Peeves

[fnkngrv]

How about the damned login timer here? Am I missing something or is it kind of short? Do other folks have this issue as well? I just typed a lengthy PM to someone only to have the system tell me I needed to log back in....lost it

[chriswf]

Originally Posted by fnkngrv

How about the damned login timer here? Am I missing something or is it kind of short? Do other folks have this issue as well? I just typed a lengthy PM to someone only to have the system tell me I needed to log back in....lost it

When I read the reviews for this app, this was the most common complaint. Basically the main complaint.

If its lengthy, I'd select it all, hit copy, then submit it.

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[fnkngrv]

Originally Posted by chriswf

When I read the reviews for this app, this was the most common complaint. Basically the main complaint.

If its lengthy, I'd select it all, hit copy, then submit it.

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Yeah, I end up doing that too, but my sometimers kicked in and I forgot this time.

Still should not be damned DOD grade timers!

[Golddeenoh]

Ford "motor" Company for example is actually paying homage to the initial idea of using the new fangled electricity to power and move vehicles. That changed when the oil giants "encouraged" the use of fossil fuels. That is why oil companys also use the common vernacular for engine oil.

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by Kaotic Lazagna

-People who don't use turn signals when there are cars behind them.
-People who use their high beams while there are oncoming traffic.
-People who tailgate.
-People who say "Your an idiot."
-any and all inconsiderate people.

-People who (when I am in THE SLOW LANE on the freeway or on a multi lane in each direction surface street going the speed limit or slightly under) don't like the speed I'm going and 'to teach me a lesson' try to come as close as possible to the corner of my rear bumper as they are switching lanes and passing me. About 35% of the time, the person also tries to come as close to sideswiping me as possible. This almost never happens to me in the SF Bay Area. Here, it happens probably every other day. The southern half of Florida though is far worse though, IMO, re the neanderthal proclivities of some drivers.

[yougojay]

Originally Posted by chriswf

When I read the reviews for this app, this was the most common complaint. Basically the main complaint.

If its lengthy, I'd select it all, hit copy, then submit it.

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Yeppers (er, I mean Yes) Yes, with certain programs or databases I work with, you get in the habit of making sure you don't lose your work. Save, copy, etc. will work, and you'll get in the habit of doing that if you lose enough work!

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by jpmck03

Everywhere:
- they're, their, there
- you're, your
- seen instead of saw
- mines instead of my

And specific to here:
- Yaris, Yari

It's not like you'd refer to your wife as "my wives," so why would you refer to your one Yaris as "my Yari."

^^^ Yes!

Additionally:

- amount instead of number --- if the unit is readily separable then number is correct. If not, then amount is correct -- amount of sugar, but number of cups of sugar. Granules of sugar aren't readily separable. Cups of sugar are readily separable. Most of the time, in my experience, this is manifested in one example -- amount of people (ugh), instead of number of people.

- people that instead of people who

- Me instead of I -- Occasionally I've been lazy and have posted 'Me too' or the like as reply to a Yarisworld post. In hindsight, I know that my mother is figuratively reaching out from the grave to bop me on the head....reminding me that I can drive a car, but me can't . In June of 2006, I attended the high school graduation of one of my young relatives. My cousin sat next to me during the program. The Valedictorian (heading off to Yale that fall) made a mistake in the middle of her speech. I corrected her grammar (under my breath). My cousin was the only person who heard me (and could have heard me). She discreetly punched me in the leg.

- anyways

- double negatives

[Kar98]

Originally Posted by fnkngrv

Ok, so in that case I pose this: the term "cellular phone" is a misnomer because the phone is not cellular, the network is.

It's just a term (I still think you're thinking of PCS), like dialing a number. When's the last time you actually dialed a number, on a dial? A round thing with numerical markings around the edge, like a sundial... where the word comes from.

[chriswf]

Originally Posted by Kar98

It's just a term (I still think you're thinking of PCS), like dialing a number. When's the last time you actually dialed a number, on a dial? A round thing with numerical markings around the edge, like a sundial... where the word comes from.

Lol oh geez.

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[kimona]

I often hear people using "I" when it should clearly be "me" as in: This is a photo of my wife and I.

Recently, it seems popular to misuse the word "utilize" when "use" is the correct term. Most people think the two words are interchangeable (but they are not) and using utilize instead of use somehow makes them appear smarter.

New design terms: paint-out; change-out.

Should have went...

Return back...

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by kimona

Should have went

Another cringeworthy error. I find people who use went rather than gone prone to error filled speech.

[chriswf]

Geez. I didn't just buy a dependable fuel efficient car. I feel like this car carries a title...

I bought the title of speech and grammar police (or English teacher).

Taking my Yaris back tomorrow and getting a Ford truck.
(I kid, I kid...)

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[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by Kar98

It's just a term (I still think you're thinking of PCS), like dialing a number. When's the last time you actually dialed a number, on a dial? A round thing with numerical markings around the edge, like a sundial... where the word comes from.

LOL. So many examples. Trying to explain what an 8-track tape is to a late millenial in the U.S......or (in most cases) a gas pump with numbers that rotate on a wheel. My aunt or my mother telling me what it was like to grow up when CBS, etc. were just radio networks....or what commercial air travel was like before jets became part of that landscape.

[Kar98]

Sheeeeet, when I was a kid, our TV had a large twist knob and you used it to switch between the two West German stations, or the two East German ones. But you also had to pull the antenna plug from UHF jack and plug it into the VHF jack.

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by Kar98

Sheeeeet, when I was a kid, our TV had a large twist knob and you used it to switch between the two West German stations, or the two East German ones. But you also had to pull the antenna plug from UHF jack and plug it into the VHF jack.

LOL. I remember switching the prongs between the two screws for UHF and the two screws for VHF (when I was in elementary school...before cable was available in our area). Our TVs had the twist knobs as well. My grandparents purchased one of the first models ever made that didn't have knobs.

[fnkngrv]

Originally Posted by Kar98

It's just a term (I still think you're thinking of PCS), like dialing a number. When's the last time you actually dialed a number, on a dial? A round thing with numerical markings around the edge, like a sundial... where the word comes from.

Actually did in a couple months ago while I was in Arizona.

[jpmck03]

OK, I've got another one...

Now that we've got Tapatalk...

Those damned automatic Tapatalk signatures are my new YW peeve. "Sent from my iPhone 5s using Tapatalk"... Great, I don't give a f***!


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[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by jpmck03

OK, I've got another one...

Now that we've got Tapatalk...

Those damned automatic Tapatalk signatures are my new YW peeve. "Sent from my iPhone 5s using Tapatalk"... Great, I don't give a f***!


Sent from my MacBook Pro using Google Chrome.