But if you think of a horizontal plane tangent to Earth at your present location, everywhere else on Earth is down.txglock21 wrote:Everytime my wife ask if I want to go "down" to her dad's I cringe. We live in Texas, he lives in Oklahoma. Last time I looked at a map, Oklahoma was above Texas.
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It never fails that my brother will redirect my finger when I'm talking about a place and point in the wrong direction (which is every time I point).MasterOfNone wrote:But if you think of a horizontal plane tangent to Earth at your present location, everywhere else on Earth is down.txglock21 wrote:Everytime my wife ask if I want to go "down" to her dad's I cringe. We live in Texas, he lives in Oklahoma. Last time I looked at a map, Oklahoma was above Texas.
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WildBill,
You're behind the times.
I heard this detestable chant regarding Secretary Rice cancelling her graduation speech at Rutgers.
A group of student (presumably) nitwits started in with the Hey, Hey, Ho, Hoing about her having to go...
A lot of unions go in the hey, hey, ho, ho garbage too.
I guess if it was good enough for the commies of the 70's, etc...
You're behind the times.
I heard this detestable chant regarding Secretary Rice cancelling her graduation speech at Rutgers.
A group of student (presumably) nitwits started in with the Hey, Hey, Ho, Hoing about her having to go...
A lot of unions go in the hey, hey, ho, ho garbage too.
I guess if it was good enough for the commies of the 70's, etc...
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I freely admit that I am behind the times.Abraham wrote:WildBill,
You're behind the times.
I heard this detestable chant regarding Secretary Rice cancelling her graduation speech at Rutgers.
A group of student (presumably) nitwits started in with the Hey, Hey, Ho, Hoing about her having to go...
A lot of unions go in the hey, hey, ho, ho garbage too.
I guess if it was good enough for the commies of the 70's, etc...
Maybe the Rutgers students learned the chant from their professors while getting their degrees in American Studies.
Speaking of words that drive you up the wall ... isn't there an old saying from the 60s? Something about up against the wall?
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WildBill,
Yes, and it sounds adequate for these times too!
BTW, I'm well behind the times too.
I re-proved it yesterday when I referred to a "rest home" and my wife, always ready to be indignant about the things I say, immediately corrected me.
They're no longer called that she said irately.
She said they're called "assisted living" and after those two words I forgot the rest.
She prefers euphemisms...
I told her they'd always be called 'rest homes' by me and at that point she just glared at me.
We refer to ourselves as "The Bickersons"!
Yes, and it sounds adequate for these times too!
BTW, I'm well behind the times too.
I re-proved it yesterday when I referred to a "rest home" and my wife, always ready to be indignant about the things I say, immediately corrected me.
They're no longer called that she said irately.
She said they're called "assisted living" and after those two words I forgot the rest.
She prefers euphemisms...
I told her they'd always be called 'rest homes' by me and at that point she just glared at me.
We refer to ourselves as "The Bickersons"!
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we'd always called it 'the old folks home'...she'd probably have a conniption...lol
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Abraham - You seem like a nice fellow, so I am offering some friendly advice ...Abraham wrote:WildBill,
Yes, and it sounds adequate for these times too!
BTW, I'm well behind the times too.
I re-proved it yesterday when I referred to a "rest home" and my wife, always ready to be indignant about the things I say, immediately corrected me.
They're no longer called that she said irately.
She said they're called "assisted living" and after those two words I forgot the rest.
She prefers euphemisms...
I told her they'd always be called 'rest homes' by me and at that point she just glared at me.
We refer to ourselves as "The Bickersons"!
don't disagree with your wife too much ... she might send you off to the looney bin.
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They was giving me ten thousand watts a day, you know, and I'm hot to trot!WildBill wrote:Abraham - You seem like a nice fellow, so I am offering some friendly advice ...
don't disagree with your wife too much ... she might send you off to the looney bin.
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For some reason people can't seem to spell: QUIET
Instead they spell it: Quite
Instead they spell it: Quite
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quite...Abraham wrote:For some reason people can't seem to spell: QUIET
Instead they spell it: Quite
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Drives me crazy when people write loose instead of lose...
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That is one of my pet peeves ...Selina Kyle wrote:Drives me crazy when people write loose instead of lose...
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Mine "to".WildBill wrote:That is one of my pet peeves ...Selina Kyle wrote:Drives me crazy when people write loose instead of lose...
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Oh brother!!! Loljmra wrote:Mine "to".WildBill wrote:That is one of my pet peeves ...Selina Kyle wrote:Drives me crazy when people write loose instead of lose...
"His fist is big, but my gun's bigger. He'll find out when I pull the trigger!"
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Well then, I'm one of the people who bug you.WildBill wrote:That is one of my pet peeves ...Selina Kyle wrote:Drives me crazy when people write loose instead of lose...
I make that mistake all the time. I know the difference, but my fingers don't seem to have gotten the message.
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