Ban the "of " - what happened to education ?

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neilw
neilw
WA
134 posts
WA, 134 posts
4 Feb 2011 11:42am
No he was having a dig at the boys up north but in a cowardly way. Reflex if you knew half as much as you think you do you would realize that a wind reading at an airport can be alot different to actual wind at the beach. I kite within 8kms of the Brisbane airport but the difference can be more than twice the reading that the airport shows. Grow up. If you want to have a go at someone at least be man enough to say it to them.
doggie
doggie
WA
15849 posts
WA, 15849 posts
4 Feb 2011 11:59am
We are having a problem with the smilie faces [;&x29;]
Reflex Films
Reflex Films
WA
1460 posts
WA, 1460 posts
4 Feb 2011 12:01pm
of instead of have is more annoying than wind exaggerations from kitesurfers - but both are really annoying.

I am sorry i claimed that the kitesurfing in 60 knots call may have been exaggerated - my bad.

As for having a go at &x22s;the boys up north&x22s; - i am not sure about that. I have actually kited in Townsville and reckon the crew there were really good value.

We drank some rum and coke together.

Back when you could buy inner circle rum and coke at 8% alcohol volume - yeehar!

Some guy nearly decapitated me at Pallaranda with his lines - but we had a laugh on the beach together afterwards - it turns out the poor guy was half blind &x28;and i don't mean drunk&x29;.


Mark _australia
Mark _australia
WA
23651 posts
WA, 23651 posts
4 Feb 2011 1:14pm
neilw said...

No he was having a dig at the boys up north but in a cowardly way. Reflex if you knew half as much as you think you do you would realize that a wind reading at an airport can be alot different to actual wind at the beach. I kite within 8kms of the Brisbane airport but the difference can be more than twice the reading that the airport shows. Grow up. If you want to have a go at someone at least be man enough to say it to them.


Primarily, he was having a go at the incorrect use of the word &x22s;of&x22s;

Bit rough to start screaming wanker at him.

neilw
neilw
WA
134 posts
WA, 134 posts
4 Feb 2011 1:15pm
If the cap fits . . .
Mark _australia
Mark _australia
WA
23651 posts
WA, 23651 posts
4 Feb 2011 1:28pm
I disagree Neil, I don't think he was carrying on like some others do and it didn't deserve abuse.

Back on topic....... More importantly, why are apostrophes not working on this site anymore
Laurie having a little joke with us.........?
doggie
doggie
WA
15849 posts
WA, 15849 posts
4 Feb 2011 1:32pm
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Reflex Films
Reflex Films
WA
1460 posts
WA, 1460 posts
4 Feb 2011 1:35pm
attack of the &x22s !
maxm
maxm
NSW
864 posts
NSW, 864 posts
4 Feb 2011 5:14pm


That's why apostrophes aren't working.
GalahOnTheBay
GalahOnTheBay
NSW
4188 posts
NSW, 4188 posts
4 Feb 2011 6:00pm
Reflex Films said...

attack of the &x22s !


You forgot the &x23's!

Punctuation is overrated.

Yes it looks like double quotes and brackets are broken, perhaps others too, so I'll have our man on the ground look into it... [;&x29;]

Edit: Sigh - it even breaks the winkies, and that makes sad
Reflex Films
Reflex Films
WA
1460 posts
WA, 1460 posts
4 Feb 2011 3:09pm
This never would of happened if people didnt try and use gramma in there posts.

Stuff this - i'm going kiteing !

my knew kite defiantly relaunches like a homesisck angle. its blowing a gail out there wright now - dont ask me how i know - i just know becasue !

for me to speak bad english is unpossible.

laurie
laurie
NSW
3889 posts
NSW, 3889 posts
4 Feb 2011 7:37pm
0x23's for everybody. It's punishment for posting pron.
doggie
doggie
WA
15849 posts
WA, 15849 posts
4 Feb 2011 4:38pm
laurie said...

0x23's for everybody. It's punishment for posting pron.


What pron? Where?!?
Mark _australia
Mark _australia
WA
23651 posts
WA, 23651 posts
4 Feb 2011 4:59pm
GalahOnTheBay said...

Reflex Films said...

attack of the &x22s !


Sigh - it even breaks the winkies, and that makes sad


and nobody wants a broken Winkie
Reflex Films
Reflex Films
WA
1460 posts
WA, 1460 posts
4 Feb 2011 5:08pm
nooo! not the dreaded and all powerful 0x23s i'm going to make a run for it!


one x&22 to rule them all !

i overrated so much punctuation once that i was nearly sick.
Mark _australia
Mark _australia
WA
23651 posts
WA, 23651 posts
4 Feb 2011 6:36pm
doggie said...

laurie said...

0x23's for everybody. It's punishment for posting pron.


What pron? Where?!?


Pron is the year after the prom in America. The girls spend even more on a dress, the boys drink even more, and even more borderline illiterate parochial Seppos are conceived.

It is a good night apparently.

doggie
doggie
WA
15849 posts
WA, 15849 posts
4 Feb 2011 8:28pm
I'm in!!

See, I would never have punctuated like that and it corrected my spelling mistakes, smart iPhone
pweedas
pweedas
WA
4642 posts
WA, 4642 posts
4 Feb 2011 9:24pm
I stepped on a nail once and punctuated my foot.
Gestalt
Gestalt
QLD
14955 posts
QLD, 14955 posts
4 Feb 2011 11:51pm
i heard tonight on tele that a rabbits scrotum are in front of it's penis. so i googled it and it's true

who would have thought!
Mark _australia
Mark _australia
WA
23651 posts
WA, 23651 posts
4 Feb 2011 9:52pm
Gestalt said...

i heard tonight on tele that a rabbits scrotum are in front of it's penis. so i googled it and it's true

who would have thought!


I imagine that is after kiting in 60 knots?
doggie
doggie
WA
15849 posts
WA, 15849 posts
4 Feb 2011 9:52pm
Gestalt said...

i heard tonight on tele that a rabbits scrotum are in front of it's penis. so i googled it and it's true

who would have thought!


THat s a **** kking C,T
Mark _australia
Mark _australia
WA
23651 posts
WA, 23651 posts
5 Feb 2011 12:00am
Gestalt said...

i heard tonight on tele that a rabbits scrotum are in front of it's penis. so i googled it and it's true

who would have thought!


Of course it depends upon your frame of reference.

My head is under my feet.......... if you live in the northern hemisphere and I'm in WA.

Rabbits' genitals are reversed, but only in Gestalt's video collection, which is all shot from behind the rabbits. Whatever floats ya boat Gestie
Bigwavedave
Bigwavedave
QLD
2057 posts
QLD, 2057 posts
5 Feb 2011 2:35am
I love Seabreeze! What a laugh.

Posts about apostrophes get a Queenslander all hot and bothered about exaggerated wind claims and doesn't check his spelling on his post first!

Love it!
ginger pom
ginger pom
VIC
1746 posts
VIC, 1746 posts
6 Feb 2011 3:08pm
guys

Education isn't any better or worse now than it was then.

The internet means that more people (including those who can't spell every word that they use) write on a day to day basis. This writing is not proof read like it may have been in the oldern days.

So more people writing more stuff with less checks by other people (their bosses, their sign writers, their printers, their publishers) etc, means more mistakes.

Get over it.
da vecta
da vecta
QLD
2515 posts
QLD, 2515 posts
6 Feb 2011 2:50pm
nebbian said...

This seems appropriate...




Of all of the 100s of poor Queenslanders interviewed that were caught in the floods or cyclone NOT one of them looked dumb or used the English language incorrectly.

(even though "we come to have look at the flood but it come up real fast with no warning"!)
fatwa
fatwa
TAS
107 posts
TAS, 107 posts
6 Feb 2011 6:09pm


leftfield
leftfield
WA
200 posts
WA, 200 posts
7 Feb 2011 4:29pm
neilw said...

So answer the question Wanker. At the beach where they were kiteing, what was the wind strength.


Was there a question to answer?
Reflex Films
Reflex Films
WA
1460 posts
WA, 1460 posts
8 Feb 2011 8:26pm
the wind strength was what.

exactly what. no more . no less.
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