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I am almost never censored.
However, I think I was censored today. I posted something about the difference between “in spite of” and “to spite,” and I haven’t seen it appear.
I am almost never censored.
I read somewhere that chocolate is good for recuperating from dementor attacks..I can’t remember where I read it though.
Probably Harry Potter.
She was not employed as a nurse, so under California law she wouldn’t be covered.
The 911 call-taker informed the nurse at more than one point in the conversation that she was not liable and EMS was taking responsibility.
“foundations of lifecouching”
Okay, I give up. What is “lifecouching”? I looked it up, but all it seems to be is life coaching. Is it like that but while sitting/lying on a couch?
They have to know how to . . . carry on a normal conversation complete with proper grammer.
And for the men who are going into rabbanus, it is almost a chilul Hashem if they don’t know how to speak the language properly.
Hear, hear!
they deffiantly do make your brain sharper,they make you think
Who are the games defying? (Sorry, it was too good an opportunity to pass up.)
You want to “scream” when someone says “this is yum”? Please.
Have you ever been to a concert or a recital when one of the musicians hits a wrong note? It’s quite jarring.
When I hear someone say something incorrectly, it feels the same way. It’s like fingernails on a chalkboard to me. (So is someone’s saying, “Lay down.”)
haifagirl: Who said people are “playing with” it?
“Playing with” was a bad choice of words. I apologize. I’ll rephrase that.
The thought of people’s rearranging garbage at the table is what grosses me out.
“as if I were a 80 year old Luddite”.
He said to talk to him as if he were an 80 year old. So Health replied as if he were an 80 year old telling him that it’s not a problem for someone of his age…
Thank you. Now I get it. (I think.)
Did you take the grammar quiz on that website?
I admit it. I got one wrong. 🙁
Nope. Absolutely right.
He said . . .
“as if I were a 80 year old Luddite”.
This was enough for me to make a crack.
Okay, so you made a crack, but it had nothing to do with what he said.
I thought I was clear enough in my previous explanation, but I guess not.
I understood his question and I answered it. In the first part of my answer I was being sarcastic/joking. If he claimed to be 80 years old –to this I responded – noone ever claimed 80 year olds were getting divorced because of FB. I then explained why it’s causing divorce in younger populations.
He never claimed to be 80 years old, nor did he claim 80-year-olds were getting divorced. So to what were you responding?
And after three times, I still don’t get it. Perhaps somebody else can explain it to me since we seem to have a communication problem.
I thought I was clear enough in my previous explanation, but I guess not.
I understood his question and I answered it. In the first part of my answer I was being sarcastic/joking. If he claimed to be 80 years old -to this I responded – noone ever claimed 80 year olds were getting divorced because of FB. I then explained why it’s causing divorce in younger populations.
I apologize for misunderstanding you. Since he never claimed he was 80, nor did he claim that Facebook was causing 80-year-olds to get divorced, I didn’t understand that your “sarcastic/joking” response was to something he never said.
Why is it not gross when you have chicken bones on your plate or on someone else’s but it is suddenly gross when its in a pile on top of some plates?
It’s not so much that the big pile of bones is gross, though it is. Remember, those bones are garbage. As such, it should be removed from the table without further ado. The thought of people’s playing with garbage at the table is what grosses me out.
I usually use option 3 and say, “Could you please pass the . . . ?”
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The phone call could have been from a somebody in a situation even more dire than hers.
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The shield worked. (Okay, I would have said “person” instead of “somebody,” but that’s not a big deal.)
. . . we don’t say please when we ask someone to pass us something.
Speak for yourself. I usually say “please” when I ask someone to pass me something.
This was simple reading comprehension, not grammar.
Yes, Health. This is a simple reading comprehension issue. But you seemed to have missed the boat.
First, Yserbius123 asked, “Can someone explain to me, . . . why Facebook causes divorce?”
Then you responded, “Noone claimed this and you know it.”
As I pointed out, the OP said, “Counselors and community members are reporting a rise in divorce in the Orthodox Jewish community, and some say Facebook is to blame.”
Obviously someone is claiming Facebook is causing divorce, or do you have a different definition of “blame”?
Yserbius123 -“Can someone explain to me, as if I were a 80 year old Luddite, why Facebook causes divorce?”
Noone claimed this and you know it. Are you 80?
Noone claimed this? Really? From the OP:
Counselors and community members are reporting a rise in divorce in the Orthodox Jewish community, and some say Facebook is to blame.
Add tomato sauce. Serve over pasta.
I absolutely hate poor tale manners.
Napkins belong on your lap, or on your chair if you get up. They do not belong on the table, especially after you have used them to wipe your mouth or nose.
And I get really grossed out by people who scrape the dishes at the table so that there is a stack of plates with a sizable pile of chicken bones on top. The only difference between the chicken bones on the plate and those in the garbage can is location. Garbage does not belong on the table.
And serving pieces are provided so that you don’t have to use your own fork or your hands to take food off a platter or out of a bowl.
This one is slightly off topic since it’s not a politeness thing, but it does frequently happen at the table. I want to scream every time somebody says, “This ____ is yum.” “Yum” is an interjection. To use it properly, take some food, swallow it, then say, “Yum.” That’s it. Otherwise, if you really want an adjective, the word you are looking for is “yummy.” It is correct to say, “This ______ is yummy.”
Purple, this is a warning. You need to cut down on the txtspk.
Thank you.
The correct term is “counterfeit” not “forged.”
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Wow! Twelve hours and nobody has jumped on your case for correcting somebody. I’m impressed.
Can’t you use FPC instead?
First of all, is he really feeling fine? I’ve gone to work feeling like death because I didn’t have a choice. Maybe he’s doing the same thing.
In any case, when you find out he’s about to go to work, you can tell him you’re happy he’s feeling a bit better than he was in the morning and you can’t wait until he’s feeling well enough to go back to learning with you. If you want to push it, you can ask him for an estimated date when that will happen.
You can also ask him if there is anything you can do for him.
I don’t remember how old I was, but it was definitely before kindergarten. I learned with Dr. Seuss books. The first book I was able to read was Hop on Pop.
I happen to agree that people under a certain age should not be using Facebook. That study was about teens. Teens do a lot of irresponsible things. They don’t need Facebook to do something stupid.
But it is a leap to say because it causes some problems in some teens everybody, including adults, should stop using it.
do you or anyone have any proof how good it is?!?!?
Shortly after I started using Facebook I looked up some relatives, found them, and “friended” them. Most of these people I hadn’t seen nor talked to in many, many years.
I had an aunt and uncle to whom I was very close. When I was a child and my father was sick, they were like a second set of parents to me.
When they became very sick and passed away, the only one who kept me informed was one of their grandsons with whom I had started corresponding on Facebook. Prior to that he and I hadn’t spoken in probably 20 years.
He and I have become quite close and he is even coming to EY to visit in a few months. This never would have happened without Facebook.
Maybe that isn’t proof, but to me it’s a good enough reason to stay on Facebook.
If my rabbi would tell me to stop using it, I probably would. But he would have to stop using it first!
haifagirl – Now that I brought proof – do you or anyone have any proof how good it is?!?!?
I just looked back through all your posts. Perhaps I missed one, but I didn’t see any proof. Could you please re-post it?
I remember one time driving somewhere with a friend of mine. Taking the highway would have been out of the way. We ended up going through several neighborhoods. My friend was terrified. She thought we were going through the worst areas of the city.
The point is, we weren’t. I was familiar with those neighborhoods, so I knew there was nothing wrong with them and we were perfectly safe. She, however, didn’t know the neighborhoods. That’s why she was scared.
“You can be in the worse place in city and a Disco was just an example, but there are worse places. Is it alright to be there even if you’re Not doing anything wrong?”
Just because you declare someplace to be “the worse [sic] place in city [sic],” doesn’t make it so.
On FB the way I understand it is anybody can come to you. It’s much more of a harder Nisayon.
You understand it incorrectly.
It isn’t inherently bad -it’s the Seviva. Take a hall in the middle of the city -it’s just a hall. Add a rock band & add Goyim dancing not wearing Tzinus clothing and I won’t mention what else. Now a Jew doesn’t belong there, even if they are doing something Kosher like a Shidduch Date, because it’s a bad Seviva.
Do you know any really Frum guys who would take dates to a disco place? I don’t think so. Facebook is the same thing, just in the privacy of your home.
Not a good analogy. In the same building as that hall you mentioned, there is another hall. That hall is totally kosher and totally tznius. Only invited guests are allowed in.
Facebook is the building. You choose which hall you enter.
Possuk 8: (Achashverosh responded:) ‘And you write about the Jews as is good in your eyes’
What happened to the rest of the possuk?
. . . for an edict which is written in the King’s name and sealed with the royal signet may not be revoked.
now THAT is a good idea
An even better idea is to drink a reasonable amount so that bracelet isn’t needed.
Thank you.
This is slightly off-topic. Sorry.
Those of you who don’t subscribe to the “Daily Dose of Kindness” may have missed this story, so I wanted to share it.
A woman I met through mutual friends and interests on Facebook somehow started explaining how her friend couldn’t afford new glasses, and was wandering through her life not seeing properly.
The two of us pooled resources to give this woman money for an eye check up and new glasses.
I love the feeling that somewhere, there is a woman who can see because I was able to help.