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Hi,

It's nice to be back and active again! ^_^

Got a question here. Thanks for helping!

What do you mean by "plenty of ***** to boot", please?

eg Tom's mother cooked him a great dinner, with chocolate ice-cream to boot.

The chocolate ice-cream was a good and unexpected addition to the meal.



eg Her boyfriend is handsome

Thanks Clive!

That's really detailed.

Maybe how often one hears that in casual conversation differs regionally. It's pretty common in the south and southwest, but then those types of folksy expressions are more a part of ordinary conversation, in my experience, in those regions of the U.S.

Ironically, I actually said that today, when I learned I had to jump through a couple of additional hoops to access a loaner lap top fro

CliveThis use of 'to boot' is usually rather literary. It's not often part of casual conversation.

Interesting take on it. It must be a regional thing because it's a pretty casual and fairly common expression here. It refers to things "thrown in as an extra" or "on top of all that".

They let me buy a second pair at half-price, and I got the frequ

Interesting...

All I know is to modify my motorola phone using "no rsa BOOTloader".