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[spapad] Saturday, February 13, 2010 2:41:28 PM
They aren't by any chance celebrating the Cricket match are they Becks?? A game that goes that long might take extra celebrating. LMAO. [Show/Hide Quoted Message](Quoting Message by Becks from Saturday, February 13, 2010 1:05:35 PM)
Becks wrote:
Morning everyone! A bit of a horrible weekend sleep wise here, I've had to call noise control twice for the same people. They got a warning on friday night/saturday morning (at 2:30am!) and last night they should have gotten an instant $1000 fine. Bastards.
Yay for a good band practice Freeze
Deep Freeze wrote:
Howdy do, kiddies!! Happy Saturday to all. Had a great practice last night and dragged myself home after TEN!! HA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh man!! Stepping WAAAAAAY out of my box these days, no??
Like the minor changes to the Board. Looks like Murray is using a PACIFIC server?? Sweet! And soon....we shall take over all of it....HAAAAAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[Becks] Saturday, February 13, 2010 1:05:35 PM
Morning everyone! A bit of a horrible weekend sleep wise here, I've had to call noise control twice for the same people. They got a warning on friday night/saturday morning (at 2:30am!) and last night they should have gotten an instant $1000 fine. Bastards.
Yay for a good band practice Freeze [Show/Hide Quoted Message](Quoting Message by Deep Freeze from Saturday, February 13, 2010 9:55:11 AM)
Deep Freeze wrote:
Howdy do, kiddies!! Happy Saturday to all. Had a great practice last night and dragged myself home after TEN!! HA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh man!! Stepping WAAAAAAY out of my box these days, no??
Like the minor changes to the Board. Looks like Murray is using a PACIFIC server?? Sweet! And soon....we shall take over all of it....HAAAAAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[spapad] Saturday, February 13, 2010 12:13:56 PM
It seems to be working well for you Freeze! Feels great to be out and about doing what you love. Good for you! [Show/Hide Quoted Message](Quoting Message by Deep Freeze from Saturday, February 13, 2010 9:55:11 AM)
Deep Freeze wrote:
Howdy do, kiddies!! Happy Saturday to all. Had a great practice last night and dragged myself home after TEN!! HA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh man!! Stepping WAAAAAAY out of my box these days, no??
Like the minor changes to the Board. Looks like Murray is using a PACIFIC server?? Sweet! And soon....we shall take over all of it....HAAAAAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[Deep Freeze] Saturday, February 13, 2010 9:55:11 AM
Howdy do, kiddies!! Happy Saturday to all. Had a great practice last night and dragged myself home after TEN!! HA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh man!! Stepping WAAAAAAY out of my box these days, no??
Like the minor changes to the Board. Looks like Murray is using a PACIFIC server?? Sweet! And soon....we shall take over all of it....HAAAAAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[Vaillant 3.0] Friday, February 12, 2010 10:50:53 PM
It used to show Central time. If it were midnight there, it would be 10 pm on the West Coast.
So now the Noticeboard is now on Pacific time. Interesting... [Show/Hide Quoted Message](Quoting Message by spapad from Friday, February 12, 2010 5:06:35 PM)
spapad wrote:
While I don't pay much attention to the time on the board Vail, I just glanced and it says it's 5:05 pm, it's 8:05 here so it must be showing Cali time right now.
Vaillant 3.0 wrote:
Good evening, ladies and gents.
Has anyone checked the time on the Noticeboard lately? Right now says it's 23:01 (Pacific Standard Time), and it would usually say 01:01 the next day or something. Is the time now set according to your time zones?
[guidogodoy] Friday, February 12, 2010 5:48:55 PM
Hmmm....let's see what time it is here! (Actually 7:48 or so)
[spapad] Friday, February 12, 2010 5:06:35 PM
While I don't pay much attention to the time on the board Vail, I just glanced and it says it's 5:05 pm, it's 8:05 here so it must be showing Cali time right now. [Show/Hide Quoted Message](Quoting Message by Vaillant 3.0 from Thursday, February 11, 2010 11:04:02 PM)
Vaillant 3.0 wrote:
Good evening, ladies and gents.
Has anyone checked the time on the Noticeboard lately? Right now says it's 23:01 (Pacific Standard Time), and it would usually say 01:01 the next day or something. Is the time now set according to your time zones?
[Head banger] Friday, February 12, 2010 10:31:34 AM
Indeed. Usually my "corrections" are merely to poke fun. Generally, I understand that not everyone writes the way I do, nor should I expect everyone here to do so. I enjoy discussions regarding English composition and origin and whatnot simply because it is a passion of mine. You would be amazed at the number of members on this site that have improved their writing simply by engaging me. I do not mean that as a boast! I have had more than one PM saying so and I have noticed the change when I see certain posts. Honestly, I think that is marvelous.
Spelling, punctuation, vocabulary, sentence structure and all the rest mean something to me. That is what one might call a "quirk". Obviously, it is not something that is common! As far as this place, I use English as a tool for fun AND for educating. There is no rule that says people here have to listen to me but, apparently, many do. Good on them! Why anyone would not wish to improve the way they write and speak is a true mystery to me. Self-improvement is vital for development. Of course, I do understand that there are those that do not care for THAT, either! HA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am appalled at what passes for communication these days. Perhaps that is my age showing but I think it is just disgusting to aspire to speak like an idiot yet, so many do. Dialect notwithstanding, people (especially the young) seem to take some sort of misguided pride in speaking as if they never left the fifth grade. I suppose it is as you said...individual taste. Or, as I believe, no taste at all.
Nicky007 wrote:
Neat post that you put in there, Mike. Some interesting stuff about the English language that I didnt know yet. Thanx
I thought I was the only one in this joint who could do English properly
You'r right: "Know thy audience"
On rockfora I do a lotta slang and contractions, cause that's sorta the style; but if necessary, I can be fully standard in both American and British.
I do however agree with you, Mike, that some members here are too casual or rabid and write abominable posts that often are barely understandable. If I write a post, I may use humor, sarcasm, metaphors etc, but I always have some message to convey. Why waste our time with just some arbitrary raving and ranting ?
Well, I guess it's all a question of individual taste and priorities, and the more members there are, the more variation there'l be. Some members write stuff that interests me, and some not - and I'm OK with that. Accordingly I can't expect that my stuff is interesting to all members.
Getting back to the "and", I like to use it in the sense that was described in Point 7 in Dictionary.com, "implying continuation".
And so it will remain with me
Metal Meltdown
Nicky. Edited at: Friday, February 12, 2010 7:23:35 AM
[Deep Freeze] Friday, February 12, 2010 8:56:03 AM
Indeed. Usually my "corrections" are merely to poke fun. Generally, I understand that not everyone writes the way I do, nor should I expect everyone here to do so. I enjoy discussions regarding English composition and origin and whatnot simply because it is a passion of mine. You would be amazed at the number of members on this site that have improved their writing simply by engaging me. I do not mean that as a boast! I have had more than one PM saying so and I have noticed the change when I see certain posts. Honestly, I think that is marvelous.
Spelling, punctuation, vocabulary, sentence structure and all the rest mean something to me. That is what one might call a "quirk". Obviously, it is not something that is common! As far as this place, I use English as a tool for fun AND for educating. There is no rule that says people here have to listen to me but, apparently, many do. Good on them! Why anyone would not wish to improve the way they write and speak is a true mystery to me. Self-improvement is vital for development. Of course, I do understand that there are those that do not care for THAT, either! HA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am appalled at what passes for communication these days. Perhaps that is my age showing but I think it is just disgusting to aspire to speak like an idiot yet, so many do. Dialect notwithstanding, people (especially the young) seem to take some sort of misguided pride in speaking as if they never left the fifth grade. I suppose it is as you said...individual taste. Or, as I believe, no taste at all. [Show/Hide Quoted Message](Quoting Message by Nicky007 from Friday, February 12, 2010 7:19:34 AM)
Nicky007 wrote:
Neat post that you put in there, Mike. Some interesting stuff about the English language that I didnt know yet. Thanx
I thought I was the only one in this joint who could do English properly
You'r right: "Know thy audience"
On rockfora I do a lotta slang and contractions, cause that's sorta the style; but if necessary, I can be fully standard in both American and British.
I do however agree with you, Mike, that some members here are too casual or rabid and write abominable posts that often are barely understandable. If I write a post, I may use humor, sarcasm, metaphors etc, but I always have some message to convey. Why waste our time with just some arbitrary raving and ranting ?
Well, I guess it's all a question of individual taste and priorities, and the more members there are, the more variation there'l be. Some members write stuff that interests me, and some not - and I'm OK with that. Accordingly I can't expect that my stuff is interesting to all members.
Getting back to the "and", I like to use it in the sense that was described in Point 7 in Dictionary.com, "implying continuation".
And so it will remain with me
Metal Meltdown
Nicky. Edited at: Friday, February 12, 2010 7:23:35 AM
[Nicky007] Friday, February 12, 2010 7:19:34 AM
Neat post that you put in there, Mike. Some interesting stuff about the English language that I didnt know yet. Thanx
I thought I was the only one in this joint who could do English properly
You'r right: "Know thy audience"
On rockfora I do a lotta slang and contractions, cause that's sorta the style; but if necessary, I can be fully standard in both American and British.
I do however agree with you, Mike, that some members here are too casual or rabid and write abominable posts that often are barely understandable. If I write a post, I may use humor, sarcasm, metaphors etc, but I always have some message to convey. Why waste our time with just some arbitrary raving and ranting ?
Well, I guess it's all a question of individual taste and priorities, and the more members there are, the more variation there'l be. Some members write stuff that interests me, and some not - and I'm OK with that. Accordingly I can't expect that my stuff is interesting to all members.
Getting back to the "and", I like to use it in the sense that was described in Point 7 in Dictionary.com, "implying continuation".
And so it will remain with me
Metal Meltdown
Nicky. Edited at: Friday, February 12, 2010 7:23:35 AM
[Deep Freeze] Friday, February 12, 2010 6:30:19 AM
HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Footlong!!! HAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAAA!!!!!!! [Show/Hide Quoted Message](Quoting Message by METAL MELTDOWN from Friday, February 12, 2010 6:01:28 AM)
METAL MELTDOWN wrote:
OK...For all of you single guys out there here are some pickup lines to ensure you dont spend Valentines Day alone.......
I HAVE ALREADY STARTED LAUGHING AND HAVE NOT EVEN STARTED...HMMM HMMM HERE WE GO -
1- ARE YOUR PARENTS RETARDED BECAUSE U SURE R SPECIAL.
2 - I MAY NOT BE FRED FLINSTONE BUT I BET I CAN MAKE YOUR BEDROCK !
3 - U CAN CUM WHEN I CUM OR U CAN COME WHEN I COME BACK ITS UP TO YA
4 - IF U AND I WERE SQUIRRELS I WOULD STORE MY NUTS IN YOUR HOLE.
5 - I KNOW THERE R PLENTY OF FISH IN THE SEA BUT U R THE ONLY ONE I WAT TO MOUNT BACK AT MY PLACE.
6 - IF U WERE A MCDONALDS HAMBURGER U WOULD BE A MCGORGEOUS
7 - I KNOW I AM NOT THE BEST LOOKING THING IN HERE BUT I AM THE ONLY ONE TALKING TO U.
8 - I WANT TO KISS YOUR LIPS PASSIONATLEY ..AND THEN MOVE UP TO YOUR BELLY BUTTON
9 - WOW R THOSE REAL
10 - U MUST WORK FOR SUBWAY BECAUSE U JUST GAVE ME A FOOTLONG
11- DID IT HURT U WHEN U FELL FROM HEAVEN
12 - SURE ITS A NEEDLE BUT IT MOVES LIKE A SEWING MACHINE
13- DID U FART / BECAUSE U BLEW ME AWAY
14- CAN I HAVE YOUR PICTURE SO I CAN SHOW SANTA WHAT I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS
15- YOUR PLACE OR MINE ? I WILL FLIP A COIN.. HEAD AT YOUR PLACE TAIL AT MINE
ALRIGHT MY SINGLE BROTHERS MAKE SURE U GET IN FRONT OF THE MIRROR AND PARACTICE THESE LINES... AND REPLY IF THEY WORK !!! LOL...NO SERIOUSLY REPLY IF THEY WORK ! YALL BE GOOD.HAPPY EARLY VALENTINES DAY !
[METAL MELTDOWN] Friday, February 12, 2010 6:01:28 AM
OK...For all of you single guys out there here are some pickup lines to ensure you dont spend Valentines Day alone.......
I HAVE ALREADY STARTED LAUGHING AND HAVE NOT EVEN STARTED...HMMM HMMM HERE WE GO -
1- ARE YOUR PARENTS RETARDED BECAUSE U SURE R SPECIAL.
2 - I MAY NOT BE FRED FLINSTONE BUT I BET I CAN MAKE YOUR BEDROCK !
3 - U CAN CUM WHEN I CUM OR U CAN COME WHEN I COME BACK ITS UP TO YA
4 - IF U AND I WERE SQUIRRELS I WOULD STORE MY NUTS IN YOUR HOLE.
5 - I KNOW THERE R PLENTY OF FISH IN THE SEA BUT U R THE ONLY ONE I WAT TO MOUNT BACK AT MY PLACE.
6 - IF U WERE A MCDONALDS HAMBURGER U WOULD BE A MCGORGEOUS
7 - I KNOW I AM NOT THE BEST LOOKING THING IN HERE BUT I AM THE ONLY ONE TALKING TO U.
8 - I WANT TO KISS YOUR LIPS PASSIONATLEY ..AND THEN MOVE UP TO YOUR BELLY BUTTON
9 - WOW R THOSE REAL
10 - U MUST WORK FOR SUBWAY BECAUSE U JUST GAVE ME A FOOTLONG
11- DID IT HURT U WHEN U FELL FROM HEAVEN
12 - SURE ITS A NEEDLE BUT IT MOVES LIKE A SEWING MACHINE
13- DID U FART / BECAUSE U BLEW ME AWAY
14- CAN I HAVE YOUR PICTURE SO I CAN SHOW SANTA WHAT I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS
15- YOUR PLACE OR MINE ? I WILL FLIP A COIN.. HEAD AT YOUR PLACE TAIL AT MINE
ALRIGHT MY SINGLE BROTHERS MAKE SURE U GET IN FRONT OF THE MIRROR AND PARACTICE THESE LINES... AND REPLY IF THEY WORK !!! LOL...NO SERIOUSLY REPLY IF THEY WORK ! YALL BE GOOD.HAPPY EARLY VALENTINES DAY !
[Vaillant 3.0] Thursday, February 11, 2010 11:04:02 PM
Good evening, ladies and gents.
Has anyone checked the time on the Noticeboard lately? Right now says it's 23:01 (Pacific Standard Time), and it would usually say 01:01 the next day or something. Is the time now set according to your time zones?
[hellrider 31038] Thursday, February 11, 2010 9:07:31 PM
NOOOOOOOOOOOOO NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO PLEASE NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO PLEASE TAKE THAT BACK.PLLLLEEEEAAAASSSSSEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
WHY DOES THIS TORTURE EXSIST [Show/Hide Quoted Message](Quoting Message by ShawninCanada from Tuesday, February 09, 2010 5:48:50 PM)
ShawninCanada wrote:
Personally I would rather see them do a full Nostradamus album tour. Im not ready for a new album yet. Angel of Retribution and Nostradamus are both still in heavy rotation at my place and I can wait a bit loger for an album. I still havent listened to the new live album in full yet. Im not one for live albums though...although im listening to Unleashed right now LOL
[spapad] Thursday, February 11, 2010 4:17:02 PM
HA!!! I just glanced through the vast wasteland that is the "dead threads page" and NO wonder it's all gettting deleted. A little here and there you don't really pay attention to, but when you see that many lame threads in one place! I can fully understand the deletions that are to come. Even Virtual space needs to good housecleaning everynow and a again.
[spapad] Thursday, February 11, 2010 4:10:46 PM
I stumbled across it. Oh, what a waste of internet space. lol [Show/Hide Quoted Message](Quoting Message by Head banger from Thursday, February 11, 2010 3:41:20 PM)
Head banger wrote:
try do we have any instrument players in sydney. beter yet. dont.
spapad wrote:
Axl?.......MENSA?? something tells me I don't know the base of this. I guess I should look around?
Deep Freeze wrote:
*Ugh* PLEASE don't give Axl Jr. or his MENSA friend any ideas.......HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
spapad wrote:
Oh, come on!............It would be fun! A nice catchy title like:
A,E,I,O,U, and sometimes Y!................WHY??!! ==/ Free Advice for those who suck at the English language./
Good thread name?! lol
Deep Freeze wrote:
Arrrrrggghhhh!!! Spa! I will get you !!! HA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Um GA; NO, I am not a professor. As for your second remark, perhaps you are employing a double infinitive....? HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[Head banger] Thursday, February 11, 2010 3:41:20 PM
try do we have any instrument players in sydney. beter yet. dont. [Show/Hide Quoted Message](Quoting Message by spapad from Thursday, February 11, 2010 3:39:13 PM)
spapad wrote:
Axl?.......MENSA?? something tells me I don't know the base of this. I guess I should look around?
Deep Freeze wrote:
*Ugh* PLEASE don't give Axl Jr. or his MENSA friend any ideas.......HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
spapad wrote:
Oh, come on!............It would be fun! A nice catchy title like:
A,E,I,O,U, and sometimes Y!................WHY??!! ==/ Free Advice for those who suck at the English language./
Good thread name?! lol
Deep Freeze wrote:
Arrrrrggghhhh!!! Spa! I will get you !!! HA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Um GA; NO, I am not a professor. As for your second remark, perhaps you are employing a double infinitive....? HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[spapad] Thursday, February 11, 2010 3:39:13 PM
Axl?.......MENSA?? something tells me I don't know the base of this. I guess I should look around? [Show/Hide Quoted Message](Quoting Message by Deep Freeze from Thursday, February 11, 2010 2:01:17 PM)
Deep Freeze wrote:
*Ugh* PLEASE don't give Axl Jr. or his MENSA friend any ideas.......HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
spapad wrote:
Oh, come on!............It would be fun! A nice catchy title like:
A,E,I,O,U, and sometimes Y!................WHY??!! ==/ Free Advice for those who suck at the English language./
Good thread name?! lol
Deep Freeze wrote:
Arrrrrggghhhh!!! Spa! I will get you !!! HA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Um GA; NO, I am not a professor. As for your second remark, perhaps you are employing a double infinitive....? HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[Deep Freeze] Thursday, February 11, 2010 2:01:17 PM
*Ugh* PLEASE don't give Axl Jr. or his MENSA friend any ideas.......HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! [Show/Hide Quoted Message](Quoting Message by spapad from Thursday, February 11, 2010 1:27:18 PM)
spapad wrote:
Oh, come on!............It would be fun! A nice catchy title like:
A,E,I,O,U, and sometimes Y!................WHY??!! ==/ Free Advice for those who suck at the English language./
Good thread name?! lol
Deep Freeze wrote:
Arrrrrggghhhh!!! Spa! I will get you !!! HA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Um GA; NO, I am not a professor. As for your second remark, perhaps you are employing a double infinitive....? HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[spapad] Thursday, February 11, 2010 1:27:18 PM
Oh, come on!............It would be fun! A nice catchy title like:
A,E,I,O,U, and sometimes Y!................WHY??!! ==/ Free Advice for those who suck at the English language./
Good thread name?! lol
Arrrrrggghhhh!!! Spa! I will get you !!! HA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Um GA; NO, I am not a professor. As for your second remark, perhaps you are employing a double infinitive....? HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[Deep Freeze] Thursday, February 11, 2010 4:05:45 AM
Hardee HAR HAR!! You fail to mention it was a De Vry Vocational English Institute for Higher Word Technology...... [Show/Hide Quoted Message](Quoting Message by guidogodoy from Thursday, February 11, 2010 12:17:12 AM)
guidogodoy wrote:
A Professor?!? HAAAA!!!!! Why everyone knows you barely made it out of trade school!
Deep Freeze wrote:
Arrrrrggghhhh!!! Spa! I will get you !!! HA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Um GA; NO, I am not a professor. As for your second remark, perhaps you are employing a double infinitive....? HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[guidogodoy] Thursday, February 11, 2010 12:17:12 AM
A Professor?!? HAAAA!!!!! Why everyone knows you barely made it out of trade school! [Show/Hide Quoted Message](Quoting Message by Deep Freeze from Wednesday, February 10, 2010 9:07:27 PM)
Deep Freeze wrote:
Arrrrrggghhhh!!! Spa! I will get you !!! HA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Um GA; NO, I am not a professor. As for your second remark, perhaps you are employing a double infinitive....? HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[Deep Freeze] Wednesday, February 10, 2010 9:07:27 PM
Arrrrrggghhhh!!! Spa! I will get you !!! HA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Um GA; NO, I am not a professor. As for your second remark, perhaps you are employing a double infinitive....? HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[spapad] Wednesday, February 10, 2010 8:48:56 PM
Good Job Becks!
DF, do you need a thread for the grammatically correct fans set up? [Show/Hide Quoted Message](Quoting Message by Becks from Wednesday, February 10, 2010 4:33:58 PM)
Becks wrote:
Ok for anyone interested, here's the latest song I've learnt for the drums
[guardian angel] Wednesday, February 10, 2010 5:48:01 PM
Two questions for you Deep Freeze: 1) Are you an english professor? (You're extremely knowledgeable and articulate! I like it.) 2) If someone says "Where are you at?" Are they dangling a participle? I used to have fun telling people to be careful, they were dangling their participles. Some would even look down. [Show/Hide Quoted Message](Quoting Message by Deep Freeze from Wednesday, February 10, 2010 12:19:22 PM)
Deep Freeze wrote:
Ah Nicky, my friend. Here, at last, we must part ways of the mind! While in today's view it is considered "acceptable" to use a conjunction to begin a sentence, grammatically it is NOT encouraged. Beginning a sentence with a conjunction tends to lead to one of two things; run-on sentences or short, choppy ones. It is also terribly informal. Now, if your intent is to address an issue with informality, it is acceptable and has reached the point where it is very prevalent in today's writing. The old adage, "Know thy audience" applies in this case.
In the 1600-1700's, it was perfectly acceptable to use a conjunction to begin a sentence. As language developed and people became more aware of education, vocabulary and social status, the use of conjunctions to start sentences was thought to be poor grammar and a lack of proper education. It was also believed that English was inferior to Latin and should be changed. This lead to certain "rules" that really are not necessarily rules at all, but more like positions of thought. While it was noble, in thinking, to adapt to a more "Latin based" form of language, English is actually a decendant of German and so many of the "rules" simply do not "fit" in a technical sense.
The same holds for ending a sentence with a preposition, although that one is far more important in MY mind!! Many times, words thought to be "prepositions" are really an adverbial particle (part of the verb) and, therefore, not really prepositions at all. Verbs can retain much , if not all, of their properties when used in certain contexts.
OK then! I have made my statement on the matter. What is acceptable and what is proper are far different things, depending on whom it is to which you are speaking.....HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nicky007 wrote:
Jeg ka også bidrage med lidt dansk til denne flersprogede fest.
Joe, very thoughtful and moving post you wrote there for us. Thanx ! Thinking of you and your close ones, and wishing you the very best
And Guido, yes, one can fully standardly start a sentence with "and" :
7.
(used to introduce a sentence, implying continuation) also; then: And then it happened.
- Dictionary.com
So that sort of wraps it up for the moment as far as my concerns are concerned
Nicky.
[Head banger] Wednesday, February 10, 2010 5:30:54 PM
if you want your full post total click on your profile. its there. date joined is gone though. [Show/Hide Quoted Message](Quoting Message by Vaillant 3.0 from Wednesday, February 10, 2010 9:55:06 AM)
Vaillant 3.0 wrote:
Happy Wednesday, ladies and gents!!
Looks like I now rule the roost message count-wise. Almost a year's worth of messages taken out and I'm still within the 10,000 posts-range. Children, this is what too much sinning in the Sinful thread (among other things) can do to you.
[Becks] Wednesday, February 10, 2010 4:33:58 PM
Ok for anyone interested, here's the latest song I've learnt for the drums
[Becks] Wednesday, February 10, 2010 4:03:41 PM
Yep I know what balls you are talking about. Sounds like they provide a good workout! And I will try and get on to that pic in the next few days LOL!!! [Show/Hide Quoted Message](Quoting Message by joedraper from Wednesday, February 10, 2010 3:33:33 PM)
joedraper wrote:
Morning Becks! I'm just about to head off to bed... 11 31pm here in Africa.
Have you ever used one of those exercise balls? I had one when I was pregnant last and I got one for my birthday. So I decided to use it, thinking nothing of it other than it would be fun to use in between cycling/gym sessions. So I did a quick 40 min workout on it and went about my business. That was Monday.. I"m still stiff! Who'd have thought! So this leads me to believe it is an excellent piece of equipment!
Oh and please, please, please.. do the ostrich pic for me.. pretty please, this girl is in need of a humungus belly laugh!
Becks wrote:
Morning everyone! A rainy thursday here, but I've been good and have done a 50 minute workout, followed by a quick run with the dog. I'm off to do some drumming soon, I think my snare drum needs a bit of tinkering too, damnit. Also going to do some drawing today, I have a pic of Jimmy Page that needs some work done on it lol. Hope everyone is having a great day!
[joedraper] Wednesday, February 10, 2010 3:33:33 PM
Morning Becks! I'm just about to head off to bed... 11 31pm here in Africa.
Have you ever used one of those exercise balls? I had one when I was pregnant last and I got one for my birthday. So I decided to use it, thinking nothing of it other than it would be fun to use in between cycling/gym sessions. So I did a quick 40 min workout on it and went about my business. That was Monday.. I"m still stiff! Who'd have thought! So this leads me to believe it is an excellent piece of equipment!
Oh and please, please, please.. do the ostrich pic for me.. pretty please, this girl is in need of a humungus belly laugh!
Morning everyone! A rainy thursday here, but I've been good and have done a 50 minute workout, followed by a quick run with the dog. I'm off to do some drumming soon, I think my snare drum needs a bit of tinkering too, damnit. Also going to do some drawing today, I have a pic of Jimmy Page that needs some work done on it lol. Hope everyone is having a great day!
[Becks] Wednesday, February 10, 2010 2:53:52 PM
Morning everyone! A rainy thursday here, but I've been good and have done a 50 minute workout, followed by a quick run with the dog. I'm off to do some drumming soon, I think my snare drum needs a bit of tinkering too, damnit. Also going to do some drawing today, I have a pic of Jimmy Page that needs some work done on it lol. Hope everyone is having a great day!
[Deep Freeze] Wednesday, February 10, 2010 12:19:22 PM
Ah Nicky, my friend. Here, at last, we must part ways of the mind! While in today's view it is considered "acceptable" to use a conjunction to begin a sentence, grammatically it is NOT encouraged. Beginning a sentence with a conjunction tends to lead to one of two things; run-on sentences or short, choppy ones. It is also terribly informal. Now, if your intent is to address an issue with informality, it is acceptable and has reached the point where it is very prevalent in today's writing. The old adage, "Know thy audience" applies in this case.
In the 1600-1700's, it was perfectly acceptable to use a conjunction to begin a sentence. As language developed and people became more aware of education, vocabulary and social status, the use of conjunctions to start sentences was thought to be poor grammar and a lack of proper education. It was also believed that English was inferior to Latin and should be changed. This lead to certain "rules" that really are not necessarily rules at all, but more like positions of thought. While it was noble, in thinking, to adapt to a more "Latin based" form of language, English is actually a decendant of German and so many of the "rules" simply do not "fit" in a technical sense.
The same holds for ending a sentence with a preposition, although that one is far more important in MY mind!! Many times, words thought to be "prepositions" are really an adverbial particle (part of the verb) and, therefore, not really prepositions at all. Verbs can retain much , if not all, of their properties when used in certain contexts.
OK then! I have made my statement on the matter. What is acceptable and what is proper are far different things, depending on whom it is to which you are speaking.....HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jeg ka også bidrage med lidt dansk til denne flersprogede fest.
Joe, very thoughtful and moving post you wrote there for us. Thanx ! Thinking of you and your close ones, and wishing you the very best
And Guido, yes, one can fully standardly start a sentence with "and" :
7.
(used to introduce a sentence, implying continuation) also; then: And then it happened.
- Dictionary.com
So that sort of wraps it up for the moment as far as my concerns are concerned
Nicky.
[Nicky007] Wednesday, February 10, 2010 10:41:59 AM
Jeg ka også bidrage med lidt dansk til denne flersprogede fest.
Joe, very thoughtful and moving post you wrote there for us. Thanx ! Thinking of you and your close ones, and wishing you the very best
And Guido, yes, one can fully standardly start a sentence with "and" :
7.
(used to introduce a sentence, implying continuation) also; then: And then it happened.
- Dictionary.com
So that sort of wraps it up for the moment as far as my concerns are concerned
Nicky.
[Vaillant 3.0] Wednesday, February 10, 2010 9:55:06 AM
Happy Wednesday, ladies and gents!!
Looks like I now rule the roost message count-wise. Almost a year's worth of messages taken out and I'm still within the 10,000 posts-range. Children, this is what too much sinning in the Sinful thread (among other things) can do to you.
[Deep Freeze] Wednesday, February 10, 2010 7:39:55 AM
I really don't think it matters one way or another. I mean, "date joined" is far from important. We all know one another and how long we have been here. Perhaps it is a good thing? It might give the new members a little less pressure. I think the real focus should be on how many FRIENDS one has. THAT is an important statistic. That is really where you can judge the value of someone on this site.
I also think the number of "ignores" should be dropped. As I have said many times, ANYONE can click "ignore" but the "friends" button is a very, very selective thing.
Edited at: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 7:43:18 AM
[Head banger] Wednesday, February 10, 2010 7:32:33 AM
you mean all the stupid posts I made when I started are gone? oh well. who would have had the time to go that far back. [Show/Hide Quoted Message](Quoting Message by spapad from Tuesday, February 09, 2010 10:31:03 PM)
spapad wrote:
If he takes the board down to just a year, not that I would miss some of it, but some of it was really funny too..........Well, if he does(and he will), I guess we will all have the same date joined. Maybe it's a good thing, but I'm not sure how I feel about it. Torn a bit.
Now, what I would like to know is, does that mean all the ignores we got from multi profiles are gone too! HA!!! NO WAY!! It's kind of messed up like so many sites are right now. I suppose we all just need to move on into the cyber future, and forget about it. LOL
Just like life, nobody ever gave us a garrentee.
ron h wrote:
My date hasn't changed....yet!!
guidogodoy wrote:
Welle well. Wouldja look at that? I was early 2005 also.
Yup, changed us all....
J.D. DIAMOND wrote:
Why did Murray change all the "date joined" dates for? My "date joined" was January 2nd 2005 and I know that Freeze was early 2005 as well and Shawn in Canada was like 2004 before most of us so whats the deal with changing these dates for? Anybody?
[J.D. DIAMOND] Wednesday, February 10, 2010 3:41:37 AM
Hey thats cool man,I've never really been into live albums either,Unleashed In The East to me is the best live album ever even if it was doctored up in the studio or whatnot,I still think its the best live album,I also like Live Evil Black Sabbath 1982 but of course Unleashed is best.But other than that,I really don't care for live albums that much.
I never was grasped by Nostradamus so I'm still in the Angel Of Retribution mode and it feels like its been 5 years since they released anything new to me,so I am really wanting a new album but I think they will be working on it later this year but then again they may do a Nostradamus tour and if that happens,a new album will not be out until 2012 I'm guessing,by then I'll bet you'll be craving some new Judas Priest! lol! [Show/Hide Quoted Message](Quoting Message by ShawninCanada from Tuesday, February 09, 2010 5:48:50 PM)
ShawninCanada wrote:
Personally I would rather see them do a full Nostradamus album tour. Im not ready for a new album yet. Angel of Retribution and Nostradamus are both still in heavy rotation at my place and I can wait a bit loger for an album. I still havent listened to the new live album in full yet. Im not one for live albums though...although im listening to Unleashed right now LOL
[spapad] Tuesday, February 09, 2010 10:31:03 PM
If he takes the board down to just a year, not that I would miss some of it, but some of it was really funny too..........Well, if he does(and he will), I guess we will all have the same date joined. Maybe it's a good thing, but I'm not sure how I feel about it. Torn a bit.
Now, what I would like to know is, does that mean all the ignores we got from multi profiles are gone too! HA!!! NO WAY!! It's kind of messed up like so many sites are right now. I suppose we all just need to move on into the cyber future, and forget about it. LOL
Just like life, nobody ever gave us a garrentee. [Show/Hide Quoted Message](Quoting Message by ron h from Tuesday, February 09, 2010 8:08:10 PM)
ron h wrote:
My date hasn't changed....yet!!
guidogodoy wrote:
Welle well. Wouldja look at that? I was early 2005 also.
Yup, changed us all....
J.D. DIAMOND wrote:
Why did Murray change all the "date joined" dates for? My "date joined" was January 2nd 2005 and I know that Freeze was early 2005 as well and Shawn in Canada was like 2004 before most of us so whats the deal with changing these dates for? Anybody?
[ron h] Tuesday, February 09, 2010 8:08:10 PM
My date hasn't changed....yet!! [Show/Hide Quoted Message](Quoting Message by guidogodoy from Tuesday, February 09, 2010 6:30:47 PM)
guidogodoy wrote:
Welle well. Wouldja look at that? I was early 2005 also.
Yup, changed us all....
J.D. DIAMOND wrote:
Why did Murray change all the "date joined" dates for? My "date joined" was January 2nd 2005 and I know that Freeze was early 2005 as well and Shawn in Canada was like 2004 before most of us so whats the deal with changing these dates for? Anybody?
[guidogodoy] Tuesday, February 09, 2010 6:30:47 PM
Welle well. Wouldja look at that? I was early 2005 also.
Why did Murray change all the "date joined" dates for? My "date joined" was January 2nd 2005 and I know that Freeze was early 2005 as well and Shawn in Canada was like 2004 before most of us so whats the deal with changing these dates for? Anybody?
[ShawninCanada] Tuesday, February 09, 2010 5:48:50 PM
Personally I would rather see them do a full Nostradamus album tour. Im not ready for a new album yet. Angel of Retribution and Nostradamus are both still in heavy rotation at my place and I can wait a bit loger for an album. I still havent listened to the new live album in full yet. Im not one for live albums though...although im listening to Unleashed right now LOL
[spapad] Tuesday, February 09, 2010 5:48:03 PM
J.D.It think it is because Mr. Francis is moving the notice board to a new server and is making a few changes and part of which is all posts past 1 year will be gone. You can read his post on the Notices from the Webmaster thread.
[J.D. DIAMOND] Tuesday, February 09, 2010 5:12:00 PM
Hey Shawn!!!!! Cool to see you today my friend! Yeah who knows whats up with that changing of date joined? What for? Who knows eah? lol! Hey...a quick question for ya...just your honest opinion but would you want to see Priest do a full Nostradamus tour 2010 or would you rather see them go back to the studio to make another studio album? Just an opinion,you won't be scorned either way,but just was wondering? [Show/Hide Quoted Message](Quoting Message by ShawninCanada from Tuesday, February 09, 2010 5:05:09 PM)
ShawninCanada wrote:
Hey JD! Long time no see. I have no idea what thats all about. I log in maybe once a month to check messages. Im so out of the loop with this site. I do however know that Judas Priest Rules! I can tell you that much :)
[ShawninCanada] Tuesday, February 09, 2010 5:05:09 PM
Hey JD! Long time no see. I have no idea what thats all about. I log in maybe once a month to check messages. Im so out of the loop with this site. I do however know that Judas Priest Rules! I can tell you that much :)
[J.D. DIAMOND] Tuesday, February 09, 2010 5:01:13 PM
Why did Murray change all the "date joined" dates for? My "date joined" was January 2nd 2005 and I know that Freeze was early 2005 as well and Shawn in Canada was like 2004 before most of us so whats the deal with changing these dates for? Anybody?
[ShawninCanada] Tuesday, February 09, 2010 4:47:33 PM
LOL
Havent seen you around Facebook lately Mike. You been hiding?
[Deep Freeze] Tuesday, February 09, 2010 4:45:54 PM
Ah. Well then, I retract the congrats..... [Show/Hide Quoted Message](Quoting Message by ShawninCanada from Tuesday, February 09, 2010 4:23:57 PM)
ShawninCanada wrote:
hahaha..that little fuckstain has been bashing me over here because he was banned from the Q...3 times. For some reason he thnks its my fault. What a moron. And here ive been trying to get his ass unbanned and this is the thanks I get?
[ShawninCanada] Tuesday, February 09, 2010 4:23:57 PM
hahaha..that little fuckstain has been bashing me over here because he was banned from the Q...3 times. For some reason he thnks its my fault. What a moron. And here ive been trying to get his ass unbanned and this is the thanks I get?
[Deep Freeze] Tuesday, February 09, 2010 4:15:47 PM
[ShawninCanada] Tuesday, February 09, 2010 4:10:42 PM
Simon Loves Me!
[Becks] Tuesday, February 09, 2010 2:14:27 PM
Beautiful words, Joe. You will recover from this eventually, it'll just take time. I am so sorry you lost your lovely friend. [Show/Hide Quoted Message](Quoting Message by joedraper from Tuesday, February 09, 2010 6:33:24 AM)
joedraper wrote:
Hey guys 'n girls...
We had the funeral yesterday. Was an incredibly hard day for every single person there. The Church was packed and I think there may have even been a seating shortage. As sombre and heartbreaking as the service was, the Pastor said some amazing things and if I can for a minute of your time take a leaf out of his book, he did not preach about 'repenting your sins etc' but rather about living each day to its fullest. Grasp this life with both hands and get stuck right in there. We never ever have tomorrow, we only have today so lets grab it, live it and enjoy every second of it.
If you have a problem with someone in your life, sort it out or cut it free. You just never know. There is so much that I wanted to still say and do with Hymne, those dreams are gone now, forever. What I do have is the most amazing memories of what we had as close friends, when I look at her boys, her parents and her boyfriend, I think of how much I'm hurting (trust me, it is a very deep seering pain) yet it is a fraction compared to what they are going through and I'm gutted by seeing how much they are hurting.
If there is something you have been wanting to do, but keep putting off. Please, do it before it is too late. Never stop dreaming, never stop learning and never ever stop loving life.
I also want to say a huge thank you to the friends here who have been a huge comfort to me in this horrible, horrible time of my life. Bare with me folks.. I'll be back to my 'loose canon' of a Joe soon lol
yes, one can fully standardly start a sentence with "and" :
