Owlie - sorry to read that and sending hugs/good thoughts your way.
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Owlie - sorry to read that and sending hugs/good thoughts your way.
Owlie--maybe that school has got you as a second round draft pick.
Hang in there.
Dear Afternoon: You're dragging; painfully so. All I can think about right now is my warm yoga studio and my 5:30 class. And you, boring afternoon, are standing in the way of that. Please move along a little faster. Thank you.
It will be here quicker than you think :) At least I really hope that it is!Quote:
Originally Posted by indysteel
and....it's already over! ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Catrin
Dear Peeps on a cycling mailing list,
Those things that you use to stop your bike are called "brakes", NOT 'breaks'. This happens on a frequent basis and it is irritating - probably because I cannot understand how the two words can be confused with each other :rolleyes:
So....what about peddles? :D:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Catrin
LOL, they do that sometimes too, but breaks for brakes seems to be more common on that particular list. I don't understand confusing pedals for peddles either :DQuote:
Originally Posted by snapdragen
I don't see the noun confused often, but I probably see "peddling" more often than "pedaling" when the latter is meant. Newspaper stories, wherever. No one knows how to spell any more, and if it passes their spell checker, it goes. :mad:
or petalsQuote:
Originally Posted by Catrin
I'm glad I'm not the only one who gets caught up in stuff like this! My favorite from our local newspaper is reading about people "repelling" down mountains. It'd be pretty impressive if I could repel a mountain...
My personal favorite is "please bare with me"
On several dog lists I'm on, dogs are shown for "confirmation" instead of "conformation." Makes my fingers itch to correct them.
Misused apostrophes make me cringe.
Roxy
Dear Mummies w the little prince n princess @ the coffee shop today.
Hellooooooo...The cafe's NOT a playground!!! :mad: :mad: Telling little prince boy to "don't go beyond there" isn't very logical for a small child...DUH!!! :rolleyes: Also, since when do you allow YOUR child to get in the way of people SERVING others. Excuse me, your child was in the way of the waitress doing HER JOB. ALSO, your sprocket BLOCKED the door, put his hands on the glass pane on the food display area.
AGHGHHGGHHG..Go to A PARK and have coffee. Do not bother the rest of us with your sprockets.
Harumph.
"Specially prepared for you"
What happened to the "e"?
<sigh...>
How about "I road my bike down the rode."
I see that one a lot here...
And, an apostrophe is not necessary every time you see an "s" at the end of a word.
Sigh,
I guess you weren't in my English class in 7th grade
Owlie, I think that might actually break some kind of contract they signed at your birth....
Many of the race reports I read will talk about "coming down the shoot". No, it's *chute*! :rolleyes:
I get irked by unnecessary apostrophe's too.
Dear Governor of Wisconsin
Congratulations, you brought Cairo to Wisconsin. I noticed in your budget that you gave tax breaks to rich people, but are trying to destroy unions and make things even harder for the working people.
http://thepoliticalenvironment.blogs...-promises.html
You're going to discover that being a governor really isn't an easy job and the people have had enough.
Congratulations!
Sincerely
a union member in Washington
:)
Lisa, that made me laugh.
The local paper here covered the "staff infection" of one of the students at my school. And yes, the paper said it was a serious " drug resistent staff infection."
Has anyone here actually used the stickers that come with "Eats, Shoots & Leaves," or seen them in use?
coming from a school, that's really scary!Quote:
Originally Posted by malkin
I've seen them on a car or two.Quote:
Originally Posted by OakLeaf
Dear Taxes,
I won't cheat you.
Please don't cheat me.
Limewave
Dear Mother Nature,
:( :( Must you be so evil? An earthquake during a busy period in a really nice city?
NZ's just recovering from the Sept earthquake & the Pike River Mine disaster. Did you have to break hearts again?
:(
Dear cat:
Remember the phrase "look before you leap"? You just landed in my cereal bowl, dummy.
Please let me eat breakfast in peace!
Thanks,
your granola-covered owner
Dear Jess
I hope the cat at least had milk to lick off his/her paws.
Sincerely
a concerned cat person.
Yeah, what's happening down there? I also read last night about a whole pod of pilot whales beaching themselves not far from Wellington.Quote:
Originally Posted by crazycanuck
That's way too much bad stuff. I hope Mother Nature is listening.Quote:
Originally Posted by crazycanuck
It's way too much. I have a friend who has been staying in the Christchurch area. He's okay, thankfully. (He somehow managed to post to Facebook.)
Dear Self,
Stop worrying about today's conference call, and next week's session and presentation. Get your thoughts together, take a deep breath, and it will be fine.
Dear guys who stole my boyfriends boots out of my front hall,
I had a weird feeling about you being in the building, and parking where you weren't supposed to. Since you looked sketchy, I wrote down your license plate. Nothing may come from that, but I suspect you will get what's coming to you somehow. Those boots were 10 years old and in need of resoling. I don't think they are worth whatever it is that comes your way.
Dear Self,
You are very lucky to have not left your bike in the hall right then, like you often do right after a ride. Take that as a gift, this lesson learned. It's much easier and less expensive to replace his boots than your bike.
Amen to that, redrhodie.
Roxy, wondering how our friends in NZ are doing
Dear Very Obnoxious Woman in my class:
Do you think the professor is your own personal tutor? You ask a question every 2-3 minutes and wildly wave your hand, saying,"wait, wait," when you can't remember what the professor said and haven't got it typed on your lap top.
This class is hard enough without this, and at 7-9:30 PM, it's intolerable. Everyone else is rolling their eyes and sighing loudly; I might just be the one to say something.
Enough. May 11 is a long way away.
Dear Universe:
What did I DO???? If you just let me know, I promise -cross my heart and hope to die double pinkey swear - I'll never do it again. I won't even be tempted.
First the DVTs and pulmonary embolism, then the torn meniscus and knee surgery, then the breast cancer. Wasn't that enough? Did you have to make my employer decide that they no longer need my position? Was that nice? Was that necessary? Are you enjoying this? I'm not. I certainly won't enjoy the 'freedom' of no longer receiving a paycheck.
Please stop. All I really want to do is ride my bike and be a good person.
Thank you.
MomOnBike
(who feels she has more than paid for whatever sins she may or may not have committed, already)
((((((((MoB))))))))
Dear universe,
Send some breaks MomOnBike's way. Now.
Ditto. That's a lotta stuff to deal with. Hang in there MOB as best you can and I'll say a prayer that better stuff comes your way ASAP.Quote:
Originally Posted by OakLeaf