What is your favorite Quote or Saying?

[dnw64]

bragging??

Ummmm....

I think that proved that, no matter what anyone thinks (myself included) that I don't know much.

Maybe you could enlighten us poor ignorant souls, as the Valedictorian of a 5000 graduating class.

 

[Steppenwolfe]

Ummmm....

I think that proved that, no matter what anyone thinks (myself included) that I don't know much.

Maybe you could enlighten us poor ignorant souls, as the Valedictorian of a 5000 graduating class.

Stay away from that rabbit hole...

 

[Jstpssng]

Every day the bucket goes to the well.
One day the bottom will drop out.

 

[dnw64]

Stay away from that rabbit hole...

In my 56+ years, I've seen one (ONE) rabbit*.

*but, have seen tens of thousands (possibly millions) of rabbets.

 

[tallyho8]

In my 56+ years, I've seen one (ONE) rabbit*.

*but, have seen tens of thousands (possibly millions) of rabbets.

But how many dados have you seen?

 

[dnw64]

But how many dados have you seen?

Quite a few, but they pale in comparison to rabbets. Probably somewhere on the order of 1:100,000 or so.

 

[Wagtail]

Only some of us can learn by other people's mistakes. The rest of us have to be the other people...!

I've learnt so much from my mistakes that I'm thinking of making a few more!

 

[Frankenkubota]

Sounds like the guy who thought the word "News" was plural. Q: "Are there any news"? A: "Not a new".

My job took me to western europe way too much. People think it's a vacation. I know this might be hard to believe but, many of my friends spoke at least 2 languages and in many cases 3, 4 or 5. The marketing gal at the Italian Co I repped was a degreed lawyer! On a side note, I gave her sh*t incessantly about that, I'm not a big fan of lawyers. She and I were pals, great since of humor.

She spoke 5 languages and on the side, translated legal documents. Would I love to meet an american gal like that. She was skinny. Virtually all my multi lingual friends said the English language was by far the most screwed up. (I'm talking about western languages, not Chinese)

So, forget about NEWS. Try to explain the word to, too, two, tue, tu, tew to a non english speaker. Next to our method of measuring liquid volume, the english language is a CF. Imho.

We have inherited many wonderful things from the english, the rest is just stupid. The fact that you can memorize a bunch of ridiculous rules don't make you smart, birds can do that! I before E except....when it don't work that way.

1 example. I spent a lot of time in airports and on planes, prior to internet access. I found that time could be spent naming all the photos i'd taken. These phones generate lots of unnamed photos.

In many languages, the modifier goes in front of the noun. We say.....look at that white dog.

They say.....look at that dog white, cana bianca. Sounds silly huh?

In english you would name the picture White dog. Then 6 months later, you are looking for that picture. All you can remember is dog.

The photo is filed referencing the word white. Sounds normal to us because we are used to it.

Again, don't matter 1 bit to me, just a curiosity.

 

[2LaneCruzer]

My job took me to western europe way too much. People think it's a vacation. I know this might be hard to believe but, many of my friends spoke at least 2 languages and in many cases 3, 4 or 5. The marketing gal at the Italian Co I repped was a degreed lawyer! On a side note, I gave her sh*t incessantly about that, I'm not a big fan of lawyers. She and I were pals, great since of humor.

She spoke 5 languages and on the side, translated legal documents. Would I love to meet an american gal like that. She was skinny. Virtually all my multi lingual friends said the English language was by far the most screwed up. (I'm talking about western languages, not Chinese)

So, forget about NEWS. Try to explain the word to, too, two, tue, tu, tew to a non english speaker. Next to our method of measuring liquid volume, the english language is a CF. Imho.

We have inherited many wonderful things from the english, the rest is just stupid. The fact that you can memorize a bunch of ridiculous rules don't make you smart, birds can do that! I before E except....when it don't work that way.

1 example. I spent a lot of time in airports and on planes, prior to internet access. I found that time could be spent naming all the photos i'd taken. These phones generate lots of unnamed photos.

In many languages, the modifier goes in front of the noun. We say.....look at that white dog.

They say.....look at that dog white, cana bianca. Sounds silly huh?

In english you would name the picture White dog. Then 6 months later, you are looking for that picture. All you can remember is dog.

The photo is filed referencing the word white. Sounds normal to us because we are used to it.

Again, don't matter 1 bit to me, just a curiosity.

Hmmm. Maybe that's why the little Mexican kid told me "I'm gonna throw you with a rock!"

 

[2LaneCruzer]

Quite a few, but they pale in comparison to rabbets. Probably somewhere on the order of 1:100,000 or so.

Wow! I've made a lot of sawdust in my time...even made a few finger joints and tapered table legs, but that's off the charts!

 

[dnw64]

Wow! I've made a lot of sawdust in my time...even made a few finger joints and tapered table legs, but that's off the charts!

NOTE: I did say "seen", not "made", although I've made a few rabbets and dados in my time too, probably at about the same ratio.

My company specializes in making picture frames, +/- 99.99% have rabbets (believe it or not, the majority of the balance have no rabbets, and a minuscule portion have a dado). We currently make in the neighborhood of a half million feet a year, and I've been at it over 38 years. Do the math...

As far as making sawdust, our waste gets blown into a 48-53' trailer which gets replaced about every 1.5 weeks or so on average. The pellet company provides the trailers, picks them up and pays us $22/ton. A typical trailer is 12-14 tons. SURE beats the old days, when we used a half a 275-gallon oil barrel turned into a bucket for our forklift to load a farm truck, or - better yet! 30 gallon trash cans, manhandled one at a time!! That was when I learned the trick of, after doing such, to take off my (already soaking wet, but from body temp SWEAT) t-shirt, rinse it under ground temp water (about 55° around here) and put it back on. Almost as good as jumping in the river.

 

[wheelbuilder]

The glass is completely full. Half water, half air presumably. Personally, I'd have used something tastier.

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[dstig1]

I had a college roommate who thought that "research" sounds redundant. When he graduated, he wanted to do "search."

Working in a research lab, I have come to the following saying when we don't get it right and need to try again: "We put the RE in Research!"

 

[dstig1]

The difference between comedy and tragedy explained:
Comedy is when YOU fall down the stairs.
Tragedy is when I fall down the stairs.

 

[goeduck]

Whatever floats your boat.

Or

A rising tide floats all boats.

 

[Cat385B]

‘A grown man over the age of 12 does not leave the house without a knife.’

‘You’re so far behind you probably think you’re in first place.’

 

[PILOON]

Then;
"You can take a horse to water but you can't make him drink'

 

[Dwellonroof]

Just remember, the more you do the less I have to.

 

[wheelbuilder]

Also, you can take a horse to water, but you can't make him think.

Then;
"You can take a horse to water but you can't make him drink'

 

[/pine]

The realization following the historical events of Dec. 7 1941...:

" I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve."
~Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto~