Mixed Nuts

[Tiffer]

Should I find this offensive?!? Attached is a snippet from a Michael Quinion article (an English grammar editorialist).
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"...What caused my eyebrows to move rapidly ceiling-wards was that the same report claimed conference members had told the minister that the police were also instructed not to use the phrase 'good egg', because it was too closely linked with 'egg and spoon', rhyming slang for 'coon', an offensive racial slur.

While sensitivity over language is not inherently bad, sometimes political correctness passes from needful consideration into a parallel world of misunderstanding and mealy-mouthedness. These days, it seems even PCs have to be PC. The chances of a British policeman using the phrase 'good egg' in conversation with a member of the public is roughly the same as his pursuing an outfangthief or enforcing the rules on the right to turbary.

That’s because the phrase is an excellent example of dated slang — still to be found, but only as a self-conscious archaism that reeks of a kind of old-fashioned, class-ridden Britishness that is long extinct. It first appeared about 1900 as slang of the public school and university for somebody pleasant, agreeable, or trustworthy (and also as “an exclamation of enthusiastic approbation”, as the big Oxford English Dictionary puts it).

If you associate it with the late P G Wodehouse, that’s because he did much to popularise it, having presumably picked it up during his school days at Dulwich in the last years of the nineteenth century. He seems to have used it first in Something Fresh in 1915: “‘She isn’t going to sue me for breach?‘ ‘She never had any intention of doing so.’ The Hon. Frederick sank back on the pillows. ‘Good egg!’ he said with fervour.” But Wodehouse was pipped to the post in the literary immortality stakes by Rudyard Kipling, in his book Traffics and Discoveries of 1904.

'Good egg' was at first just a humorous inversion of 'bad egg', which is also public-school slang, but from half a century previously. A 'bad egg' was as thoroughly nasty a person as the literal bad egg was unpleasant to encounter.

The matter became more convoluted the following morning, when John Denham wrote to the Guardian saying that he had checked most carefully and had established that there was no list of banned words in the police force. The Guardian report hadn’t said there was, but that officers could face a charge of breaching the codes on tolerance if anyone complained, a more subtle form of control that requires officers to self-censor every word (and yet still leaves them open to frivolous or malicious complaints)..."

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[Squidrific]

One day trip? What is THAT madness?! We'll be there the week before.

Not a one day - at the AKV for the 19th then moving to BCV until the 25th and then on to WLV until the 28th. So much to see - so little time.

 

[Tiffer]

Not a one day - at the AKV for the 19th then moving to BCV until the 25th and then on to WLV until the 28th. So much to see - so little time.

I'll just miss you. I am @ GF 5/30-6/5

 

[GoofyDad869]

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Yeah, usually my long-winded posts are me spouting off about something. That particular post was what happens when I let somebody pinch-hit for me...

I have a theory with ANY post - It's best just to ignore everything after the first four sentences anyway. I'm bored.

(You can ignore anything below this point for proof of my theory)

I have just finished my eighth different layout for this salon / spa project. Yes, eighth layout. I usually just have to do two or three options - the client selects the one they like best, and we move on.

The problem with this project is the client wants to fit 4,000 sq.ft. worth of rooms into a 3,000 sq.ft. available space - and she's not willing to give anything up. (I suggested reducing the total of 'programmed' space by about 500 sq.ft. at about the fourth layout) So I am trying to make the massage rooms large enough to properly fit a massage bed AND have the masseuse be able to work from all around the bed. That would be considered a plus, in my opinion. But what the hell do I know? - I'm just the architect. But when my massage rooms get big enough, the locker rooms are forced too small, etc. I'm oversimplifying the problem, because it's not JUST about the massage rooms vs. locker rooms - it's just about every functional space in the layout. And I know if I can't get these to work out to her satisfaction this early in the project, I'll be in a lot more trouble when the walls are being built and she's still not satisfied...

There's a saying around here that is quite appropriate to this situation - I'm trying to fit 40lbs of manure into a 30lb sack.

So I've emailed this "latest & greatest" layout to the client, but she's not available for the rest of the day. I know she won't be happy with the locker rooms - but I can't make 200 more sq.ft. magically appear...

 

[Tiffer]

Yeah, usually my long-winded posts are me spouting off about something. That particular post was what happens when I let somebody pinch-hit for me...

I have a theory with ANY post - It's best just to ignore everything after the first four sentences anyway. I'm bored.

(You can ignore anything below this point for proof of my theory)

I have just finished my eighth different layout for this salon / spa project. Yes, eighth layout. I usually just have to do two or three options - the client selects the one they like best, and we move on.

The problem with this project is the client wants to fit 4,000 sq.ft. worth of rooms into a 3,000 sq.ft. available space - and she's not willing to give anything up. (I suggested reducing the total of 'programmed' space by about 500 sq.ft. at about the fourth layout) So I am trying to make the massage rooms large enough to properly fit a massage bed AND have the masseuse be able to work from all around the bed. That would be considered a plus, in my opinion. But what the hell do I know? - I'm just the architect. But when my massage rooms get big enough, the locker rooms are forced too small, etc. I'm oversimplifying the problem, because it's not JUST about the massage rooms vs. locker rooms - it's just about every functional space in the layout. And I know if I can't get these to work out to her satisfaction this early in the project, I'll be in a lot more trouble when the walls are being built and she's still not satisfied...

There's a saying around here that is quite appropriate to this situation - I'm trying to fit 40lbs of manure into a 30lb sack.

So I've emailed this "latest & greatest" layout to the client, but she's not available for the rest of the day. I know she won't be happy with the locker rooms - but I can't make 200 more sq.ft. magically appear...

I read the first couple pargraphs. I use to manage a beautiful day spa owned by my brother. I also owned a tanning salon with him. (in a former life)

If I can be of any assistance....

 

[GoofyDad869]

I read the first couple pargraphs. I use to manage a beautiful day spa owned by my brother. I also owned a tanning salon with him. (in a former life)

If I can be of any assistance....

Can you beeotch-slap my client into getting some common sense? THAT would be helpful. Don't get me wrong, this will be a very nice facility when we get it done.

 

[jonestavern]

Yo' Nuts!

I haven't read back, but that should give me something to do on Tuesday!
Event went well, now for the big Saturday event (a Memorial Day observance).

Night Nutters!

 

[apirateslifeforme]

 

[jonestavern]

Liz! Liz! Liz!

It is lonely in here!

Where's 'short shot of whiskey' ?
Did Tiffer get around to beeo-tch slapping GoDaddy's client?
Has GoDaddy found a way to get enough working space around those all-important massage tables???

Man! Are the Brits whacked on the political correctness thing!
Can't say 'bad egg' & no mentioning the Holocaust ever happened

So, Liz, do you have your car back yet?

Today I am baking & cleaning

See Betty Crocker!
See her vacuum.
See Betty bake cookies, none of which she can eat, due to all her past sins of gluttony.
See Betty answer the phone.
See Betty answer the phone again.
Hear Betty trying to maintain a gracious manner as an integral part of the carefully organized event backs out of a committment.

See Betty hang up the phone.
Hear Betty foul the air with language not even reeling drunk & doped, soiling himself, Sid Vicious would use!

Jean

 

[jonestavern]

Where the Heck is Everybody????

 

[apirateslifeforme]

They must all be off having lives...

Yes, I have my car back. After getting screamed at and belittled by my mother (it's a long story). The car seems to be running okay now. Doesn't shimmy anymore when I hit the brakes, but I'm still taking it very easy on them.

Just checking out the silly ebay auctions link from Bored.com. Nothing else to do...

 

[jonestavern]

I am supposed to be cleaning my house (wkend guests), so 'natch I am stone BORED!

Sorry about the Mom-blast, DS's phrase for it , not that I would ever lose it

I loathe car issues. I expect 1. reliability 2. good mileage
Poor Liz! I hate that pit of yr stomach wondering just when & if the darn thing is going to break down~

We have been mulling over a new (or used) car. DH is enamored of the Matrix.

Phenomonally ugly, eh?

Presently we have an Insight (DH uses it solely for commuting, about a 2 hr drive, one way) & a Honda Accord.
Needless to say, despite studded snows, both bite it in any amount of snow. DH disagrees with this, but he is the Ironman of commuting & I am Wonder Weanie!
DH will say the Honda is 'a pain' in snow. We'll keep the Insight (w/over 80 mpg in optimum conditions & driven optimumly).
We need a 4 wheel or all wheel drive vehicle w/decent mileage. With a minimum drive of 25 minutes to get anywhere here, mileage has always been a consideration, along w/reliability. Most of our roads are rough or unpaved & the snow is deep--so a.w. or 4 wheel.

I hate car stuff!

 

[apirateslifeforme]

I don't think that car is too bad, honestly. Maybe in a different colour (although that's the least of my worries when I buy one)?

I've been getting a few opinions from one or two people. They're all saying to buy a Honda - and one of these people lives in an area that gets snow-dumped every year. More so than CT. My car is only 5 years old, though, and I can't afford car payments right now. I want to run this car into the ground, which, at the rate it's going, could very well be next week.

But yes, every time I feel the slightest little jolt or think I hear a noise, I turn the CD volume down, and I'm listening and praying that something else hasn't fallen off or gone up in smoke!

As far as my mother losing it...well, I'm sure you wouldn't tell a complete stranger, in front of your child, that your child is selfish, stupid, and clueless. Even being told this numerous times growing up, and even though I'm an adult now, it still really hurts.

 

[jonestavern]

I don't think that car is too bad, honestly. Maybe in a different colour (although that's the least of my worries when I buy one)?

I've been getting a few opinions from one or two people. They're all saying to buy a Honda - and one of these people lives in an area that gets snow-dumped every year. More so than CT. My car is only 5 years old, though, and I can't afford car payments right now. I want to run this car into the ground, which, at the rate it's going, could very well be next week.

But yes, every time I feel the slightest little jolt or think I hear a noise, I turn the CD volume down, and I'm listening and praying that something else hasn't fallen off or gone up in smoke!

As far as my mother losing it...well, I'm sure you wouldn't tell a complete stranger, in front of your child, that your child is selfish, stupid, and clueless. Even being told this numerous times growing up, and even though I'm an adult now, it still really hurts.

Yep, we tend to get black cars, our Gothic Rose!
I have had Honda or Nissans, new & used, since the '70's.
Hondas have come a long way, reliability wise, since then.
We have studded snows on the Accord, it still slips & slides & I pride myself on being a smart & cautious driver. We can get a lot of snow, & worse, ice very quickly here. We also have to drive up some winding, steep hills (often behind people who either drive too slow or stopping school buses )
Is it possible to test drive a Honda on a snowy day this coming winter?
Then you could see how it suits you.

 

[apirateslifeforme]

And I have a gold car. Figure that one out

Honestly, I'd prefer black, but this was the last one on the lot and they gave it to me for $200 over invoice. I'll take it!

I could probably test the Honda this year. I have plenty of time to think about it (I hope). On the way home the other night, after driving around for 45 minutes to find a gas station that didn't have lines, I started thinking about a hybrid, too. I hate having to get gas every week. Just under 3/4 of a tank cost me $31 (when I was finally able to find an open pump)!

 

[jonestavern]

If we didn't have to have the AW/4 wheel, I would get a Toyota Corolla, good mileage, decent safety rating (unlike the Insight!)

We've had a gold Accord (DH's parents gave us a sweet deal on it), not our style, but saving $$ is! It was wicked reliable. We only traded it in after almost 300,000 mi 'coz the AC died & we had moved to Dallas, during a record breaking heatwave!

Let me take the time here to point out that DH does not believe in AC in cars
He barely tolerates it here in the house.
DS & I have decided, that on the subject of AC, Chris is a cretin!
Note the use of 'cretin' PJ!
Yes, 4 hrs in a PA traffic jam in the July sun in '06, on a day when it was well into the '90's, didn't sway him!

 

[apirateslifeforme]

I never use AC either. In fact, I'm sitting here at work with it blowing in my face and I'm freezing. I HATE it!

My ex's Honda died at about 200,000 miles. Just up and died. It was a '94 and it died in October. I'd say 12 years was pretty good - my '91 Ford Escort lasted for 11 years.

 

[jonestavern]

I never use AC either. In fact, I'm sitting here at work with it blowing in my face and I'm freezing. I HATE it!

My ex's Honda died at about 200,000 miles. Just up and died. It was a '94 and it died in October. I'd say 12 years was pretty good - my '91 Ford Escort lasted for 11 years.

I am a Wicked Witch (typo) I melt in moderte humidity &/or temps 78 or over!

Yes, I have an extraordinarily narrow window of maximum operating function!

 

[jonestavern]

Well, everyone is at POTC!

 

[Tiffer]

I need directions ot the beotch slapping. I have been known......