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DENNIS
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And another voice from the wherever. How ya been, Ed?
"YOU CAN'T LITTER ALUMINUM"
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mtgoat666
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If you can write, you can spell. I find spellling errors are almost always an indicator of poor writing skills. I also find that spelling errors
almost always come from people that don't like reading or simply don't do much recreational reading.
Parents that raise kids w/o writing skills or a passion for reading are handicapping their kids.
Writing is required skill in many lines of professional work. When I interview kids for entry level professional positions, many can't write. Too
bad, as they simply won't get hired.
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DanO
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Quote: Originally posted by Osprey  | Many adult gringos I know are avid readers. The ones I spend time with are stuck in very elementary grade school English, are stuck in speech
patterns that boil down to using a few hundred words in conversation (if that) in a year. I asked some of them if they bothered to look up words in
the books they read and they said they don't need to, they don't bother and it makes little difference in their enjoyment, if not their understanding,
of the author's well placed words. The author is writing in Hi Def Technicolor and the reader only sees the story unfold in black and white. Seems a
two-way waste.
Early in life I was curious enough to get in the habit of looking up every word I didn't know as I read and for me the enjoyment goes up with the
understanding.
The value of my giant library of words in my head is suspect because I live like a savage -- I am only word rich. When I write, it helps me greatly to
know what words not to use.
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^^^^THIS, OF COURSE^^^
\"Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.\" -- Frank Zappa
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DENNIS
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The field and understanding of learning [mind mapping, and spaced repetition for instance] has come a long way in recent years. Teachers need to catch
up with the science.
"YOU CAN'T LITTER ALUMINUM"
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bajabuddha
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Make America Illiterate Again.
Seems to me the topic is throwing shade at people who throw shade..... a tad bit hypocritical. One does not need to be a wordsmith to know simple
basics of 'their, there and they're' or 'to, two and too' to show how tough the three years of 4th grade was. It's a SMH moment when an
under-educated person calls another stupid.
All this time I believed 'looser' was the opposite of 'tighter'. 
I don't have a BUCKET LIST, but I do have a F***- IT LIST a mile long!
86 - 45*
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motoged
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As one Nomad says: "You can't fix stupid". 
Don't believe everything you think....
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TMW
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| Quote: Originally posted by mtgoat666 | If you can write, you can spell. I find spellling errors are almost always an indicator of poor writing skills. I also find that spelling errors
almost always come from people that don't like reading or simply don't do much recreational reading.
Parents that raise kids w/o writing skills or a passion for reading are handicapping their kids.
Writing is required skill in many lines of professional work. When I interview kids for entry level professional positions, many can't write. Too
bad, as they simply won't get hired.
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California schools K-12 do not teach writing.
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weebray
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Like!
Every beautiful beach in the world needs a few condo towers - NOT.
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bajabuddha
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 Double ditto, bigly!
I don't have a BUCKET LIST, but I do have a F***- IT LIST a mile long!
86 - 45*
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bajaguy
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Expresso or espresso??
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sancho
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Can I use that? What's wrong with the leader of the free
world using a 6th grade vocabulary/syntax?
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bajabuddha
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You certainly may. Nothing wrong at all, just like everything else that has come out of BLOATUS. 
I don't have a BUCKET LIST, but I do have a F***- IT LIST a mile long!
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rts551
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I am just glad an impotant Baja topic has such a great recponce.
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BajaBill74
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The Moral to the story - Always check the SPELLING of your messages before you send them!!!
Ooops!
THE TEXT:
Hi Fred, This is Alan next door. I have a confession to
make. I've been riddled with guilt these past few months and
have been trying to get the courage to tell you to your face, but
I am at least now telling you in text, as I can't live with myself a
moment longer without you knowing. The truth is I have been
sharing your wife, day and night when you're not around, in fact,
probably more than you. I haven't been getting it at home recently,
but that's no excuse, I know. The temptation was just too much.
I can no longer live with the guilt and I hope you will accept my
sincerest apologies and forgive me. It won't happen again. Please
suggest a fee for usage and I'll pay you.
Regards, Alan
THE RESPONSE: Fred, feeling insulted and betrayed, grabbed his
gun, and shot his neighbor dead. He returned home where he poured
himself a stiff drink and sat down on the sofa. He took out his
phone where he saw he had a second message from his neighbor:
THE SECOND MESSAGE: Hi Fred, This is Alan next door again.
Sorry about the typo on my last text. I expect you figured it out anyway,
and that you noticed that darned Auto-Correct changed 'WiFi' to 'Wife.'
Technology, hey?
Regards, Alan
What I'm doing at work is so secret, even I don't know what I'm doing!
One should believe in God, because even Google doesn't know everything.
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Barry A.
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| Quote: Originally posted by mtgoat666 | If you can write, you can spell. I find spellling errors are almost always an indicator of poor writing skills. I also find that spelling errors
almost always come from people that don't like reading or simply don't do much recreational reading.
Parents that raise kids w/o writing skills or a passion for reading are handicapping their kids.
Writing is required skill in many lines of professional work. When I interview kids for entry level professional positions, many can't write. Too
bad, as they simply won't get hired.
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As often is the case, some make vast generalities that often are simply not on target. I have one son that is an Attorney, has held a job as the
Legislative Attorney for a small Island Country in the Pacific, etc. but can't spell worth a darn yet he writes prolifically (thank Gawd for
spell-check), yet seldom reads for recreation anymore. Another son has no College, seldom reads books, is self-employed making scads of money as an
IT Consultant/Contractor for various Corporations, yet writes and spells beautifully. Go figure. We all have different skills, different
interests, and different priorities.
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CaboMagic
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Nice to see a few of the 'more mature' posters [said with the utmost of respect - I promise!!!!]
I found this somewhere sometime ago .. kept it cause I think its darn funny .. hope someone else gets a good laugh from it .
Fun reeding these posts 
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CaboMagic
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what am I doing wrong ?
Not sure why the photo wont insert --- and I was so proud of myself for finally learning how to post photos!!!
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redhilltown
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Puertocitos
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DavidT
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Alphonsina's
In Spanish you don't use the letter f to make the f sound.
David
Not one shred of evidence supports the notion that life is serious.
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Timo1
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Whatever you say Jefe
sold out and got out !!!
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