amen lenny
Bad behavior
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amen lenny
dfattack
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As in the immortal words of Julius Caesar (almost):
"We came, we seen, we conquered"? Aaaack!
[English is a dying language!]
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Not much irritates me but this one really does. I see how much of my real estate taxes go to the schools. Why aren't teachers correcting this in school?!
Frnash correct me if I'm wrong but "I seen it" is not correct. It's "I have seen it"...so basic...
And Lenny, I agree with everything you said. Miss you posting on JD. Don't avoid us due to a few cranky people.
Amen to that!
Even more basic:
"I see", "he, she, or it sees", "you (both singular & plural) see", "they see". - present tense (simple present tense)
"I saw", "he, she or it saw", "you (both singular & plural) saw", "they saw". - past tense (simple past tense)
How could it possibly be easier?
Note: Some folks, notably folks from India in particular, seem to work at making it overly cumbersome by obsessively using:
"I am seeing" … - present progressive
"I was seeing" … - past progressive
"I have seen" … - past perfect (pluperfect)
… where the simple present/simple past tenses really are appropriate, not to mention simpler and easier.
It ain’t all that hard, folks. The "K.I.S.S." principle applies.
P.S.:
How often have you heard the question: "Where are you at?"
The "at" adds absolutely nothing here! "Where are you?" is all that’s necessary.
P.P.S.:
When I see/hear: "We are going to base out of Houghton."
I’m tempted to ask: "How far out of Houghton?"
I have to believe that they’re really going to "… base in Houghton!", No?
Incidentally, I really suffered through English classes in elementary school — they were so dаmn boring!
I thought all this stuff was obvious, and that they beat on it so hard it bored me almost to no end.
Of course I used to read dictionaries and encyclopedias in those years, focusing mainly on etymology — where our words come from.
Then at Mich Tech I had a class called "Vocabulary and Diction".
The "textbook" we used was a rather thin little work: (click→) “Latin and Greek in Current Use”, less than 300 pages, which was really not about Latin or Greek, but all about etymology — the Latin and Greek origins of much of English. (Many other, cheaper editions are also available, possibly used, any one's a great deal. The origins of English haven't changed much in many decades.)
Check that book on Amazon; note the first 5-star review, by P. F. Brennan, quoted here:
I couldn't agree more. I believe that a solid understanding of etymology is the key to at least spelling, if not grammar too.
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I don't disagree with you dfattack, but the parents bare the responsibility to teach their children right, from wrong. Be responsible!!! I think it all starts at home. Brought up right, live right.
Bad behavior.
At the Super 8 Houghton yesterday some douce on a white Ski-Doo wearing a backpack with a can was braaping up and down lake shore speeding and making a ton of racket. Not one lap but six, I thought where is a cop when you need one this guy is a moron.
Bear
At the Super 8 Houghton yesterday some douce on a white Ski-Doo wearing a backpack with a can was braaping up and down lake shore speeding and making a ton of racket. Not one lap but six, I thought where is a cop when you need one this guy is a moron.
Bear
snobuilder
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I don't doubt he did exactly what he said he did, but in every situation there are extenuating circumstances that never get explained . So when I read a post like this I take it with a grain of salt. There is always 2 sides to the story......This time it seems someone from MN took a kick in the arse for perhaps a lot of built up frustration on the part of this Bar.
I don't like Facebook for many reasons and this one ranks right up there. Someone parks on my property where they aren't allowed I would tell them to move....real simple, take control of your own situation.
All this type of thread did was allow a bunch of ppl to chime in , say hooray for nailing these darn trespassers and Oh by the way I am way better than those idiots.
x1000 on the sketchy grooming in Gogebic area. YES I know they get tons of traffic. but.....
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I sure hope I run into you in person some time.....that is a moment I will cherish forever.
Ehhhhhhhhhh??? The good, the bad, or the ugly?????????? Idk??? Please take this as a little bit of humor, please!!!!!!!!!!!!! Nothing nasty intended.
snobuilder
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I'll buy you a tapper.
It's the good!!!!!!!!!! YEEEEE HAAAAA!!!!!!!!
I am also very happy to supply both the picture of the rig along with the close up of the plate, I was just not smart enough to load a picture on this board. Lenny, thank you for the kind words. It puzzles me that when things are blatantly in the wrong that anyone would find reason to push back.
The solution was absolutely included in my "piss and moan":
"Call each other out...you do not have the right to trespass or violate local laws....when you do, it makes all look bad." Simple solution....and one that will work.
You self describe as one who shows nothing but respect yet you view the problem we all experience regularly with what seems like contempt. I find that confusing but I do understand how you might think you (as a good apple) are being lumped with the bad ones (without a doubt are the minority...but exist enough that we encounter it often). I have spent many years as an advocate of this sport and ATV's. Look back over the years, I have told this community the same story several times before...because it needs to be told.
If you think Lenny's story or mine are made up...or that somehow there is a justification in any of the behavior based on circumstances...good on you (anyone that believes this way). Find someplace else to ride. There are many that do have respect (snobuilder being one I am sure) that are welcomed.
I live here and like the freedoms we have. We have a pile of them for sure. I like to see others come and enjoy those freedoms too. Those freedoms are not license to ignore keep out signs, trespass, etc....all of which lead to freedom being restricted.
"Remember who this thread was started by...." Hint: A guy that values personal property rights and the rule of law with a do unto others way of thinking.
For those that don't like the message....Possibly there is some reason?
why not start enforcing rules, signage and outright disrespect of personal and private property with tickets, I know this wont work for all but somehow take the money raised and earmark it for trail support weather it is for property owners, grooming equipment, clubs or to repair what ever damage has been done at the end of year and instead of making a mochary of one individual some how post weather its through signage, website posts or a thread on this site, thanking all the violators and posting the moneys that were raised and the violations they came from, may seem far fetched and probably wont deter most but it does boil down to respect, because with out the landowners there would be no trails, without the clubs and their members to carefully mark and maintain the trails, there would be no trails. I don't know if anyone was ever to bunker hill by lake linden when he was there but when you walked in there was a sign loud and clear not only of people who wrote bad checks but a list of people not allowed on his property, first and last name and from what I came to know of the owner when he was there, there was a very good reason why those names were there all comes down to respect and follow the rules, rules are made and signs are posted for a reason.
snobuilder
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I think what you are saying is lets be responsible acting people on both sides of what ever the issue is??? Good idea!!! Calm minds make for good judgment imo.
snobuilder
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I'm not worried.... where I ride there isn't enough snow to plow me in.