Murphy Siding BaltACD zardoz How to write good... 1. Avoid alliteration. Always.2. Prepositions are not words to end sentences with.3. Avoid clichés like the plague. (They're old hat.)4. Eschew ampersands & abbreviations, etc.5. One should never generalize.6. Comparisons are as bad as clichés.7. Be more or less specific.8. Sentence fragments? Eliminate.9. Exaggeration is a million times worse than understatement.10. Parenthetical remarks (however relevant) are unnecessary.11. Who needs rhetorical questions? So what is is - more specific or less specific? That would depend on what your definition of is is.
BaltACD zardoz How to write good... 1. Avoid alliteration. Always.2. Prepositions are not words to end sentences with.3. Avoid clichés like the plague. (They're old hat.)4. Eschew ampersands & abbreviations, etc.5. One should never generalize.6. Comparisons are as bad as clichés.7. Be more or less specific.8. Sentence fragments? Eliminate.9. Exaggeration is a million times worse than understatement.10. Parenthetical remarks (however relevant) are unnecessary.11. Who needs rhetorical questions? So what is is - more specific or less specific?
zardoz How to write good... 1. Avoid alliteration. Always.2. Prepositions are not words to end sentences with.3. Avoid clichés like the plague. (They're old hat.)4. Eschew ampersands & abbreviations, etc.5. One should never generalize.6. Comparisons are as bad as clichés.7. Be more or less specific.8. Sentence fragments? Eliminate.9. Exaggeration is a million times worse than understatement.10. Parenthetical remarks (however relevant) are unnecessary.11. Who needs rhetorical questions?
1. Avoid alliteration. Always.2. Prepositions are not words to end sentences with.3. Avoid clichés like the plague. (They're old hat.)4. Eschew ampersands & abbreviations, etc.5. One should never generalize.6. Comparisons are as bad as clichés.7. Be more or less specific.8. Sentence fragments? Eliminate.9. Exaggeration is a million times worse than understatement.10. Parenthetical remarks (however relevant) are unnecessary.11. Who needs rhetorical questions?
So what is is - more specific or less specific?
That would depend on what your definition of is is.
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To rite with care is quite a feetOf witch won should be proud,And wee mussed dew the best wee can,Sew flaw's are knot aloud.
Sow ewe can sea why aye dew prays,Such soft wear four pea seas,And why eye brake in two averseBuy righting too pleas.
tree68 pajrr The exercise moves were not unusual, but the instructor / model was doing them in the middle of railroad tracks! Wasn't there such an instructor killed while doing such a video?
pajrr The exercise moves were not unusual, but the instructor / model was doing them in the middle of railroad tracks!
Wasn't there such an instructor killed while doing such a video?
Yes there was!
Never too old to have a happy childhood!
pajrrThe exercise moves were not unusual, but the instructor / model was doing them in the middle of railroad tracks!
Larry Resident Microferroequinologist (at least at my house) Everyone goes home; Safety begins with you My Opinion. Standard Disclaimers Apply. No Expiration Date Come ride the rails with me! There's one thing about humility - the moment you think you've got it, you've lost it...
A couple of years ago I saw an article on a certain exercise routine. The exercise moves were not unusual, but the instructor / model was doing them in the middle of railroad tracks! Why? Do they have to be done inside the gauge of tracks to work? I sent the ad to Operation Life Saver in Washington, DC. They thanked me and shortly thereafter, the ad disappeared.
#14--Yoda excepted.
zardozHow to write good... 1. Avoid alliteration. Always.2. Prepositions are not words to end sentences with.3. Avoid clichés like the plague. (They're old hat.)4. Eschew ampersands & abbreviations, etc.5. One should never generalize.6. Comparisons are as bad as clichés.7. Be more or less specific.8. Sentence fragments? Eliminate.9. Exaggeration is a million times worse than understatement.10. Parenthetical remarks (however relevant) are unnecessary.11. Who needs rhetorical questions?
12. The passive voice should never be used.
13. To intentionally split an infinitive is usually poor grammar.
14. Splitting a phrasal verb because you mistake part of it for a preposition in #2 is something up with which we should not put.
Good for you Thomas, you did the right thing.
i called NS Overmod thomas81z Are we done with the complaining about Grammer What does Kelsey have to do with this? And is that NSPD supposed to be "NSDAP" as in grammar Nazi? OK, let's get back on "topic": why did you not stop your car, invite yourself to their party, and give them the trespassing-is-evil-don't-you-know-you-can-be-killed-by-the-train rant? Maybe you can have some OpLifesaver material handy to pass out to them. There is no particular point in bringing it up here -- what do you propose we do about it?
Overmod thomas81z Are we done with the complaining about Grammer What does Kelsey have to do with this? And is that NSPD supposed to be "NSDAP" as in grammar Nazi? OK, let's get back on "topic": why did you not stop your car, invite yourself to their party, and give them the trespassing-is-evil-don't-you-know-you-can-be-killed-by-the-train rant? Maybe you can have some OpLifesaver material handy to pass out to them. There is no particular point in bringing it up here -- what do you propose we do about it?
thomas81z Are we done with the complaining about Grammer
What does Kelsey have to do with this?
And is that NSPD supposed to be "NSDAP" as in grammar Nazi?
OK, let's get back on "topic": why did you not stop your car, invite yourself to their party, and give them the trespassing-is-evil-don't-you-know-you-can-be-killed-by-the-train rant? Maybe you can have some OpLifesaver material handy to pass out to them. There is no particular point in bringing it up here -- what do you propose we do about it?
Murphy Sidingi four won can overlook spelling and grammer errors as long as were discussing something i like like tains. alot of my posts have grammer and spelling errors. if we took the time too point awl those out weed have to start a whole new thread.
Thanks to Chris / CopCarSS for my avatar.
i four won can overlook spelling and grammer errors as long as were discussing something i like like tains. alot of my posts have grammer and spelling errors. if we took the time too point awl those out weed have to start a whole new thread.
HA HA HA HA HAzardoz thomas81z Are we done with the complaining about Grammer & getting back on topic (Smh) No. How to write good...1. Avoid alliteration. Always.2. Prepositions are not words to end sentences with.3. Avoid clichés like the plague. (They're old hat.)4. Eschew ampersands & abbreviations, etc.5. One should never generalize.6. Comparisons are as bad as clichés.7. Be more or less specific.8. Sentence fragments? Eliminate.9. Exaggeration is a million times worse than understatement.10. Parenthetical remarks (however relevant) are unnecessary.11. Who needs rhetorical questions?
zardoz thomas81z Are we done with the complaining about Grammer & getting back on topic (Smh) No. How to write good...1. Avoid alliteration. Always.2. Prepositions are not words to end sentences with.3. Avoid clichés like the plague. (They're old hat.)4. Eschew ampersands & abbreviations, etc.5. One should never generalize.6. Comparisons are as bad as clichés.7. Be more or less specific.8. Sentence fragments? Eliminate.9. Exaggeration is a million times worse than understatement.10. Parenthetical remarks (however relevant) are unnecessary.11. Who needs rhetorical questions?
thomas81z Are we done with the complaining about Grammer & getting back on topic (Smh)
Are we done with the complaining about
Grammer & getting back on topic
(Smh)
No.
How to write good...1. Avoid alliteration. Always.2. Prepositions are not words to end sentences with.3. Avoid clichés like the plague. (They're old hat.)4. Eschew ampersands & abbreviations, etc.5. One should never generalize.6. Comparisons are as bad as clichés.7. Be more or less specific.8. Sentence fragments? Eliminate.9. Exaggeration is a million times worse than understatement.10. Parenthetical remarks (however relevant) are unnecessary.11. Who needs rhetorical questions?
In 1985, my company was making 32K RAMs hand over fist--until the market fell out of the bottun and I do not know how many people were laid off.
Johnny
Electroliner 1935Still got any 5 inch floppies around?
You could probably find a 5.25" or two around, but they haven't been touched in ages. It's getting so even the 3.5" floppies are next to useless. Most laptops these days don't have a drive for them.
tree68As for the supercomputers - my first PC (TI-99-4A) had 16K of ram. WooHoo!. I was thrilled to add a 40 Mb hard disk in my Tandy 1000SX. No more booting from floppies.
I'm with you Larry, At least we don't have to use punch cards to get the program into it. Still got any 5 inch floppies around?
Overmodcounterproductive in the ways those countdown timers in walk/don't walk lights turned out to be.
Those timers are for pedestrians? I thought they were there to help drivers gauge if they had enought time to run the light....
tree68 stated[in part]: "...As for trespassing - our local paper printed a photo of a woman walking in the gauge on her way home from somewhere. My letter to the editor pointing out the error of her ways was met with an amazing amount of vitriol..."
Never fear, Larry, Those people who tempt their fates will; eventually loose their race to Darwin . Stupidity, has its own rewards.
I do think there should be some directed outreach by the Operation Lifesaver organization (or other recognized 'industry' source) specifically to professional photographers about the dangers of shooting on or near tracks. A problem is that as soon as you start with practical safety measures like don't put your foot on a rail or stand in the gauge you've tacitly accepted they can be shooting there in the first place ... counterproductive in the ways those countdown timers in walk/don't walk lights turned out to be.
Yes i did &they asked me to repeat it
thomas81zAre we done with the complaining about Grammer
Did you call the NSPD?
It's been fun. But it isn't much fun anymore. Signing off for now.
The opinions expressed here represent my own and not those of my employer, any other railroad, company, or person.t fun any
SD70Dude BaltACD Phones are to talk on! Indeed, however current so-called "smartphones" have more in common with a Tricorder than a actual telephone, for better or worse. As a IT guy once said to me, it's like having a small supercomputer in your pocket. For the record, I very much prefer posting from a PC.
BaltACD Phones are to talk on!
Phones are to talk on!
Indeed, however current so-called "smartphones" have more in common with a Tricorder than a actual telephone, for better or worse.
As a IT guy once said to me, it's like having a small supercomputer in your pocket.
For the record, I very much prefer posting from a PC.
For the record - I only post from a PC. I have a smart phone but my fingers are too big so I never have happen what I intend to have happen - so screw it!
I hate getting into a waiting room - and everybody has their head down looking at their phones. Was with my son and daughter-in-law last week - they are both in the same house and text each other - WTF!
SD70DudeFor the record, I very much prefer posting from a PC.
I rarely hit the forum from my phone - it's just so much easier to do from a PC.
Among the downsides of texting is that grammar of all sorts goes out the window. Capitalization, punctuation, even full sentences. I read somewhere that texting with the queen's English is considered uppity by some.
I'll settle for being uppity...
As for the supercomputers - my first PC (TI-99-4A) had 16K of ram. WooHoo!. I was thrilled to add a 40 Mb hard disk in my Tandy 1000SX. No more booting from floppies.
Even the IBM 370 I worked on years ago had less power, and memory (including the dozen hard drives) than my current phone...
As for trespassing - our local paper printed a photo of a woman walking in the gauge on her way home from somewhere. My letter to the editor pointing out the error of her ways was met with an amazing amount of vitriol.
Greetings from Alberta
-an Articulate Malcontent
Sometimes it pays to be a technological dinosaur and not get involved in posting from phones. Phones are to talk on!
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