| Author | Message | ||
     ajc Citizen Username: Ajc Post Number: 4879 Registered: 9-2001  |
You're welcome CLK, and peace be with you too good man! And, hats off to Innis who can recognize a civil post when he reads one...  BTW, what foot do you kick with lad? | ||
| Innisowen Citizen Username: Innisowen Post Number: 1697 Registered: 3-2004 |
I'm a good right kicker, whether in Gaelic football, rugby, ( I played two seasons with the Rosslyn Park Rangers outside London) or in football (what you call "soccer"). | ||
| Monster© Supporter Username: Monster Post Number: 2540 Registered: 7-2002  |
.... ...... ........ .......... ............ ...oh... I personally love to overuse and mis-use those pesky little dots My pet peeve, who the fsck really cares.... ......... ...... .... .. . | ||
| ajc Citizen Username: Ajc Post Number: 4880 Registered: 9-2001 |
... do you know of Mo Johnson, the only man who ever played for the Celtics and the Rangers? He's a local friend of ours who just became the coach for the Metro Stars. The reason I'm asking is, I'm trying to interest some professional players to speak to our kids in town to give them some inspiration and pointers on the game. It sounds like you could help if you had a mind to... What do you think? So what are you doing up in Southern Vermont since October anyway? That would have been a long way to go to kick your butt if I had to... | ||
| Buzzsaw Citizen Username: Buzzsaw Post Number: 4198 Registered: 5-2001  |
I love lamp. When people don't love lamp - it makes me sad. | ||
| Innisowen Citizen Username: Innisowen Post Number: 1702 Registered: 3-2004 |
AJC, we have a place in Vermont, and I try to spend a lot of time there. It's set up for work, with hi-speed wireless, good telecom, and I use webcams and MSN Messenger with colleagues and clients when I need to do conference calls or have confidential discussions with clients. Except for this winter, it's mostly set up with good snow between December and March for skiing and snowshoeing. If you came up there to kick my butt, I'd give you a good drubbing before you were here 5 minutes, but I would plant a large beer and a good whiskey in front of you and a good dinner as well. Probably a good cigar too. I'm pleased to try to help with motivating and instructing the kids, if there's a need I can fill. | ||
| ajc Citizen Username: Ajc Post Number: 4882 Registered: 9-2001 |
Sounds like a plan. Thanks, when I get some more information on it, I'll be back in touch with you... BTW, I can handle a good drubbing, a large beer, some good whiskey and dinner, but you can forget the cigar. | ||
| Kiba Citizen Username: Radical_kiba Post Number: 63 Registered: 12-2005  |
Girls who say think their bisexual because they like to make out with other girls when their drunk, or to impress guys. I HATE how being bisexual is now a fad amoung teenage girls. It gives the real bi's a bad reputation for being sluts or attenion whores. | ||
| The Soulful Mr T Citizen Username: Howardt Post Number: 1625 Registered: 11-2004  |
Man,, times have changed since *I* went to high school.... | ||
| Innisowen Citizen Username: Innisowen Post Number: 1705 Registered: 3-2004 |
But, to paraphrase Woody Allen, you have an increased chance of a date for the weekend. | ||
| Debby Citizen Username: Debby Post Number: 2230 Registered: 5-2001 |
I realize I'm entering this thread several archives in, but count me in for the "myself" peeve. It makes me crazy! But the one thing that bothers me more than any other, that actually makes me start yelling inside my own car, is "Ruth's Chris Steakhouse" (can't even type it without starting to twitch!). What the hell is that? Is it Ruth's steakhouse or does it belong to Chris? Is Chris Ruth's son? Does Ruth think "Chris" is an adjective - like it's code for "Ruth's Really Awesome Steakhouse"? | ||
| Innisowen Citizen Username: Innisowen Post Number: 1709 Registered: 3-2004 |
Ruth was the owner until she died. My understanding is that she bought the original steakhouse, known simply as Chris Steakhouse. She and her team made it an international chain. I've always pondered the grammatical part of the name, but I believe we'd have to blame Chris for that. Aside from that, I have found the restaurants to have good fare but feel and taste more institutional than high end. That's my problem with the chain. I'll take Peter Luger's, Ben Benson's, over RCS anytime. IMHO. | ||
| Debby Citizen Username: Debby Post Number: 2231 Registered: 5-2001 |
So a guy named Chris started a steakhouse, and didn't know where to put the apostrophe so he just gave up? Sheesh! He could've just called it Christopher's if he was so uncertain. (Then it would've been Ruth's Christopher's Steakhouse...then I'd be really peeved.) | ||
| Debby Citizen Username: Debby Post Number: 2232 Registered: 5-2001 |
ess - I, too, say Feb-roo-erry. I grew up with my mother yelling, "It's Feb-roo-erry, Walter!" at the CBS Evening News every night. | ||
| mwoodwalk Citizen Username: Mwoodwalk Post Number: 531 Registered: 9-2001 |
Rastro, re: "Impacted" being a noun, not a verb, you cited Meriam Webster, the same entity that listed irregardless as a non-standard word EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK!!!!!! (see below post that I cut and pasted). If that's your best authority, then I am not going to back off this one. A teacher I respect very much tought me this rule, and its one I will insist is correct until I see really good authority to the contrary (such as OEM, or another comparable source showing that the verb usage is anything but recent poor usage nonsense). <<<I hate the word "irregardless"; however, Merriam Webster now considers it a "non-standard" word... http://m-w.com/dictionary/irregardless>> | ||
| Monster© Supporter Username: Monster Post Number: 2550 Registered: 7-2002 |
language changes language changes language changes today we speak most unlike our forefathers get over it.... | ||
| Arnomation Citizen Username: Arnomation Post Number: 514 Registered: 7-2003  |
People that call the Dr. Seuss book 'The Grinch Who Stole Christmas ' the title is 'How The Grinch Stole Christmas' | ||
| anon Supporter Username: Anon Post Number: 2639 Registered: 6-2002 |
People who say "People that" instead of "people who". Grinches who steal Christmas. | ||
| Innisowen Citizen Username: Innisowen Post Number: 1722 Registered: 3-2004 |
I agree with monster: language evolves, usage evolve. However, that is no excuse for ignorance of our basic language structure, grammar, spelling, and usage. We don't all have to write and speak in the same way that tv, radio, and internet ads are phrased. We can avoid facilitating the "dumming down" of our language. | ||
| Innisowen Citizen Username: Innisowen Post Number: 1723 Registered: 3-2004 |
I still get peeved, annoyed, pi---d off, and ready to fire a salvo at the wench in the big black SUV who drives up and down in front of the Maplewood movie house and Kings while grinding her gums away on her cellphone and NOT FOR ONE MOMENT slowing down to let pedestrians cross EVEN WHERE PEDESTRIAN RIGHT OF WAY is clearly marked. If I were malicious, I would wish for her brakes to fail at a critical moment. Since I am not, I merely wish her a case of aggressive diarrhea miles from a WC. | ||
| ajc Citizen Username: Ajc Post Number: 4887 Registered: 9-2001 |
...FWIW, another "Pet Peeve" of mind is when anyone, (not anyone in particular) but everyone in general who complains about something, but doesn't do anything about it... As for that "Big Black SUV", take down the plate number and post it on line after you turn it in to the police department. Driving while using your cell phone is not only dangerous, it’s against the law… | ||
| Innisowen Citizen Username: Innisowen Post Number: 1724 Registered: 3-2004 |
Hello, AJC: I've seen her about four times, and I've always been too preoccupied, I guess, with what I've been doing to take down the number. Good point. Next time, I take it down and she gets it from MPD, but I don't think it proper to post her plate number here. Unless you provide an inducement.. | ||
| Innisowen Citizen Username: Innisowen Post Number: 1725 Registered: 3-2004 |
I do still wish her an aggressive diarrhea, and miles from the nearest facility. | ||
| ajc Citizen Username: Ajc Post Number: 4889 Registered: 9-2001 |
Give the plate number to me, and I'll not only post it on line, I'll find her and leave a message on her windshield. I'll also call up her husband and have him take away her car keys... | ||
| CLK Supporter Username: Clkelley Post Number: 2037 Registered: 6-2002  |
Art, I'm going to call up your wife and have her take away your computer. | ||
| Arnomation Citizen Username: Arnomation Post Number: 515 Registered: 7-2003 |
People who say "People that" instead of "people who". In general, “who” is used with persons, while “that” is used for groups. “Who,” like “that,” may refer to groups of people and I consider people 'that' say 'The Grinch who stole Christmas' a group. Nyah!!!  | ||
| Fabulouswalls Citizen Username: Fabulouswalls Post Number: 42 Registered: 10-2005 |
Pepole hoo dolnt chex theer speling whin thay powst thet thay r teechurs | ||
| WendyP Citizen Username: Meandtheboys Post Number: 3306 Registered: 12-2004  |
The fact that there is no spell check on MOL. I'm generally pretty good about checking, but sometimes stuff slips by! | ||
| Arnomation Citizen Username: Arnomation Post Number: 517 Registered: 7-2003 |
When someone pulls out in front of me and drives two miles an hour yet there is no one behind me for miles so if they would have waited an extra two seconds for me to pass they could pull out and drive as slow as they please | ||
| Tom Reingold Supporter Username: Noglider Post Number: 13052 Registered: 1-2003  |
Why can't radio announcers say some words? For instance, the word "Democrat" should not be pronounced "demmercrat". There's one 'r' in that word. Also, why do people trash their own names? I love Italian names, for example. People named Pignatello pronounce it "pig-na-tello". Ew! It's "peenyatello". Isn't that so much nicer? Even Jews ruin their own names by pronouncing "Bernstein" as "bern steen" when it should be "bern stine". What's really funny is this sports guy on NPR who calls himself "fine steen" (Feinstein). Um, scuse me, but the "ein" is pronounced "ine" no matter how many you have in your name. | ||
| LilLB Citizen Username: Lillb Post Number: 1405 Registered: 10-2002  |
And, why can't any newscaster (radio or television) pronounce Zacarias Moussaoui the same way? I hear ZaCHARias Moussaoui, ZachaRIAS Moussaoui, and probably about 2 other ways I can't really recall now. Don't we know by now how it's really supposed to be pronounced - can't someone just ask him how to pronounce his name so we can all be on the same page?? | ||
| Purplebug Citizen Username: Purplebug Post Number: 139 Registered: 10-2005 |
Why can't people pronounce my name correctly?!?! Four letters, two syllables. REAL easy. Maybe that is the problem, it is too easy. They pronounce these 12 letter and 6 syllable names just fine. I used to write a pronunciation chart to go under my name tag at work. Then it just started ignoring people that mispronounced it. That is why I lie about my name to strangers. I would rather you call me a completely different name the frick up the name my parents gave me and which I love. | ||
| Bajou Citizen Username: Bajou Post Number: 76 Registered: 2-2006 |
Hi AJC: Actually your partner in crime (your wife) knows a young man who is good friends with Mo. She tried to set me up with this guy but didn't realize that we know each other already. I cannot believe I am so dense that I forgot his name but he is a young english guy who plays soccer too. He is really good friends with Moe and that's how I know Moe but I wouldn't know how to get in touch with him. | ||
| bklyntonj Citizen Username: Bklyntonj Post Number: 610 Registered: 7-2003 |
What the ...? | ||
| LilLB Citizen Username: Lillb Post Number: 1412 Registered: 10-2002 |
I find it mildly annoying when people go out of their way to pronounce "ethnic" food items, particularly Italian, in an exaggerated way. So mixed in a sentence in which they pronounce every other word in a Jersey accent, they'll strongly pronounce Italian food items as though they are not American, but rather born and raised in Italy (and I question whether people in Italy really say things this way). So they pronounce mozzarella "MOOTSARELLE" or Ricotta as "RIGOTT". And they don't just "say" the word, they practically shout it like they're Pavarotti. But because their great-grandfather they never met used to live in Sicily, they feel that they're supposed to pronounce things this way. That Giotta DeLorentis woman does this on her "Everyday Italian" show on the Food Network. Instead of saying "spaghetti" she says "spaGITi". It's just plain odd. | ||
| ajc Citizen Username: Ajc Post Number: 4890 Registered: 9-2001 |
Bajou, Thanks, but we know him and his name is Des. We have their phone numbers and we're just waiting for them to get back to us... Meanwhile, we could use more information about any of the local soccer programs in M/SO... | ||
| SO Ref Citizen Username: So_refugee Post Number: 1596 Registered: 2-2005  |
People who choose to display an American flag or flags and, then, leave them up after they've become worn and tattered. Way to show your patriotism by trashing the flag... | ||
| Innisowen Citizen Username: Innisowen Post Number: 1739 Registered: 3-2004 |
SO Ref: dead on. People who display the flag night and day, without taking it in after sunset, and they're usually the same folks that leave it out tattered and threadbare. You'd think their flag was the one from Fort McHenry. | ||
| crabby Citizen Username: Crabbyappleton Post Number: 512 Registered: 1-2004 |
People who trash talk about SOM schools who have no experience in the district. The SO BOT. | ||
| Freshwater Films Supporter Username: Duncanrogers Post Number: 6038 Registered: 12-2001  |
People...if the ad or post you are answering says "please email me for details at seller@Ihavewhatyouwant.com" DO NOT THEN POST THIS "hey I'm interested email me at idiot@idiot.com" |
