ggwhiz Posted August 13, 2013 Report Share Posted August 13, 2013 Talking about jargon, I've spend years wondering what the ***** meant Nationals, Spingold, Flight B, Silver Master and several more only american terms. I still don't know many of them. After playing in South Africa for 3 years I was amused to find I had made the rank of Pretorian (Praetorian?). Upon returning to North America, I found out 7 months later that I could convert these points and add them to my acbl record at the rate of 5 SA pts = 6 1/4 acbl masterpoints plus 25% for points won in national events........ if I did it within 6 months. That makes me a shmuck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antrax Posted August 13, 2013 Report Share Posted August 13, 2013 People who don't care enough about something to google itSome people just aren't used yet to the fact all the information is always available. I've seen intelligent people equipped with smartphones argue for 10 minutes over facts, instead of investing the 10 seconds it would've taken to check who's right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barmar Posted August 13, 2013 Report Share Posted August 13, 2013 Some people just aren't used yet to the fact all the information is always available. I've seen intelligent people equipped with smartphones argue for 10 minutes over facts, instead of investing the 10 seconds it would've taken to check who's right.Facts would just get in the way of a good argument. :) Life gets more boring if everyone just geeks out with their smartphones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trinidad Posted August 13, 2013 Report Share Posted August 13, 2013 Some people just aren't used yet to the fact all the information is always available. I've seen intelligent people equipped with smartphones argue for 10 minutes over facts, instead of investing the 10 seconds it would've taken to check who's right.Pet peeve: People who think that the internet is filled with facts. Rik Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwnn Posted August 13, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2013 Sure there is vandalism and border disputes but if you want to know the surface area of Montenegro, you can get something very close to a factual answer on Wikipedia. Of course trying to find facts about contentious issues will get you dubious info but so will reading books. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwnn Posted August 13, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2013 Fluffy tut tut why don't you google the forums? Sorry but on this count you come across a bit like 32159 :) http://www.bridgebase.com/forums/topic/41902-vocabulary/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antrax Posted August 13, 2013 Report Share Posted August 13, 2013 Pet peeve: People who think that the internet is filled with facts.It's not filled with facts, it's full of facts. Also full of bullshit and porn, but it doesn't mean you can't do fact-finding on the internet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjbrr Posted August 13, 2013 Report Share Posted August 13, 2013 and cat gifs http://i.minus.com/ib2BaAeRRbyhkC.gif Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helene_t Posted August 13, 2013 Report Share Posted August 13, 2013 google is very good at predicting individual users' preferences so if the answer to most queries is bullshit and porn then ..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winstonm Posted August 14, 2013 Report Share Posted August 14, 2013 It's not filled with facts, it's full of facts. Also full of bullshit and porn, but it doesn't mean you can't do fact-finding on the internet.You can fact find porn? Is that a fact. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antrax Posted August 14, 2013 Report Share Posted August 14, 2013 I can, in fact. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free Posted August 14, 2013 Report Share Posted August 14, 2013 People parking their car so close to mine that I can't enter my car anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chasetb Posted August 14, 2013 Report Share Posted August 14, 2013 People who treat their pets better than other people, people who give their pets either unimaginative or crazy names, and the bitch next door who barks her head off at me and acts threatening when I am outside, but when I have to go over runs away, and CONTINUES to bark at me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antrax Posted August 14, 2013 Report Share Posted August 14, 2013 People parking their car so close to mine that I can't enter my car anymore.I do that on purpose to people who don't park in the middle of the spot. I hope you're not one of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barmar Posted August 14, 2013 Report Share Posted August 14, 2013 People who treat their pets better than other people, people who give their pets either unimaginative or crazy names, and the bitch next door who barks her head off at me and acts threatening when I am outside, but when I have to go over runs away, and CONTINUES to bark at me.I hope the "bitch" you're referring to is a dog, not its owner (or "parent", as many of them now like to be referred). :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwar0123 Posted August 14, 2013 Report Share Posted August 14, 2013 I do that on purpose to people who don't park in the middle of the spot. I hope you're not one of them.People who can't park deserve our contempt but being a jerk about it isn't making the world a better place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackshoe Posted August 14, 2013 Report Share Posted August 14, 2013 Consider the possibility that the person who didn't park in the middle of the spot parked where he did because the person on the other side of where you want to park was "over the line" when not-middle got there. "Over-the-line" leaves, someone else comes in and parks in the middle of that slot, and then you come along and blame the wrong guy for the problem. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike777 Posted August 14, 2013 Report Share Posted August 14, 2013 That we all at times fall into the trap that two wrongs make a right. That we all at times fall into the trap that correlation means causation. The arrow of direction of cause and effect may not always be that simple: Does more education lead to a rich country or a rich country lead to more education.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackshoe Posted August 14, 2013 Report Share Posted August 14, 2013 I'm much more concerned about good education than I am about more education. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwar0123 Posted August 14, 2013 Report Share Posted August 14, 2013 I'm much more concerned about good education than I am about more education.Your definition of "good" would probably worry me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antrax Posted August 15, 2013 Report Share Posted August 15, 2013 Consider the possibility that the person who didn't park in the middle of the spot parked where he did because the person on the other side of where you want to park was "over the line" when not-middle got there. "Over-the-line" leaves, someone else comes in and parks in the middle of that slot, and then you come along and blame the wrong guy for the problem.Oh, I do, don't worry. People who can't park deserve our contempt but being a jerk about it isn't making the world a better place.Well, it really depends. My original thinking was that either they'll understand it after a couple of times of having to enter through the passenger-side door, or they'll be conditioned like Pavlovian dogs. I lived in a place that had a communal parking lot, so at some point I started noting who parked like an asshole and only did this to regular offenders. Some of them really stopped doing that, others park like assholes to this day. I probably spend more energy on this than is reasonable, but I've noticed a handwritten note tends to really work, as long as it's not accusatory ("I wanted to park next to you but there was no room :(". However, my handwriting is terrible and I don't really carry paper with me everywhere I go, so I just opt for what I think of as "punitive parking".It's probably also partly because I live in a city where parking is a major issue in some neighborhoods, so wasting a spot ranks along eating puppies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike777 Posted August 15, 2013 Report Share Posted August 15, 2013 Oh, I do, don't worry. Well, it really depends. My original thinking was that either they'll understand it after a couple of times of having to enter through the passenger-side door, or they'll be conditioned like Pavlovian dogs. I lived in a place that had a communal parking lot, so at some point I started noting who parked like an asshole and only did this to regular offenders. Some of them really stopped doing that, others park like assholes to this day. I probably spend more energy on this than is reasonable, but I've noticed a handwritten note tends to really work, as long as it's not accusatory ("I wanted to park next to you but there was no room :(". However, my handwriting is terrible and I don't really carry paper with me everywhere I go, so I just opt for what I think of as "punitive parking".It's probably also partly because I live in a city where parking is a major issue in some neighborhoods, so wasting a spot ranks along eating puppies. assume communal is polite way of saying communist or socialist or fascist. :) communal does not sound as if you live in place that greed, self interest, capitalist parking lots are legal. all are equal but some are more equal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackshoe Posted August 15, 2013 Report Share Posted August 15, 2013 Your definition of "good" would probably worry me.Oh? Why is that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winstonm Posted August 15, 2013 Report Share Posted August 15, 2013 Assuming communal means communist.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barmar Posted August 15, 2013 Report Share Posted August 15, 2013 assume communal is polite way of saying communist or socialist or fascist. :)Quite a leap. I think he just means residents don't have assigned/deeded parking spaces. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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