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Bajahowodd
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Chow Yun Fat?
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by k-rico
Yes, but lobster; that is, Chow Maine is good.
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Good one. 
All of this frivolity as our friends down south are getting their butts blown off. Oh well....I prayed. What more can one do?
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bajalera, Thanks for the information. Really! Took "bone head" English as a college senior, passed, but nobody failed if they went to class. Anybody
that has mastered the "art" of the English language has my utmost respect.
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajahowodd
Chow Yun Fat? |
Inedible [unless you're in Borneo]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chow_Yun-Fat
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bajalera
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The History/Lit forum is obviously a venue for a varied assortment of Superior Minds.
Eat your misbeguided heart out, BileMan!
\"Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest never happen at all. The conscientious historian will correct these defects.\" -
Mark Twain
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajalera
varied assortment |
Hate to say it, Leramia, but that's repeatedly redundant. I think.
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Could be your equipment
Word mongers need modern equipment. Here'a a letter I had to write to a writer friend in the states.
Mindcheck
Dear Robert;
How you doin? How are things in Modernlandia? How is Clair? You two still together? Not much news on my end down here in sleepytown. Not having
much luck with the writing. Some more of my really great stories have been rejected, again. You know me. I am not a whiner. Ask anyone. This is
not whining; I think I have a legitimate complaint here. I am not wholly to blame. It's the equipment. My skills are finely honed, I am energized,
ready for publication and recognition. Not now. Not right now with this kind of equipment. My computer and all of its software is circa 1994. Oh,
it has a program for writing letters, doing spreadsheets. It has Spellcheck and it counts words and lets me set up the pages just the way I want. It
even has Cut and a thing called Paste (whatever that is). After that the thing leaves me pretty much on my own. It is becoming painfully clear to me
that I am not going to get published using this old equipment.
I'm not alone. There are others out there, skilled, ready to go but they lack modern writing tools. Not all of us have big corporate bankrolls for
modern startup equipment. This gap keeps us little guys from getting a proper start. The famous writers, the bestsellers have state-of-the-art
writing gear. I'm stuck here in Tinylittlemexicanpueblo -- I don't have access to the good stuff.
I know what I need; I know it's out there. It's not just a program, it is a combination of hardware and software developed for Novelling. Please
drop me a line or call me with information about costs and availability.
Bob, below is my "wish list" of programs and applications, I won't have all the icons or functions named in the same fashion as the program writers
but you'll get the idea -- I know there are more so don't just stop with the list. Let me know the full range of goodies and, of course, the dreaded
cost:
1. Mindcheck. After 200 words something flashes to let you know if you are off to a bad start. A real time-saver.
2. DBD. Delete Bird Droppings. At times even the most accomplished author drops a tiny, inconsequential idea on the reader. If the idea is not
quickly developed into something necessary to the story line the reader regards it as nothing more than a little bird dropping.
3. Ramble Stop. (self explanatory)
4. DXT. Delete Extranea. This will be a "Choice" window. It will let me choose "on" or "off". When "on" the function will automatically eliminate
extraneous stuff before it becomes a giant sore on the nose of the story. (I need the latitude of choice on this one -- after all, it's just a
machine)
5. CHPDEL. Chapter Delete. Another "choice" window. Will allow me to delete the whole chapter then asks "are you going to write a replacement
chapter or do you want this chapter removed from the index and the following chapter moved up one?"
6. FWC. Funny Word Check. A question mark will appear after any foreign word which might not fit exactly in that particular part of the story.
Bob, this will probably be a CD that I will have to pay for separately and then install. It probably works like this: suppose I use an Urdu word
(the only foreign word in the story), the program helps me decide if there will be sufficient readership with enough knowledge of the Urdu language to
fully appreciate the passion, comedy, insight, etc. the word adds to the story.
7. PBF. Publisher's Format. This will probably be sold separately. The program will scroll publishers and agents. When you click on Format the
story will be formatted in the style requested by these people. You will find this on the same aisle as PBE, PubEat. With this you can match the
story or book to the publisher by the "appetite profile" of the potential publisher/agent.
That's about it. If you can also find a Dust Cover Clip Art with 20,000 or more figures/photos/paintings with a morph kit, I could sure use it.
Remember, pal, I don't have unlimited funds. I don't need a brand new computer. I just need better equipment than I have now. Another quick
thought: I'll bet guys like Grisham, King, Clancy have enough money to buy new equipment all the time. They're probably too proud to sell the used
stuff -- their old writing gear is most likely lying around somewhere in an old closet gathering dust. Maybe you could appeal to them through the
`net -- "young writer, trying to get started, great potential, no funds, an orphan, like that."
Thanks a million pal,
Jorge
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Osprey, can hardly wait 'til you start Novelling!
With you Novelling and Lera doing History I'll be in READ city!!!
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A heartfelt, desperate plea for sure, Jorge. When all else fails, dig deep into the writers bag of tricks for the tool that almost always works,
plagiarism. Couple that with an endless string of famous quotes and it'll be a best seller.
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Dennis, I could never stoop to plagiarism. I need a clean, guilt free mind to be able to write. That's the only way I can feel truly free and
liberated. Give me liberty or give me birria.
[Edited on 9-3-2009 by Osprey]
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Osprey
Dennis, I could never stoop to plagiarism. I need a clean, guilt free mind to be able to write. That's the only way I can feel truly free and
liberated. Give me freedom or give me death. |
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bajalera
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You are so right, Dennis, as well as correct.
\"Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest never happen at all. The conscientious historian will correct these defects.\" -
Mark Twain
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajalera
You are so right, Dennis, as well as correct. |
Well, thank you, Lera. I value my conservative ideals. They've always led me in the write direction.
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jeans
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Oh, what joyful discourse!
It wets my appetite for more.
I shall wait with baited breath 
Mom always told me to be different - Now she says...Not THAT different
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| Quote: | Originally posted by jeans
Oh, what joyful discourse!
It wets my appetite for more.
I shall wait with baited breath |
Bated breath.
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Unabated is unrestrained, abated is restrained or restricted and bated is short for abated. Bated breath is subdued or restricted breathing, perhaps
because of excitement or anticipation.
... comes up often with my sisters.
[Edited on 9-3-2009 by gnukid]
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jeans
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| Quote: | Originally posted by gnukid
| Quote: | Originally posted by jeans
Oh, what joyful discourse!
It wets my appetite for more.
I shall wait with baited breath |
Bated breath.
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Unabated is unrestrained, abated is restrained or restricted and bated is short for abated. Bated breath is subdued or restricted breathing, perhaps
because of excitement or anticipation.
... comes up often with my sisters.
[Edited on 9-3-2009 by gnukid] |
Ok...you took the bait...at least one of them
Mom always told me to be different - Now she says...Not THAT different
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by jeans
wets |
As in, dampening on a whet stone. That always made me sweat like a river rock.
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jeans
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
| Quote: | Originally posted by jeans
wets |
As in, dampening on a whet stone. That always made me sweat like a river rock. |
Bingo
Whet
verb (used with object) 1. to sharpen (a knife, tool, etc.) by grinding or friction.
2. to make keen or eager; stimulate: to whet the appetite; to whet the curiosity.
Seeing those two mis-used words raises my inner Grammar N-zi.
Mom always told me to be different - Now she says...Not THAT different
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I, out of feelings for my lesser foe, ignored the obvious error.......you still packin' heat????
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jeans
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Santiago
I, out of feelings for my lesser foe, ignored the obvious error.......you still packin' heat???? |
I would like you to think so...
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