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This is the Assassin's Way part 17 complete
"Elegant beauty is Nature. but only for the gentle and soft Flower" ~Hu Ge
"The one thing every new hairstylist must learn is how to do hair in a combat zone!" Bob; owner of Bob & Weave's Combat Salon in Red Dust Club, an original story currently in progress
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And now a new one from me!
In traffic, at a stoplight, when did this crap start ? The guy in front of me is at the white line, I pull up as close as I can to the guy, basically I was taught to pull forwards at a light behind someone to the point wherein I cannot see the ground under his rear bumper.
But now I see people at a light next to me, or in front of me, and they leave enough space to add 2 semitrucks and a motorcycle brigade between themselves and the guy in front of them. When did this crap start ? I once pulled in front of a guy into that open space, and got SHOT AT for it. My rule of thumb is just like in the fast food places, either step/pull forwards or I am getting in front of you
This is the Assassin's Way part 17 complete
"Elegant beauty is Nature. but only for the gentle and soft Flower" ~Hu Ge
"The one thing every new hairstylist must learn is how to do hair in a combat zone!" Bob; owner of Bob & Weave's Combat Salon in Red Dust Club, an original story currently in progress
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Originally posted by Princess Awinita View PostAnd now a new one from me!
In traffic, at a stoplight, when did this crap start ? The guy in front of me is at the white line, I pull up as close as I can to the guy, basically I was taught to pull forwards at a light behind someone to the point wherein I cannot see the ground under his rear bumper.
But now I see people at a light next to me, or in front of me, and they leave enough space to add 2 semitrucks and a motorcycle brigade between themselves and the guy in front of them. When did this crap start ? I once pulled in front of a guy into that open space, and got SHOT AT for it. My rule of thumb is just like in the fast food places, either step/pull forwards or I am getting in front of you
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This may have been stated already, but when I'm reading books, I get really frustrated and annoyed when a typo or grammatical error pops up. I can tolerate a few of those, but when the entire book is littered with those things, I want to throw the book away. I recently read a book that was like that, and at the end the author made a note saying that if any readers found any typos or grammatical errors to please let him know. So, I did. I sat down with a pencil and marked every error I found, then typed it up and emailed him 3 pages worth of errors. I was surprised when he wrote me back and thanked me. He has a new book that should have been released by now, but hasn't been. I'm wondering if he took it out of production in order to make sure there were no typos. I read a lot and resent it when typos practically leap out at me from the page.
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Originally posted by hedwig View PostThis may have been stated already, but when I'm reading books, I get really frustrated and annoyed when a typo or grammatical error pops up. I can tolerate a few of those, but when the entire book is littered with those things, I want to throw the book away. I recently read a book that was like that, and at the end the author made a note saying that if any readers found any typos or grammatical errors to please let him know. So, I did. I sat down with a pencil and marked every error I found, then typed it up and emailed him 3 pages worth of errors. I was surprised when he wrote me back and thanked me. He has a new book that should have been released by now, but hasn't been. I'm wondering if he took it out of production in order to make sure there were no typos. I read a lot and resent it when typos practically leap out at me from the page.
There's a book series I follow, and there's usually a half a dozen typos in each novel.
But on the other hand no spellchecker is ever 100% reliable 100% of the time.
However, I give the publisher a great deal of leeway in that regard because they're a small independent company who are doing something a bit different with a licensed property.
They're very responsive to the readership, and if someone spots a typo and lets them know about it, it'll be corrected for any subsequent editions of the book.sigpic
Long before you and I were born, others beat these benches with their empty cups,
To the night and its stars, to the here and now with who we are.
Another sunrise with my sad captains, with who I choose to lose my mind,
And if it's all we only pass this way but once, what a perfect waste of time.
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Originally posted by hedwig View PostThis may have been stated already, but when I'm reading books, I get really frustrated and annoyed when a typo or grammatical error pops up. I can tolerate a few of those, but when the entire book is littered with those things, I want to throw the book away. I recently read a book that was like that, and at the end the author made a note saying that if any readers found any typos or grammatical errors to please let him know. So, I did. I sat down with a pencil and marked every error I found, then typed it up and emailed him 3 pages worth of errors. I was surprised when he wrote me back and thanked me. He has a new book that should have been released by now, but hasn't been. I'm wondering if he took it out of production in order to make sure there were no typos. I read a lot and resent it when typos practically leap out at me from the page.
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Originally posted by Princess Awinita View PostAnd now a new one from me!
In traffic, at a stoplight, when did this crap start ? The guy in front of me is at the white line, I pull up as close as I can to the guy, basically I was taught to pull forwards at a light behind someone to the point wherein I cannot see the ground under his rear bumper.
But now I see people at a light next to me, or in front of me, and they leave enough space to add 2 semitrucks and a motorcycle brigade between themselves and the guy in front of them. When did this crap start ? I once pulled in front of a guy into that open space, and got SHOT AT for it. My rule of thumb is just like in the fast food places, either step/pull forwards or I am getting in front of you
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My truck is armored yes, lightly so at that
This is the Assassin's Way part 17 complete
"Elegant beauty is Nature. but only for the gentle and soft Flower" ~Hu Ge
"The one thing every new hairstylist must learn is how to do hair in a combat zone!" Bob; owner of Bob & Weave's Combat Salon in Red Dust Club, an original story currently in progress
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Here we are in the 21st century, where a package can cross the Atlantic in just over twelve hours, and yet it takes bloody days to get from one end of the UK to the other.
I ordered three t-shirts from TeeFury, according to the tracking information they arrived in the UK in the early hours of Sunday morning, it's now late Thursday evening and I'm still bloody waiting!sigpic
Long before you and I were born, others beat these benches with their empty cups,
To the night and its stars, to the here and now with who we are.
Another sunrise with my sad captains, with who I choose to lose my mind,
And if it's all we only pass this way but once, what a perfect waste of time.
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Originally posted by BruTak View PostHere we are in the 21st century, where a package can cross the Atlantic in just over twelve hours, and yet it takes bloody days to get from one end of the UK to the other.
I ordered three t-shirts from TeeFury, according to the tracking information they arrived in the UK in the early hours of Sunday morning, it's now late Thursday evening and I'm still bloody waiting!
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Originally posted by Annoyed View PostWell, considering what comes out of the schools these days, this is no surprise.
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Proofreading is a very difficult job.
I used to work in the office of a small talking newspaper, and anything we wrote had to be proofread by three other people to catch any typos, transposed words etc.
Which was no mean feat, considering there were only a dozen of us in the office at any one time, and we were all working on different things.
Plus, because our material was to be read aloud and recorded, any "tongue twisters", technical terms, or people with unusual names, had to have the phonetic spelling placed in parenthesis after the correct spelling.sigpic
Long before you and I were born, others beat these benches with their empty cups,
To the night and its stars, to the here and now with who we are.
Another sunrise with my sad captains, with who I choose to lose my mind,
And if it's all we only pass this way but once, what a perfect waste of time.
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Originally posted by BruTak View PostProofreading is a very difficult job.
I used to work in the office of a small talking newspaper, and anything we wrote had to be proofread by three other people to catch any typos, transposed words etc.
Which was no mean feat, considering there were only a dozen of us in the office at any one time, and we were all working on different things.
Plus, because our material was to be read aloud and recorded, any "tongue twisters", technical terms, or people with unusual names, had to have the phonetic spelling placed in parenthesis after the correct spelling.
The errors that were found in the book I was talking about were things a grade school or high school student would know were wrong. Plus, in reading many of the reviews for this and other books, nearly all of them commented on the errors found in the books. The publishers of books are supposedly responsible for making sure there are little to no errors before publishing any book. If they don't, it's just plain sloppy.
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And to return to a well worn topic - delivery drivers leaving packages on my doorstep, not ringing the bell, not knocking on the door, and just buggering off back to their vehicle again.
I only found out the damn thing had been delivered when I checked the online tracking information.sigpic
Long before you and I were born, others beat these benches with their empty cups,
To the night and its stars, to the here and now with who we are.
Another sunrise with my sad captains, with who I choose to lose my mind,
And if it's all we only pass this way but once, what a perfect waste of time.
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Originally posted by BruTak View PostAnd to return to a well worn topic - delivery drivers leaving packages on my doorstep, not ringing the bell, not knocking on the door, and just buggering off back to their vehicle again.
I only found out the damn thing had been delivered when I checked the online tracking information.
https://wreg.com/2018/12/11/amazon-d...customer-says/
There were many such reports last holiday season. I miss the days when they used UPS/FedEx. Their own delivery service seems to suck.
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