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Ohhhhh, now that I'm "worked up" -- what about verb/subject agreement?:mad: A complete mess, even on PBS -- which I hold to a higher standard than local news. I'd bet my Christmas chocolates that nobody diagrams sentences anymore. (Ooops, forgot I'm in a room full of men -- you might not have enjoyed that part of school:D) "A group of people were standing there." What?!? Would you say "There were a group of people." Nope, don't think so.

My stepdad, a now retired PhD English "prof" at LSU, a great guy if a bit of a pedant, still takes the time to help me diagram a sentence. Unless in the context of a Saints or Tigers game. :)

My grandson holds the current record for using the word "like" in a sentence. 8 in a sentence of 13 words. I counted one night at Chic-Fil-A.

He's 8.

But I still like him. :)
 

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Like where is the "Don't Like" button? :D

Bill, check the OED. Now we have "unlike" as a verb. Yes, it is a verb. It has been elevated from its lowly status as merely a preposition. And Jamie, don't even get me started on pronoun-antecedent agreement! Don't go there!

Hey is this a woodturning site or the Chicago Manual of Style, anyway?

:D
 

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But I still like him. :)

Like, that's like good. :)

I think that the pedagogy for indoctrinating young heads with sentence diagrams back in the 1950's probably violated some of the Geneva Convention rules regarding torture ... or so it seemed at the time. I still might be able to diagram a simple sentence under duress.

Hey is this a woodturning site or the Chicago Manual of Style, anyway?

So, dude, like is that some kind of woodturning style manual? :D
 

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Like, that's like good. :)

I think that the pedagogy for indoctrinating young heads with sentence diagrams back in the 1950's probably violated some of the Geneva Convention rules regarding torture ... or so it seemed at the time. I still might be able to diagram a simple sentence under duress.

Diagraming skill comes in handy for solving the 7 bridges of Königsberg.

Which relates to wood turning when you have to carry abowl blank.
 
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First, our two PBS stations don't carry anything about woodworking or anything close to it. They used to carry the New Yankee Workshop and This Old House. I don't even waste the electricity to watch them.
Second, reporters are reporting live! Does that mean that some reporters report dead? Or do they just seem like it?
 
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First, our two PBS stations don't carry anything about woodworking or anything close to it. They used to carry the New Yankee Workshop and This Old House. I don't even waste the electricity to watch them.
Second, reporters are reporting live! Does that mean that some reporters report dead? Or do they just seem like it?

I remember a day when reporters actually reported the news and not a sponsored narrative.
 

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Diagraming skill comes in handy for solving the 7 bridges of Königsberg.

Which relates to wood turning when you have to carry abowl blank.

An engineer would have built an eighth bridge or a tunnel under the Pregel and the problem would have been solved. Instead of being burdened down from hauling a bunch of bowl blanks all around Königsberg, just send them to me for safekeeping. :D
 

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An engineer would have built an eighth bridge or a tunnel under the Pregel and the problem would have been solved. Instead of being burdened down from hauling a bunch of bowl blanks all around Königsberg, just send them to me for safekeeping. :D
:) A politician would just close one bridge each day of the week. Problem solved!
 

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A group of politicians would still be taking positions and commissioning studies. Reminds me of the saying, "a camel is a horse designed by a committee." :)
 
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I heard a former congressman from TN state that Congress looks for a problem so they can throw our tax money at it.
 
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Most governments have figured out how to create the problem so they can throw money at it.
They are trying to save time and money by doing this.
 
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An engineer would have built an eighth bridge or a tunnel under the Pregel and the problem would have been solved. Instead of being burdened down from hauling a bunch of bowl blanks all around Königsberg, just send them to me for safekeeping. :D
My favorite engineer joke so far is the one about "Glass half full or half empty" and the engineer determines the glass is the wrong size.:D My husband is an engineer, and that sounds so much like him.:p
 

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Football & Soccer?

OK, four topics then, wise guy. :rolleyes:

Religion and politics is my guess. Especially both in the same conversation. :eek:

You have answered correctly and may advance to the head of the class

My favorite engineer joke so far is the one about "Glass half full or half empty" and the engineer determines the glass is the wrong size.:D My husband is an engineer, and that sounds so much like him.:p

I didn't realize it was a joke. :D I need to make sure that you and my wife never get together to compare notes about engineers.
 
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Had some spare time and wanted to try some Teak wood I procured this week for some small lidded containers. Teak wood was easy to drill, hollow and sand. I gave a bunch of these away at work to the
secretaries at each facility and ended up getting some orders for other pieces after I showed then some
of my other commissioned pieces I have done over the years.
Tea wood boxes.jpg
 

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Can I trade that spot in for a real prize? :p

I could re-gift a "prize" that I won at my club -- a coffee can full of brass filings. My understanding is that it originally came from a locksmith's key making machine. I receive the "prize" about ten years ago and thought that it would be a great inlay material when mixed with epoxy or Inlace. Over the last ten years I used about half an ounce for one project and wasn't very impressed with the final result. I'm probably the fourth or fifth recipient of this prize.
 
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