Hey Lenny (John) how can you get through 1650+ posts, and not so much as ruffle a feather on a sleeping owl, then all of a sudden you become "CONTROVERSY MAN"? Have you changed your diet? Did the wife accuse you of acting old? Somebody been spiking your tea? There must be a reason for this character about face.

Oh, you've always been a bit cranky about the King's english, but haven't we all? It's just that now you seem to be expanding your horizons into the humanitarian/political arena.

Just lurking here, but enjoying it none the less!

 

MMMmmmm !

Thanks for the vote of confidence.

(Where you been anyway?)

I hit 60 next month so guess I decided to speak my mind and "Frankly...not give a damn !" In other words I'm CANTANKEROUS !!

No..seriously...this hurricane issue really got me wound up because so many people were voicing such strong opinions without necessarily understanding what it would have been like to be there.

In no way am I saying that I do myself but I think that we need to be a little circumspect until all the facts are known and show some sympathy and understanding for a terrible situation.

EVEN IF some of those people had brought things on themselves they still need help and care.

And I do react strongly to posts such as

"WTF has that got to do with anything?"

If people reading and posting here can't add some constructive criticism while perhaps asking for clarification in a decent way without pointless rude acronyms then I suggest that they
FOXTROT OSCAR.

(See you've got me at it now !!)

 

Thank you.

I haven't spoken of the Katrina issue here at work, because most of the assclowns that work here are not open minded.

All I hear is the same crap, "it's their fault" ~or~ "They had plenty of time to get out of town", etc, etc.

Bottom line = People are still there that need help. (Is that the right there, their, they're, etc ?)

..and I feel it's America's duty to help our own when in need.

 

Yup . . . you got it right.

And it's at times like this I weep with happiness and feel that there is hope for mankind after-all.

Just a quick review:

"THERE"
adverb
1 in, at, or to that place or position : we went on to Paris and stayed there eleven days | [after prep. ] I'm not going in there—it's freezing | figurative the opportunity is right there in front of you.
• used when pointing or gesturing to indicate the place in mind : there on the right | if anyone wants out, there's the door!
• at that point (in speech, performance, writing, etc.) : “I'm quite—” There she stopped.
• in that respect; on that issue : I don't agree with you there.
• [with infinitive ] used to indicate one's role in a particular situation : at the end of the day, we are there to make money.
2 used in attracting someone's attention or calling attention to someone or something : hello there! | there goes the phone.
3 (usu. there is/are) used to indicate the fact or existence of something : there's a restaurant around the corner | there comes a point where you give up.
exclamation
1 used to focus attention on something and express satisfaction or annoyance at it : there, I told you she wouldn't mind!
2 used to comfort someone : there, there, you must take all of this philosophically.


THEIR
possessive adjective
1 belonging to or associated with the people or things previously mentioned or easily identified : her taunts had lost their power to touch him.
• belonging to or associated with a person of unspecified sex : she heard someone blow their nose loudly.
2 ( Their) used in titles : a double portrait of Their Majesties.
ORIGIN Middle English : from Old Norse their(r)a ‘of them,’ genitive plural of the demonstrative sá; related to them and they .
USAGE 1 On the use of their in the singular to mean ‘his or her,’ see usage at they . 2 On the differences between their, they're, and there, see usage at they .

THEY'RE
contraction of
they are.

 

As usual, always entertaining with a great big dose of sense added.

You and I tend to forget we are probably the elder set on this board. I still get caught up in the moment occasionally, but my age has mellowed my thought processes. I resent some of the folks that could leave N.O. not leaving. They simply increase the danger and burden of those sent to control and remedy the situation. With that said, I still think it is wrong to turn our backs on them.

Now, rebuilding N.O. is a different story. Just doesn't make sense to me to pour billions into a below sea level area with the possibility of losing it all with the next big blow out of the Carribbean.

Acronyms are a way of life, I resent them in the public and business sector, and certainly on these forums. BUT, we are a minority, so get used to it.

 

I recently saw one for gas that I thought was funny.

GAS
REGULAR= LOL
PLUS = OMG
PREMIUM= WTF

 

To understand my irritation with the NO situation certain things must be presumed. If you don't have the same presumtions then I type until my 'puter breaks and we won't understand each other. 1) They had a catagory 5 hurricane coming at them. 2) They live 5-12 feet below the water surrounding the city. 3) Government cannot provided everything for you in all situations. Yet with these things in mind people still decided to stay in the city.

You can say the sick, and lame, and family of the sick and lame couldn't get out. I disagree the evacuation plan called for the use of busses and other city owned resources to evacuate these people. These people decided to stay in their houses and then complain that they aren't recieving any help from the government when everything went bad. You knew or should have known it was going to be bad.

Many of the people were not sick or lame, prior to the hurricane, as could be seen by the number of people who walked out to be rescued. Then many of the people who were able to walk out of their houses just sat on the freeway, complaining because nobody was helping them. Uh, your not at a shelter and even those people at the shelter weren't being given any help. Am I just smart, or is it common knowledge that you must have food, water and shelter to survive. If you don't have, and they didn't. then go to where it is. Many of htese people were old enough to know that their were shelters set up to assist, but still they just sat on their butts waiting for the reaper, and complaining that nobody's helping.

I've seen some of the people who were evacuated complain that the cots were uncomfortable, the food (MRE's) tasted bad, they have no privacy, they lost everything. My comments to them are: If the cots are uncomfortable sleep on the floor. If the food is bad go get your own or starve. If you want privacy find it. When I left my parent's house I had 2 pairs of jeans, 5 t-shirts and the shoes on my feet. I found a place to live and clothes to wear. If I had only the clothes I was wearing I would have figured out a way to wash them, ever hear of a river?

For me it basically boils down to appreciation. They screwed up. They knew they were going to get hit hard and yet they stayed. Nobody made them stay, they chose to stay. Then they complain because they took an unwise decision and nobody was there to pick them up. Others complained because what was provided for them wasn't good enough. What do you want gormet cooking? What was provided was far better than what Capt O'Grady ate while he was hiding in Serbia.

 

At my age, I engage in a "catch and release" program. Whenever I have gas I release it spontaneously, loudly, and readily.

In a crowd, I'm the master of "fartriloquism", the art of making your flatulence appear to be the product of another person or animal.

 

Very nice. Another one that grinds on me is when someone will mix up when to use 'then' instead of 'than' or vice-versa.

Examples:

wrong "I would rather go golfing then have to bang my one neighbor's ugly wife".

right "I would rather go golfing than have to bang my one neighbor's ugly wife".




wrong "I'm going to go golfing, than bang my other neighbor's hottie wife".

right "I'm going to go golfing, then bang my other neighbor's hottie wife".

 

The two that irritate me the most lately:
Using 'quite' instead of 'quiet' and vice versa.
Those who still haven't figured what 'and' means. I'm seeing hundreds of examples where people use 'and' instead of 'a' or 'an'.
"I bought and exhaust system for my truck."
AAAAARRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH!!!

 

All this hate.

 

Yup, the then/than thing always bugged me . . .

If you were to go back over my posts, you'd find that I have posted the following about half a dozen times:

(to me, this explains it most clearly. . . I keep it as a word document and just cut and past it here whenever the then/than thing starts getting out of hand). . .



I feel this is a good time to review the proper uses of "then" and "than".

"Than" is a conjunction used with comparisons.
It rhymes with pan.
Example: She likes you more than me.

"Then" is an adverb that refers to time.
It rhymes with pen.
Example: First you take a cup of flour, and then you sift it.

 

well "than", aren't we just the speech ****??

 

The one that gets to me is those that spell the stopping apparatus on their truck as "breaks". I can see having a brain fart and maybe doing it one time, but some of these guys do it as if that is how they think it is spelled.

Then there is the professor that drives the LT and says its "mine truck". What is that about?

 

Maybe he is German, an he means "mein truck".