Conavirus......

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Originally Posted by Yppej

Now it's my turn to ask what are your medical qualifications including CE in psychiatry that you feel you can diagnose me?

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Common sense, my friend.

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Originally Posted by iris lilies

Common sense, my friend.

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Even people with psychiatric training will generally not want to diagnose someone without meeting them in person. When some few tried to diagnose Trump without having him as a patient they were criticized as this goes against protocol. But you with no training are having at it. All righty!

Provincetown MA let everyone come party for the Fourth of July. There was a covid outbreak and they put a mask mandate in place.

Just ahead of the Labor Day weekend the mandate has been dropped. Got to get ready for more big parties by tourists on a holiday weekend, and none of them want to wear a mask.

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Originally Posted by iris lilies

I can’t help but think a reasonable person of your political persuasion could say Boucher’s attack on
senator Paul was obviously WRONG while continuing to dislike Senator Paul and his positions. That you can’t make this simple declaration says much about you. [/FONT][/COLOR]

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I’m put in mind of that line from “The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance”. Something about the facts and the legend.

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Originally Posted by LDAHL

I’m put in mind of that line from “The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance”. Something about the facts and the legend.

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"This is the West, sir. When the legend becomes fact, print the legend.

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Obviously the guy that attacked Rand Paul was not mentally healthy and had anger problems. No one should be beaten. That’s a easy call.

I, too, really appreciate the fun facts, boss mare. Thanks!

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Originally Posted by happystuff

I, too, really appreciate the fun facts, boss mare. Thanks!

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The facts are fun tidbits!

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Originally Posted by Yppej

There should be a comma between Paul and Ben and another one following Carson.

Quotes take the form comma space quote mark quote as in

Saying, "Never argue...

Not

saying" Never

There should not be a space between ( and Appaloosa.

In your last sentence the comma and space preceding it are improper and disrupt the flow of the sentence.

Implying I am stupid when you are the one repeatedly making errors I learned to avoid in the first few years of elementary school is a good example of psychological projection.

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Soooo Here's the gig on my grammar, punctuation etc, since you want to make a federal case of it.
I am dyslexic. I transpose numbers and letters all the time.
I am very well aware that I don't translate well on the internet/printed word.
I have Meniere's Disease. If effects every part of my life, including motor function and eye sight.
Being tired makes all of the above worse. I just cleaned a bunch of stalls and did my own usual chores.
I am 60 years old.
I am using an old computer that my Grandkids use at the house. The keys tend to stick.


So to recap: You are nitpicking at an older woman who has dyslexia, a chronic illness, who works very hard to keep up some sort of normalcy in her life. The way I move around in the world does not does not make me stupid. What do you do for an encore? Where you one of the Mean Girls in Jr High Or High School?

The Equine Fun Fact Of The Day : Horses cannot see three to four feet directly in front or behind themselves.

Thank You for enjoying the facts of horses. I love sharing something that I am very passionate in .

I used to love riding horses when I was younger. Thanks for the fun facts:)).

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Originally Posted by boss mare

Soooo Here's the gig on my grammar, punctuation etc, since you want to make a federal case of it.
I am dyslexic. I transpose numbers and letters all the time.
I am very well aware that I don't translate well on the internet/printed word.
I have Meniere's Disease. If effects every part of my life, including motor function and eye sight.
Being tired makes all of the above worse. I just cleaned a bunch of stalls and did my own usual chores.
I am 60 years old.
I am using an old computer that my Grandkids use at the house. The keys tend to stick.


So to recap: You are nitpicking at an older woman who has dyslexia, a chronic illness, who works very hard to keep up some sort of normalcy in her life. The way I move around in the world does not does not make me stupid. What do you do for an encore? Where you one of the Mean Girls in Jr High Or High School?

The Equine Fun Fact Of The Day : Horses cannot see three to four feet directly in front or behind themselves.

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You don't owe her - or anyone else for that matter - an explanation! I really don't think anyone else cares about your grammar, punctuation etc, and I, for one, am glad you are here - posting and sharing fun facts!

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Originally Posted by Yppej

Now it's my turn to ask what are your medical qualifications including CE in psychiatry that you feel you can diagnose me?

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I would agree that it certainly doesn't seem to be the behavior of a mentally healthy person. It's definitely not the behavior of someone engaging in productive and meaningful conversations in a spirit of goodwill and friendship within our SLF community.
As someone who has often been asked to proofread resumes and professional process documents, I am entirely capable of nitpicking with the best of them. I refrain from the unsolicited picking apart of the words of others in an informal discussion forum because it is just plain obnoxious behavior.

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Originally Posted by boss mare

Soooo Here's the gig on my grammar, punctuation etc, since you want to make a federal case of it.
I am dyslexic. I transpose numbers and letters all the time.
I am very well aware that I don't translate well on the internet/printed word.
I have Meniere's Disease. If effects every part of my life, including motor function and eye sight.
Being tired makes all of the above worse. I just cleaned a bunch of stalls and did my own usual chores.
I am 60 years old.
I am using an old computer that my Grandkids use at the house. The keys tend to stick.


So to recap: You are nitpicking at an older woman who has dyslexia, a chronic illness, who works very hard to keep up some sort of normalcy in her life. The way I move around in the world does not does not make me stupid. What do you do for an encore? Where you one of the Mean Girls in Jr High Or High School?

The Equine Fun Fact Of The Day : Horses cannot see three to four feet directly in front or behind themselves.

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Federal should be capitalized.

I will not tell you "where" I went to high school. That is irrelevant.

Affects not effects is the correct word.

Eyesight is one word not two.

The correct phrase is " see ... in front of or behind" not "see ... front or behind".

Anytime you want another encore just ask. I love proofreading.

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Originally Posted by Yppej

I love proofreading.

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You seem to love being cruel to others on this Forum and driving them off.

Aren't you precious?

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Originally Posted by bae

You seem to love being cruel to others on this Forum and driving them off.

Aren't you precious?

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I don't think I would use the word "precious", but I think it is a huge credit to the other forum members here that - when she makes errors - everyone is being kind by not pointing them out and doing as she does, before she makes her corrections (when she actually catches her own mistakes, that is - LOL).

Its too bad you don't use that masters degree in English to make the world a better place.

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Originally Posted by bae

You seem to love being cruel to others on this Forum and driving them off.

Aren't you precious?

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If people dish it out I dish it back. And it's easy to remember who has attacked me because I put them on my ignore list. But if I think they might be after me again I can click on "View post" and respond.

I don't pick on people who haven't picked on me.

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Originally Posted by herbgeek

Its too bad you don't use that masters degree in English to make the world a better place.

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You should have used "It's" not "Its".

I guess to you all the English teachers in the world are wasting their lives because grammar is irrelevant and everyone can just let it all hang out rather than taking pride in the way they communicate.

Maybe spell check and grammar check software should be outlawed as elitist.

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Originally Posted by happystuff

I don't think I would use the word "precious", but I think it is a huge credit to the other forum members here that - when she makes errors - everyone is being kind by not pointing them out and doing as she does, before she makes her corrections (when she actually catches her own mistakes, that is - LOL).

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I did have an error pointed out once rather gleefully. I go over my posts and check and correct them. That's why so many of them show as being edited.

You could use your words to uplift and encourage. But you choose not to. I agree with Rosa, unsolicited correction of others in a casual forum is obnoxious behavior.

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Originally Posted by herbgeek

You could use your words to uplift and encourage. But you choose not to. I agree with Rosa, unsolicited correction of others in a casual forum is obnoxious behavior.

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Unsolicited attacks on other people because they disagree with you on public policy is also obnoxious. You can disagree with a person on an issue without calling them names, accusing them of working for Russia, swearing at them, saying they deserve to die, etc.

I am not the only person who has been insulted this way.

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Originally Posted by herbgeek

Its too bad you don't use that masters degree in English to make the world a better place.

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Well, that Master of English has demonstrated previously they don't have a vaguely passing understanding of the origins and development of the English language. Odds are they don't comprehend Old English or even Middle English. Or anything before the Great Vowel Shift. Let's take bets on Norse, German, French comprehension...

But, yes, Master.

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Originally Posted by bae

the Great Vowel Shift.

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I've always found the Great Vowel Shift fascinating.. especially when my MIL would say "hoose" for "house"

And now I have learned something. Never having been a language scholar I had not even heard of the great vowel shift. The Wikipedia page about it has intrigued me enough to want to delve further. Thank you!

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Originally Posted by iris lilies

https://www.gq.com/story/inside-rand...hborhood-fight


Rand Paul’s attacking neighbor is named Rene Boucher. This opinion piece tries to suss out why the neighbor was so angry at Senator Paul.it may have to do with lawn practices. It is true that some men take grass care very seriously, enough to cause major injury to their neighbor, especially if they are easily angered and perhaps a little crazy.

“…At Hilligans, a popular sports bar by the campus of Western Kentucky University, the same woman who told me about Boucher's fussiness toward his yard also called him a "hothead" and suggested he may have a sort of "little man's syndrome."

"He gets really stuck in his own head, and he's known for his temper," she said. At the same time, "Rand Paul's not the most-liked man in Bowling Green," she confided.”

“…Later, at the mention of Boucher, an older man pointed to his temple to indicate that Boucher is nuts, while his wife protested that she knows Boucher better and that he's "just different, that's all."

as an aside, this is the description of their physical stature:”…an acquaintance of the two men estimates that they both stand five-foot-six and weigh about 140 pounds…

In the end I assert:

1. you didnt “upset” me. That is silly
2. Rand Paul was seriously hurt from an illegal attack by his neighbor. He has ongoing physical problems from that attack. The attack was WRONG. His neighbor justifiably served 7 months in jail and will pay $580,000 won in a civil suit
3. I am not surprised that you can’t simply admit #2…you should be able to simply say it was wrong.

I can, for instance, say that Rand Paul’s support of Donald Trump on some of Donald’s ridiculous and harmful positions very much annoyed me. That doesnt mean I completely dislike senator Paul and his politics.

I can’t help but think a reasonable person of your political persuasion could say Boucher’s attack on
senator Paul was obviously WRONG while continuing to dislike Senator Paul and his positions. That you can’t make this simple declaration says much about you.

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Fine.I’ll trust gossip obtained from people in a local pub as an accurate assessment of the guy even though it’s just as likely that they are friends of rand’s who wanted to smear Rene. You’re right, Rene shouldn’t have attacked him. Although if he really was a known hothead then egging him on was probably not the smartest behavior on rand’s part unless the goal was to become a living martyr. At least Rene didn’t have, or at least use, a gun. If he had Rand might have fared far worse.

But Rand still shouldn’t be posting lies about the effectiveness of masks on YouTube. He knows better. As an eye surgeon I am fairly certain that dr paul has worn a mask every time he has entered an operating room because he understands that they limit the spread of germs from the wearer to those around them.

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Originally Posted by jp1

But Rand still shouldn’t be posting lies about the effectiveness of masks on YouTube. He knows better. As an eye surgeon I am fairly certain that dr paul has worn a mask every time he has entered an operating room because he understands that they limit the spread of germs from the wearer to those around them.

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There are different kinds of germs. Would you go around an Ebola patient wearing a cloth mask and feel protected?

Covid particles are small.

The physician on my local Board of Health told me masks are only 20% effective against covid, but would not remove the mask mandate as he wants layers of protection. Interestingly his specialty has nothing to do with either public health or infectious disease. I think he was picked because it is an unpaid position and he would do it for free.

His own mask kept slipping under his nose when he spoke and he kept tugging it up again. He made no reference to stopping respiratory particles breathed out of the nose, saying only that the mask stopped saliva. The way he wore his mask comported with that understanding, that all the risk is in the mouth not the nose.

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Originally Posted by Yppej

Federal should be capitalized.

I will not tell you "where" I went to high school. That is irrelevant.

Affects not effects is the correct word.

Eyesight is one word not two.

The correct phrase is " see ... in front of or behind" not "see ... front or behind".

Anytime you want another encore just ask. I love proofreading.

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Gee comprehension is not your strong spot. I never asked you where you went to school. I asked you if you were a Mean Girl back in the day.

The Equine Fun Fact Of The Day: The US Government is the biggest horse breeder and owner in the US.

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Originally Posted by Teacher Terry

I used to love riding horses when I was younger. Thanks for the fun facts:)).

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You are welcome. I enjoy trotting them out and sharing them ( pun intended)

Looks like you live in Nevada. I am planning on competing at a horse show in Vegas in early October.

Oh but apparently it's a school where a great deal of grammar was taught, or something.

I went to schools where the high school French teacher (eh I took French) was amazed that none of us knew any grammar when it came time to conjugate verbs and stuff. But it wasn't part of the public school K-12 curriculum anyway, to teach English grammar, nor were we that great at conjugating verbs obviously :laff:. At least it wasn't the photography teacher who a few weeks in was: "you people have no interest and learning photography and are lazy, I'm done with teaching for this semester", and I did my algebra homework in photography class from then on, as the teacher wasn't going to teach anymore but collected a paycheck. I picked up a decent understanding of French in France after HS, but that was long ago.

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Originally Posted by boss mare

The Equine Fun Fact Of The Day: The US Government is the biggest horse breeder and owner in the US.

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What for? The pony express is long since ended…

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Originally Posted by jp1

What for? The pony express is long since ended…

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The wild / feral horses that are on Federal land. There are owned by the Government and managed by the Bureau Of Land management ( BLM). https://www.blm.gov/programs/wild-ho...m/program-data

"Three schools in Vancouver, Washington, were placed in lockdown Friday after anti-mask protesters tried to access school grounds. A spokesperson said the lockdowns were a safety precaution."

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle...into-lockdown/

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Originally Posted by boss mare

Gee comprehension is not your strong spot. I never asked you where you went to school. I asked you if you were a Mean Girl back in the day.

The Equine Fun Fact Of The Day: The US Government is the biggest horse breeder and owner in the US.

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This is why using the correct word is important. Don't use "where" if you mean "were".

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Originally Posted by boss mare

You are welcome. I enjoy trotting them out and sharing them ( pun intended)

Looks like you live in Nevada. I am planning on competing at a horse show in Vegas in early October.

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There should not be a space after the start parenthesis, just as there is not a space before the end parenthesis. The parentheses do not obviate the need for a period at the end of the sentence.

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Originally Posted by boss mare

The wild / feral horses that are on Federal land. There are owned by the Government and managed by the Bureau Of Land management ( BLM). https://www.blm.gov/programs/wild-ho...m/program-data

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Here's that annoying space after the start parenthesis again. You say your errors are due to things like being tired from cleaning horse stalls, but when it is the same error repeatedly rather than random errors it does appear to be ignorance of the rules of punctuation.

People educated me on the modern use of them/they/their and I didn't insinuate they were mean. I appreciated the feedback.

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Originally Posted by bae

Odds are they don't comprehend Old English or even Middle English. Or anything before the Great Vowel Shift.

But, yes, Master.

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I might not have an ATM card, but even I am not that stuck in the past.

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Originally Posted by bae

"Three schools in Vancouver, Washington, were placed in lockdown Friday after anti-mask protesters tried to access school grounds. A spokesperson said the lockdowns were a safety precaution."

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle...into-lockdown/

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My city is conducting vaccine clinics at schools in the evening and I assume these are open to anyone who wants to get a shot. I have thought of going there and letting people know if they get vaccinated it won't get their life back to normal, they will still have to wear a mask. Since it's in the evening it would not be disrupting classes. But I'm not there yet. Instead I emailed the mayor and city council requesting they remove and replace the current Board of Health as an interim measure until I can hopefully get the structure of the Board changed which is a longer process.

The value of the "ignore" function on this forum has just been proven.

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Originally Posted by Yppej

My city is conducting vaccine clinics at schools in the evening and I assume these are open to anyone who wants to get a shot. I have thought of going there and letting people know if they get vaccinated it won't get their life back to normal, they will still have to wear a mask. Since it's in the evening it would not be disrupting classes. But I'm not there yet. Instead I emailed the mayor and city council requesting they remove and replace the current Board of Health as an interim measure until I can hopefully get the structure of the Board changed which is a longer process.

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You might want to seek help for your OCD. It’s obviously making you very unhappy.