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| Topic: | Why do we technical people refuse to call things what they are? This thread has 78 replies. Displaying posts 61 through 75. |
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| Post 61 made on Sunday August 16, 2015 at 14:16 |
Trunk-Slammer -Supreme Loyal Member |
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Soooo.
I have TV with no buttons on it, so I also have a big box the makes the sound go to some voicey boxes, a magic thing that makes it louder when I can't hear so good, and another small thingie that makes it all work.
It's some kind crazy neat.
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| Post 62 made on Sunday August 16, 2015 at 16:43 |
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On August 16, 2015 at 14:16, Trunk-Slammer -Supreme said...
Soooo.
I have TV with no buttons on it, so I also have a big box the makes the sound go to some voicey boxes, a magic thing that makes it louder when I can't hear so good, and another small thingie that makes it all work.
It's some kind crazy neat. Werd.
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My mechanic told me, "I couldn't repair your brakes, so I made your horn louder." |
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| OP | Post 63 made on Sunday August 16, 2015 at 19:48 |
Ernie Gilman Yes, That Ernie! |
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If you all think everyone is so sensible and can figure out improperly used jargon, how about a waste of time? Am I the only one who thinks highfigh is wasting our time and acting as though we can't keep an idea in our head every time he quotes entire posts before supplying an answer? This entire topic is insulting; seems you'd be insulted even more by that!
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| Post 64 made on Sunday August 16, 2015 at 19:57 |
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On August 16, 2015 at 19:48, Ernie Gilman said...
If you all think everyone is so sensible and can figure out improperly used jargon, how about a waste of time? Am I the only one who thinks highfigh is wasting our time and acting as though we can't keep an idea in our head every time he quotes entire posts before supplying an answer? This entire topic is insulting; seems you'd be insulted even more by that! The difference is we like highfigh
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| Post 65 made on Monday August 17, 2015 at 09:32 |
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On August 16, 2015 at 19:48, Ernie Gilman said...
If all think e is so senle and n fige out iperly ud argon, how abou a wte of time? Am I the only one wo thinks highfigh is wang our te and act as tgh we can't keep an ida in our hed ery time he qes entire posts bere supplg an ar? This ire topic is iing; seems you'd be inted en e by hat! I didn't quote the entire post- satisfied? I'm trying to provide the context to the reply and with all of the noise that I suspect is rattling around in your head, it should help. As far as wasting time, you really should look at your posts that blather on about grammar and usage of words when nobody else has bothered to comment on it. You must waste hundreds of hours every year with that and really, what purpose does it serve? You get to see YOUR words online in your feeble attempt at correcting the unwashed masses and thinking that you're teaching them to be better. Good for you!
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| Post 66 made on Monday August 17, 2015 at 09:33 |
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On August 16, 2015 at 19:57, Fins said...
The difference is we like highfigh Thanks, man!
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| Post 67 made on Monday August 17, 2015 at 09:37 |
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please delete this post
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| Post 68 made on Monday August 17, 2015 at 10:59 |
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On August 17, 2015 at 09:32, highfigh said...
As far as wasting time, you really should look at your posts that blather on about grammar and usage of words when nobody else has bothered to comment on it. You must waste hundreds of hours every year with that and really, what purpose does it serve? You get to see YOUR words online in your feeble attempt at correcting the unwashed masses and thinking that you're teaching them to be better. Yeah but how else is he going to get to that 25k post high water mark?
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Chasing Ernie's post count, one useless post at a time. |
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| Post 69 made on Monday August 17, 2015 at 14:35 |
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On August 17, 2015 at 10:59, FP Crazy said...
Yeah but how else is he going to get to that 25k post high water mark? As the old (supposedly) Polish proverb goes, "Not my monkeys, not my circus".
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My mechanic told me, "I couldn't repair your brakes, so I made your horn louder." |
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| Post 70 made on Tuesday August 18, 2015 at 00:48 |
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On August 14, 2015 at 10:50, highfigh said...
I meant "square to the World" as a substitute for 'plumb'. I thought you might have figured that out. Perpendicular to gravity vs parallel to that f#@ked up adjacent non square wall.
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| Post 71 made on Tuesday August 18, 2015 at 01:15 |
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Hey, lets keep this thing going....
I do a lot of work on the local Air Force Base, so in addition to people being altogether too "precise" when talking bout things they don't understand (our magic boxes that make things work...) they live in a world of acronyms, and assume that you do to.....
Double fun (frustrating) is when you finally figure out the acronym they are using is both incorrect use of leading letters, but also describing the incorrect thing! But it's their world, so you have to roll with it.
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| Post 72 made on Tuesday August 18, 2015 at 08:52 |
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On August 18, 2015 at 00:48, Fiasco said...
Perpendicular to gravity vs parallel to that f#@ked up adjacent non square wall. A friend (recently retired) was an architect and when he went to check on a project in the Green Bay area, he found that a 10' high wall was 8" out of plumb. He called them to have it corrected and when the crew showed up with a chain saw & sledge hammer, he fired them on the spot. My guess is that it was built the day after a Packer game.
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My mechanic told me, "I couldn't repair your brakes, so I made your horn louder." |
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| Post 73 made on Tuesday August 18, 2015 at 09:20 |
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On August 16, 2015 at 19:57, Fins said...
The difference is we like highfigh Bingo!
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| Post 74 made on Tuesday August 18, 2015 at 15:56 |
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On August 16, 2015 at 19:57, Fins said...
The difference is we like highfigh He also doesn't make us Google things for him
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| Post 75 made on Tuesday August 18, 2015 at 20:30 |
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On August 17, 2015 at 14:35, highfigh said...
As the old (supposedly) Polish proverb goes, "Not my monkeys, not my circus". A Bolivian kept repeating this phrase while we were in Cancun earlier this year. I have never head the phrase, but I like it!!
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