Re: Linguistic Society "dictates"... actually they say:
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The second member of a pair of quotation marks should precede any other adjacent mark of punctuation, unless …
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Originally posted by history1me:
I second all that, but to add one pre step to all that, I always love taking off my hiking boots off after an all day hike. I al…
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Originally posted by tavilach:
The Linguistic Society of America actually dictates......
which, given that they can't even spell their own language [english…
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Originally posted by Cipher13:
Music.
Beer.
Sex.
Food.
Does anything else really matter?
all of those +
the intraweb and watching a dvd rip movie that hasn…
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Originally posted by voyageur:
True, and taking off your heavy backpack after carrying it around all day--such a feeling of weightlessness.
I guess that is …
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Originally posted by voyageur:
True, and taking off your heavy backpack after carrying it around all day--such a feeling of weightlessness.
Q: Why did the g…
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Originally posted by voyageur:
True, and taking off your heavy backpack after carrying it around all day--such a feeling of weightlessness.
I remember actua…
Great thread - I almost feel like going for a run or bike ride just to get that buzz afterwards of insane tiredness but also satisfaction... however it's 1.50 in the morning so I t…
My ex would call that initial period "Googly Eyes." Because the other person seems so right... so good, where you just can't get enough of them.
[smiling]
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Originally posted by voyageur:
...is the most wonderful feeling in the world, second only to one other.
The true voyageur comes out!
For me, it is the Pum…
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Originally posted by chris v:
Sitting around a campfire with friends, out in the woods.
naked, participating in some sort of iron john male bonding ceremony…
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Originally posted by Albert Pujols:
http://webster.commnet.edu/grammar/marks/quotation.htm
"In the United States, periods and commas go inside quotation marks r…
1. cool drink after a long bike ride
2. sex whenever
3. sleep
4. waking up to fresh snow
5. taking off wet, cold socks and putting on warm dry ones
6. drinking with friends around …
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Originally posted by SimeyTheLimey:
I learned in basic training that sleep can be one of the most pleasurable things in life.
You also learn you can get an …
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Originally posted by BlingPing:
For some reason my ipod is showing some artists split into more than one group. I think i got the names the same, but they still a…
I have a 3G 10Gb iPod that turns itself on by itself when it should be off. Has anyone else had this problem? It seems to work fine otherwise. Have I reset it yet? No, but that…
[quote]Originally posted by RealMac:
[b]I have a 3G 10Gb iPod that turns itself on by itself when it should be off.
I've got the same problem so please post any solution you find…
There is a thing that happens, and has been talked about before, that the iPod comes on and switches on the backlight for a few seconds at midnight, something to do with the clock …
I haven't had any such problem with my 3G. Perhaps it's because I have a Contour Showcase on it, which makes it a little more difficult to activate the buttons. Try turning it off …