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The best places to see consistent grammar, syntax, and punctuation errors are commercial TV news websites. In Cleveland, Fox8 and WJW are two of the worst offenders. A friend of mine is a videographer for WJW, and told me a while ago that copyediting had been outsourced to Pakistan due to cost. The only news organization that seems to care about following the rules and conventions of written English is NPR.

Sorry, none of that matters. It is simply incorrect as printed.

What kind of work do you do?

From your first post, it sounds as if you are one of many who are temporarily out of work because of the virus.

There are a lot of folks from the southern Ohio area; not as many from the northeast. Makes sense to me since the roads in Cuyahoga County are pretty crappy compared to those down your way.

Welcome, Jared. Take a look around. There has been a lot of activity in the Mini Prepping (COVID-19) thread lately.

I once worked with a guy whose favorite saying was, "when you don't know, you don't know what you don't know."

Bubs, I do remember this and I agree. The first thing that came to my mind after reading this was act 1 scene 1 of Macbeth: "When shall we three meet again? In thunder, lightning, or in rain?" "When the hurly-burly's done, when the battle's lost and won." "Fair is foul and foul is fair." IOW, chaos and confusion.

Worst parents ever if true; I can see this happening. However, unless the child workers are 18 or older, the state will step in and demand that the minor child return to the classroom once schools reopen. It's state law.

I think subconsciously that I find this post so funny because I can absolutely hear Trump saying these same words at one of his daily pressers. SMH.

This is one of the best posts I have ever seen on this site. Absolutely hilarious--and true.

Good on 'ya. I'm jealous. The radio, though . . . or maybe your one of those who relish the quiet. The older I get, the more quiet I need. However, I recall that you have a few young kids living in your house; maybe more bourbon and forget the radio.

I certainly hope that you have found a way to heat the water until the weather becomes warmer, although the bourbon should take the edge off. Also, you should look into one of those floating waterproof radios.

Bored to tears today. Found this inane vid on YouTube which caused me to laugh pretty damn hard. If you decide to watch, please ensure the sound is up on your device. I posted it here instead on the vid thread because this thread is so popular right now. I was tempted to send this video to my students, but the language is problematic--and this is a large part of why it appeals to me.

Coronavirus in Pepper Pike is available in gold or platinum, and infection is completely optional.

A bird may love a fish; but where would they build a home together?

Frank Perdue used to say this line during TV commercials that ran in the 1980s. It's still true today. May God rest his soul 🐤

Trust everyone--but cut the cards.

I and my brother came into a substantial inheritance when our mom died at age 93 in March of 2014. I paid off student loans, my remaining mortgage, and all outstading debt. It felt great. We put the remaining funds into conservative retirement accounts. We were decidedly lucky, but now have no tax dedutions when the IRS comes calling. I was told by my CPA that it is sometimes better to owe money than to be free and clear; this has always mystified me, and seems counterintuitave.

Chagrin Falls is a *long way* away from Pepper Pike and Hunting Valley financially. That's all I'm saying. Nobody would consider me "jbot rich." I hope he won't have a mortgage.

I built my house back in 1993. There is no way in hell I could afford to live here if I tried doing the same thing now. We live in a community where the land is so valuable that newbies are coming in and knocking existing houses down, then building ridiculously expensive new homes.

For those of you who may be unaware, Pepper Pike and its neighbor, Hunting Valley, are two of the wealthiest areas in the entire state. Good for you, Mr. Rich Bastard.

Maybe the people involved in the recent nationwide gun buying frenzy are onto something. Judging from hundreds of posts, it seems as if many members of this forum (myself included) are gun owners. Though I sold all of my "assault weapons" a year or two ago, I kept those designed for home defense.

Fucking hilarious! What is this?

Never thought of sammitches as weapons, but . . .