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Kjr442
Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 1,817
From: Texas
I don't understand why you would lock out this thread. These are all opinions and everyone is entitled to theirs. ROP can be much worse but information can be had by reading between the lines sometimes. I guess closing this thread protects the weak members of the herd. This thread has reminded me to double check my posts at least. If people can't handle other's opinions they shouldn't be out in the real world.
Oldsdruid
Joined: Dec 2007
Posts: 10,618
From: Southside Vajenya
Rob- either you had a lousy high school English lit teacher or that person was making poor choices for your reading list. I was fortunate enough to have one who, although she had a recommended reading list, was not afraid to let a select few of us run loose with it. We were reading Kerouac, Vonnegut, Hemingway, O'Connor, Caldwell, things like that in American Lit. Then senior year in British Lit, my mind was expanded- blown out to be truthful. Orwell, Huxley, Blake, Wilde and more showed me the power of wordsmithing and a well-turned phrase.
But try as I might, I still cannot read William Faulkner.
Registered User
Joined: Aug 2011
Posts: 633
From: Northlake, IL
I have to agree with this. The thread didn't strike me as being directed towards anyone who truly has a problem, it was aimed at people who are lazy or for whatever reason don't bother to use correct spelling and punctuation. I'm sorry that anyone who wasn't a target took offense, this is more an issue of perception than reality. To me this doesn't merit shutting it down. Just my opinion.
Registered User
Joined: Sep 2008
Posts: 450
From: brookfield, ill
On another site I go to, there's a member that is very intelligent of what he speaks, but his spelling is terrible. When I 1st got there, I'm like "what the heck is this?" Later I learned he's dyslexic, needless to say, no one gave him crap about his spelling, because we all know the problem.Now, I don't have to go home, but I can't stay here.
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Joined: Jun 2009
Posts: 15,177
From: southeastern Michigan
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Joined: Jun 2009
Posts: 15,177
From: southeastern Michigan
Just an Olds Guy
Joined: Jul 2008
Posts: 24,528
From: Edmonton, AB. And "I am Can 'eh' jun - eh"
However, even if the thread is closed or locked, what's to stop the anyone else from starting a new one, focusing on the same issue?
Just an Olds Guy
Joined: Jul 2008
Posts: 24,528
From: Edmonton, AB. And "I am Can 'eh' jun - eh"
Bryon, that was Jaunty's point. Everyone has a choice to respond or not to this thread. I believe his intention was to express that; and address his opinion on was kjr's comment to close the thread. I think it should remain in the public domain. I actually agree with Jaunty's comment - visit and/or reply only if you want to be part of it. Otherwise, just ignore and let the thread die.....
Connoisseur d'Junque
Joined: Sep 2010
Posts: 21,183
From: The Hudson Valley
Not really, Bry - True, it bothers my sensibilities when you don't capitalize, but overall, you're entirely comprehensible without extra effort, so I've got nothing bad to say about you .
You're also driving that heap around every day, even in the winter, which I feel means you deserve lots of extra points for "walking the walk."
- Eric
.You're also driving that heap around every day, even in the winter, which I feel means you deserve lots of extra points for "walking the walk."
- Eric
Just an Olds Guy
Joined: Jul 2008
Posts: 24,528
From: Edmonton, AB. And "I am Can 'eh' jun - eh"
sorry i hate myself but i had to try this
hey eric you must really hate reading this one when you know i can do much better but then you have always been a sensible man you have no idea how awkward it is to type like this and resist the urge to punctuate anyway i know what you mean and im sure bryon knows too know what this is
////reading\\\\\ an old brain teaser means reading between the lines im sure we can all do that and stay sane
////reading\\\\\ an old brain teaser means reading between the lines im sure we can all do that and stay sane
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr
Just an Olds Guy
Joined: Jul 2008
Posts: 24,528
From: Edmonton, AB. And "I am Can 'eh' jun - eh"
Sorry bout that
My apologies Eric. I'm back to 'normal' now - whatever that is. You can ream me out about this when I come visiting. At least I didn't spell your name with a 'k'. You know why? Besides the fact that I know better? Because I only use K in sentences like "Oh look, there's a car that looks like Mary 'K's!" 
Yeah, I know - you're gonna kill me one of these days! Could have been a Beemer joke....
How about this one?
You know why? Besides the fact that I know better? Because I only use K in sentences like "Oh look, there's a car that looks like Mary 'K's!" Yeah, I know - you're gonna kill me one of these days! Could have been a Beemer joke....
Car Shopping
A lady walks into a BMW dealership. She browses around, spots the Top-of-the-line Beemer and walks over to inspect it. As she bends over to feel the fine leather upholstery, she inadvertently breaks wind.
Very embarrassed, she looks around nervously to see if anyone has noticed her little accident and prays that a sales person doesn't pop up right now.
As she turns around, her worst nightmare materializes in the form of a salesman standing right behind her. Cool as a cucumber and displaying complete professionalism, the salesman greets the lady With, "Good day, Madam. How may I help you today?" Very uncomfortably, but hoping he may just not have been there at the time of her accident, she asks, "What is the price of this lovely car?"
He answers, "Madam, if you farted just touching it, you are going to **** yourself when I tell you the price."
A lady walks into a BMW dealership. She browses around, spots the Top-of-the-line Beemer and walks over to inspect it. As she bends over to feel the fine leather upholstery, she inadvertently breaks wind.
Very embarrassed, she looks around nervously to see if anyone has noticed her little accident and prays that a sales person doesn't pop up right now.
As she turns around, her worst nightmare materializes in the form of a salesman standing right behind her. Cool as a cucumber and displaying complete professionalism, the salesman greets the lady With, "Good day, Madam. How may I help you today?" Very uncomfortably, but hoping he may just not have been there at the time of her accident, she asks, "What is the price of this lovely car?"
He answers, "Madam, if you farted just touching it, you are going to **** yourself when I tell you the price."
Mid Life Crisis
A guy in his 40's buys a new BMW convertible and goes out for a nice evening drive. The top is down, the breeze is blowing through what was left of his hair, and he decides to open her up. As the needle jumped up to 90 mph, he suddenly sees flashing red and blue lights behind him. "There's no way they can catch a BMW," he thinks to himself and openes her up further. The needle hit 100, 120.... then reality hits him.
"What the hell am I doing?" he thinks and pulls over.
The cop takes his license without a word, examines it and the car. "It's been a long day and it's the end of my shift. It's Friday the 13th and I don't feel like more paperwork, so if you can give me a good excuse for your driving that I haven't heard before, I'll let you go."
The guy thinks for a second and says, "Last week my wife ran off with a cop. I was afraid you were trying to give her back."
"Have a nice weekend," says the officer as he hands back the guys license
A guy in his 40's buys a new BMW convertible and goes out for a nice evening drive. The top is down, the breeze is blowing through what was left of his hair, and he decides to open her up. As the needle jumped up to 90 mph, he suddenly sees flashing red and blue lights behind him. "There's no way they can catch a BMW," he thinks to himself and openes her up further. The needle hit 100, 120.... then reality hits him.
"What the hell am I doing?" he thinks and pulls over.
The cop takes his license without a word, examines it and the car. "It's been a long day and it's the end of my shift. It's Friday the 13th and I don't feel like more paperwork, so if you can give me a good excuse for your driving that I haven't heard before, I'll let you go."
The guy thinks for a second and says, "Last week my wife ran off with a cop. I was afraid you were trying to give her back."
"Have a nice weekend," says the officer as he hands back the guys license
Kjr442
Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 1,817
From: Texas
You're really not getting it.
Look up at what you wrote. It's fine, nearly perfect.
You say you "struggled all through school," which means it was hard, which means that you worked at it, and by doing that, you learned it, and now, with some effort ("... and still do today"), do it well.
NOBODY is criticizing you or anything you do in any way.
At all.
Period.
They (We) are criticizing people who don't care about their fellow members enough to write a sentence that anyone can understand.
Nobody said anything about people who can't write clearly (such as foreigners) - heck, I wrote a reply to a guy in Spanish yesterday because he clearly had a lot of trouble with English. But at least he tried.
If you want to get all populist and egalitarian on us, then fine, go ahead, but you know as well as the rest of us that the world is not an equal-opportunity place, we are not all created equal, and life is too short to waste sitting around trying to decode some wannabe homeboy's or "countryboy's" digital chicken scratchings because he's too cool to use punctuation.
- Eric
ps:
It's "Let he."
Just put into a simpler sentence: "He throws," not "Him throws."
Easy .
Look up at what you wrote. It's fine, nearly perfect.
You say you "struggled all through school," which means it was hard, which means that you worked at it, and by doing that, you learned it, and now, with some effort ("... and still do today"), do it well.
NOBODY is criticizing you or anything you do in any way.
At all.
Period.
They (We) are criticizing people who don't care about their fellow members enough to write a sentence that anyone can understand.
Nobody said anything about people who can't write clearly (such as foreigners) - heck, I wrote a reply to a guy in Spanish yesterday because he clearly had a lot of trouble with English. But at least he tried.
If you want to get all populist and egalitarian on us, then fine, go ahead, but you know as well as the rest of us that the world is not an equal-opportunity place, we are not all created equal, and life is too short to waste sitting around trying to decode some wannabe homeboy's or "countryboy's" digital chicken scratchings because he's too cool to use punctuation.
- Eric
ps:
It's "Let he."
Just put into a simpler sentence: "He throws," not "Him throws."
Easy
.Last edited by kjr442; Feb 24, 2012 at 07:59 PM.
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