I learned how not to do laundry in my young days in the service. After discovering not to combine brand new green pants with brand new white underwear, I then learned how not to use bleach.
It’s so sad to me, watching kids outgrow clothes that they or I love. Makes me all nostalgic. And my kids are young enough to do it all the time.
I hope to teach them all to do laundry, as well or better as me (especially the boy). And basic cooking, computer fixing and etc. Responsibilities don’t hurt anyone, and I know a lot of people who still can’t cook in their 30s.
we used to do our laundry when we were growing up. my brother should have looked in the machine one weekend , he threw his white coveralls for his aviation tech class in after my mom had dyed something pink
Don’t worry about the comma. If anyone thinks it’s necessary, we can just reassign one of the excess, unnecessary commas Joe randomly and profligately strews throughout his posts. BTW, if you ever need a semicolon, he’s also accrued a substantial surplus of those too.
No worries Fritz and Otto, I am not concerned about that. I would like to hear more of the fascinating stories of the adventures of the Doty boys in their youth, though. I find it quite diverting. They are most amusing!
Tulsa must be a pretty tough town, punctuationwise.
“correct” punctuation is becoming very flexible, informal and adapting to the modern age of emails, text messages, chat rooms, online forums and the like. It is also a constant source of debate and discussion among editors and copy editors, especially regarding the comma.
There are various writing styles and style guides (AP style, the Chicago Manual, and many more) that treat the comma differently. (Then there’s American English as opposed to British English, which takes a very approach to comma placement.)
But at least there is general agreement that the comma is overused and abused. A great deal of my work as a copyeditor involves removing unnecessary words and commas.
carmy almost 15 years ago
Cute shirt, Baldo.
margueritem almost 15 years ago
So where has it been for those 10 years?
ejcapulet almost 15 years ago
Aww, what a cute little dinosaur! My 2-year-old would love it.
johnnydoc5 almost 15 years ago
What are you getting at Joe? I did my laundry as often as I needed my Beatles shirt…
lewisbower almost 15 years ago
I learned how not to do laundry in my young days in the service. After discovering not to combine brand new green pants with brand new white underwear, I then learned how not to use bleach.
masnadies almost 15 years ago
It’s so sad to me, watching kids outgrow clothes that they or I love. Makes me all nostalgic. And my kids are young enough to do it all the time.
I hope to teach them all to do laundry, as well or better as me (especially the boy). And basic cooking, computer fixing and etc. Responsibilities don’t hurt anyone, and I know a lot of people who still can’t cook in their 30s.
bald almost 15 years ago
I bet my grandson would like that shirt too baldo
we used to do our laundry when we were growing up. my brother should have looked in the machine one weekend , he threw his white coveralls for his aviation tech class in after my mom had dyed something pink
boy did he get razzed for weeks about that
ottod Premium Member almost 15 years ago
johnnydoc5,
Don’t worry about the comma. If anyone thinks it’s necessary, we can just reassign one of the excess, unnecessary commas Joe randomly and profligately strews throughout his posts. BTW, if you ever need a semicolon, he’s also accrued a substantial surplus of those too.
johnnydoc5 almost 15 years ago
Well, I’m glad to see my joke landed…
fritzoid Premium Member almost 15 years ago
johnnydoc, don’t worry. Getting splattered by bird droppings such as that brings good luck.
ottod Premium Member almost 15 years ago
Joe,
You may have forgotten a couple of things since Eng. 102.
fritzoid Premium Member almost 15 years ago
It’s not that he’s forgotten things, it’s that English has changed since the year 102.
johnnydoc5 almost 15 years ago
No worries Fritz and Otto, I am not concerned about that. I would like to hear more of the fascinating stories of the adventures of the Doty boys in their youth, though. I find it quite diverting. They are most amusing!
ottod Premium Member almost 15 years ago
And we’re back to coordinating conjunctions.
billdi Premium Member almost 15 years ago
Tulsa must be a pretty tough town, punctuationwise.
“correct” punctuation is becoming very flexible, informal and adapting to the modern age of emails, text messages, chat rooms, online forums and the like. It is also a constant source of debate and discussion among editors and copy editors, especially regarding the comma. There are various writing styles and style guides (AP style, the Chicago Manual, and many more) that treat the comma differently. (Then there’s American English as opposed to British English, which takes a very approach to comma placement.) But at least there is general agreement that the comma is overused and abused. A great deal of my work as a copyeditor involves removing unnecessary words and commas.
johnnydoc5 almost 15 years ago
Since my field has nothing to do with grammar, if I make a typo from time to time, I don’t think that the world will end.
fritzoid Premium Member almost 15 years ago
Indeed, it’s a byword in the clubs and salons where the lions of Tulsa society gather: “You can always Tahlequah man… But you cain’t tahl him much!”