The Grumpy Old Man [woman] Topic

ossian

ossian

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I know us men are probably more prone to this than women, but it seems that I find loads of things now to moan about. Having been listening to the radio during my meal, I was gritting my teeth - not for the first time - at the unnecessary and excessive use of the conjunction 'so' at the start of a sentence. You know the thing.

Question: How do you go about collecting the litter on the beach?
Answer: So..... we have a technique, etc, etc.

It is a conjunction for goodness sake. It is mean to join two clauses in the same clause. Not a word with which to start a sentence.

Humph, grrrrrrrrr!

And don't get me started on 'bae'! What is that all about? Why drop a single consonant from the word 'babe'? Is that going to save enough time in their life that they will value it at the end?

GRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!

Feel free to add your grumpy moments here. Just so [adverb] long as you don't start with a conjunction.
 

ossian said:
I know us men are probably more prone to this than women, but it seems that I find loads of things now to moan about. Having been listening to the radio during my meal, I was gritting my teeth - not for the first time - at the unnecessary and excessive use of the conjunction 'so' at the start of a sentence. You know the thing.

Question: How do you go about collecting the litter on the beach?
Answer: So..... we have a technique, etc, etc.

It is a conjunction for goodness sake. It is mean to join to clauses in the same clause. Not a word with which to start a sentence.

Humph, grrrrrrrrr!

And don't get me started on 'bae'! What is that all about? Why drop a single consonant from the word 'babe'? Is that going to save enough time in their life that they will value it at the end?

GRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!

Feel free to add your grumpy moments here. Just so [adverb] long as you don't start with a conjunction.
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So... it's that about all that's bothering you? hahahahaha I'm Texan don't read my posts you will lose your mind :D

P.S.- I didn't mean to interrupt your grammar rant, it's just that I'm usually one of the worst grammar offenders.
 
BlunderWoman said:
So... it's that about all that's bothering you? hahahahaha I'm Texan don't read my posts you will lose your mind :D

P.S.- I didn't mean to interrupt your grammar rant, it's just that I'm usually one of the worst grammar offenders.
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Ah but in that case, it is almost an acceptable interrogative. As in........ 'So? Is that all that is bothering you?' :D
 

As an English major I feel your pain...misspelled words make me nuts. There are signs in town that were professionally printed and somebody forgot the spell check. At my old job it was worse. The woman who elected herself chief sign maker had English as a third language. "Clerence pot plants and flowars"
 
Politico has a new trend. Every sentence begins with "I think".

They think, therefore they are.
Narcissistic, therefore suspect.
 
fureverywhere said:
As an English major I feel your pain...misspelled words make me nuts. There are signs in town that were professionally printed and somebody forgot the spell check. At my old job it was worse. The woman who elected herself chief sign maker had English as a third language. "Clerence pot plants and flowars"
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Oh good grief! :)
 
Well this morning's moan is about Gumtree. A site similar to eBay but who dont charge the earth to sell your stuff. However, when I tried changing email details this morning while posting an ad, it screwed up my account. I had to delete the whole thing simply to change my login details by creating a new account. And, of course, I had to recreate the ads that were current.

Grrrrrrrr.
 
Not grammar but punctuation - why do people think when they have a comma that they don't need a space before the next word? Like,this.
 
Remembering passwords and I'm helpless...even if I vow to record them so I can merely go in my phone book easily...then I misplace the phone book. I was just talking to hubby about that last night. I can remember the name of my babysitters dog and how she used to prepare her dinner. That was almost fifty years ago. I can't remember a password I set last week.
 
fureverywhere said:
Remembering passwords and I'm helpless...even if I vow to record them so I can merely go in my phone book easily...then I misplace the phone book. I was just talking to hubby about that last night. I can remember the name of my babysitters dog and how she used to prepare her dinner. That was almost fifty years ago. I can't remember a password I set last week.
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I keep a list in code.
 
Gia said:
I think it best if I say nothing here... ;)
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Now Gia, just because you struggle a bit with right wording, spelling. grammar and stuff because you were not born a native so to speak, please don't you worry about that. I would sooner have your lovely way, than one or two with perfect spelling and grammar etc. but struggle to be very nice with it.
You lovely Italian Lady you.:sentimental:
 
If it makes anyone feel better author Dave Barry was a failure at grammar. He had a professor tell him he would never be a writer. So when he started out professionally he ignored virtually every grammar rule and found his own loopy style. He won a Pulitzer for journalism. You just know that professor felt like a total schmuck.
 
fureverywhere said:
If it makes anyone feel better author Dave Barry was a failure at grammar. He had a professor tell him he would never be a writer. So when he started out professionally he ignored virtually every grammar rule and found his own loopy style. He won a Pulitzer for journalism. You just know that professor felt like a total schmuck.
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Love him. I've got an autographed book of his.
 
The one that irritates me is "lay" used when the writer/speaker means "lie."

ossian, can you change the dial to another station? Maybe a classical-music one? Classical-music station DJs always use perfect English! ;)
 
Guitarist said:
The one that irritates me is "lay" used when the writer/speaker means "lie."

ossian, can you change the dial to another station? Maybe a classical-music one? Classical-music station DJs always use perfect English! ;)
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Maybe that would work. But the worrying thing about this is that I normally listen to news channels. It is often highly qualified individuals and politicians who are the worst.
 
Well today's moan is not an unusual one for me and most cyclists. Inconsiderate drivers!

While approaching a roundabout I wanted to move to the middle lane of 3. But would the cars behind me slow down to let me? No, even tho I had stuck out a hand, slowed down, personally wished each and everyone of them a 'good morning'. Asked after their health and how was their garden growing this weather? Nope. Not a single one of them. I reckon that 5 at least pushed me over to the left until I brave it out and made my move. Not wise and not safe, but other than that I was going to have to carry the bike on my shoulder across the roundabout.

Oh and there was also the woman driver of a 4 x 4 who decided to overtake a cyclist approaching me in the other direction. Sadly, she missed the fact that I was on the same side road where she was now driving! Never mind, missus. The look on your face was worth it! ;)
 
fureverywhere said:
Remembering passwords and I'm helpless...even if I vow to record them so I can merely go in my phone book easily...then I misplace the phone book. I was just talking to hubby about that last night. I can remember the name of my babysitters dog and how she used to prepare her dinner. That was almost fifty years ago. I can't remember a password I set last week.
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Make your password the name of your babysitter's dog...001.gif.
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fureverywhere said:
Remembering passwords and I'm helpless...even if I vow to record them so I can merely go in my phone book easily...then I misplace the phone book. I was just talking to hubby about that last night. I can remember the name of my babysitters dog and how she used to prepare her dinner. That was almost fifty years ago. I can't remember a password I set last week.
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Same here. That's why I do what they tell you NOT to do and use the same password for almost everything. I keep a cheat-sheet for the more complicated ones (you know, the ones that you have to use an upper-case letter, a lower-case letter, a number and a symbol and it has to be more than 8 characters long).

When I worked at a local hospital, the powers-that-be decided that we needed more stringent computer security and assigned passwords. They were things like "aB#78*we@Q123". That lasted about two weeks; the IT department was overwhelmed with calls - "I can't remember my password....my password doesn't work..." People couldn't log in because they couldn't get through to IT. So, they just went back to picking your own password and changing it every month. Then people went to using passwords like January1995, changing it next month to February1995, etc.
 
I get pissed off with WE Nurses. You know, the ones that will come to your bedside and ask. "Have WE moved our bowels this morning"? "Have WE finished our breakfast."?
 
ossian said:
Well today's moan is not an unusual one for me and most cyclists. Inconsiderate drivers!

While approaching a roundabout I wanted to move to the middle lane of 3. But would the cars behind me slow down to let me? No, even tho I had stuck out a hand, slowed down, personally wished each and everyone of them a 'good morning'. Asked after their health and how was their garden growing this weather? Nope. Not a single one of them. I reckon that 5 at least pushed me over to the left until I brave it out and made my move. Not wise and not safe, but other than that I was going to have to carry the bike on my shoulder across the roundabout.

Oh and there was also the woman driver of a 4 x 4 who decided to overtake a cyclist approaching me in the other direction. Sadly, she missed the fact that I was on the same side road where she was now driving! Never mind, missus. The look on your face was worth it! ;)
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Most seem to be considerate of bikers here, but there's always some who seem to be blind to cyclists no matter what they wear.

Love the trails and the new ones being built now.

If you want to risk your life on a bicycle, try riding on the island of Samui in Thailand!
 
jujube said:
Same here. That's why I do what they tell you NOT to do and use the same password for almost everything. I keep a cheat-sheet for the more complicated ones (you know, the ones that you have to use an upper-case letter, a lower-case letter, a number and a symbol and it has to be more than 8 characters long).

When I worked at a local hospital, the powers-that-be decided that we needed more stringent computer security and assigned passwords. They were things like "aB#78*we@Q123". That lasted about two weeks; the IT department was overwhelmed with calls - "I can't remember my password....my password doesn't work..." People couldn't log in because they couldn't get through to IT. So, they just went back to picking your own password and changing it every month. Then people went to using passwords like January1995, changing it next month to February1995, etc.
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I dont know if you use an Apple computer or device, but if you do, then there is something called keychain which manages your passwords. It may help - if you are an Apple user, of course.
 
I don't even know if I'm a frickin' Apple user...I'm serious, hubby and sons get all the technology for the house and I just shlump along...pathetic I know.
 

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