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luv2fish
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| Quote: | Originally posted by liknbaja127
Dave, for what it's worth, I like your posts! good info. |
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luv2fish
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| Quote: | Originally posted by mulegemichael
piece...or peace...i, on one hand, hate your philosophy on life, dk, but on the other hand, i hate what you stand for also....so...liberal or
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NOW THIS IS JUST MEAN OR IS IT MINE.  DAVID YOU ARE
OK AND VERY HELPFUL.
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Islandbuilder
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Perhaps a breathalizer interlock on a few keyboards would help? 
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DianaT
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Islandbuilder
Perhaps a breathalizer interlock on a few keyboards would help?
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Or perhaps an arrogance meter should be installed. 
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Islandbuilder
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DianaT
| Quote: | Originally posted by Islandbuilder
Perhaps a breathalizer interlock on a few keyboards would help?
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Or perhaps an arrogance meter should be installed. |
Boy, would it ever be quiet around here then!
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toneart
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"Quotation marks are important in an essay which uses sources as evidence. Writers use quotation marks to signal the reader
that the text within opening and closing quotes is not the writer's original material. In an indirect quotation, when the writer paraphrases
another person's words, quotation marks are not used, though it is important to provide a citation letting the reader know the source of the
information".
--Santa Rosa Jr. College
Online lesson found on Google Search
 
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SFandH
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| Quote: | Originally posted by toneart
"Quotation marks are important in an essay which uses sources as evidence. Writers use quotation marks to signal the reader
that the text within opening and closing quotes is not the writer's original material. In an indirect quotation, when the writer paraphrases
another person's words, quotation marks are not used, though it is important to provide a citation letting the reader know the source of the
information".
--Santa Rosa Jr. College
Online lesson found on Google Search
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Yes, but what are the rules for red font? I wish some posters "(like $%#&^% guess
who)" would use white font, as within the preceding quotes, when expressing political opinions using insults to characterize opposing views.
[Edited on 3-7-2013 by SFandH]
[Edited on 3-7-2013 by SFandH]
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capt. mike
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7-11 coffee will give you gas.....does that count??
formerly Ordained in Rev. Ewing\'s Church by Mail - busted on tax fraud.......
Now joined L. Ron Hoover\'s church of Appliantology
\"Remember there is a big difference between kneeling down and bending over....\"
www.facebook.com/michael.l.goering |
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David K
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I get it... it's okay if political opinions are typed here (on Baja subject forums), as long as they are liberal opinions (As demonstrated so often
with post by several who slip in an anti-Bush or anti-conservative comment)... and that's okay... ???
But, if I slip in a counter-comment, the 'party of openness and acceptance' has a conniption fit !! Sorry, but there is just so much lack of facts and
truth twisting, I cannot stay silent always... and I have restrained some of my thoughts (but why, when the others don't).
It would be great if it was just Baja related subjects here... and I think I give more than a lot of Baja on Nomad. But, as long as the other
political ideology (the one where big government is our savior and who cares how it is paid for and you that aren't smart enough to own your own gun
or feed your own kids or anything we had done for over 230 some years as a nation) can slip in their theology without question or consideration how it
makes conservatives feel, I will provide an equal comeback, for fairness and balance.
I prefer to discuss Baja travel and history. I am not sure why 'Hugo Chavez' is even on the Baja News forum at Nomad, dead or alive?
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capt. mike
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Chavez had election fraud i believe. I have nothing to back that thought up.
formerly Ordained in Rev. Ewing\'s Church by Mail - busted on tax fraud.......
Now joined L. Ron Hoover\'s church of Appliantology
\"Remember there is a big difference between kneeling down and bending over....\"
www.facebook.com/michael.l.goering |
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Barry A.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
I get it... it's okay if political opinions are typed here (on Baja subject forums), as long as they are liberal opinions (As demonstrated so often
with post by several who slip in an anti-Bush or anti-conservative comment)... and that's okay... ???
But, if I slip in a counter-comment, the 'party of openness and acceptance' has a conniption fit !! Sorry, but there is just so much lack of facts and
truth twisting, I cannot stay silent always... and I have restrained some of my thoughts (but why, when the others don't).
It would be great if it was just Baja related subjects here... and I think I give more than a lot of Baja on Nomad. But, as long as the other
political ideology (the one where big government is our savior and who cares how it is paid for and you that aren't smart enough to own your own gun
or feed your own kids or anything we had done for over 230 some years as a nation) can slip in their theology without question or consideration how it
makes conservatives feel, I will provide an equal comeback, for fairness and balance.
I prefer to discuss Baja travel and history. I am not sure why 'Hugo Chavez' is even on the Baja News forum at Nomad, dead or alive?
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Exactly on point, David. Excellent!!!!
Barry
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Barry A.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by toneart
"Quotation marks are important in an essay which uses sources as evidence. Writers use quotation marks to signal the reader
that the text within opening and closing quotes is not the writer's original material. In an indirect quotation, when the writer paraphrases
another person's words, quotation marks are not used, though it is important to provide a citation letting the reader know the source of the
information".
--Santa Rosa Jr. College
Online lesson found on Google Search
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Wow, I certainly am guilty of abusing quotion marks based on that analysis!!! Now I don't know what to use to emphathise certain points?!?!?!?!?!?
I am ignorant of how you all manage to use bold, itallics, or colors on NOMADS, and if it is complicated I won't use it anyway----a delemma for me.
Barry
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Pompano
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As pertains to Hugo Chavez, is this the correct way to post a quote?
"I didn’t attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it." --- Mark Twain
I do what the voices in my tackle box tell me.
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toneart
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Pompano
As pertains to Hugo Chavez, is this the correct way to post a quote?
"I didn’t attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it." --- Mark Twain |
Right on, Roger! Your understanding of how to use quotations is correct. And the wry sense of humor in the Twain quote, as used in this context, is
good. The combination gives you the necessary credibility to deliver your political opinion effectively. It doesn't rankle my red font finger.
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Pompano
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| Quote: | Originally posted by toneart
| Quote: | Originally posted by Pompano
As pertains to Hugo Chavez, is this the correct way to post a quote?
"I didn’t attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it." --- Mark Twain |
Right on, Roger! Your understanding of how to use quotations is correct. And the wry sense of humor in the Twain quote, as used in this context, is
good. The combination gives you the necessary credibility to deliver your political opinion effectively. It doesn't rankle my red font finger. |
Well, mi amigo, I cannot say I will ever join in these type of discussions to the point where I get the finger from you...red or not. 
These nomad Internet political squabbles remind me too much of a hen-house cacaphony of NOISE...which I am under orders to avoid...along with WORK.
But thinking about the situation, it's possible the forum's owner, Doug, may have already made these regs and has them in his quiver:
Suggestions for the reader on posts you disagree with:
"These nomads postings are provided "AS IS" with no warranties either expressed or written and confers no rights.
You assume all risk for your use. The authors are not responsible for your inability to understand logic, ambiguous references, sarcasm, the imaginary
friends living inside their heads, or William Shatner's acting ability."
I do what the voices in my tackle box tell me.
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motoged
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Barry A.
Wow, I certainly am guilty of abusing quotion marks based on that analysis!!! Now I don't know what to use to emphathise certain points?!?!?!?!?!?
I am ignorant of how you all manage to use bold, itallics, or colors on NOMADS, and if it is complicated I won't use it anyway----a delemma for me.
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Barry,
You are also guilty of poor spelling and the use of malapropisms
Don't believe everything you think....
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Barry A.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by motoged
| Quote: | Originally posted by Barry A.
Wow, I certainly am guilty of abusing quotion marks based on that analysis!!! Now I don't know what to use to emphathise certain points?!?!?!?!?!?
I am ignorant of how you all manage to use bold, itallics, or colors on NOMADS, and if it is complicated I won't use it anyway----a delemma for me.
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Barry,
You are also guilty of poor spelling and the use of malapropisms
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You nailed it!!! Very embarrassing, and it gets worse every week. I don't have
spell check, either. (sigh)
Berry
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toneart
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Barry A.
| Quote: | Originally posted by motoged
| Quote: | Originally posted by Barry A.
Wow, I certainly am guilty of abusing quotion marks based on that analysis!!! Now I don't know what to use to emphathise certain points?!?!?!?!?!?
I am ignorant of how you all manage to use bold, itallics, or colors on NOMADS, and if it is complicated I won't use it anyway----a delemma for me.
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Barry,
You are also guilty of poor spelling and the use of malapropisms
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You nailed it!!! Very embarrassing, and it gets worse every week. I don't have
spell check, either. (sigh)
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Well Barry,
I won't pile on! You are introspective, humble and aware of your shortcomings. That is constructive.  It is those who are unaware, yet arrogantly defensive who are the most offensive. It is a pairing of a persecution complex and guile. ...and oh yes...deaf and blind political bias.
You, Barry, are easy to comprehend. While holding a political philosophy different from mine, you do present your opinions in earnest; without rancor.
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MitchMan
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As one gets older, it seems that one loses the skill of spelling things correctly, even if the vocabulary gets better with age...speaking for myself
that is.
Having said that, the most important thing is to have something valid and worthwhile to say, even if your grammar and spelling are substandard. Mark
Twain and Will Rogers are evidence of that.
A while back, Mr BillM made a comment on my mispelling something and I thought he was way off. But, since then, I started watching my spelling more
closely and doing some spell checking and what that has shown me is that my spelling, overall, is approaching being atrocious...and it's getting
worse. Even writing this post, I had to check the spelling on three different words.
The use of proper grammar and spelling is respect for and a courtesy to the reader, but it is still more important to write something of value. That
way you are, at least, not wasting the readers' time which shows more respect than the mere use of proper grammar and good spelling only.
[Edited on 3-7-2013 by MitchMan]
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Barry A.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by MitchMan
As one gets older, it seems that one loses the skill of spelling things correctly, even if the vocabulary gets better with age...speaking for myself
that is.
Having said that, the most important thing is to have something valid and worthwhile to say, even if your grammar and spelling are substandard. Mark
Twain and Will Rogers are evidence of that.
A while back, Mr BillM made a comment on my mispelling something and I thought he was way off. But, since then, I started watching my spelling more
closely and doing some spell checking and what that has shown me is that my spelling, overall, is approaching being atrocious...and it's getting
worse. Even writing this post, I had to check the spelling on three different words.
The use of proper grammar and spelling is respect for and a courtesy to the reader, but it is still more important to write something of value. That
way you are, at least, not wasting the readers' time which shows more respect than the mere use of proper grammar and good spelling only.
[Edited on 3-7-2013 by MitchMan] |
Thanks to both you, MitchMan, and to Tony for your comments-------both of which I learn things from, and always read--------we don't agree on a lot,
but your take on things is most always educational and interesting.
beri
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