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2010 Wishes
Maybe Archive can stop by and mediate lest anyone be misquoted.
In 2010 I would like to find the following: 1. '23-'24 Exhibit Jim Bottomley 2. E98 Jack Coombs - red 3. 1959 Bazooka Ken Boyer (sorry) 4. 1921 Roger Peckinpaugh Exhibit 5. E125 Eddie Plank/Frank Baker Happy Holidays. |
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You work out of your tiny apartment. You have no office, no staff (some "Group"!). You don't even have a website. Hell, "The Dorskind Group" is not even listed in the Manhattan directory! Quote:
I'm calling you out, Bruce. You have a distinct choice. You can reply with your usual name-calling, in which you direct everyone to RateYourProfessor.com, or you can provide some tangible proof of your business success. Either back up your bluster, or, please, can the crap. |
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David,
It's not worth it. Don't dredge up old fights. I've probably had two other disputes with Bruce since this one. To Bruce I would add: You said: "And we choose to write in the second person...if that bothers someone, so be it." No. You don't write in the second person. Writing in the second person DOESN'T mean that you pretend there is another person there with you. You write in the first person plural. That's very different (and weird.) I thought they taught that kind of stuff at first rate, Ivy League, schools. :) |
It's "weird" Jim. Thank you.:)
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I rarely ask folks to say, or not say, anything on the board. That being said I don't think it was necessary to bring back an argumentative thread from 3 weeks ago. Just my 2.5 cents.....
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I apologize, and my resolution is to hold my tongue. |
For 2010, I've decided to switch over from the 206's and focus more on the 213's - 20/80% split; I dunno, something about the 213's I find more attractive than the 206's (maybe it's a Southern thing...)
Also, I wish in 2010 the back and forth "love" banter to continue on this board - quite possibly the BEST male, "soap-opera" around. It certainly takes a little edge off of my work day when I read. Granted, 90% of the time, I'm at a complete loss when the arguments start (I get confused at trying to keep up with all the Joe's, Jim's, and John's - but it's fun!) and I have no idea what anyone is talking about :) |
wish list
1. Finish up my '52 Topps with all variations that I know of (or hear of) that can be verified.
2.Love to see those books that have Bruce's collection in them........why do never see any posted pictures of these fabulous pick-ups? Anyone know what the books are? |
2010 Wishes
I hope to keep moving forward with my website and collect boxing and baseball programs and add more in cards
Jimmy |
Yea! Back to card talk!
My top 5 wants for the year would be: (All graded SGC only, 40-60)
1. M116 Hugh Duffy 2. T207 Doc White 3. T212 Obak 1911 Reddick 4. T212 Obak 1910 Raymer 5. Fan Craze Buck Freeman |
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Careful, man. They fight arrows with missiles.
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Should be: It's "weird," Jim. Unless you think Jim is weird, which would be ok, I guess. Sorry, couldn't resist :D |
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"weird", :D |
Whatever way Barry types it is fine with us.
(He was, of course, correcting a spelling mistake, made by our "administrative assistant." We, immediately, corrected said mistake, and fired the assistant. That's our story and we're sticking to it.) Sincerely, The Jim VB Group |
The comma should be outside of the quoutes.
Should be "quotes", Dan! |
Strunk and White would beg to differ. Comma inside the quotes. However, they're dead, so I doubt they'll kick up a fuss.
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I am looking it up and I believe that the comma should be inside the quotes.
Shame on you for correcting the person who corrected Barry! |
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Quotes doesn't have a second "u".
(Try saying "kick up a fuss" five times quickly). Weird Jim |
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Thanks for pointing out the comma; I'm not sure but it might be acceptable either way, especially since Jim is weird and misspelled "weird" simultaneously (that was a joke:))
As far as placement of punctutation within quotations, at the end of a sentence one would put the quotes after the period. I honestly don't know how that applies in the middle of a sentence. It seems like it should be the same but I would have to look it up. I see that Anthony has already looked it up, saving me the trouble. Thanks Anthony...because it sure seemed like a lot of work. |
I can't wait until we get into the riveting discussion concerning writing styles using first, second, and third person points of view!
(For the record, whenever I get in these grammar/punctuation/usage jams, if I can't get an answer from Barry or Rob D., I ask my kids. You should have heard the rousing discussion we had while doing the annual family calendar! I wanted to know if it was "Mother's Day" or "Mothers' Day.") |
Seems awfully wierd to me that punctuation goes inside of quotation marks. English is a second language to me.
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It gets weirder. In England the convention is indeed to put the comma outside the quotation marks. Then again, Americans created the language in the first place, so we're right.
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I forget many of these rules myself. I just wing it and hope nobody notices, because when I make a mistake it's big trouble...and Dan B. just misspelled "weird." This will never end.
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I misspelled "weird" just for you Barry. :)
I did have to look up the quotations rule because I don't trust any of you. I normally consider myself a decent writer and am a bit embarrassed that I didn't know that, but I don't write for a living so I forgive myself. :) |
Rule of thumb in etiquette and proper English usage:
If Amy Vanderbilt can jump out of a window you can do whatever the heck you please. |
Barry,
As a moderator, Dan can see my spelling mistake, even after I have edited it. I have no doubt he did it wrong on purpose. |
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It crossed my mind that Dan made a deliberate error, but I still felt obligated to point it out. It's my OCD.
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This just in.........BREAKING NEWS!!!!
Thanks to the efforts of the crackerjack members on the Net54 prewar baseball card group, the British government advised primary school teachers to stop teaching the "I before E except after C" rule. Here is the Associated Press article: LONDON - It's a spelling mantra that generations of schoolchildren have learned — "i before e, except after c." But new British government guidance tells teachers not to pass on the rule to students, because there are too many exceptions. The "Support For Spelling" document, which is being sent to thousands of primary schools, says the rule "is not worth teaching" because it doesn't account for words like "sufficient," "veil" "weird" and "their." Jack Bovill of the Spelling Society, which advocates simplified spelling, said Saturday he agreed with the decision. But supporters say the ditty has value because it is one of the few language rules that most people remember. On a side note, one question concerning grammar in the 21st century, is it "weird" or "weird"??? Lovely Day... |
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