What is your favorite Quote or Saying?

[dnw64]

bragging??

Ummmm....

I think that proved that, no matter what anyone thinks (myself included) that I don't know much.

Maybe you could enlighten us poor ignorant souls, as the Valedictorian of a 5000 graduating class.

 

[Steppenwolfe]

Ummmm....

I think that proved that, no matter what anyone thinks (myself included) that I don't know much.

Maybe you could enlighten us poor ignorant souls, as the Valedictorian of a 5000 graduating class.

Stay away from that rabbit hole...

 

[Jstpssng]

Every day the bucket goes to the well.
One day the bottom will drop out.

 

[dnw64]

Stay away from that rabbit hole...

In my 56+ years, I've seen one (ONE) rabbit*.

*but, have seen tens of thousands (possibly millions) of rabbets.

 

[tallyho8]

In my 56+ years, I've seen one (ONE) rabbit*.

*but, have seen tens of thousands (possibly millions) of rabbets.

But how many dados have you seen?

 

[dnw64]

But how many dados have you seen?

Quite a few, but they pale in comparison to rabbets. Probably somewhere on the order of 1:100,000 or so.

 

[Wagtail]

Only some of us can learn by other people's mistakes. The rest of us have to be the other people...!

I've learnt so much from my mistakes that I'm thinking of making a few more!

 

[Frankenkubota]

Sounds like the guy who thought the word "News" was plural. Q: "Are there any news"? A: "Not a new".

My job took me to western europe way too much. People think it's a vacation. I know this might be hard to believe but, many of my friends spoke at least 2 languages and in many cases 3, 4 or 5. The marketing gal at the Italian Co I repped was a degreed lawyer! On a side note, I gave her sh*t incessantly about that, I'm not a big fan of lawyers. She and I were pals, great since of humor.

She spoke 5 languages and on the side, translated legal documents. Would I love to meet an american gal like that. She was skinny. Virtually all my multi lingual friends said the English language was by far the most screwed up. (I'm talking about western languages, not Chinese)

So, forget about NEWS. Try to explain the word to, too, two, tue, tu, tew to a non english speaker. Next to our method of measuring liquid volume, the english language is a CF. Imho.

We have inherited many wonderful things from the english, the rest is just stupid. The fact that you can memorize a bunch of ridiculous rules don't make you smart, birds can do that! I before E except....when it don't work that way.

1 example. I spent a lot of time in airports and on planes, prior to internet access. I found that time could be spent naming all the photos i'd taken. These phones generate lots of unnamed photos.

In many languages, the modifier goes in front of the noun. We say.....look at that white dog.

They say.....look at that dog white, cana bianca. Sounds silly huh?

In english you would name the picture White dog. Then 6 months later, you are looking for that picture. All you can remember is dog.

The photo is filed referencing the word white. Sounds normal to us because we are used to it.

Again, don't matter 1 bit to me, just a curiosity.

 

[2LaneCruzer]

My job took me to western europe way too much. People think it's a vacation. I know this might be hard to believe but, many of my friends spoke at least 2 languages and in many cases 3, 4 or 5. The marketing gal at the Italian Co I repped was a degreed lawyer! On a side note, I gave her sh*t incessantly about that, I'm not a big fan of lawyers. She and I were pals, great since of humor.

She spoke 5 languages and on the side, translated legal documents. Would I love to meet an american gal like that. She was skinny. Virtually all my multi lingual friends said the English language was by far the most screwed up. (I'm talking about western languages, not Chinese)

So, forget about NEWS. Try to explain the word to, too, two, tue, tu, tew to a non english speaker. Next to our method of measuring liquid volume, the english language is a CF. Imho.

We have inherited many wonderful things from the english, the rest is just stupid. The fact that you can memorize a bunch of ridiculous rules don't make you smart, birds can do that! I before E except....when it don't work that way.

1 example. I spent a lot of time in airports and on planes, prior to internet access. I found that time could be spent naming all the photos i'd taken. These phones generate lots of unnamed photos.

In many languages, the modifier goes in front of the noun. We say.....look at that white dog.

They say.....look at that dog white, cana bianca. Sounds silly huh?

In english you would name the picture White dog. Then 6 months later, you are looking for that picture. All you can remember is dog.

The photo is filed referencing the word white. Sounds normal to us because we are used to it.

Again, don't matter 1 bit to me, just a curiosity.

Hmmm. Maybe that's why the little Mexican kid told me "I'm gonna throw you with a rock!"

 

[2LaneCruzer]

Quite a few, but they pale in comparison to rabbets. Probably somewhere on the order of 1:100,000 or so.

Wow! I've made a lot of sawdust in my time...even made a few finger joints and tapered table legs, but that's off the charts!