[Rhodes22-list] Brad..spelling checkers; was: Political - Moose-olini clears herself of all wrongdoing....

elle watermusic38 at yahoo.com
Thu Oct 23 13:37:26 EDT 2008


I'm glad I didin't have to field that one!

elle

We can't change the angle of the wind....but we can adjust our sails.

1992 Rhodes 22   Recyc '06  "WaterMusic"   (Lady in Red)


--- On Thu, 10/23/08, Herb Parsons <hparsons at parsonsys.com> wrote:

> From: Herb Parsons <hparsons at parsonsys.com>
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Brad..spelling checkers; was: Political - Moose-olini clears herself of all wrongdoing....
> To: "The Rhodes 22 Email List" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Date: Thursday, October 23, 2008, 12:20 PM
> Not a contextual thing, not even really political, but still
> funny and 
> appropriate to the topic of spell checkers.
> 
> When my youngest was about 7, she was actually using one my
> computers by 
> then, and was pretty good at it. I came home one day, and
> she said 
> "Daddy, your computer is NASTY". I wondered what
> in the world she could 
> possibly have done with it (this was before the internet
> was popular, 
> but I DID have a modem and a Compuserve account). I asked
> her what she 
> was talking about.
> 
> She had gotten into my word processor (Word Perfect back
> then), and was 
> trying to type a "report" on her favorite things.
> 
> She explained:
> "I tried to type 'pepsi', and your computer
> asked me if I meant 'penis'."
> 
> 
> elle wrote:
> > Brad...spelling checkers work great...it's the
> context  that trips 'em up...
> >
> >
> > elle
> >
> > (I'm catching up...;^)
> >
> >
> > We can't change the angle of the wind....but we
> can adjust our sails.
> >
> > 1992 Rhodes 22   Recyc '06  "WaterMusic"
>   (Lady in Red)
> >
> >
> > --- On Thu, 10/16/08, Brad Haslett
> <flybrad at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >   
> >> From: Brad Haslett <flybrad at gmail.com>
> >> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Political -
> Moose-olini clears herself of all wrongdoing....
> >> To: "The Rhodes 22 Email List"
> <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> >> Date: Thursday, October 16, 2008, 11:15 AM
> >> Ben,
> >>
> >> Oh, I get it now.  Suffering from ADHD is bad
> enough but
> >> combine it
> >> with some serious flying and it gets worse.  That
> is pretty
> >> funny!
> >> Damn spell check isn't worth a shit!
> >>
> >> I spent some serious money fighting rogue cops
> here in
> >> Memphis who
> >> delayed my son's entry into the military. This
> would be
> >> a good time to
> >> say something positive about lawyers, but - never
> mind.
> >>
> >> Growing up in China with rouge cops wasn't fun
> for my
> >> wife.  She
> >> landed here after Tienanmen Square with exactly
> $50 US
> >> money and two
> >> suitcases full of her worldly possessions. This
> >> "spread the wealth"
> >> message and "it's patriotic to pay
> taxes"
> >> idea isn't a popular one
> >> with people of her ilk.
> >>
> >> That idea isn't popular in China these days
> either. 
> >> Maybe that is why
> >> they're kicking our asses economically and we
> owe them
> >> money.
> >>
> >> Brad
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 7:53 AM, Ben Cittadino
> >> <bcittadino at dcs-law.com> wrote:
> >>     
> >>> Brad;
> >>>
> >>> I read your last post here to suggest that
> Andrew was
> >>>       
> >> actually fond of cops
> >>     
> >>> in red uniforms.  You referred him to an
> excellent
> >>>       
> >> source for the abuses in
> >>     
> >>> Red China, but you may have missed (or just
> chose to
> >>>       
> >> ignore) the point of
> >>     
> >>> his remark.  He clearly doesn't love cops
> in red
> >>>       
> >> uniforms. He was having a
> >>     
> >>> little fun with your "typo".  Look
> in your
> >>>       
> >> earlier post where you meant to
> >>     
> >>> say "rogue" cop, but you typed
> >>>       
> >> "rouge" cop. Rouge=Red get it?  It was
> just a
> >>     
> >>> joke.
> >>>
> >>> Best,
> >>>
> >>> Ben
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Brad Haslett-2 wrote:
> >>>       
> >>>> Andrew,
> >>>>
> >>>> Read "Life and Death in
> Shanghai" by
> >>>>         
> >> Nien Cheng and your "love" for
> >>     
> >>>> cops in red uniforms will fade.
> >>>>
> >>>> NO!  To answer your question, I'm
> working as
> >>>>         
> >> furiously as I can this
> >>     
> >>>> month and for the rest of the year. 
> We're
> >>>>         
> >> short handed in my airplane
> >>     
> >>>> in its last days (about 3 more months) and
> I'm
> >>>>         
> >> "making hay while the
> >>     
> >>>> sun shines" and there isn't a
> severe tax
> >>>>         
> >> penalty in place for doing
> >>     
> >>>> so.
> >>>>
> >>>> Sailing?  The first "sweet spot"
> of our
> >>>>         
> >> season is just starting.  Ask
> >>     
> >>>> me again next week.
> >>>>
> >>>> Brad
> >>>>
> >>>> On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 5:08 PM, Andrew
> Collins
> >>>> <sailingvesselcarmen at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>>>         
> >>>>> Brad
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I love red cops, they look so good in
> their
> >>>>>           
> >> uniforms!
> >>     
> >>>>> Andrew
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Humor Humor Humor Humor. It isn't
> ALL
> >>>>>           
> >> political
> >>     
> >>>>> Obummer don't know nuthin'
> neither
> >>>>>
> >>>>> You been sailing lately?
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Sent from my cool iPhone
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On Oct 15, 2008, at 17:07, "Brad
> >>>>>           
> >> Haslett" <flybrad at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>     
> >>>>>> Andrew,
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> What would the alternative
> headline be?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> "Constituent makes Governor
> aware of
> >>>>>>             
> >> rouge cop, accused of using state
> >>     
> >>>>>> issued tasor weapon on 10-year
> old,
> >>>>>>             
> >> threatens murder, drives squad car
> >>     
> >>>>>> car while drinking, shoots moose
> out of
> >>>>>>             
> >> season, etc. Governor ignores
> >>     
> >>>>>> warning!"
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Damned if you do and damned if you
> >>>>>>             
> >> don't.
> >>     
> >>>>>> Moose-i-lini did a pretty good job
> of
> >>>>>>             
> >> coloring between the lines if
> >>     
> >>>>>> you ask me.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Other weenies might have waited
> for the
> >>>>>>             
> >> government to do something
> >>     
> >>>>>> about the situation.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Sheeple!
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Brad
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 3:53 PM,
> Andrew
> >>>>>>             
> >> Collins
> >>     
> >>>>>>
> <sailingvesselcarmen at gmail.com>
> >>>>>>             
> >> wrote:
> >>     
> >>>>>>> Pete
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> please note the corrected
> subject line
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Andrew
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 4:04
> PM,
> >>>>>>>               
> >> petelargo <petelauritzen at earthlink.net
> >>     
> >>>>>>>> wrote:
> >>>>>>>>                 
> >>>>>>>> ....except that's not
> what the
> >>>>>>>>                 
> >> bi-partisan investigation committee
> >>     
> >>>>>>>> of 10
> >>>>>>>> repubs and 4 demos found. 
> she
> >>>>>>>>                 
> >> clearly abused her power. now they
> >>     
> >>>>>>>> are
> >>>>>>>> looking into the sports
> complex
> >>>>>>>>                 
> >> that paid for their personal house
> >>     
> >>>>>>>> with
> >>>>>>>> government money. no small
> town
> >>>>>>>>                 
> >> washington reformer here.  just
> >>     
> >>>>>>>> another
> >>>>>>>> 'whats in it for
> me'
> >>>>>>>>                 
> >> politician.
> >>     
> >>>>>>>> from the time magazine
> article
> >>>>>>>>                 
> >> linked below: " ......the
> >>     
> >>>>>>>> Branchflower
> >>>>>>>> report
> >>>>>>>> still makes for good
> reading, if
> >>>>>>>>                 
> >> only because it convincingly
> >>     
> >>>>>>>> answers a
> >>>>>>>> question nobody had even
> thought
> >>>>>>>>                 
> >> to ask: Is the Palin administration
> >>     
> >>>>>>>> shockingly amateurish?
> Yes, it is.
> >>>>>>>>                 
> >> Disturbingly so."
> >>     
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>                 
> >>
> http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1849399,00.html?xid=site-cnn-partner
> >>     
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