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- Tue Sep 25, 2007 8:37 am
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Poststructural Pub
- Topic: The English Language: A Thread by Dale Wisely
- Replies: 75
- Views: 4778
- Tue Sep 25, 2007 8:23 am
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Poststructural Pub
- Topic: Today is National Punctuation Day!
- Replies: 34
- Views: 1919
It's only difficult for you because you're not used to it. People in Roman times read and wrote that way just fine. It's a matter of culture, of what you're used to (or not). It is true that spaces were not used between words in Roman times, but then how do you account for the fact that all (I beli...
- Mon Sep 24, 2007 9:46 pm
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Poststructural Pub
- Topic: Today is National Punctuation Day!
- Replies: 34
- Views: 1919
sometimesithinkithastodowiththerebeingnoteacheraround butwhenyoustoptorealizejusthowdifficultitisforanyonetoread what'sbeenwrittenitbecomesobviousthattherealproblemislack ofconcernforthereadersandifyoucan'tbebothteredaboutyour readersthenwhyshouldtheybebotheredwithyouorwhatyou've written Gee, that ...
- Mon Sep 24, 2007 9:20 pm
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Poststructural Pub
- Topic: New US currency question
- Replies: 20
- Views: 1391
I hadn't thought about the wearing out part and the expense of pulling them out of circulation and printing more, etc. I guess I would be willing to have a coin if it saved money in the long run. Plastic sounds ideal for $1 bills----but I suppose it would require doing absolutely everything differen...
- Mon Sep 24, 2007 9:15 pm
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Poststructural Pub
- Topic: "War" Ken Burns
- Replies: 41
- Views: 2278
Bill , I see many of your points. I guess once I accepted that this would be a show talking about the war through US soldiers who had served in it and talking about battles that were significant to the US effort, then I could accept that there would not be in-depth discussion of other aspects of th...
- Mon Sep 24, 2007 8:11 pm
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Poststructural Pub
- Topic: The English Language: A Thread by Dale Wisely
- Replies: 75
- Views: 4778
- Mon Sep 24, 2007 8:03 pm
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Poststructural Pub
- Topic: New US currency question
- Replies: 20
- Views: 1391
...Also... completely replace the dollar bill with dollar coins that are sufficiently different in look size and feel from quarters... Why do you want them to do this? I hate carrying as much change around as I already do. It is heavy! Give me these notes any day: (Edited to add: Actually, now that...
- Mon Sep 24, 2007 12:08 pm
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Poststructural Pub
- Topic: Today is National Punctuation Day!
- Replies: 34
- Views: 1919
Here is a funny website I read about in the newspaper a few days ago. The woman who started it collects instances of the improper use of quotation marks. http://quotation-marks.blogspot.com/ http://bp2.blogger.com/_-dk1axrNmqU/RvfAVFk9U2I/AAAAAAAABHA/ZRy97zp7Sf8/s400/locked.jpg http://bp0.blogger.co...
- Mon Sep 24, 2007 11:52 am
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Poststructural Pub
- Topic: "War" Ken Burns
- Replies: 41
- Views: 2278
I watched the first episode last night and I thought it was really very good. I, too, was somewhat concerned that it might focus on the American experience to such an extent that people would leave it without realizing the amount of suffering by people in other countries. I thought the show did a pr...
- Sat Sep 22, 2007 4:33 pm
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Poststructural Pub
- Topic: The English Language: A Thread by Dale Wisely
- Replies: 75
- Views: 4778
- Sat Sep 22, 2007 9:00 am
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Poststructural Pub
- Topic: Paul McCartney is dead (the theory)
- Replies: 62
- Views: 3639
- Fri Sep 21, 2007 11:30 pm
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Poststructural Pub
- Topic: "War" Ken Burns
- Replies: 41
- Views: 2278
I don't seem to like those Ken Burns documentaries for some reason, but I am going to watch this one because it is something I am really interested in. I have only become aware as I've gotten older how very little I really ever did know about WWII. I have been reading a couple of books that talk qui...
- Fri Sep 21, 2007 11:23 pm
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Poststructural Pub
- Topic: Squirrel obstacle course
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1685
That was a great video---I'll have to get my husband to watch it. We've had trouble with squirrels getting onto bird feeders but we seem to have some feeders now that work pretty well. We do have a squirrel feeder as well, so they aren't being left out. My husband was keeping the bird food in the ga...
- Fri Sep 21, 2007 9:35 pm
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Poststructural Pub
- Topic: New US currency question
- Replies: 20
- Views: 1391
:lol: You know, I have a likewise tendency and I suppose that really is why I find it disturbing. Everything needs to fit into a pattern of some sort. Well, thank goodness I have bigger thing to obsess about---like, how clean is the floor really?---so I've managed to stay pretty calm about this one....
- Fri Sep 21, 2007 9:29 pm
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Poststructural Pub
- Topic: Paul McCartney is dead (the theory)
- Replies: 62
- Views: 3639
I understand your question was not directed to me, but yes, I can see why you titled the thread the way you did. We were supposed to feel the way people felt when they heard this rumor going around. So some people believed it and felt upset. Most likely those who were upset will recover---it's not a...