T-Boned

The last 5 letters that my solicitor sent cost between $20 and $50.

$500? You need to find a different solicitor


G-S

 

<shurg> If it was ungrammatical or had the spelingall rooly stoofed up
I'd just assume you were a cop.

Just because someone has time to think about how they present themselves
online doesn't mean they do, in fact it's pretty obvious from the posts
on here most people don't even give a modicum of thought to what they
are writing before blasting away (including yours truly who types stream
of consciousness with barely a pause for a spellchecka let alone higher
brain function intercepting the flow from subconscious to fingers)

I fail to see how that undermines an ability to draw a reasonable
conclusion about people. If someone has the opportunity to put their
best foot forward and still comes across as a blindingly thick (waves to
George and Atec) then there's a bloody good chance they really do have
IQs around that of of the slower chimps at the local zoo.

For anyone with the smallest level of perspicacity there are a myriad
clues in people's postings aside from the bleeding obvious (ie I'm a
wanker who likes odd and obscure words for example may be bleeding
obvious, but it can also be added to other contextual info to give you a
picture of me (I'm entirely untroubled if that's not a positive picture))

I've yet to be surprised by anyone on here's real life persona, they've
all been fairly consistent to their online characters. Then again those
who come across as complete tossers I'm unlikely to bother meeting - I
would only bother to go for a ride with those who don't try an create
some sort of facade which inevitably cracks and allows a peek at the
real persona anyway

 

If you aren't who you purport to be here then it is an untruth you are
portraying, the dissemination of untruths is known as lying amongst
those I associate with. What do you call it ?

 

Hey JL; the reason we love you is 'cause you can slip a word like
"perspicacity" into a post and it doesn't even look pompous or
self-conscious!

 

Hmm there's a grammatical error in my posting that may subtly alter the
meaning. There should be a comma after the why
ie
why, do you make a habit of lying on line ?

 

Awww ! Feel the love <grin>

JL
(I suspect some may disagree with you on the pomposity factor <shrug> )

 

That's not what I thought you meant but anyway. To some extent in all
forms of communication one will massage / spin / gild the way they
present themselves in some way to make either themselves or what they're
saying more palatable.

I don't know of any other name for what you're describing but it's not
something I do often.

 

A-ha ! A good example of why comma's and apo'strophe's in the right
place's make's world's of difference's.

 

I think I'm more impressed he got 'myriad' in within 3 words of it as well.

 

Evidence that British sailors fucked sheep.... yes!
Shurg indeed!

 

Pah ! A ulitarian run of the mill word that won't have anyone reaching
for a dictionary ! I was happier to sneak "modicum" in there - an
underutilised word if there ever was one - I mean why say "a bit" when
you can say "a modicum" - using 3 sylabbles instead of one for no
additional value - can't understand why it gets little airplay!

 

Including face to face...

Theonly real advantage of face to face is that you get multiple
communication channels simultaneously (in fulll duplex hence
misunderstandings are easier to avoid...

JL

 

<surprised look>
You think before you post?

Theo

 

I have problems with meanings of related words. I think all words have
different meanings. I think for example that "a bit" and a modicum" give a
completely different context and nuance. They are not, to me,
interchangeable.

It's probably why I can't do crosswords. I have difficulty getting from the
clue "field" to the answer "paddock". To me, they are completely different.

Theo

 

Hey Nigel, are you still reading this thread? Hang in there, buddy.

 

Mildly dyslexic by any chance ?

JL

 

Only in that I sometimes write numbers back to front, such as writing 179
for 197. Those errors are easy to spot because it gives you a "9"
difference. I am assuming you know about the magic of "9".

Theo

 

in full duplex. I like that

 

"The horse took the modicum between it's teeth ....."
"eight modicums to the byte...."
Nope; no problem there.

 

That's not a problem between bit and modicum, it's a problem between bit and
bit.

The horse bit a bit off the bit?

Theo