08-29-2011, 10:39 AM
For better or for worse, I sent him this:
" Hmm....I smell 3% more bovine excremental by-product on this thread than elsewhere. It must be the GERN! "
You and I share one thing in common, we are both retired military.
I can use the "vernacular" clearly and fluently, whenever the situation calls for it, and I can change the wording to make it seem "cleaner", but the message is still loud and clear.
I will never forget the first time my daughters heard me "use the vernacular". I had made it a point to never bring that home.
I know the youth of today is also quite capable of its usage, but I try not to encourage them to use it. We have younger persons here, as members, and as visitors. Try, to keep things civil.
One of the tricks I use is to select "preview" , ask myself, is this the model railroader, or is this the retired Chief speaking....
If it is "the Chief", I either re-write the post, or simply not "submit" it.
I have been known to respond with: " Collective, this is command, signals follow, immediate execute. Foxtrot - Oscar - Alpha - Delta. Standby - Execute! ". But I never use that kind of response around family.
Think about this forum as a "family place", let's try to keep things lighter, and a bit less hostile.
Thanks in advance,
Pete
Andrew,
Maybe I got out of bed on the wrong side this morning, but...he didn't have to "call out" Mr Fixit, and he didn't have to say that he "smelled 3% more Bull---- on this thread", and blame it on GERN.
I can still remember my Grandmother saying " Oh Sugar", when something went wrong. :o
Who did she think she was fooling , we all knew exactly what she meant..... yup, "excremental by-product"".
" Hmm....I smell 3% more bovine excremental by-product on this thread than elsewhere. It must be the GERN! "
You and I share one thing in common, we are both retired military.
I can use the "vernacular" clearly and fluently, whenever the situation calls for it, and I can change the wording to make it seem "cleaner", but the message is still loud and clear.
I will never forget the first time my daughters heard me "use the vernacular". I had made it a point to never bring that home.
I know the youth of today is also quite capable of its usage, but I try not to encourage them to use it. We have younger persons here, as members, and as visitors. Try, to keep things civil.
One of the tricks I use is to select "preview" , ask myself, is this the model railroader, or is this the retired Chief speaking....
If it is "the Chief", I either re-write the post, or simply not "submit" it.
I have been known to respond with: " Collective, this is command, signals follow, immediate execute. Foxtrot - Oscar - Alpha - Delta. Standby - Execute! ". But I never use that kind of response around family.
Think about this forum as a "family place", let's try to keep things lighter, and a bit less hostile.
Thanks in advance,
Pete
Andrew,
Maybe I got out of bed on the wrong side this morning, but...he didn't have to "call out" Mr Fixit, and he didn't have to say that he "smelled 3% more Bull---- on this thread", and blame it on GERN.
I can still remember my Grandmother saying " Oh Sugar", when something went wrong. :o Who did she think she was fooling , we all knew exactly what she meant..... yup, "excremental by-product"".
We always learn far more from our own mistakes, than we will ever learn from another's advice.
The greatest place to live life, is on the sharp leading edge of a learning curve.
Lead me not into temptation.....I can find it myself!
The greatest place to live life, is on the sharp leading edge of a learning curve.
Lead me not into temptation.....I can find it myself!