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It was alright thanks. I went skiing, which I love, but I think I have become to old and cantankerous to spend a week sharing accomodation with too many people (14 in total).
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We all prisoners, chickee-baby. We all locked in.
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ooh, where'd you go? I'm off to Val d'Isere a week on Saturday and can't wait.
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Les Menuires just down from Val Thorens. I have never been so late in the year before and the difference in temperature was quite noticable, I dont think I actually got properly cold at any point the whole week.
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quote:Originally posted by H1ppychick: ooh, where'd you go? I'm off to Val d'Isere a week on Saturday and can't wait.
Heh - this is where Octavia worked when she took a year off life a few years ago. She was ski-ing down one of the mountains and took a tumble, dislocating her arm and getting it trapped behind her shoulder blade. She was conscious the whole time - kneeling in the freezing snow screaming at the top of her voice, waiting for someone to come and help, arm pinned as though it were growing out the centre of her spine, tendons wrenched round, trying to pull everything back into place, but with the bone jammed behind the shoulder. Worse pain than childbirth, she was told.
quote:Originally posted by Nathan Bleak: She was ski-ing down one of the mountains and took a tumble, dislocating her arm and getting it trapped behind her shoulder blade. She was conscious the whole time - kneeling in the freezing snow screaming at the top of her voice, waiting for someone to come and help, arm pinned as though it were growing out the centre of her spine, tendons wrenched round, trying to pull everything back into place, but with the bone jammed behind the shoulder. Worse pain than childbirth, she was told.
This is exactly why I've never been tempted to go skiing. Probable pain, cold and bloody hard work do not sound like my kind of holiday at all.
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hey nwod, you might be tickled to hear that we're having to delay the whole mortgage process until I get a new bankcard.
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quote:Originally posted by missgolightly: This is exactly why I've never been tempted to go skiing. Probable pain, cold and bloody hard work do not sound like my kind of holiday at all.
Nah.
Skiing's brilliant!
Whatever horror stories you hear I don't think the pain most experience is ever more than a bit of a sore arse. My experience has always been that you burn calories, get fit(ter) quick and lose weight like fuck skiing during the day, then drink your body weight in lovely boozes at night. Then beautiful chilly fresh air to soothe your hangover in the morning as you sweat it out on the slopes.
I want to go skiiing.
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Came across another saying in the paper today. "Devil's advocate". Obviously I know what I've always taken it to "mean" - someone who sort of deliberately argues the "wrong" side of a debate, trying to show the other side of the coin even if they quite likely don't really support that side of the argument themselves. But I didn't know the origin.
It was in an article about Mother Theresa which mentioned the process of beatification on the path to sainthood. The author Christopher Hitchen (sp?) apparently wrote a book about her which painted her as someone who spent far more time ruthlessly raising money for her projects (from wicked people like Robert Maxwell) than actually working with the poor.
At the Vatican beatification hearings (or whatever they're called) he actually took the official role of "Devil's advocate", making the case against her being sainted.
quote:Originally posted by H1ppychick: came across one in dang's seaside post just now:
discrete: distinct, separate discreet: unobtrusive
sorry dang, but grrrr.
quote:The boards would be discrete, at knee level sort of thing, with a nice big copy of the picture and a little bit of blurb.
What's wrong with that?
quote:The boards would be distinct, separate, at knee level sort of thing, with a nice big copy of the picture and a little bit of blurb.
Sounds alright to me.
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Just thought of another one. I've only noticed it on television programmes, usually news/documentaries - using the noun 'impact' as a verb. For example, 'This nuclear weapon could severely impact the US.' It's just sheer laziness. The worst channel for it is CNBC, however Bloomberg isn't lagging too far behind.
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It does have a slightly sloppy feel about it, but impact is a genuine verb, even when used in the way you describe. I hope that information doesn't impact too much upon your sanity.
quote:One (very large) group of people thinks that using “impact” as a verb is just nifty: “The announcement of yet another bug in the software will strongly impact the price of the company’s stock.” Another (very passionate) group of people thinks that “impact” should be used only as a noun and considers the first group to be barbarians. Although the first group may well be winning the usage struggle, you risk offending more people by using “impact” as a verb than you will by substituting more traditional words like “affect” or “influence.”
quote:Impact: To make or have an impact on something. You may not use this noun as a verb. It sounds horribly clumsy and many people find its use as a verb aesthetically offensive. You have been warned.
The Using English.com site is currently holding a poll, the question being, 'Is it okay to use "impact" as a verb?'
Of the 184 votes to date (including the one I've just submitted), 45.11% believe 'yes', 54.89% believe 'no'.
Obviously using 'impact' as a verb is acceptable nowadays, however it will still make my blood boil when I hear it used in this manner. Nothing will ever change that. The fact that it is the 'American' Heritage Dictionary of the English Language that proudly condones this sickening misuse, along with the 'American' website that you used in your example - says it all really. It's just wrong. Wrong, wrong, wrong.
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But you can use impacted as in: "the interior of Ralph's skull was impacted with a mulchy, wood-smelling substance where one would normally expect to find a brain"
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quote:Originally posted by Ringo: But you can use impacted as in: "the interior of Ralph's skull was impacted with a mulchy, wood-smelling substance where one would normally expect to find a brain"
quote:Originally posted by Ringo: But you can use impacted as in: "the interior of Ralph's skull was impacted with a mulchy, wood-smelling substance where one would normally expect to find a brain"
Or as a slightly different useage: "My knuckles impacted violently with Ralph's jaw, sending a jet of crimson saliva and sparkling white shards of tooth fragments spattering up the wall"
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quote:Originally posted by Ringo: Or as a slightly different useage: "My knuckles impacted violently with Ralph's jaw, sending a jet of crimson saliva and sparkling white shards of tooth fragments spattering up the wall"
lol. I think you over estimate the ability of your knuckles.
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Ringo, Ringo, Ringo. Shouldn't you be going home now? Is that your mother I hear calling you? Riiiiingo! Riiiiiiiiiiingo!!! Time for dinner! You can play with your little friends tomorrow.
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Well I am leaving work now, but I'll probably go to the shopping centre (mall) and purchase some electrical goods with all the money I've saved by sponging off my parents.
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