What do you think about while washing dishes?

blAndy said:

OK r.f.c folks, here's a kinda/sort OT question!!!

What do you think about when you're washing dishes? Me, I come up
with whimsical questions like this one. :-D

You?

I think about how far to turn up the volume on the TV to drown out the
noise of the diswasher.

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blAndy said:

OK r.f.c folks, here's a kinda/sort OT question!!!

What do you think about when you're washing dishes? Me, I come up
with whimsical questions like this one. :-D

You?

I think about how far to turn up the volume on the TV to drown out the
noise of the diswasher.

Gotta new dishwasher -- we can talk now. (The other one wasn't too old, but
it was noisey.)

I have a laptop in the kitchen to take care of those chore-ful moments. I
use it to watch/listen to TV (Sling box) and/or streaming radio, or my own
music playlist.
Dee Dee

blAndy said:

OK r.f.c folks, here's a kinda/sort OT question!!!

What do you think about when you're washing dishes?

Having my hands in hot soapy water makes think I need to pee.

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Quoted message said:

OK r.f.c folks, here's a kinda/sort OT question!!!

What do you think about when you're washing dishes? Me, I come up
with whimsical questions like this one. :-D

You?

blAndy

I wonder why people write things like "Me, I" when it is a grammatical
horror and totally unneeded to get your meaning across. "I come up
with...."

This is in the same league as "Where are you at?" (lose the "at"😉

--
Peter Aitken

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I think about how far to turn up the volume on the TV to drown out the
noise of the diswasher.

Get a Bosch dishwasher, you can stand right in front of it and have a
conversation in a normal voice.

--
Peter Aitken

Peter A said:

I wonder why people write things like "Me, I" when it is a grammatical
horror and totally unneeded to get your meaning across. "I come up
with...."

This is in the same league as "Where are you at?" (lose the "at"😉

Do you know what *I* wonder, Peter? Why the heck *you* even care about
grammar so much on Usenet.
Go and get a job as a proof reader or something. Sheesh.
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Quoted message said:

OK r.f.c folks, here's a kinda/sort OT question!!!

What do you think about when you're washing dishes? Me, I come up
with whimsical questions like this one. :-D

You?

blAndy

I wonder why people write things like "Me, I" when it is a grammatical
horror and totally unneeded to get your meaning across. "I come up
with...."

This is in the same league as "Where are you at?" (lose the "at"😉

You forgot the period at the end of you're second sentence. :-D

People write things like "Me, I" because it establishes a folksy
tone of easy familiarity which although perhaps superficial it helps
some of us endure those depressing moments in life which you apparently
prefer to savor. De gustibus ect. ect.!! :-b

blAndy said:

OK r.f.c folks, here's a kinda/sort OT question!!!

What do you think about when you're washing dishes? Me, I come up
with whimsical questions like this one. :-D

You?

Girls.

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blAndy

--Bryan

Peter A said:

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Quoted message said:

OK r.f.c folks, here's a kinda/sort OT question!!!

Quoted message said:

What do you think about when you're washing dishes? Me, I come up
with whimsical questions like this one. :-D

Quoted message said:

You?

Quoted message said:

blAndy

I wonder why people write things like "Me, I" when it is a grammatical
horror and totally unneeded to get your meaning across. "I come up
with...."

This is in the same league as "Where are you at?" (lose the "at"😉

--
Peter Aitken

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I've got to agree with Peter. It's redundant and in the same vein as
"My dad, he went to the store." We already know he's a man when we
were told it was your dad. No need to reinforce his sex by adding he.

But to get back to your question of what I think about while doing
dishes? I think about people who post stupid questions on
rec.food.cooking such as "what do you think about while doing
dishes." Also, I wonder how they learned to spell so badly when using
abbreviations. Example: ect.ect.

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I think about how far to turn up the volume on the TV to drown out the
noise of the diswasher.

Get a Bosch dishwasher, you can stand right in front of it and have a
conversation in a normal voice.

We looked at Bosch when we bought ours 10 years ago. The ones then did
not have an energy-saving dryer cycle, which is the only drying cycle
we use. I understand the new ones have that, so we'll take another
look if this one goes out.

blAndy said:

OK r.f.c folks, here's a kinda/sort OT question!!!

What do you think about when you're washing dishes? Me, I come up
with whimsical questions like this one. :-D

You?

I wonder how long it is going to take her to finish.

Ducking and running
:-)

But seriously..... I do most of the cooking and my wife washes the dishes.
I do them occasionally. I have a nice view out my kitchen window. My
neighbour has a 5 acre front lawn and I can't even see his house looking
out the window. Past his lawn is a nice tree nursery, and beyond that is a
hardwood forest. Once in a while I see deer pr turkeys roaming around.

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Peter A said:

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Quoted message said:

OK r.f.c folks, here's a kinda/sort OT question!!!

Quoted message said:

What do you think about when you're washing dishes? Me, I come up
with whimsical questions like this one. :-D

Quoted message said:

You?

Quoted message said:

blAndy

I wonder why people write things like "Me, I" when it is a grammatical
horror and totally unneeded to get your meaning across. "I come up
with...."

This is in the same league as "Where are you at?" (lose the "at"😉

--
Peter Aitken

Quoted message said:

I've got to agree with Peter. It's redundant and in the same vein as
"My dad, he went to the store." We already know he's a man when we
were told it was your dad. No need to reinforce his sex by adding he.

But to get back to your question of what I think about while doing
dishes? I think about people who post stupid questions on
rec.food.cooking such as "what do you think about while doing
dishes." Also, I wonder how they learned to spell so badly when using
abbreviations. Example: ect.ect.

Are you sure it's "learned"? Shouldn't it be 'learnt' or 'larnt'?
Dee Dee

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Peter A said:

I wonder why people write things like "Me, I" when it is a grammatical
horror and totally unneeded to get your meaning across. "I come up
with...."

This is in the same league as "Where are you at?" (lose the "at"😉

Do you know what *I* wonder, Peter? Why the heck *you* even care about
grammar so much on Usenet.
Go and get a job as a proof reader or something. Sheesh.

English is a beautiful language, capable of great subtlety and
expressiveness. If you want to say something, say it well. I realize
that usenet is not the Princeton English department, but most everyone
here has at least finished high school with its required English
classes. Were you sleeping?

If I make a grammatical error in a post (which I am sure I do) and
someone points it out, I am grateful for the chance to learn something
and improve my writing. Others, apparently, are happy to ignore such
advice and, with false pride, continue writing like a slow 5th grader
(your writing is not so bad, actually, but some other people are just
horrid).

If people write sloppy English, so be it - they may still have something
interesting to say. I don't want to be a "grammar nazi" or anything like
that. My goal is not to say "Hey stupid, I'm smarter than you" but
rather to say "perhaps you would like to know this." Unfortunately,
insecure people are so touchy about any criticism, they would rather
remain ignorant than learn something new because of their stupid pride.

--
Peter Aitken

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But seriously..... I do most of the cooking and my wife washes the dishes.
I do them occasionally. I have a nice view out my kitchen window. My
neighbour has a 5 acre front lawn and I can't even see his house looking
out the window. Past his lawn is a nice tree nursery, and beyond that is a
hardwood forest. Once in a while I see deer pr turkeys roaming around.

Same type of thing where I live, Dave. Do you have any of these?
http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=4p10683
He he!
Dee Dee

Dee Dee said:

Quoted message said:

But seriously..... I do most of the cooking and my wife washes the dishes.
I do them occasionally. I have a nice view out my kitchen window. My
neighbour has a 5 acre front lawn and I can't even see his house looking
out the window. Past his lawn is a nice tree nursery, and beyond that is a
hardwood forest. Once in a while I see deer pr turkeys roaming around.

Same type of thing where I live, Dave. Do you have any of these?
http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=4p10683

What is that..... a Black Mambo? Nope. There are places within 10 miles
or so where there is the odd rattlesnake, but most of the local snakes are
quite harmless to people. There certainly aren't any that are big enough to
see from a few hundred yards. :-)

Peter A said:

English is a beautiful language, capable of great subtlety and
expressiveness. If you want to say something, say it well. I realize
that usenet is not the Princeton English department, but most everyone
here has at least finished high school with its required English
classes. Were you sleeping?

Peter, where I went to school, all our final high school examinations
were marked in the UK. I passed both English Language and English
Literature. As the UK is where "The Queen's English" is spoken, I think
I do know a little bit about writing in English.

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If I make a grammatical error in a post (which I am sure I do) and
someone points it out, I am grateful for the chance to learn something
and improve my writing. Others, apparently, are happy to ignore such
advice and, with false pride, continue writing like a slow 5th grader
(your writing is not so bad, actually, but some other people are just
horrid).

If people write sloppy English, so be it - they may still have something
interesting to say. I don't want to be a "grammar nazi" or anything like
that. My goal is not to say "Hey stupid, I'm smarter than you" but
rather to say "perhaps you would like to know this." Unfortunately,
insecure people are so touchy about any criticism, they would rather
remain ignorant than learn something new because of their stupid pride.

I see lots of grammatical mistakes here too - but I don't lose any sleep
over it, or make it my "mission" to point it out to people. I believe
that if people were interested in improving their grammar, they would go
and join a suitable group.

To use a colloquialism: Chillax in your slax, man.

OBFood: Fillet steak tonight - very rare. It was delicious.

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Garlic: the element without which life as we know it would be impossible

Dave Smith said:

But seriously..... I do most of the cooking and my wife washes the dishes.
I do them occasionally. I have a nice view out my kitchen window. My
neighbour has a 5 acre front lawn and I can't even see his house looking
out the window. Past his lawn is a nice tree nursery, and beyond that is a
hardwood forest. Once in a while I see deer pr turkeys roaming around.

In the mornings, I see the small birds come and perch on the veranda
railing and "chirp" at me. (We usually feed them wild birdseed and when
they see me through the window they come to remind me that they are very
hungry....) Sometimes I see an Ibis or two - and several pairs of
crowned plovers have moved in. Oh, and plenty of guinea fowl too.
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Garlic: the element without which life as we know it would be impossible

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If people write sloppy English, so be it - they may still have something
interesting to say. I don't want to be a "grammar nazi" or anything like
that. My goal is not to say "Hey stupid, I'm smarter than you" but
rather to say "perhaps you would like to know this." Unfortunately,
insecure people are so touchy about any criticism, they would rather
remain ignorant than learn something new because of their stupid pride.
--
Peter Aitken

Perhaps, Peter, people are simply "touchy" about having their grammatical
errors corrected in public. If you truly feel they would appreciate your
criticism, you could email them or post a grammar hint in a separate thread
addressed to the newsgroup as a whole.

I am a retired newspaper editor and never once corrected a reporter's
grammar within anyone else's hearing. I spoke to them privately or posted a
general note (usually light in tone) on the newsroom bulletin board.

Examples:
"An antiques dealer is one who deals in antiques; an antique dealer is
one who is at least 100 years old and is unlikely to be dealing in
anything."
"The period belongs within the quotation marks. Period. Take it from the
women's editor, who knows all about periods."

Felice
who, perhaps, should have sent this by email
:-)

Dave Smith said:

I have seen too many Usenet posts complaining about spelling or grammar
which are full of errors. We have to remember what they say about throwing
stones in a glass house.

Quite so.

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Chatty Cathy

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