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Many years ago, I used to enjoy the alt.guitar.amps newsgroup. There
were some incredibly helpful people there, real experts who had very useful advice that was accurate and truly helpful. It was a fun, interesting, good place to be. I enjoyed it. A couple years later, the political crap started. Buttheads from all corners of the political table started changing the topic to goofy political arguments. It got angrier and angrier. Now it's a wasteland. It's no fun, and I don't go there anymore. I used to share, but no more. I never posted politically there, and never will, but it was no fun to pull headers and see two on topic posts and 50 off topic posts that were mostly just people being jerks to each other. I see that the slippery slope is here too. Here's how to avoid it. 1. Never post off topic. 2. Never respond to an off-topic post. People who post off-topic are looking for a reaction. If they don't get it, they try a few more times and then stop. 3. Never try to convince someone they are wrong. Doing this on a newsgroup is like writing your message on a baseball bat and then hitting someone in the back of the head with it. Guess what - they didn't read or care about the message, they are simply mad at the jerk who hit them with the bat!! 4. If you have to write OT on it, then you are off topic. Don't post off topic. 5. I don't care how conservative, liberal, religious, or whatever you are. In this newsgroup, you are a woodworker. There are not any enemies in here. If you start a fight, you are just creating more anger and tension and not solving anything. You are more likely to make a difference and convert people to your way of thinking if you are first an ethical, moral, and well-behaved person inside this newsgroup, then make friends who you contact outside the newsgroup, and then have actual discussion with them. The bat won't work. Really. 6) If you write or repond to an off-topic message, don't send it right away. Walk away, then return an hour or two later. Read what you wrote. (This is the most forgotten rule of writing on the internet.) Then you will probably delete it. Hint: Almost anybody coming to this newsgroup is looking for information or discussion about woodworking. They are not interested in politics when they access this group, but that does not mean they are uninterested, they just choose to also find information about woodworking. Even the most politially active people on any side of any argument have other interests. This is where we go for those interests. Now I will go play with my son and figure out what type of lathe to replace my dead one with. Mark woodturnerr, cabinet maker |
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Amen!
"Mr. Moose" wrote in message ... Many years ago, I used to enjoy the alt.guitar.amps newsgroup. There were some incredibly helpful people there, real experts who had very useful advice that was accurate and truly helpful. It was a fun, interesting, good place to be. I enjoyed it. snippage of good advice! Mark woodturnerr, cabinet maker |
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In article , Mr. Moose wrote:
snip I see that the slippery slope is here too. Here's how to avoid it. 1. Never post off topic. Oops. You just violated Rule One. g -- Regards, Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com) It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again. |
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Now I will go play with my son and figure out what type of lathe to
replace my dead one with. I honestly don't think a lathe could ever replace your dead son, but that's just me. Sorry for your loss. - Owen - |
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Owen Lawrence said:
Now I will go play with my son and figure out what type of lathe to replace my dead one with. I honestly don't think a lathe could ever replace your dead son, but that's just me. Sorry for your loss. - Owen - You're going to feel _really_ bad if you find out that he HAS one... It made sense to me... sort of... ;-) Greg G. |
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On Sat, 05 Nov 2005 16:48:57 -0500, Greg wrote:
Owen Lawrence said: Now I will go play with my son and figure out what type of lathe to replace my dead one with. I honestly don't think a lathe could ever replace your dead son, but that's just me. Sorry for your loss. - Owen - I think he means that at this point in time he has a son and he has a dead lathe. He is considering which replacement tool to get for that dead lathe. However, I could be wrong. You're going to feel _really_ bad if you find out that he HAS one... It made sense to me... sort of... ;-) Greg G. |
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On Sat, 05 Nov 2005 22:09:42 GMT, George Max
wrote: On Sat, 05 Nov 2005 16:48:57 -0500, Greg wrote: Owen Lawrence said: Now I will go play with my son and figure out what type of lathe to replace my dead one with. I honestly don't think a lathe could ever replace your dead son, but that's just me. Sorry for your loss. - Owen - I think he means that at this point in time he has a son and he has a dead lathe. He is considering which replacement tool to get for that dead lathe. However, I could be wrong. Trying hard to decide if you are serious here and in need of a humor infusion, or if I'm the one whose missing the sarcasm in your post. ;-) You're going to feel _really_ bad if you find out that he HAS one... It made sense to me... sort of... ;-) Greg G. +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ If you're gonna be dumb, you better be tough +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |
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On Sat, 05 Nov 2005 19:17:56 -0700, Mark & Juanita
wrote: I think he means that at this point in time he has a son and he has a dead lathe. He is considering which replacement tool to get for that dead lathe. However, I could be wrong. Trying hard to decide if you are serious here and in need of a humor infusion, or if I'm the one whose missing the sarcasm in your post. ;-) It is humor, my humor. The company I work for required that all departments in the office take a grammar and punctuation class. Part of it was reviewing sentences that could be interpreted more than one way. Multiple interpretations are funny. I'm sure he means he has a lathe that needs replacing. Nobody would think a tool could replace a child. |
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"Greg G." wrote in message news Owen Lawrence said: Now I will go play with my son and figure out what type of lathe to replace my dead one with. I honestly don't think a lathe could ever replace your dead son, but that's just me. Sorry for your loss. - Owen - You're going to feel _really_ bad if you find out that he HAS one... Yeah, I thought about that, but I took that chance. I wrote a whole bunch of stuff, disclaimers, explanations, blah blah blah, but opted instead for simplicity. If I'm going to suck humour out of someone's ambiguities, I might as well leave some of my own for someone else to fiddle with. I can't believe anyone thought I was serious! - Owen - |
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Owen Lawrence said:
"Greg G." wrote in message news Owen Lawrence said: Now I will go play with my son and figure out what type of lathe to replace my dead one with. I honestly don't think a lathe could ever replace your dead son, but that's just me. Sorry for your loss. - Owen - You're going to feel _really_ bad if you find out that he HAS one... Yeah, I thought about that, but I took that chance. I wrote a whole bunch of stuff, disclaimers, explanations, blah blah blah, but opted instead for simplicity. If I'm going to suck humour out of someone's ambiguities, I might as well leave some of my own for someone else to fiddle with. I can't believe anyone thought I was serious! Didn't think you were serious for a minute. But if he did.... :-o Anyway, I'm always sticking my foot in my own big mouth, so who am I to say anything... And you'll have to fiddle with your own ambiguities - this homey don't play that. Most embarrassing story along these same lines... Playing a game called "Half-Life" in order to demonstrate the rag-doll physics to a girl and shot one of the scientists in the head - point blank. She ran away screaming and crying. It turned out that her husband had been killed, execution style, by a couple of thugs several years earlier. Talk about feeling _low_. Greg G. |
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You just violated Rule SIX.......
-- www.members.cox.net/bsnikitas "Never Underestimate The Power Of Stupid People In Large Groups!" "Owen Lawrence" wrote in message ... Now I will go play with my son and figure out what type of lathe to replace my dead one with. I honestly don't think a lathe could ever replace your dead son, but that's just me. Sorry for your loss. - Owen - |
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On 11/5/2005 11:38 AM Mr. Moose mumbled something about the following:
Many years ago, I used to enjoy the alt.guitar.amps newsgroup. There were some incredibly helpful people there, real experts who had very useful advice that was accurate and truly helpful. It was a fun, interesting, good place to be. I enjoyed it. A couple years later, the political crap started. Buttheads from all corners of the political table started changing the topic to goofy political arguments. It got angrier and angrier. Now it's a wasteland. It's no fun, and I don't go there anymore. I used to share, but no more. I never posted politically there, and never will, but it was no fun to pull headers and see two on topic posts and 50 off topic posts that were mostly just people being jerks to each other. I see that the slippery slope is here too. Here's how to avoid it. 1. Never post off topic. 2. Never respond to an off-topic post. People who post off-topic are looking for a reaction. If they don't get it, they try a few more times and then stop. 3. Never try to convince someone they are wrong. Doing this on a newsgroup is like writing your message on a baseball bat and then hitting someone in the back of the head with it. Guess what - they didn't read or care about the message, they are simply mad at the jerk who hit them with the bat!! 4. If you have to write OT on it, then you are off topic. Don't post off topic. 5. I don't care how conservative, liberal, religious, or whatever you are. In this newsgroup, you are a woodworker. There are not any enemies in here. If you start a fight, you are just creating more anger and tension and not solving anything. You are more likely to make a difference and convert people to your way of thinking if you are first an ethical, moral, and well-behaved person inside this newsgroup, then make friends who you contact outside the newsgroup, and then have actual discussion with them. The bat won't work. Really. 6) If you write or repond to an off-topic message, don't send it right away. Walk away, then return an hour or two later. Read what you wrote. (This is the most forgotten rule of writing on the internet.) Then you will probably delete it. Hint: Almost anybody coming to this newsgroup is looking for information or discussion about woodworking. They are not interested in politics when they access this group, but that does not mean they are uninterested, they just choose to also find information about woodworking. Even the most politially active people on any side of any argument have other interests. This is where we go for those interests. Now I will go play with my son and figure out what type of lathe to replace my dead one with. Mark woodturnerr, cabinet maker So, you post an Off Topic post telling us not to post Off Topic posts. Real smart. -- Odinn RCOS #7 SENS BS ??? "The more I study religions the more I am convinced that man never worshiped anything but himself." -- Sir Richard Francis Burton Reeky's unofficial homepage ... http://www.reeky.org '03 FLHTI ........... http://www.sloanclan.org/gallery/ElectraGlide '97 VN1500D ......... http://www.sloanclan.org/gallery/VulcanClassic Atlanta Biker Net ... http://www.atlantabiker.net Vulcan Riders Assoc . http://www.vulcanriders.org rot13 to reply |
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In article , Mr. Moose
wrote: Now I will go play with my son and figure out what type of lathe to replace my dead one with. You're replacing a dead son with a lathe? He'll be turning in his grave! -- Life. Nature's way of keeping meat fresh. -- Dr. Who |
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Dave Balderstone said:
In article , Mr. Moose wrote: Now I will go play with my son and figure out what type of lathe to replace my dead one with. You're replacing a dead son with a lathe? He'll be turning in his grave! Now that's BAD!!! :-) Greg G. |
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Dave Balderstone wrote:
In article , Mr. Moose wrote: Now I will go play with my son and figure out what type of lathe to replace my dead one with. You're replacing a dead son with a lathe? He'll be turning in his grave! You guys are sick. Now replacing a dead mother-in-law with a lathe makes sense because she'll be turning in her grave anyway. |
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George E. Cawthon said:
Dave Balderstone wrote: In article , Mr. Moose wrote: Now I will go play with my son and figure out what type of lathe to replace my dead one with. You're replacing a dead son with a lathe? He'll be turning in his grave! You guys are sick. Now replacing a dead mother-in-law with a lathe makes sense because she'll be turning in her grave anyway. Not with the stake I'll drive through her heart - nope - won' move an inch... (Actually, I have no complaints, but it sounded funny.) Greg G. |
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On Sat, 05 Nov 2005 19:28:00 -0500, Greg wrote:
George E. Cawthon said: Dave Balderstone wrote: In article , Mr. Moose wrote: Now I will go play with my son and figure out what type of lathe to replace my dead one with. You're replacing a dead son with a lathe? He'll be turning in his grave! You guys are sick. Now replacing a dead mother-in-law with a lathe makes sense because she'll be turning in her grave anyway. Not with the stake I'll drive through her heart - nope - won' move an inch... (Actually, I have no complaints, but it sounded funny.) Greg G. got blueprints for that pointy stick? |
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"George E. Cawthon" wrote: Dave Balderstone wrote: In article , Mr. Moose wrote: Now I will go play with my son and figure out what type of lathe to replace my dead one with. You're replacing a dead son with a lathe? He'll be turning in his grave! You guys are sick. Now replacing a dead mother-in-law with a lathe makes sense because she'll be turning in her grave anyway. To everything - turn, turn, turn There is a season - turn, turn, turn And a time for every purpose under heaven A time to be born, a time to die A time to plant, a time to reap A time to kill, a time to heal A time to laugh, a time to weep To everything - turn, turn, turn There is a season - turn, turn, turn And a time for every purpose under heaven A time to build up, a time to break down A time to dance, a time to mourn A time to cast away stones A time to gather stones together To everything - turn, turn, turn There is a season - turn, turn, turn And a time for every purpose under heaven A time of war, a time of peace A time of love, a time of hate A time you may embrace A time to refrain from embracing To everything - turn, turn, turn There is a season - turn, turn, turn And a time for every purpose under heaven A time to gain, a time to lose A time to rend, a time to sew A time to love, a time to hate A time of peace, I swear it's not too late! |
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On Sun, 06 Nov 2005 00:16:59 GMT, "George E. Cawthon"
wrote: Dave Balderstone wrote: In article , Mr. Moose wrote: Now I will go play with my son and figure out what type of lathe to replace my dead one with. You're replacing a dead son with a lathe? He'll be turning in his grave! You guys are sick. Now replacing a dead mother-in-law with a lathe makes sense because she'll be turning in her grave anyway. For variable speed, do things that aggravate her more or less than usual. Each beer you drink adds 200 rpm, each church service you go to lowers the speed 400 rpm. Mark |
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Mr. Moose said:
On Sun, 06 Nov 2005 00:16:59 GMT, "George E. Cawthon" wrote: You guys are sick. Now replacing a dead mother-in-law with a lathe makes sense because she'll be turning in her grave anyway. For variable speed, do things that aggravate her more or less than usual. Each beer you drink adds 200 rpm, each church service you go to lowers the speed 400 rpm. And an extra-marital affair, I assume, is used for buffing? Greg G. |
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What is particularly sad is that some people will attack you for
attempting to offer advice to make this a better place. IMHO, I'd rather read 50 OT emails like this one than even *one* more political diatribe. |
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In article , Groggy wrote:
What is particularly sad is that some people will attack you for attempting to offer advice to make this a better place. IMHO, I'd rather read 50 OT emails like this one than even *one* more political diatribe. So who's forcing you to read the political diatribes? :-) -- Regards, Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com) It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again. |
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Miller wrote: So who's forcing you to read the political diatribes? There are political diatribes on the wreck? Crikee! My filters work! -- ~ Stay Calm... Be Brave... Wait for the Signs ~ ------------------------------------------------------ One site: http://www.balderstone.ca The other site, with ww linkshttp://www.woodenwabbits.com |
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So who's forcing you to read the political diatribes? :-) Doug, maybe it is the guys who are *not yet* on my killfile who insist on replying to them and thereby bringing them to view ;-) |
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On Sat, 05 Nov 2005 23:37:11 GMT, Groggy
scribbled: What is particularly sad is that some people will attack you for attempting to offer advice to make this a better place. IMHO, I'd rather read 50 OT emails like this one than even *one* more political diatribe. Other than noting that a post about how the wreck should operate is *on-topic*, I share Groggy's sentiments. Luigi Replace "nonet" with "yukonomics" for real email address www.yukonomics.ca/wooddorking/humour.html www.yukonomics.ca/wooddorking/antifaq.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiped...ct_Woodworking |
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On Mon, 07 Nov 2005 07:58:48 -0800, Luigi Zanasi
wrote: Other than noting that a post about how the wreck should operate is *on-topic*, I share Groggy's sentiments. Luigi nope. that sort of post should be directed to rec.woodworking.d (which doesn't exist) |
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Ok, let's split the group then.
If it's an uneven number, who gets the hair lip? |
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Mr. Moose wrote: Now I will go play with my son and figure out what type of lathe to replace my dead one with. Strunk & White are rolling over in their graves. Their booklet, The Elements Of Style, is an invaluable companion to anybody trying to communicate in English. Now I will go play with my son. Then I am going to try to figure out with which type of lathe I am going to replace my dead one. ----------------------- From now on, ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put. (Sir Winston Churchill) |
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On Sun, 06 Nov 2005 15:48:32 -0500, with neither quill nor qualm,
Robatoy quickly quoth: In article , Mr. Moose wrote: Now I will go play with my son and figure out what type of lathe to replace my dead one with. Strunk & White are rolling over in their graves. Their booklet, The Elements Of Style, is an invaluable companion to anybody trying to communicate in English. Now I will go play with my son. Then I am going to try to figure out with which type of lathe I am going to replace my dead one. Perhaps you want some excitement. Are you going to smuggle a Griz across the border, Rob? ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Poverty is easy. * http://diversify.com It's Charity and Chastity that are hard. * Data-based Website Design ------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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On Sun, 06 Nov 2005 15:48:32 -0500, Robatoy
wrote: In article , Mr. Moose wrote: Now I will go play with my son and figure out what type of lathe to replace my dead one with. Strunk & White are rolling over in their graves. Their booklet, The Elements Of Style, is an invaluable companion to anybody trying to communicate in English. Now I will go play with my son. Then I am going to try to figure out with which type of lathe I am going to replace my dead one. ----------------------- From now on, ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put. (Sir Winston Churchill) I think that Strunk was already turning in his grave because of what White did to his book. Still, the use of language is a moving target and we have to be a little careful about adopting a too rigid view of acceptable current usage. I'm a Strunk and White fan but also have a Chicago Manual Of Style, an AP Style Sheet, a NY Times Style Sheet, my eighth grade grammar book, and the keening voice of Mrs. Sweet - my English Composition teacher, nattering in my ears when I try to write a lucid sentence. They all vary in their expressions of correct usage, but usually on fairly minor, some would say, obscure, points. I like what Hemingway said: "Write it so it sounds nice and let the goddamned editor clean it up if you can trust him not to make a balls out of it." He also said: "Write drunk - edit sober". I don't think he meant that in a literal sense - but then... Tom Watson - WoodDorker tjwatson1ATcomcastDOTnet (email) http://home.comcast.net/~tjwatson1/ (website) |
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Tom Watson wrote: I'm a Strunk and White fan but also have a Chicago Manual Of Style, an AP Style Sheet, a NY Times Style Sheet, my eighth grade grammar book, and the keening voice of Mrs. Sweet - my English Composition teacher, nattering in my ears when I try to write a lucid sentenc Grammar Smart, a book written by the staff of The Princeton Review, is my go-to book when I am confronted by a rogue dangling participle. Then again, The Chicago pretty much covers any and all style questions. A few years ago, I sent out 20 copies of The Elements Of Style, as a Christmas present, to friends of mine. Most were glad to receive it, a few wanted to know "what-the-**** was wrong with their English" |
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On Sun, 06 Nov 2005 20:30:08 -0500, Robatoy
wrote: A few years ago, I sent out 20 copies of The Elements Of Style, as a Christmas present, to friends of mine. Most were glad to receive it, a few wanted to know "what-the-**** was wrong with their English" It (S+W) would be the book that I would give to people. I don't know about the Princeton sheet but will give it a look. Stephen King had a nice little book a couple of years ago called, "On Writing". Say what you will about the man as a stylist, he has a deep understanding of the act of writing and the idea of clarity of expression (oh boy, that one will cost me). He used Strunk and White in the courses that he taught when he was teaching Business English, before his rise to multinational corporate status. S+W has a couple of things in its favor: It is brief. It is reasonably complete. It is brief. It would take a confirmed CMOS aficionado to determine if these are two or three. Tom Watson - WoodDorker tjwatson1ATcomcastDOTnet (email) http://home.comcast.net/~tjwatson1/ (website) |
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Robatoy wrote: In article , Mr. Moose wrote: Now I will go play with my son and figure out what type of lathe to replace my dead one with. Strunk & White are rolling over in their graves. Their booklet, The Elements Of Style, is an invaluable companion to anybody trying to communicate in English. Now I will go play with my son. Then I am going to try to figure out with which type of lathe I am going to replace my dead one. ----------------------- From now on, ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put. (Sir Winston Churchill) The chairperson of the Department of Nits rears its head and states: The correct quotation is: Sir Winston Churchill, upon being chastised for ending a sentence with a proposition: "That, Madam, is a piece of pedantry up with which I will not put." Then, however, there is the young child, in the 2nsd-floor bedroom, questioning Daddy's choice, from the bookshelves downstairs, of bed-time story book: "Why did you bring _that_ book for me to be to be read to out of up from for?" |
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On Mon, 07 Nov 2005 00:17:35 -0000,
(Robert Bonomi) wrote: In article , Robatoy wrote: In article , Mr. Moose wrote: Now I will go play with my son and figure out what type of lathe to replace my dead one with. Strunk & White are rolling over in their graves. Their booklet, The Elements Of Style, is an invaluable companion to anybody trying to communicate in English. Now I will go play with my son. Then I am going to try to figure out with which type of lathe I am going to replace my dead one. ----------------------- From now on, ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put. (Sir Winston Churchill) The chairperson of the Department of Nits rears its head and states: The correct quotation is: Sir Winston Churchill, upon being chastised for ending a sentence with a proposition: "That, Madam, is a piece of pedantry up with which I will not put." Then, however, there is the young child, in the 2nsd-floor bedroom, questioning Daddy's choice, from the bookshelves downstairs, of bed-time story book: "Why did you bring _that_ book for me to be to be read to out of up from for?" A girl from New Jersey and a girl from the West Coast were seated side by side on an airplane. The girl from New Jersey, being friendly and all, said, "So, where ya from?" The West Coast girl said, "From a place where they know better than to use a preposition at the end of a sentence." The girl from New Jersey sat quietly for a few moments and then replied: "So, where ya from, bitch?" Tom Watson - WoodDorker tjwatson1ATcomcastDOTnet (email) http://home.comcast.net/~tjwatson1/ (website) |
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"Robert Bonomi" wrote in message ... In article , Robatoy wrote: In article , Mr. Moose wrote: Now I will go play with my son and figure out what type of lathe to replace my dead one with. Strunk & White are rolling over in their graves. Their booklet, The Elements Of Style, is an invaluable companion to anybody trying to communicate in English. Now I will go play with my son. Then I am going to try to figure out with which type of lathe I am going to replace my dead one. ----------------------- From now on, ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put. (Sir Winston Churchill) The chairperson of the Department of Nits rears its head and states: The correct quotation is: Sir Winston Churchill, upon being chastised for ending a sentence with a proposition: "That, Madam, is a piece of pedantry up with which I will not put." Then, however, there is the young child, in the 2nsd-floor bedroom, questioning Daddy's choice, from the bookshelves downstairs, of bed-time story book: "Why did you bring _that_ book for me to be to be read to out of up from for?" As I remember it, the book was about Australia, and the quote was more like this: "What did you bring that book which I didn't want to be read out of from about 'Down Under' up for?" I learned about in the Guiness Book of World Records. http://alt-usage-english.org/excerpts/fxprepos.html - Owen - |
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On Sun, 06 Nov 2005 15:48:32 -0500, Robatoy
wrote: In article , Mr. Moose wrote: Now I will go play with my son and figure out what type of lathe to replace my dead one with. Strunk & White are rolling over in their graves. Their booklet, The Elements Of Style, is an invaluable companion to anybody trying to communicate in English. Now I will go play with my son. Then I am going to try to figure out with which type of lathe I am going to replace my dead one. Yeah, I bet ya Strunk and White didn't actually try to write their book after several sleepless nights with a teething toddler. Otherwise it'd go something like this. "Make sure you freakin' include an apostrophe or something like that, maybe it's a comma, I don't know, but put in some damn punctuation and an ampersand, chicks really dig those, right Strunky?" "Yeah, and adjectives. Lotsa adjectives. Stop using verbs if you must, but keep the adjectives." "And no passive voice. God I hate the passive voice! It makes me want to break all my furniture!" Mark, who is going to say goodnight to his son and do some turning. |
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A sad feeling...
Sat, Nov 5, 2005, 4:38pm (EST+5) (Mr.*Moose) doth
assume leadership: Many years ago, I used to enjoy snip 1. Never snip 2. Never snip 3. Never snip 4. snip Don't snip 5. I don't care snip 6) If you write or repond to an off-topic message, don't send it snip Now I will go play snip I take it you've never heard of trolls. Maybe. Anyway, they're sad, dorks, with no social skills, and low self-esteem. They all seem to have hairy palms also. You, apparently, must be the new group moderator. I feel confident in proclaiming that all of us have great confidence in your guidance, and leadership. That's a real interesting list of rules you have for us. I'm sure you've cleared all of them thru the Cabal. http://www.cabal.org/ There is no Cabal. We are all waiting with unabated breath for further instructions JOAT If it ain't broke, don't lend it. - Red Green |
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