tuna55 wrote:
Grammar Nazi.
The term, not the people who are strict about grammar.
It's meaningless. Nazi's are not a group of people who were really strict about following the rules. They are a group of people who were really excited about mass genocide, Antisemitism, and a homogeneous society. Associating people who are strict about grammar with Nazi's is doing a disservice to the lives lost fighting off that force, as well as those who died as a result of their actions.
And it doesn't make any sense, anyway. Not unless Grammar Nazis are people who wish to kill off any letter combinations that they don't like on a worldwide quest for domination.
Stop using the term Grammar Nazi, please, internet.
I would happily round up all the extra "u"s that Canadians are slipping into words. I'd fill FEMA boxcars with them and burn them on a giant tyre fire.
Duke
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9/3/15 3:43 p.m.
Have I mentioned lately just how large a bag of donkey dicks Adobe sucks as a company?
Wally wrote:
tuna55 wrote:
Grammar Nazi.
The term, not the people who are strict about grammar.
It's meaningless. Nazi's are not a group of people who were really strict about following the rules. They are a group of people who were really excited about mass genocide, Antisemitism, and a homogeneous society. Associating people who are strict about grammar with Nazi's is doing a disservice to the lives lost fighting off that force, as well as those who died as a result of their actions.
And it doesn't make any sense, anyway. Not unless Grammar Nazis are people who wish to kill off any letter combinations that they don't like on a worldwide quest for domination.
Stop using the term Grammar Nazi, please, internet.
I would happily round up all the extra "u"s that Canadians are slipping into words. I'd fill FEMA boxcars with them and burn them on a giant tyre fire.
The extra u has cost our economy millions over the years. Consider the efficiency losses when you have to type "colour" instead of just "color". A 20% increase in productivity right there!
so sunday my boss at work had a talk with all of us about not cleaning up after ourselves. Basically somebody left some extension cables out in part of the hotel and he found them.
The guy I have been having issues with was with me when our boss told us this. After our boss left he turned to me and asked if I knew anything about it. I mentioned that I had put a cable out earlier in the day, but the show we had in the meantime kept me from going out and getting it.
My co-worker immediately lost it.. wanting to know why I didn't speak up and get him off of the hook.. when if he had listened to the boss, he would have realized out boss mentioned the words "happens all the time" and that it needs to stop. It was really a very gentle slap on the wrist.. but my co-worker saw it as an "ass reaming" and blames me for not speaking up..
So today, he comes to me after not seeing me for 4 days and basically talks down to me about the thing.. then dismissed me with a "I'm going to lunch" (he had just come in to work half an hour ago).. so with my work list all punched, I cleaned up the busy work I was doing, put all my stuff away, and left, taking two of my 120something hours of PTO I have.. I did not even tell my co-worker I left..
Tomorrow if he brings it up.. he's getting a small schooling, because I am sick of his E36 M3
I am both flattered and pissed that someone is trying to hijack one of the blogs that I run.
I've had a ridiculous string of luck with my cars and I'm about to sell them all off and start over.
Bought a Focus SVT for a commuter - super well maintained, everything works great. Crack a wheel a week after getting it. Awesome. There's $400 I wasn't planning on spending.
Finally manage to sell the Protege that was my winter beater last year. Paperwork is done, money has changed hands, guy is going to register it today then pick it up. Ok, no problem. Pull it up into the driveway to vacuum it out/get the last of my crap out of the car - brake pedal goes to the floor. berkeley me. Call out of work and spend the day replacing the popped brake lines. At least I managed to get that done in one day. And to be fair - I would have felt really bad if he got the car and this happened to him. So, it could be worse.
Hop into my Miata to go pick up bubble flare fittings for the Protege brake project that I took the day off of work to do - battery is totally dead. I moved it not 10 minutes before, no issues. Spending the rest of the day troubleshooting that little issue.
At least this means I get a 4 day weekend?
I wish I could elaborate, but we're dealing with an unexpected vacancy at work and this totally applies:
In the meantime, a rare thing called "overtime" appears! 
I should never look at my bank account balance. Just reminds me of what I had and the comfortable cushion that was available. Thanks SMWBO. 
I know for sure I have at least 3 chamois between the house and shop... can I find even one today, berkeley no.
I'm fuzzy headed today. Muscle spasms in my shoulder for over a month caused me to attempt a muscle relaxant last night. Slept for 11 hours and have "medicine head" today. I hate feeling like this, why won't the cobwebs get out of my noggin??!
I'm at the point where I'm not sure if I just suck at conveying information, or that no one ever listens and just waits for their turn to speak.
In reply to Tactical Penguin:
What was that? I was thinking about lunch.
Tactical Penguin wrote:
I'm at the point where I'm not sure if I just suck at conveying information, or that no one ever listens and just waits for their turn to speak.
most folk don't listen .. all they're doing is thinking about what they're going to say when they get their chance
Wife and I on vacation in Virginia/Kentucky. Took the elky.
So far ive broken the passenger side front shock, lost ac, and now the stiff and self steering issues are back. Power steering pump making noise and full of debris.
berkeley it. Only 200 miles to home. Ill get there.
My parents are telling me that keeping the car centered in the lane is more important than actually looking where you're going. One cannot comprehend the stupidity of this statement.
So, you said you weren't going to buy anything. No shopping for the foreseeable future you said.
Wrong.
Time to shop for refrigerators.
Toyman01 wrote:
So, you said you weren't going to buy anything. No shopping for the foreseeable future you said.
Wrong.
Time to shop for refrigerators.
The smell of a fridge full of food gone bad trumps ANY previous decision.
In reply to OHSCrifle:
Lucky for me, my 12 yo asked me why the temperature display wasn't working and we caught it before anything spoiled. I fired up the camp frige and the fridge in the shop and got everything back in the cold.
Americans having trouble with the English language:
I will stop spelling words with the letter U (you know, the proper way!) when you learn that an unintelligible grunting noise (uh-huh) is not an acceptable reply to "Thank-you".
The proper reply would be "You're welcome".
And it's spelled "Doughnut" for crying out loud. You're even lazy at spelling junk food!
In reply to G_Body_Man:
What part of Canada do your folks drive in?
Trans_Maro wrote:
Americans having trouble with the English language:
I will stop spelling words with the letter U (you know, the proper way!) when you learn that an unintelligible grunting noise (uh-huh) is not an acceptable reply to "Thank-you".
The proper reply would be "You're welcome".
And it's spelled "Doughnut" for crying out loud. You're even lazy at spelling junk food!
even worse is "no problem" … many a waiter/waitress has had their gratuity lowered because of this phrase … and before I get hammered for that attitude, I worked for tips for many yrs, and quickly learned what behavior of mine affected my income both up and down
Trans_Maro wrote:
when you learn that an unintelligible grunting noise (uh-huh) is not an acceptable reply to "Thank-you".
The proper reply would be "You're welcome".
this is my Andy Rooney pet peeve - I get this all the time at work - one guy usually does a "yup" instead of you're welcome.
Trans_Maro wrote:
In reply to G_Body_Man:
What part of Canada do your folks drive in?
Ontario, but we're moving to kelowna in a week. Its not easy centering a narrow car with no central reference point.
Dusterbd13 wrote:
Wife and I on vacation in Virginia/Kentucky. Took the elky.
So far ive broken the passenger side front shock, lost ac, and now the stiff and self steering issues are back. Power steering pump making noise and full of debris.
berkeley it. Only 200 miles to home. Ill get there.
Got it home. Steering was only a vague suggestion, and three shocks over major road heaves at 70 mph were definitely intersting.
But 700 miles since Friday evening. My only real rant about the weekend is that due to truck trouble, we didn't get to go further up the shanendoa and eat at the pink cadillac diner.
