Considering I already hate American-English for using Zs instead of Ss in things like 'realize', you have no idea how much I wanted to harm that guy
I've grown up to accept that. Even text speak, as annoying and inappropriate as it is for aD isn't full-on rage-inducing. However, what is beyond me are posts that make absolutely no sense and you have to play anagrams with the letters and words that are, should and shouldn't be there just to interpret the sentence.
I personally have no problem with text speak (other than the appalling and completely unusable - to me anyway Predictive Text), i may be 40 but i can text like any young 'un, it just has no place outside of a mobile phone. Being a moderator can mean being interpreted as a sad and out of touch so and so, it's just that the little tikes who run amok don't realise we were also young once (admittedly i was born before computers were household items, never mind the internet and mobile phones being relatively modern inventions, but i digress).
Even when texting or using MSN I still use 'proper' English, correct punctuation and everything. The only thing I don't do on MSN is capitalise letters at the start of sentences - on forums I mind that, though... Me and my group of friends seem to be the only kids capable of managing such feats
Exactly the same for me. Although I do use predictive text on a phone, I do my best to make sure it's spelt properly before I send it.
And Creaky you must realiZe that some of us were born before transitors! LMAO- no it's just falling off.
What is this person talking about?? http://forums.afterdawn.com/t.cfm/f-45/all_possible_combinations-786196/
See I always try my hardest to use proper sentences but I often mess them up - I got an E at my first attempt at my English language GCSE and if I've got less then a C on my resit (I'm waiting for my results) I won't get into sixth-form and will have a lovely career at Tesco (I don't know what the US equivalent crap job is). ^Actually that's a good example I know there should a full stop or comma or something somewhere in there but wouldn't know where to start.
Think yourself lucky. As someone who got Bs at A-Level I can't even get a job at Tesco, too many other applicants.
And don't even get me started, am well qualified with a fair old wodge of job experience but due to the corruption and decimation of our once healthy job market, i have the misfortune to still spend i mean waste hours every day looking for jobs that just do not exist. I'd be ok if i was a Windows person as there's always obscene amounts of jobs for that, but very rarely any jobs that i'm qualified for. And even with the Windows jobs, as Sam says, there's way too many people going for the jobs. And i'm even having to look for supermarket jobs as have been out of work for so long, but again there's always too many people going for whatever jobs. There's one jobs site that shows how many people have applied for each role, one Windows role was almost 400 applicants the last time i saw it, and it's still going i think. What a joke. Can barely put fuel in the car, and the car moves about once a week now, if that. Prices per barrel of crude oil are quite low but will they lower the prices at the pump ?, no, and that'll be because we bailed out the banks and the coffers are empty so they need to keep clawing back money via fuel taxes. Once i'm done looking for work each day i have a blast on GTA IV. I finished it months ago but a daily speed around causing death and mayhem helps relieve a bit of tension, i still get very angry though, i'm not one of society's stay at home not working people, i don't even go outside for fresh air most days of the week. Anyways, i'm just getting angry again so i'll stop there!. Back to GTA IV. /rant..
Talking of jobs a mate of mine was like 'OMG I've found you a job I want it but it says IT experience needed' so he gives me a bit of info on it and its a proper Saturday job at a PC shop with a fair wage. I get him to send me a link. I'm quite excited by now. Open the link and close it after only a glimpse the first thing it says is *the name of the company (which I can't remember)* Mac Specialist GRRRR ANNOYED.
Guys I can see your plight coming stateside awfully fast. Obama's hope and change will bring us to socialism Euro style. Unemployment near 10% really some say 16% and climbing. US is printing money. And Cap and trade and remaking medical care is just moments away. US fixing to flat line as with Europe. Dems-Reps all interchangeable incompetents.
Speaking of jobs, I dread Monday mornings because that brings the freaded Monday morning influx of people looking for any sort of job. I will get approximately 15-20 people come in tomorrow morning looking for an application and an interview, many are from manufacturing, the airline industry, retail, medical sales reps, etc. Very highly qualified people looking for any sort of income to pay their bills. The last dishwashing job opening I had brought in almost 40 people in three days. Very scary for our short term future.
Here's my contribution: http://forums.afterdawn.com/t.cfm/f-4/please_help_me_to_safe_some_bucks-786339/ Can anyone decipher this one?
Sounds to me very much like he wants to embed the video on his own site and take credit for it.. thief written all over that post.
I feel for all you guys looking for work, since being retired 4 years years ago of course I would complain, I do not make nearly as much as when I worked but with this economy I am kinda considering myself lucky because I get monthy checks, I still belong to my Roofers Union of 35 years, I took a visit at my local hall early one morning to visit some friends there were 146 journymen signed up that morning waiting inside and out looking for work, only 11 men got out that morning, I haven't seen that since the early 70's with the gas shortage time. I'm not gonna get into the blame game this started way before Obama, if his plan works or not will remain to be seen, the nitwit before him plans sure didn't work, I got myself into a little of a heated argument before on this subject about politics, but I know here in the states people are screaming about things turning social, Ive been to England twice in the past two years, what I have seen it's tuff for both our countries, as far as the UK's medical even though not perfect I would take it over ours any day, you can call it social or whatever, at my age with tons of medical issues of my own I have seen and experianced how both work as my Uncle at the age of 86 in the UK has his own issues, so I have seen how things work with my own eyes not just reading or what I see on the news, mostly thier full of crap anyway, see for yourself than make a decision. I feel bad for most of the young guys at my union, so many are out of work, as most guys here in the states know most construction guys have thier own pickup trucks because of comfort, space, durability which we need, but now you pay high gas prices and pickups engines are not economical unfortunatly, most jobs I went to on average were 80 miles one way, how these youngers guys are doing it I don't know, hell filling up your tank every week can take half your paycheck and it's not always the case that you can share rides as most live far apart of each other or work on different sites to share gas money. As I said, I complained about my retired checks before but now kinda consider myself lucky that at least I'm getting a steady paycheck, and I feel creaks hurt as I know your gas prices are a lot higher than ours. I just hope in the end things work out for all.
