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Posted by Miningman on Monday, May 7, 2018 2:28 PM

#14--Yoda excepted.

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Posted by pajrr on Monday, May 7, 2018 2:34 PM

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. 

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Posted by tree68 on Monday, May 7, 2018 3:29 PM

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?

 

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Posted by BaltACD on Monday, May 7, 2018 3:43 PM

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?

Yes there was!

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Posted by zardoz on Monday, May 7, 2018 9:31 PM

BaltACD

 

 
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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?

 

Yes!

 

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Posted by zardoz on Monday, May 7, 2018 9:37 PM

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.

 

 

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