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What do you whine about today?
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Post 1 made on Monday October 14, 2013 at 22:40
BrettLee3232
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This is for the recent CEPro article haha...

Today I whined because I had to trench and lay conduit for some surveillance. Ughhhhhhhh I hate digging!
Knowing that Gold went up a few K makes me think "well now I have to do a better job on selling more equipment".

-Me... Jan. 2014
Post 2 made on Monday October 14, 2013 at 22:57
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The lack of quality cheeses to go with my wine tonight :)
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Post 3 made on Monday October 14, 2013 at 23:06
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The stupid strings that hang down WAY too far from wall mounts.
Post 4 made on Monday October 14, 2013 at 23:51
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me being a total idiot and leaving my main tool systainer (stippers,knifes,screwdrivers etc) in my mini from a service job on friday. Completely forgot about it in there. Roll my syscart into my clients house today and got hit with a ton of bricks..


Ohh and today didnt go quickly enough for me to pick up my jeep tomorrow morning :D
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Post 5 made on Tuesday October 15, 2013 at 00:30
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My Ice cream was cold!!!!
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Post 6 made on Tuesday October 15, 2013 at 00:45
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Analog sunset. Charter DVR updates are causing me heartache and pain. Component out keeps scaling down to SD when HDMI output is also running. Setting to 1080i/720 fixes it but the boxes resolution settings keep jumping back up to 1080p after x amount of time.
Post 7 made on Tuesday October 15, 2013 at 01:19
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The thread title. Shouldn't it be "what did you whine about today?"

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OP | Post 8 made on Tuesday October 15, 2013 at 01:29
BrettLee3232
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On October 15, 2013 at 01:19, David Haddad said...
The thread title. Shouldn't it be "what did you whine about today?"

Signed, Your Friend,

Ernie

Damn auto correct iPhone
Knowing that Gold went up a few K makes me think "well now I have to do a better job on selling more equipment".

-Me... Jan. 2014
Post 9 made on Tuesday October 15, 2013 at 02:10
Ernie Gilman
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David: Seriously?

I mean, if you're going to try to imitate me, then you'll have to explain why you chose to put that question mark inside the quotation marks. See, you quote this:

what did you whine about today?

which should be enclosed in quotation marks when quoted in a statement. The final question mark should be inside the quotation marks as the quote itself is a question. Thus:

... "what did you whine about today?"

is the proper form for the quotation part of your question.

However, I believe that when a quotation is part of a question, the question mark at the end of the sentence should be outside the quotation marks:

Did John say "I like where we're going"?

If the question mark were inside the quotes, that would imply that John is asking a question.  In reality we're asking a question about his statement, so the question mark follows the quotation mark.

A question that quotes a question begs for two question marks:

Shouldn't it be "what did you whine about today?"?

In other words, to put it succinctly, don't get me started.


By the way, the presence of autocorrect and of the many of us who have spoken all of our lives but have rarely written outside of school classes should, by themselves, excuse this. Unless you simply must bring it up.

I bring up things that have to do with communication; things left out, things that can be misinterpreted, things irrelevant to the discussion. I think we all got this. (I often err in not knowing what the hell the writer is abbreviating when I see two or three letters I've never seen before.)
A good answer is easier with a clear question giving the make and model of everything.
"The biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place." -- G. “Bernie” Shaw
Post 10 made on Tuesday October 15, 2013 at 02:21
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On October 15, 2013 at 01:29, BrettLee3232 said...
Damn auto correct iPhone

"Damn auto correct" is the 21st century's equivalent of "the dog ate my homework"
Post 11 made on Tuesday October 15, 2013 at 02:25
Ernie Gilman
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Cell phones have also brought back

Can you hear me?

and

are you there?

Which had gone away by the 1930s.

Then there's bluetooth, which has erased our ability on the street to distinguish between the psychopath talking to himself and just somebody on the phone. And, incidentally, if your phone is in your pocket, bluetooth has also done away with caller ID!
A good answer is easier with a clear question giving the make and model of everything.
"The biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place." -- G. “Bernie” Shaw
Post 12 made on Tuesday October 15, 2013 at 02:32
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On October 15, 2013 at 02:10, Ernie Gilman said...
David: Seriously?

I mean, if you're going to try to imitate me, then you'll have to explain why you chose to put that question mark inside the quotation marks. See, you quote this:

which should be enclosed in quotation marks when quoted in a statement. The final question mark should be inside the quotation marks as the quote itself is a question. Thus:

is the proper form for the quotation part of your question.

However, I believe that when a quotation is part of a question, the question mark at the end of the sentence should be outside the quotation marks:

If the question mark were inside the quotes, that would imply that John is asking a question.  In reality we're asking a question about his statement, so the question mark follows the quotation mark.

A question that quotes a question begs for two question marks:

In other words, to put it succinctly, don't get me started.

By the way, the presence of autocorrect and of the many of us who have spoken all of our lives but have rarely written outside of school classes should, by themselves, excuse this. Unless you simply must bring it up.

I bring up things that have to do with communication; things left out, things that can be misinterpreted, things irrelevant to the discussion. I think we all got this. (I often err in not knowing what the hell the writer is abbreviating when I see two or three letters I've never seen before.)

All that and not a peep about capitalization?
Post 13 made on Tuesday October 15, 2013 at 09:14
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Don't you know, you never poke a sleeping Ernie...
Post 14 made on Tuesday October 15, 2013 at 09:39
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My fiancé leaves to teach at around 5:30- if I am not up within an hour or so of her leaving I get to reheat my coffee in the microwave- or waste coffee grinds on a fresh pot.
Today I had a fresh pot and I do feel a little guilty.
Post 15 made on Tuesday October 15, 2013 at 09:56
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My morning bidness was a little loose and smelled bad and required extra wiping.

Last edited by ceied on October 15, 2013 10:09.
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