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[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

Why am I not surprised?

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 4:11 AM, Allan Carr <allanc25 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Well, I'm the one who started this thread. I'm 85 and, although hardly able
> to walk, take care of my 83 year old wife who has Alzheimer's and
> incontinence.
>
> I now come here primarily to relax and maybe kid around a bit. If you don't
> like it, you can, of course, f--- off.
>
> From having a good time to now joining the grumpiness,
> AC
>
> On Tuesday, March 15, 2016, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
> oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > You have a pet peeve and ride it to death about every three weeks or so.
> > and of course, that's just fine.
> >
> > I have a pet peeve, which is smug, self-righteous folks who don't get it
> > that English is an evolving language (I'm not sure why this is such a
> > difficult concept for otherwise intelligent people to grasp, but it is),
> > and whine about stuff they think is soooo terrible, while conveniently
> > ignoring the stuff they personally do all the time.
> >
> > Uh, thanks for asking.
> >
> > And while it is true that Feb-yew-airy makes me wince whenever I hear it,
> > whining about it won't change the fact that this language is changing.
> >
> > So, as I said, let's by all means carp and gripe about all the silly
> stuff
> > that at the end of the day means nothing at all, while we let the
> important
> > stuff go -- because, gosh, where DOES the time go???
> >
> > James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
> > *“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
> > except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy
> >
> > On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 12:49 AM, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com
> > <javascript:;>>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > If there's a topic in the Pub in which you're not interested, how about
> > > just bypassing it instead of caricaturing those participating in it?
> > >
> > > Sent from my iPad
> > >
> > > > On Mar 15, 2016, at 11:17 PM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
> > > oppenheimerjw at gmail.com <javascript:;>> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Oh yes, let's by all means whine about those evil awful people over
> > there
> > > > who use language I don't approve of (the fact of it's being standard
> > > > English for decades, of course, notwithstanding), so we can distract
> > > > ourselves from paying attention to things in our own life that we
> might
> > > > repair if we just had the time.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
> > > > *“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not
> > preserved,
> > > > except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy
> > > >
> > > >> On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 9:16 PM, ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com
> > <javascript:;>>
> > > wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >> I'm one who growls at "graduated high school."
> > > >> And I've come to loathe "iconic," the most over-used word of the
> > decade.
> > > >> Then there's "back in the day." Which day?
> > > >> -M
> > > >>
> > >
> >
>
>
> --
> Allan Carr
>