are promiscuous, finiky, self serving, and always on the prowl. .so who better?
Comic Book Movie 2009
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She is so finiky about her pleasures; and, besides, she has a mania for prawns. "
Madame Bovary Gustave Flaubert 1850
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